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7:35 PM ET, March 10, 2008

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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Zuckerberg interview: What went wrong  —  I want to get video of the uncomfortable keynote with Mark Zuckerberg and Business Week's Sarah Lacy at SXSW today so I can use it as an object lesson in my journalism classes about how not do conduct an interview.  My lecture:
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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Zuckerberg talks about Facebook's future with News.com  —  AUSTIN, Texas—Mark Zuckerberg probably knew that 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: The Register and Tech Beat
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 …
Discussion: Valleywag, WebProNews and Business Week
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: Identity Woman, Mashable! and PDA
Darren Murph / Engadget:
TSA can't believe MacBook Air is a real laptop, causes owner to miss flight  —  The TSA has been known to take issue with products designed in Cupertino before, but for one particular traveler, it was Apple's thinnest laptop ever that caused the latest holdup.
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John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
Please, mysterious traveler, tell us of your strange new technology
Discussion: Digital Daily and Valleywag
InfoWorld:
Ericsson predicts demise of hotspots  —  As mobile broadband takes off, Wi-Fi hotspots will become as irrelevant as telephone booths, Ericsson Chief Marketing Officer Johan Bergendahl said Monday.  —  Mobile broadband is growing faster than mobile or fixed telephony ever did, Bergendahl said.
Tom Ferguson / Billboard:
Apple Inc. Downplays Beatles ‘Speculation’  —  Apple Inc has dismissed claims in the U.K. press that the Beatles catalog is about to be made available online through the computer giant's iTunes Music Store as “unsubstantiated speculation.”  —  Reports on Friday suggested that unnamed sources …
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Ex-Googler Launches Search Engine Community, Topicle  —  Former Google Product Manger, Steffen Mueller, has launched Topicle, a new search engine community.  The service, which went live today, uses a model similar to that of Wikipedia, allowing anyone to contribute to the creation and enhancement of their own vertical search engines.
Discussion: CNET News.com and Mashable!
Valeria Maltoni / Conversation Agent:
14 Year Olds May Think You Are Cool  —  I was watching and listening to the keynote conversation (just click on the links that say 750, 300 or 100 on the side) by Guy Kawasaki with Steve Ballmer of Microsoft at MIX'08 last night, and something jumped at me.  —  At one point Kawasaki …
Discussion: Jon Udell and Mike Stopforth
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Watch Out FriendFeed: Socialthing!  Is Even Easier to Use  —  Update: Head over to InviteShare to help others get into Socialthing!  Each user is given 10 invites to hand out.  —  There are a bazillion social network aggregators out there (Mike attempted to round up some of the most notable ones here).
Discussion: WinExtra and SheGeeks
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Cyndy Aleo-Carreira / Profy.Com:
Socialthing Launches. And Crashes. And Launches.
Discussion: VentureBeat and BetaNews
Alana Semuels / Los Angeles Times:
Wikipedia's tin-cup approach wears thin  —  The nonprofit website needs to raise funds, but it resists selling ads.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The new headquarters of one of the world's most popular websites is 3,000 square feet of rented space furnished with desks and chairs bought on the cheap from EBay and Craigslist.
Reuters:
News Corp will not fight Microsoft for Yahoo  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch said on Monday his News Corp would not get into a fight with Microsoft Corp over Yahoo Inc, confirming what most industry and Wall Street observers suspected.  —  Murdoch's company has been in talks with Yahoo …
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
FCC hints at taking action against Comcast  —  The Federal Communications Commission is edging toward taking action against cable operator Comcast for monkeying with its customers' peer-to-peer traffic, according to several news reports.  —  On Friday FCC Chairman Kevin Martin indicated during …
Underwire / Wired:
This Year's Twitter?  A Simple Scheduling App That Brings Order  —  AUSTIN, TX — Last year, Twitter was the big winner at South by Southwest.  In 2008, it's all about Sched.org.  —  Every year, one web service captures all the buzz at the two-week-long conference by proving itself to be innovative …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Om Malik / GigaOM:
The GigaOM Interview: Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corp.  —  Fresh from his Mix'08 keynote, Microsoft's Chief Software Architect and industry luminary, Ray Ozzie, spent some time on the phone with me, discussing everything from the company's services strategy …
Associated Press:
Sprint phone first to use fast network  —  NEW YORK - Sprint Nextel Corp. is upgrading one of its cell phone models so that it can connect to a faster data network, doubling its download speeds and boosting upload speeds by about eight times.  —  Both Sprint and Verizon Wireless operate …
One Microsoft Way:
Dear Computerworld, there's a reason why IE8 breaks the web  —  Computerworld's Gregg Keizer recently reported that IE8 beta 1 users were experiencing problems loading various websites, including Microsoft sites such as Windows Live Hotmail and Windows Update.
 
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Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Malone Says Diller Violated Agreement
Discussion: paidContent.org and Gawker
Popular Mechanics:
Counterfeit Chips Raise Big Hacking, Terror Threats, Experts Say
Discussion: VoIP Blog
Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter:
John Rambo Joins Apple's Digital Copy Program
Discussion: PC World
New York Times:
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Comcast, Google & Verizon on the Recession's Sting
Ssjmichael / DAPreview.net:
Exclusive: Introducing the Sansa Fuze
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Windows 7 Eyed For Antitrust Violations
Discussion: The Tech Report
 Earlier Items: 
Michal Lev-Ram / Techland:
Wireless spectrum auction winding down
Discussion: Tech Beat and mocoNews.net
Wolfgang Gruener / TGDaily.com:
Unreal creator Tim Sweeney: “PCs are good for anything, just not games”
Discussion: The Tech Report
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Zoho People Launches for Free.  Does Salesforce.com Have Anything to Worry About?
Discussion: VentureBeat and CenterNetworks
Douglas Merrill / Official Google Blog:
How Google keeps your information secure
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Salesforce to Integrate with Google Apps?
Ben Worthen / Business Technology:
Bigger Computer Monitors = More Productivity