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4:25 PM ET, June 16, 2008

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Here's Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They're Banned  —  The stories over the weekend were bad enough - the Associated Press, with a long history of suing over quotations from their articles, went after Drudge Retort for having the audacity to link to their stories along with short quotations via reader submissions.
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Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Welcome to the Web refactory, AP
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Associated Press Hands Local And National News Sites An Opportunity …
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Vista's big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it  —  And to think Microsoft used to be popular with the developer crowd...  Not anymore.  A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year.  Eight percent.
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Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Windows XP era draws to a close  —  After a long-announced transition, June 30 marks the end of an era at Microsoft.  Well, really it's the end of two eras.  —  Most people think of Bill Gates, of course, and I'll have plenty more to say about his impending shift to part-time work in the coming days.
TG Daily:
Dell launches final Windows XP PC systems
Discussion: Crave and TechSpot
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
$15 to check a bag, but free to charge an iPod  —  United Airlines has been subject to some pretty bad press recently for being one of several airlines to slap a $15 fee on checked bags, but here's a perk: the commerical carrier announced on Monday that it's starting to install iPod and iPhone connectivity features in its airplanes.
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Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
iPod/iPhone join United's mile-high club  —  United Airlines has become the first US air carrier to offer iPod and iPhone connectivity within its in-flight entertainment systems, the airline announced today.  —  The company's solution allows passengers to watch and listen to their media on the 15.4-inch screen available at their seat.
United Airlines:
Tune In and Take Off on United Airlines
Wayne Friedman / MediaPost Publications:
Web Do-Over: ABC Gives TV Advertisers Makegoods—Online  —  Broadcast networks are starting to experiment in giving makegood inventory in digital streaming episodes in lieu of traditional TV commercial time.  —  This past season, a handful of advertisers took makegood inventory from ABC …
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Donna Bogatin / STARTUP CHATTER:
Velocity Interactive VC: Web Video Needs a ‘30 second spot’
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Darryl K. Taft / eWeek:
eBay, PayPal Open Up to Developers  —  EBay opens its platform to developers while PayPal offers new tools.  —  EBay and PayPal are rolling out new developer initiatives.  —  At the eBay Developers conference in Chicago June 16, eBay announced Project Echo, which is designed …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball?
Discussion: WebProNews and SEO and Tech Daily
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:   eBay: Stifel Upgrades; MSFT Interest In PayPal/Skype?
Dan Sabbagh / Times of London:
Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks  —  Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people's music ownership has found.  —  The research also showed that half of 14 …
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ZDNet:
Study: MP3 generation still a bunch of pirates
Discussion: TorrentFreak
Brooke Crothers / CNET News.com:
AMD, Nvidia graphics chip designs diverge  —  On Monday, AMD and Nvidia are launching graphics chips based on distinctly different design philosophies.  —  Nvidia's GTX 280 and GTX 260 are designed to deliver the biggest performance bang per chip.  A so-called “monolithic” …
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple's open secret: SproutCore is Cocoa for the Web  —  One of the biggest revelations at WWDC was quietly unveiled in a session on Friday morning entitled “Building Native Look-and-Feel Web Applications Using SproutCore.”  While Apple maintained high security during the entire NDA-sealed WWDC session …
Steve Litchfield / All About Symbian:
Nokia E71  —  Having been using the Nokia E71 for a little while now, Steve Litchfield delivers his verdict - what's new compared to its predecessor, the E61i?  And how close does the E71 get to being the perfect smartphone for the modern professional?  —  Version Reviewed:  —  Score: 85
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Apple's iPhone 3G Is The New iPod, Sales To Triple (AAPL)  —  The iPhone 3G's faster speeds, cheaper price, apps platform, and wider distribution will lead to a breakout holiday quarter for Apple (AAPL), reminiscent of the iPod's December quarter in 2005, when sales tripled year-over-year …
Discussion: Macsimum News
Microsoft:
Microsoft Introduces First Embedded Operating System Optimized Specifically for Portable Navigation Device (PND) Manufacturers  —  Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 provides a platform enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to quickly build next-generation connected PNDs.
Georgina Prodhan / Reuters:
T-Mobile to sell 3G iPhone from 1 euro in Germany  —  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile will sell Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) new iPhone for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) for the 8-gigabyte version together with a 69 euro monthly contract, it said on Monday.
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
FCC Chair willing to consecrate XM-Sirius union  —  The Chair of the Federal Communications Commission has announced that he will ask the agency approve the merger of Sirius and XM satellite radio.  “On balance, this transaction would be in the public interest,” Kevin Martin said on Sunday.
Business Wire:
Palm and Rogers Wireless Bring Centro to Canada  —  Palm Centro Smartphone Offers Touch Screen and Keyboard to Traditional Mobile Phone Users  —  TORONTO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—For individuals and traditional mobile phone users who want to stay connected with friends, family and co-workers …
 
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Staska / Unwired View:
Microsoft Veda. New look at mobile convergence
Discussion: Mobility Site and Engadget
JR Raphael / The Inquisitr:
Trusera Brings Medicine to Social Networking
Scott Ferguson / eWeek:
Parallels Slices Up Apple Xserve
Discussion: Macsimum News
Hank Williams / Silicon Alley Insider:
Who's Going To Be The Web's Tim Russert?
Ashlee Vance / The Register:
HP dishes 24 hour party people blade
Discussion: eWeek
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
AT&T slowing down iPhone data speed?
Discussion: Industry Standard
David Chartier / Ars Technica:
alt.blocked: Verizon blocks access to whole USENET hierarchy
Discussion: CrunchGear and Lockergnome
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
Can Hulu Help Struggling Web Series? We Doubt It.
Discussion: HipMojo.com
 Earlier Items: 
AMD:
AMD Stream Processor First to Break 1 Teraflop Barrier
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Microsoft's Next Quarry?
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Remote Clicks That Do More Than Just Change Channels
Pew Internet:
The Internet and the 2008 Election
Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:
Google Docs gets limited PDF support
Discussion: The Inquisitr and TechSpot
BBC:
Council bans ‘anti-teen’ gadget
Discussion: Gadget Lab and Engadget
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
The iPhone's Impact on Rivals
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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