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9:05 PM ET, April 19, 2008

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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Exclusive: Pictures of Psystar's corporate home; Clone maker's store is open  —  As this Psystar saga turns-the alleged Mac clone maker is either an overwhelmed legitimate business, a scam or something in between-it's helpful to have some feet on the street.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Hardware 2.0 and p2pnet
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Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
Psystar store is back up, orders on the way  —  Psystar finally managed to get its Internet store back up and running Saturday, and promised that all Mac clones ordered to date will soon be on the way.  —  if you haven't been following the saga of Psystar, check out our coverage this week.
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Meet The Mac-Clone Mystery Man
Discussion: The Boy Genius Report
MacNN:
Will Apple open a store in Second Life?  —  On April 17, 2008, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's patent application titled Enhancing Online Shopping Atmosphere .  Apple's patent generally relates to improving the experiences that online-shoppers may have at an online Apple Store, sometime in the future.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Encyclopedia Britannica Now Free For Bloggers  —  Encyclopedia Britannica often is used in case studies as a definitive example of how new technology can disrupt a business.  Everything was great for the nearly 250 year old privately held company until the Internet came around and a Category Five hurricaned on their parade.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Who Did Six Apart Acquire?  —  San Francisco-based blogging startup Six Apart has made a significant acquisition, we heard today from someone with knowledge of the deal.  “Significant” in the sense of a possible strategic shift for the company, if not in terms of deal size.  It will be announced in the next few days.
Discussion: CNET News.com
Andrew / NotebookReview.com:
Asus Sets Eee PC 900 U.S. Launch for May 12th  —  Asus informed us this evening that the Eee PC 900 will hit the store shelves in the U.S. on May 12th.  The Linux and Windows XP loaded version of this 8.9" version of the Eee PC will both cost $549.  —  The Eee PC 900 has already been released …
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Dion Almaer / Ajaxian:
Yahoo! BrowserPlus: The rumour is true  —  Awhile back I heard a rumour that Yahoo! had a “Gears-like” project that was cancelled.  I thought this was a shame, as having Yahoo! pushing the browser would be a great thing, and I wished that we could all join forces and push together.
Discussion: Mashable!, Profy.Com and TechCrunch
G. Pascal Zachary / New York Times:
How Scientific Gains Abroad Pay Off in the U.S.  —  AT a time of economic belt-tightening, might cheap science from low-wage countries help keep American innovators humming?  —  Americans have long profited from low-cost manufactured goods, especially from Asia.  The cost of those material “inputs” is now rising.
Discussion: IFTF's Future Now
YouTube :: Blog:
Beta Launch for YouTube Feature Updates  —  We just launched beta versions of three new feature updates to improve overall management of your messages, contacts and videos.  These tests are already being served to a small percentage of randomly selected users, but anyone can choose to opt in and test them out.
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
MySpace viral channels: notifications coming April 30, invitations coming late May  —  myspace viral channels  —  While developers wait on the MySpace Platform to launch many long-awaited viral channels, Max Newbould, lead developer and product owner of the MySpace Developer Platform, told developers in an IRC channel yesterday that:
Discussion: Mashable!
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
ISPs' Error Page Ads Let Hackers Hijack Entire Web, Researcher Discloses  —  Seeking to make money from mistyped website names, some of the United States' largest ISPs are instead creating gaping security holes in the web's largest websites, including eBay, PayPal, Google and Yahoo.
Ryan McIntire / The Greener Grass:
Papyrus  —  With the growing popularity and widespread use of communication tools like texting, Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, today's students are more connected than ever.  However, few educational solutions take advantage of these tools.  Some schools use software like Blackboard, but the interfaces are clunky and outdated.
Discussion: Gadgetell, Engadget and GottaBeMobile
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Paypal denies Safari-blocking reports  —  News in brief: There's been multiple reports claiming PayPal plans to block Safari users from using its service on account of the browser's lack of built-in anti-phishing features.  —  The Safari block has been mooted as part of a package of moves …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ning Worth Half A Billion Dollars
Sascha Segan / Gearlog:
New Satellite Phone Runs Windows Mobile, Has No Visible Antenna
CNN:
CNN Web site targeted
Leslie Kaufman / New York Times:
When the Ex Blogs, the Dirtiest Laundry Is Aired
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Apple Ends Stealth Safari Installs Via Software Update For Windows
Discussion: Today @ PC World
 Earlier Items: 
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Visual Search Engine Coming to iPhone in June
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Gaming appearing recession proof as Wii, DS dominate sales
Discussion: Opposable Thumbs and Digg
Bloomberg:
Managers Among 4,650 Losing AT&T Jobs
Discussion: WebGuild and VoIP Watch
Cory Bohon / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
AT&T WiFi portal for iPhone users shows up at Starbucks
Discussion: 1FPS, IntoMobile and VoIP Watch