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2:20 PM ET, March 7, 2008

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google, Microsoft Said To Be Preparing Bids For Digg  —  User-generated news site Digg has been working with influential investment bank Allen & Co. (the ones that recently got Slide a half billion dollar valuation) for a few months now, and pitching big tech and media companies on a sale.
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Microsoft's Google Obsession, MicroHoo's Asian Outlook And Competing For Digg  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is perhaps showing signs of a mildly unhealthy obsession with rival Google.  At Microsoft's MIX08 online technology conference in Las Vegas yesterday he told interviewer Guy Kawasaki …
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Digg To Microsoft or Google?  Research Shows 52% of Diggers Block Ads  —  Rumor out last night is that Digg is looking at offers from Microsoft and Google in the $200-225 million range.  Frankly it's simple — if either company acquires Digg, the mass exodus will begin swiftly.
Fred / A VC:
When To Sell?  —  It's very hard to time the market.
Discussion: Between the Lines
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Report: Google, Microsoft, and two media companies bidding on Digg
Discussion: The Social Times
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
iPhone SDK And Restrictions: Some Of The Details Aren't Great.  —  Obviously Steve Jobs and team didn't go through all the details today when they announced the availability of the iPhone SDK.  It was more of a high level pass.  But details are what third party developers need …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
iPhone in your business: Pondering the ROI case  —  Apple has dressed the iPhone up in a business suit, but the real work is just beginning.  Apple needs to convince chief information officers that there's a return on investment in a switch to the iPhone.  —  The day after an Apple event is always the analysis day.
Ken / Mac Daddy World:
iPhone SDK first thoughts
Discussion: Compiler and Ryan Block
Jason / Signal vs. Noise:
iPhone SDK, Apple's Touch Platform, and The Next Two Decades
Anthony Rose / BBC Internet Blog:
BBC iPlayer On iPhone: Behind The Scenes  —  Today was a big day for BBC iPlayer: it's the day that it first became available on a portable device.  BBCiPlayer is now available on iPhone and iPod touch.  —  To play BBC programmes on your iPhone or iPod touch, you'll need to be online via …
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BBC:
BBC iPlayer comes to the iPhone  —  The BBC has launched a version of its iPlayer video on demand service for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.  —  It is the first time the software has been available on portable devices.  —  The software, which allows users to download programmes from the last seven days …
Steve O'Hear / last100:
Look mum, no DRM: BBC launches iPlayer on iPhone and iPod touch  —  As promised, the BBC has launched a version of iPlayer for use on Apple's iPhone and iPod touch mobile devices.  —  Currently in Beta, the specially designed version of the BBC's UK-only TV catch-up service utilizes H.264 video streaming …
Discussion: MacRumors
Dan Grabham / TechRadar.com:
Hands on with the BBC iPlayer - on the iPhone!
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Mike Sachoff / WebProNews:
Facebook Study Group Could Get Student Expelled
Discussion: Inquirer
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Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Google mappers banned from U.S. bases  —  The Web firm says it erred in posting images of Fort Sam Houston.  The Pentagon cites security concerns.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. found itself at the center of a national security controversy Thursday.  —  The Pentagon banned …
Karl / DSLreports:
MobiTV Threatens HowardForums Shutdown - Because they couldn't be bothered to secure their own content  —  The great cellphone-centric resource HowardForums is being threatened by the creatively named mobile TV provider MobiTV.  According to this post by site owner Howard Chui …
Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Happy now, bitches?  —  Yeah, we rocked your friggin world, right?  I mean 29 June 2007 might be the day the world changed, but today it just changed again.  BlackBerry is dead.  Microsoft is dead.  Windows Mobile is dead.  Amazon is dead.  Kindle is dead.  Nokia is dead.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Tests More TV Ads With AdWords Integration  —  Google Integrates TV Ads Into Adwords Platform by Pinny Cohen shows screen captures of AdWords reports with TV ad integration.  Pinny said that Google sent out more invitations for AdWords advertisers to test out TV ads within the Google AdWords system.
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Richard Wray / Guardian:
Google service for advertisers to view viewers may come to UK
Discussion: WebProNews
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Kyte.TV Takes More Money, Moves Away from User Created Video  —  Online and mobile video publishing service Kyte.TV, a darling of the European venture scene, has added still more funding to its substantial war chest and is taking a radically different approach to content.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Bloomberg:
Disney to Offer Some Vintage TV Series on Its Web Site  —  The Walt Disney Company will begin showing its classic television shows on the Internet, its chief executive, Robert A. Iger, told shareholders on Thursday.  —  “In the near future, you'll see more of that product available on Disney.com …
 
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Kit Eaton / Gizmodo:
Snack Advert to be Beamed Into Space: Will Aliens Like Doritos?
Discussion: TGDaily.com and Gearlog
Matt Martin / GamesIndustry.biz:
Ballmer: “We'll support Blu-ray”
Discussion: CrunchGear and Joystiq
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Analytics Benchmarks and the Future of Portable Data
Dan Nystedt / IDG News Service:
Samsung, Adidas Take on iPod, Nike
Laurie J. Flynn / New York Times:
Apple to Encourage iPhone Programmers
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Kara Visits Tellme (aka A Little Bit of Microsoft in Silicon Valley)!
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Audible Shareholder Opposes Amazon.com Sale Deal; “Unfair Price”
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Microsoft partners cosy up on interoperability
 Earlier Items: 
PR Newswire:
Sea Launch Prepares for the Launch of DIRECTV 11
Discussion: DSLreports and Engadget HD
Joshua Allen / MIX Online:
WATCH STEVE BALLMER AND GUY KAWASAKI LIVE
Gamasutra:
Microsoft Excel: Revolutionary 3D Game Engine?
Discussion: Kotaku
Jan Libbenga / The Register:
Police raid CeBIT stands
Discussion: p2pnet and textually.org
Adam Frucci / Gizmodo:
Apple to Allow VoIP Over WiFi
Rick Martin / Little Red Blog:
Hot potato! Tudou shutdown because of porn?
Discussion: NewTeeVee, Danwei and The Next Web
 

 
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