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3:13 AM ET, March 11, 2008

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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Mark Zuckerberg on Data Portability: An Interview  —  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is at SXSW doing press interviews today and many people want to know what his thoughts are concerning data portability.  There's a big web out there that would like to give and take user data in and out of Facebook.
Discussion: VentureBeat, PDA and Identity Woman
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Kristen Nicole / Mashable!:
Zuckerberg Saves SXSW with Open Q&A  —  Facebook had planned on having a Facebook Developer's Garage this afternoon at 3 pm, where a few developers were set to present their experience in creating applications for Facebook's open platform, and other members of the audience could ask questions and learn more about the platform.
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future with News.com  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Mark Zuckerberg probably knew his keynote address at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival would produce a lot of press, but he likely didn't expect it to turn out the way it did.
Discussion: TechCrunch, techipedia and The Register
Steven Musil / CNET News.com:
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.0 beta 4  —  The fourth beta of the Firefox 3.0 browser was released Monday and includes more than 900 enhancements over the previous beta, Mozilla announced.  —  The creator of the open-source browser said the new beta includes performance and memory usage …
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
First look: Firefox 3 beta 4 brings new Vista hotness  —  Mozilla announced today the official release of Firefox 3 beta 4, which includes over 900 additional improvements related to the previous beta release.  At this stage in development, most of the work on Firefox is heavily focused …
Discussion: Open Source
Beltzner / Mozilla Developer News:
Firefox 3 beta 4 now available for download  —  Please note: We do not recommend that anyone other than developers and testers download the Firefox 3 Beta 4 milestone release.  It is intended for testing purposes only.  —  Firefox 3 Beta 4 is now available for download.
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Mark Zuckerberg, Sarah Lacy Interview Video  —  Since the keynote interview between Mark Zuckerberg and Sarah Lacy yesterday, everybody has been talking about what went wrong as well as what went right.  I was approached by one blogger yesterday after my post went up claiming …
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Hulu Launches with Warner, Lionsgate  —  Wow Hulu, you really pile it on, don't you?  I can barely digest all the news the company is putting out tonight.  First and foremost, it's launching tomorrow.  It's also signed Warner Bros., Lionsgate, the NBA, and the NHL (but not Quincy Smith's CBS).
Discussion: GigaOM, TV Decoder and Time
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Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Hulu.com Goes Public Wednesday; New Deals With WB, Lionsgate …
Discussion: TechCrunch
Melissa Perenson / Today @ PC World:
Hulu to Launch Public Service, Adds New Partners
Discussion: Change Is Good
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Michael Jackson's company denies Beatles coming to iTunes  —  The company that owns the rights to a vast majority of the Beatles music catalog has questioned reports that the Fab Four have cut a deal with Steve Jobs.  —  Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the joint venture owned by Sony …
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Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag:
10 strangest sights in Google Street View  —  The Times of London collected “10 bizarre sights in Google Street View,” but they didn't bother to show the pictures —all they did was link to them.  Silly newspaper.  See below for “Borat peeking out of a window in San Jose, California,” …
Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter:
Google Shares Plummet: Do Googlers Care?  —  Google shares are down nearly 35 percent since November, which in a normal company, would poison employee morale and drive a mass exodus.  —  Although we've seen a number of high-profile departures from Google — including Sheryl Sandberg's flight to Facebook …
Associated Press:
Wal-Mart ends test of Linux in stores  —  NEW YORK - Computers that run the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows didn't attract enough attention from Wal-Mart customers, and the chain has stopped selling them in stores, a spokeswoman said Monday.
Ashlee Vance / The Register:
Sun and Microsoft confirm data center lovechild  —  Er, will someone please get Scott McNealy on the horn?  This Sun Microsystems and Microsoft love-in is getting ridiculous.  —  Sun Chairman McNealy used to hit us with the “It's Mankind versus Microsoft” shots as the two companies squabbled …
Discussion: eWeek
John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:
Like Twitter, Chatterous offers instant chat  —  Some entrepreneurial ventures are born out of necessity.  That was the case for Kenshi Arasaki, who simply wanted a better way to communicate with friends about meeting up at Seattle bars for weekly happy hours.
 
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Scott Hillis / Reuters:
Take-Two shareholders slash stakes
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Wall Street Journal:
India Appears Ripe For Cellphone Ads
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Beta AdWords feature spends your budget automatically
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
Jordan Golson / Valleywag:
Kentucky legislator wants to ban anonymous internet posting
Discussion: Mashable!
Qblogger / TechNet Blogs:
An update on KB #946676  —  The Windows Home Server team …
Discussion: eWeek, Gizmodo and WinBeta
Catherine Holahan / Tech Beat:
Bitstrips Booth
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Tony Smith / The Register:
Ten years old: the world's first MP3 player
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Popular Mechanics:
Counterfeit Chips Raise Big Hacking, Terror Threats, Experts Say
Discussion: VoIP Blog and Slashdot
Reuters:
News Corp will not fight Microsoft for Yahoo
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
Dear Computerworld, there's a reason why IE8 breaks the web
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Windows 7 Eyed For Antitrust Violations
Discussion: The Tech Report and Slashdot
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
Please, mysterious traveler, tell us of your strange new technology
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
FCC hints at taking action against Comcast
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Wikipedia's tin-cup approach wears thin
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