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9:15 AM ET, May 14, 2008

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ok, Wired, Let's Do This.  —  A week ago Wired Magazine voiced its displeasure over our syndication partnership with the Washington Post. … When I read this I thought “WTF?” (with an emphasis on the “F").  Wired is a competitor to TechCrunch, but we've been on friendly terms with them for years now.
Discussion: My Blog Posts and The Raw Feed
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Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter:
Post, TechCrunch Mum on Syndication Deal  —  Last week we ran a short news item about a syndication deal for a little blog called TechCrunch.  —  We pointed out how odd it seemed that the Washington Post, one of the nation's most trusted and revered newspapers, would run stories written …
Discussion: Valleywag
Catherine Rampell / Chronicle of Higher Education:
How It Does It: The RIAA Explains How It Catches Alleged Music Pirates  —  To catch college students trading copyrighted songs online, the Recording Industry Association of America uses the same file-sharing software that online pirates love, an RIAA representative told The Chronicle …
David Reiss / Facebook Developers:
Using Facebook Chat via Jabber  —  Since the launch of Facebook Chat, we've received a lot of positive feedback from users about being able to connect instantly with their friends on Facebook.  With Chat fully launched and growing steadily, we've started working on more new features to enhance the Chat experience.
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Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Breaking: Facebook to Launch Jabber/XMPP Support for Chat  —  Facebook will announce momentarily via their developer blog support of Facebook chat via Jabber and XMPP.  These are two of the primary standards for instant messaging protocol on the web.  The new format will enable developers …
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
Friend Connect, Open Social, Ning, and the web  —  First, I'm very happy to say that Ning will be rolling out our formal production support for Open Social in June.  —  In case you missed the news at the time, Open Social is a standard way, sponsored by Google, to build new features ("gadgets" …
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Maps Adds Real Estate Search  —  As a Google employee recently said, “Google Maps is evolving from a driving directions and business search tool, to a comprehensive representation of all the world's information, on a map.”  That's why Google Maps started to integrate different layers …
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Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar:
Where 2.0 Video: Google/ESRI Keynote  —  Here's the first video from Where 2.0, the Google Keynote with a surprise appearance from ESRI.  I can't wait to share some of the other talks we've had so far.  —  Since Google first presented a snapshot of the geoweb at last year's Where 2.0 …
Discussion: All Points Blog and Screenwerk
Raju Vegesna / Zoho Blogs:
Login to Zoho with your Google or Yahoo! Accounts  —  Now you can login to Zoho with your Google or Yahoo! accounts.  Below the Zoho Sign-in section, you now have the option to login with your Google or Yahoo! accounts.  —  If you already have a Zoho account with your Google or Yahoo! …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:   Zoho No Longer Requires Accounts.  Sign In With Your Yahoo Or Google ID
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Dum...dum...dum...dum... dum...dum... AAAGH!
Discussion: The Register and WebProNews
CNBC.com:
Icahn May Launch Proxy Fight with Yahoo
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
MySpace wins $230 million anti-spam judgment  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A notorious “Spam King” and his partner now owe MySpace about $230 million in damages after a federal judge awarded the popular online hangout what is believed to be the largest anti-spam judgment ever.
Discussion: The Register and p2pnet
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Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
MySpace tells AP it has won $234M spam judgment
Discussion: CNET News.com
Jeremy Toeman / Jeremy Toeman's LIVEdigitally:
MacBooks will take 50% of notebook market share within a year  —  I saw an interesting blog post this week regarding how Apple is immune to the innovator's dilemma (for those unfamiliar with the term).  First, I don't think the company is immune at all, I think that OS X and MacBooks …
Discussion: Moonwatcher and CrunchGear
Jim / craigslist blog:
Unlawful and Unfair  —  We filed a complaint in California today, charging eBay with unlawful and unfair competition, misappropriation of proprietary information, deceptive passing-off, business interference, false advertising, phishing attacks, free-riding, trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and breaches of fiduciary duty.
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Amanda Fehd / Associated Press:   Craigslist countersues eBay, saying it broke antitrust laws
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Tablet PC, Mac style: a review of the Axiotron ModBook  —  A solution in search of a problem?  —  The rumors of the Modbook's demise have been greatly exaggerated.  Introduced in January of 2007 at the Macworld Expo, Axiotron's modified MacBook caught the attention of many Mac users …
Discussion: GottaBeMobile and jkOnTheRun
Matt Manolides / Google LatLong:
Where in the world is...  Hello again!  Today I'm happy to announce that the Google Earth data team has pushed out another imagery update.  As always, here are some hints pointing you toward the new imagery.  Stay tuned for the answers and a more complete listing of imagery updates.
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
What is blocking Vista users from recording NBC shows?  —  Some users of Windows Vista Media Center say they were blocked from recording NBC Universal TV shows American Gladiator and Medium on Monday night.  —  “Restrictions set by the broadcaster and/or originator prohibit recording of this program …
 
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Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Swisscom confirms iPhone launch plan
Ryan Kim / San Francisco Chronicle:
More people depend solely on cell phones
Discussion: Portfolio.com
Frank Watson / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Advertisers Can't Sell Hard Liquor But Google Can
PC World:
MCE Offers 1TB Storage for 17-inch MacBook Pro
Lewis Page / The Register:
SMS costs more than using Hubble Space Telescope
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Torrent2exe turns any torrent file into a single-source BitTorrent client
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
Windows Live Messenger 9.0 Beta program frustrates testers
Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
Get Vista's Best Features in XP
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HTC Diamond Keyboard Hacked and Available...
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The Sichuan Quake and the Hubris of Twitter Users
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Why Apple Won't Buy Adobe
Official Gmail Blog:
A need for speed: the path to a faster loading sequence
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
comScore: Yahoo! Buzz Overtakes Digg in April
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
The Delusions Of Nathan Myhrvold
Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Magazine:
MSI Wind Revealed: 10-Inch Mini-Notebook to Hit U.S. in June