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9:05 AM ET, March 14, 2008

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Michael Weiss-Malik / Google LatLong:
Organizing more than one world's information  —  We like to think big.  Vastly hugely mind-bogglingly big (to paraphrase one of my favorite authors).  And thanks to the flexibility of Google Maps technology and the world wide web, we've been able to work at a universal scale (literally).
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Is KickApps Next to Board AOL's Gravy Train?  —  While a lot of focus yesterday has been on the gobs of cash that Time Warner shareholders now have to fork over to social networking site Bebo, which was bought by its AOL division for $850 million in spite of low revenues …
Richard Martin / TechWeb:
Google Exec: Android Will Outsell iPhone  —  Google has not released sales predictions for devices based on its mobile operating system Android.  But that doesn't stop Rich Miner, group manager for mobile platforms at the search giant, from being confident.
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Cade Metz / The Register:
Google claims ‘non-existent’ Android beats everything but the Jesus Phone
Discussion: Slashdot and CenterNetworks
Brad Stone / Bits:
Breaking Google Captchas for $3 a Day  —  In the last two months, several Internet security firms have suggested that spammers had devised a way to bust the “captcha” that is protecting Gmail.  This would allow them to use the popular e-mail service to drown the rest of the Internet …
David Chartier / Ars Technica:
Reznor: Radiohead offering was insincere, industry is inept  —  Major musicians are exploring the market potential for directly interacting with their fans and releasing music independently.  Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead both made headlines recently for experimenting with Internet-based releases …
Discussion: Digg
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Leisureblogs / Turn It Up:
Reznor's one-week take for ‘Ghosts’: $1.6 million
Discussion: 901am and Digg
EE Times:
AI researchers think ‘Rascals’ can pass Turing test  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — Passing the Turing test—the holy grail of artificial intelligence (AI), whereby a human conversing with a computer can't tell it's not human—may now be possible in a limited way with the world's fastest supercomputer …
Discussion: Slashdot and Engadget
Arn / MacRumors:
iPhone Launches in Austria and Ireland  —  Apple and T-Mobile are now selling the iPhone in Austria.  The iPhone is being sold for 399 euro (8GB) and 499 euro (16GB) with the following plans:  — 39 euro/mo “Classic” - 3GB data / 1000 Minutes / free T-Mobile Wifi
InfoWorld:
Trend Micro hit by massive Web hack  —  Security vendor Trend Micro has fallen victim to a widespread Web attack that splashed malicious software onto hundreds of legitimate Web sites in recent days.  —  A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company's site had been hacked Thursday …
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
Blogging and Newspapers, a Lesson in How Not to Brand and Market  —  Much is being made of my decision to ban bloggers from the locker room.  To me its pretty amusing.  In particular I find it amusing that there is a presumption that if a blogger works for a big company, they must be better.
Discussion: MediaVidea
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Google's Trojan Horse: Let the Free Ad Serving Begin  —  One of the biggest misunderstandings in much of the discussion about Google's deal to buy DoubleClick is the perception that DoubleClick actually is involved in selling advertising.  —  It's not.  It sells software that advertisers …
Nathan / FlowingData:
17 Ways to Visualize the Twitter Universe  —  I just created a new Twitter account, and it got me to thinking about all the data visualization I've seen for Twitter tweets.  I felt like I'd seen a lot, and it turns out there are quite a few.  Here they are grouped into four categories - network diagrams, maps, analytics, and abstract.
Discussion: Adaptive Path
Financial Times:
Yahoo to quit London offices for Geneva  —  Yahoo, the internet company, is planning to move its European headquarters from London to Switzerland.  —  One person close to the move - understood to be called “Project Yodel” - said it was made for corporate tax reasons.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Andersen attorney on RIAA suit: “They can't run now”  —  Friday may mark a significant milestone in the RIAA's legal campaign against file-sharing, as it is the deadline for exonerated RIAA defendant Tanya Andersen to refile her malicious prosecution lawsuit against the record labels.
Discussion: Computerworld
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
One App at a Time  —  One week in, the most controversial aspect of the iPhone SDK seems to be the limitation that third-party apps can only run when frontmost — once the user goes back to the home screen or switches to another app, the frontmost app needs to quit.
Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
Getting a FriendFeed new friend every minute or so !  —  Welcome to my blog.  Based in San Francisco, I am an entrepreneur and a blogger.  I just started my fifth startup, Seesmic, a community driven video social software.  Here is what TechCrunch says about it.
Discussion: TechCrunch and SheGeeks
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Frederic / The Last Podcast:
Big Day for FriendFeed
Discussion: Scripting News and Scobleizer
 
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Anything But iPod:
Third Generation Zune in Fall 2009, Europeans Included
Chris Williams / The Register:
BBC calls DRM cops on iPlayer download party
Discussion: p2pnet and BBC
Bill Ray / The Register:
Indian gov says no plan to squeeze out Blackberrys
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
MySpace Opens Up The OpenSocial Spigot: App Gallery Goes Live
Discussion: InfoWorld and ReadWriteWeb
Stephen Lawson / Macworld:
Adobe executive leaves for equity firm
Mike Yamamoto / Crave: The gadget blog:
Monster finally ships its wireless iPod bridge
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
The True iPhone Anti-Christ Is Here! Repent!
Discussion: Tech Blog and Digg
Sean Fallon / Gizmodo:
Mac Pro...Mini?  —  The steampunk mac mini mod was great …
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
EA's Take-Two Saga Turns Hostile
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
For a New Brand, Pepsi Starts the Buzz Online
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Where Have the YouTube Watermarks Gone?
Discussion: Beet.TV
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Sony knocks down walls on game businesses
Discussion: GigaOM
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Ukrainian CyberCrime Boss Leads Political Party
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Who wants Windows 7 more, Microsoft or the users?
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hummer Winblad Partner Will Price Resigns To Head WidgetBox
David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
Hello BlackBerry, Meet the iPhone
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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