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11:30 PM ET, August 28, 2008

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Android Developers Blog:
Android Market: a user-driven content distribution system  —  When we talk to developers, a common topic is the challenge of getting applications in the hands of users.  That's why today I'm happy to share early details of Android Market—an open content distribution system that will help end users find …
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Android Market, Google's response to Apple's App Store for third party developers  —  Mobile software operating system Android is coming soon, at least on one device — and that device will have a way for third-party applications to get access to users.  The Google-led software initiative …
Discussion: Electronista and TechSpot
Chris Davies / Android Community:
Android Market confirmed; no app checking by Google
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Comcast 250GB Cap Goes Live October 1 - Updated: Comcast confirms our story...  Back in May I broke the news that in addition to throttling back high-consumption users to “DSL like speeds,” Comcast was considering implementing a 250GB monthly cap as part of their shift toward “protocol agnostic” network management.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Comcast Metered Broadband Official — Beware What You Download  —  Karl Bode over on DSL Reports reports that Comcast will institute a 250 GB cap on its broadband connections starting Oct. 1.  Expect other carriers to follow suit and make tiered broadband a reality.
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
Comcast 250GB Monthly Cap Goes Live October 1 - Official word should drop sometime today....  Back in May I broke the news that in addition to throttling back high-consumption users to “DSL like speeds,” Comcast was considering implementing a 250GB monthly cap as part of their shift toward “protocol agnostic” network management.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
It's official: Comcast starts 250GB bandwidth caps October 1
Discussion: Broadband Politics and TechSpot
Danieleran / Roughly Drafted:
The Inside Deets on iPhone 2.0.2 and Dropped Calls  —  Daniel Eran Dilger  —  The mysteriously terse synopsis of the improvements made in iPhone 2.0.2, listed only as “bug fixes,” didn't shed much light on why Apple's Jennifer Bowcock could tell USAToday that “the software update improves communication with 3G networks.”
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
How Steve Jobs' obit got published  —  The first rule of publishing is that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.  (A corollary favored at Time Magazine, where I labored for nearly three decades, is that all copy is guilty until proved otherwise.)  —  None of this excuses …
Discussion: Telegraph
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs  —  In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider, iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system.
Brad Stone / Bits:
Extinguish the Rumors: No New Amazon Kindle This Year  —  Talk of a new version of the Kindle e-book reader, aimed at college students, has been echoing around the blogosphere and has even reached your dutifully vacationing Bits correspondent.  I asked Craig Berman, Amazon's chief spokesman …
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Wall Street Journal:
McCain Seems To Have Obama Beat in One Arena  —  Campaign Buys Rights To Top Search Results On Key Election Terms  —  So-called ambush ads are typically reserved for Web-savvy marketers such as General Motors and AT&T. The newest believer: a 71-year-old presidential candidate.
Chris Snyder / Epicenter:
Veoh Prevails in Infringement Lawsuit  —  UPDATED: Includes statement from Viacom.  —  A California court has dismissed a copyright infringement case against Veoh, ruling that the Digital Millenium Copyright Act could not possibly require sharing sites to be solely responsible for vetting the content they host.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
What The Veoh Decision Means For YouTube And Others
CBC News:
Rogers extends iPhone prices, revamps data plans  —  Rogers Communications Inc. is revamping its data rate plans and extending a limited-time offer on the iPhone in order to spur sales of smartphones.  —  The Toronto-based company, Canada's largest cellphone provider, on Thursday …
Discussion: mobilesyrup.com and Infinite Loop
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Microsoft's Live Search Cashback Scheme Fails To Move The Market Share Needle  —  When it comes to search, Microsoft is trying everything it can to become a serious player.  It tried to acquire Yahoo, its latest version of Internet Explorer attempts to steer Web surfers away from Google …
GamesIndustry.biz:
EA: Second-hand sales are a “critical situation”  —  Publishing giant Electronic Arts has said that it's currently trying multiple new business models to help battle the critical problem of second-hand videogame sales.  —  While retailers reap the benefits of selling the same product multiple times …
Jim Dalrymple / Macworld:
Apple promises September fix for iPhone security flaw  —  A recently discovered security flaw that would allow access to a locked iPhone will be fixed next month, Apple said on Thursday.  —  “The minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update …
Bloomberg:
Google to Start Yahoo Deal by October, Schmidt Says  —  Aug. 28 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., facing U.S. Justice Department scrutiny of its advertising partnership with Yahoo! Inc., will proceed with the agreement by early October, Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said.
Discussion: Mashable! and CNET News.com
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
YouTube Finally Figures Out How To Make Money: Big Ads On Its Homepage  —  Take a good, long look at YouTube's (GOOG) homepage.  You may not recognize it soon: The video site is trying out new ad format that will turn over a good chunk of the page to sponsors.
 
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Shuts Down Mash, 0-4 On Social Networking
Discussion: The Web Life
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Novell's third-quarter loss widens, but Linux booms by 30 percent
Discussion: TheStreet.com and Reuters
ABCNEWS:
Where Do You Click and What Does it Mean?
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Preview: Penny Arcade Expo 2008 in Seattle
Discussion: PlayStation.Blog
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Final Tally: Olympics Web and P2P Numbers
Discussion: BroadDev and EurActiv.com
Jim Damoulakis / PC World:
Growing Cynicism Around Going Green
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
WiMax's Invisible Power
Discussion: Sidecut Reports
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Album-loving artists blame iTunes for changed music tastes
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Al Sacco / CIO.com:
The 14 Silliest Smartphone Accessories: How to Humiliate a …
Discussion: Crave and Boing Boing Gadgets
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Bank Changes Man's Password After They Realize It Insults Them
Discussion: The Inquisitr
Defor / eastrain design:
Want to close-focus your iPhone 3G?
Gmail Blog:
Little things that matter
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Windows 7 — Approach to System Performance
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Mozilla Extends Lucrative Deal With Google For 3 Years
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Google Moves to Mainstream RSS With A Simple Name Change
Discussion: AppScout and WebProNews
 

 
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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”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

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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