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9:05 AM ET, June 23, 2008

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Wall Street Journal:
Google's Mobile-Handset Plans Are Slowed  —  ‘Android’ Launch Is Being Delayed As Carriers Struggle  —  Google Inc. is learning that changing the cellphone industry isn't easy.  —  The Internet giant and more than 30 partners announced in November a bold plan for a new breed of handsets based …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Delayed: Android, aka Google Phone  —  If you are a start-up targeting the mobile industry, then you are well aware of the slow moving ways of incumbents, equipment makers and of course handset makers.  You are made aware of their equally glacial ways when you come from the opposite end of the spectrum, Silicon Valley.
Electronista:
Android phone makers struggle with delays  —  Phone designers creating the first Google Android-based cellphones are seeing crucial delays that will force them to miss an end-of-year target, the Wall Street Journal says.  While the heavily discussed launch of a T-Mobile USA-branded phone …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Germany's Plazes Acquired By Nokia  —  Berlin, Germany based Plazes, a location based social network (and one of the first startups we ever wrote about here on TechCrunch, back in 2005), has been acquired by Finland-based Nokia, the companies are announcing today.  The price is not being disclosed.
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Felix / blog.plazes.com:
Nokia announces the acquisition of Plazes  —  A couple of minutes ago, we announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire Plazes.  What will change for you, the Plazes user?  Nothing just yet.  We are not going to shut down registration and we are very soon still going to launch what's now in closed beta.
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:   Nokia Buys Location-Based Social Net Plazes
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Link by Link: Delaying News in the Era of the Internet  —  WHEN the NBC News host Tim Russert died on June 13, NBC tried to hold back the news from going public for more than an hour to notify his family vacationing in Italy and presumably to prepare for what became six hours of coverage on its cable news outlet, MSNBC.
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Wikipedia Updater Fired For Scooping NBC on Tim Russert's Death
Discussion: The Blog Herald and CrunchGear
Om Malik / GigaOM:
What Makes A Cloud Computer?  —  The relative success and cult-like popularity of Asus' Eee cloud computer has helped raise the level of interest in what's being called a new class of computers.  Some call the new machines UMPCs, others have labeled them Netbooks and many are safely labeling them handhelds.
Brad Stone / New York Times:
ABC Moves to Expand Its Reach on Video Web Sites  —  SAN FRANCISCO — ABC, the stingiest of the major television networks when it comes to syndicating its programs across the Web, is loosening up a little.  —  The network, owned by the Walt Disney Company, is expected to announce on Monday …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:   Veoh to Get Paid to Link to ABC
John Leyden / The Register:
Rare Mac Trojan exploits Apple vuln  —  A rare Mac OS X Trojan has been spotted on the internet.  —  The AppleScript-THT Trojan horse exploits a vulnerability within the Apple Remote Desktop Agent to load itself with root privileges onto compromised Mac machines.
Peter Glaskowsky / CNET News.com:
First Montalvo patent issues  —  Finally, I can call myself an inventor.  —  I've been inventing things for almost 20 years now, but Montalvo Systems was the first company I worked for that took intellectual property seriously.  (That was no coincidence; it was also the first company …
Discussion: VentureBeat
Dana Epp / Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary:
How trustworthy can OpenID be if the developers of it like SixApart themselves don't trust it?  —  For years I have been a fan of OpenID.  I like the concept of a single digital identity to be used across the Internet, and I think the people behind the project has some great ideas.
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
What Privacy Policy?  —  Want to know how well a company protects its customers' data?  Don't talk to its security and compliance officers.  Instead, try its marketing department.  —  A study released Monday by the privacy-focused Ponemon Institute and funded by e-mail marketing firm Strongmail reveals …
Motorola:
Motorola and Kodak Redefine the Mobile Imaging Experience with MOTOZINE™ ZN5  —  Motorola (NYSE: MOT), a leader in wireless communications, and Kodak (NYSE: EK), the world's foremost imaging innovator, today announced MOTOZINE™ ZN5, the first product combining world-class innovation from both companies.
Financial Times:
Beatles seek to join video game revolution  —  By Joshua Chaffin in New York and Chris Nuttall in San Francisco  —  Beatles representatives are in talks with two companies to create a Beatles-themed video game in a move that could pave the way for a broader licensing of the Fab Four's catalogue.
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:   Forget Digital Music, Beatles On Talks For Video Games
Steven Levy / Newsweek:
Microsoft After Gates.  (And Bill After Microsoft.)  —  The icon of the tech world will focus on philanthropy as the company he founded faces turbulent seas.  —  In some respects, this week won't be terribly different for Bill Gates than the previous 1,712 weeks he has spent working full-time at Microsoft …
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Comcast Owned Fandango Buys Movies.com From Disney
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Get Ready For the Yahoo Reorg: Whither Yang?
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
T-Mo releases Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-t339 Hotspot@Home phones
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
Ad Leaders See Web's Threat and Promise
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Fred / A VC:
Am I Bored With “Web 2.0”?
Shel / Global Neighbourhoods:
Several Changes  —  It's funny, but even my best friends …
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
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Industry Standard:
Montreal's public bike system integrates Web, RFID
Discussion: Engadget and Slashdot
Cyndy Aleo-Carreira / Profy.Com:
Sure, Facebook Looks Good in Chinese and in Russian, But Is It Even Wanted?
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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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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