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3:45 PM ET, March 9, 2008

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Fred / A VC:
Startup Advice Weekend  —  Lot's of advice in the blogs this weekend for budding entrepreneurs:  —  Jason Calacanis says you have to save money  —  I agree and emphasize several key areas for saving  —  Mike Arrington also agrees and says hiring the right people is the most important thing
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Startups Must Hire The Right People And Watch Every Penny. Or Fail.
Randall Stross / New York Times:
They Criticized Vista.  And They Should Know.  —  ONE year after the birth of Windows Vista, why do so many Windows XP users still decline to “upgrade”?  —  Microsoft says high prices have been the deterrent.  Last month, the company trimmed prices on retail packages of Vista, trying to entice consumers to overcome their reluctance.
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
SXSWi: Obey the power of the flash-mob party  —  AUSTIN, Texas—"Dude, this sucks."  —  You could hear a whole lot of people saying that on Saturday night as the first real evening of South by Southwest Interactive Festival's after-parties kicked into gear.  So how come it sucked?  Well, it was the crowds.
Discussion: bub.blicio.us and Scobleizer
Jay Rayner / Guardian:
The Brit dishing the dirt on America  —  Gawker's Nick Denton tells Jay Rayner how he became the king of gossip  —  The king of the gossip blogs is holding out on me.  —  ‘Where did you get the video?’  —  ‘It had been hanging around for a while.’  —  'How do you mean “hanging around”?
Guardian:
The world's 50 most powerful blogs  —  From Prince Harry in Afghanistan to Tom Cruise ranting about Scientology and footage from the Burmese uprising, blogging has never been bigger.  It can help elect presidents and take down attorney generals while simultaneously celebrating the minutiae of our everyday obsessions.
Discussion: IP Democracy and WOW Insider
Catherine Holahan / Tech Beat:
Mark Zuckerberg is A Nice Guy  —  I know.  I know.  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is supposed to be this arrogant braniac.  One would assume he'd have to be in order to have the cojones needed to run a $15 billion company at age-23.  In fact, seeing him on stage at prior Facebook media events …
Discussion: Valleywag
Alistair Croll / GigaOM:
Mix'08 Review: How Microsoft Is Fighting a War on Three Fronts  —  Microsoft is fighting a war — one in which it's being attacked on three sides.  Cut through the flurry of announcements out of its Mix conference this week and what emerges is the Redmond giant's three-pronged defense strategy: consumer, enterprise and developer.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Coming Soon: Nothing Between You and Your Machine  —  IT has been more than two decades since Scotty tried to use a computer mouse as a microphone to control a Macintosh in “Star Trek IV.”  —  Since then, personal computer users have continued to live under the tyranny of the mice, windows …
Discussion: GottaBeMobile and Slashdot
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Anonymize BitTorrent Transfers with BTGuard  —  BTGuard is an easy to use proxy service that adds an extra layer of privacy to your BitTorrent transfers.  The service is designed for BitTorrent users who don't want their ISPs or any third party to log or throttle their IPs or traffic.
Discussion: open
Lori Aratani / Washington Post:
When Mom or Dad Asks To Be a Facebook ‘Friend’  —  When Matt Florian signed onto his Facebook account recently to check the status of his 400-plus friends, he had a friend request.  —  It was from his dad.  —  The junior at Sherwood High School in Montgomery County didn't panic.
Luigi Lugmayr / I4U News:
Xbox 360 Price-Cut Tomorrow?  —  The Financial Times Germany (German) published a story saying that Microsoft will cut the price for the Xbox 360 on Monday across Europe.  —  The Xbox 360 Arcade is supposed to sell for only 199 Euro instead of 280 Euro.  A 199 Euro Xbox 360 would be 50 Euro cheaper than a Nintendo Wii.
Discussion: Xbox 360 Fanboy, Engadget and Gizmodo
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
More Google Data: US Lousy But Europe Strong  —  Search Engine Marketing firm Efficient Frontier released more Google spending data for the month of February.  Same-advertiser spending in the US was as we reported last week: February up 19% versus January up 20%.  For comparison, Google reported Q4 US spending up 40%.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Your Email Password: A True Horror Story About Why We Need Authentication Standards  —  Blogging developer Jeff Atwood has written up a story of password theft that will run a chill down the back of anyone who enjoys trying out new applications online.  —  The story is about a GMail archiving application …
Discussion: Spyware Sucks and Coding Horror
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:   Startups That Fail to Invest in Trust Will All Die
 
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Times of London:
Girls and young woman are now the most prolific web users
Discussion: Mashable!
Ben Jones / TorrentFreak:
Lessig Questions Pirate Party's Existence
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Hulu: Great Product, Still Screwed
Discussion: DSLreports and TechCrunch
Daniel Drew Turner / eWeek:
Apple Won't Block VOIP over Wi-Fi on iPhone
 Earlier Items: 
Arn / MacRumors:
iPhone SDK Limitations: Multitasking, Java, Emulators
Steven Hodson / WinExtra:
When Social Just Means Another Way To Hype Yourself
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Below $350??? Easy
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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