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6:25 PM ET, March 14, 2009

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Clay Shirky:
Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable  —  Back in 1993, the Knight-Ridder newspaper chain began investigating piracy of Dave Barry's popular column, which was published by the Miami Herald and syndicated widely.  In the course of tracking down the sources of unlicensed distribution …
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Connect for iPhone Now Live - First Apps Released (Updated)  —  Last summer, Facebook originally announced that it was bringing Facebook Connect to the iPhone.  This morning it's launching, and several popular iPhone apps are live with Facebook Connect integration in the iPhone app store …
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Gareth Davis / Facebook Developers:
Facebook Connect for iPhone.  Friends Now Included.  —  We're really excited to launch Facebook Connect for iPhone today.  Facebook Connect easily lets developers make their websites and desktop applications more social.  And with the explosion of iPhone apps over the last year …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook's Dave Morin On The Search for a More Social Web; Connect Comes To The iPhone  —  We're here at SXSW, where Facebook's Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin is speaking about The Search for a More Social Web.  —  He says that computers have largely been antisocial …
Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
Seesmic Launches its Facebook Desktop Client Available Today  —  We're proud to announce the launch of the “Seesmic for Facebook” desktop application, which is available from today as a free download.  —  Based on the technology behind Twhirl, Seesmic for Facebook lets you keep track …
Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Rumor: iPhone to Get a Premium App Store  —  As Apple gets ready to preview its new software developers' kit and an updated iPhone operating system next week, there could be some changes to the company's App Store too.  —  We're hearing rumors that Apple could introduce a “premium” …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Hit iPhone Developer: Not Making Any More Mac Games
Discussion: Pulse2, TUAW and Macsimum News
stevenberlinjohnson.com:
Old Growth Media And The Future Of News  —  The following is a speech I gave yesterday at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin.  —  I  —  If you happened to being hanging out in front of the old College Hill Bookstore in Providence Rhode Island in 1987 …
Discussion: L.A. Times Tech Blog and AppScout, Thanks:atul
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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
News has a bright future, author says
Discussion: CrunchGear and Screenwerk, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Scoble's New Thing: Building 43  —  A week ago we reported that blogger Robert Scoble is leaving his current job running FastCompany TV.  Now he's going to start talking about his new project - a new content and social networking community called Building 43, which he's building in partnership with his new employer, Rackspace.
Discussion: Newsome.Org and Scobleizer
Fred von Lohmann / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Apple Adds Still More DRM to iPod Shuffle  —  Even as it attacks DRM on music, Apple is continuing to add more DRM to its own hardware (we recently documented all of Apple's various hardware DRM restrictions).  The latest example is the new iPod Shuffle.  According to the careful reviewers at iLounge …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
New York Times Mulls Online Subscription Fee  —  The New York Times (NYT) is considering charging $55/year for online access, a source tells us (no additional details).  —  Arthur Sulzberger told an audience at Stony Brook yesterday that the paper is looking at charging for some of its online content …
Discussion: Bloomberg and MediaMemo, Thanks:atul
Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
Exclusive: New Live BlackBerry Niagara 9630 Photos!  —  * Update: One more picture posted by Matt_25 in the forums.  Thanks Matt!!  w00t!  Good way to start the weekend.  Following up on the first real photos of the BlackBerry Niagara 9630 we recently dropped in the blogs …
New York Times:
Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Alex Andon, 24, a graduate of Duke University in biology, was laid off from a biotech company last May.  For months he sought new work.  Then, frustrated with the hunt, he turned to jellyfish.
Discussion: Boing Boing and Bits, Thanks:mrinaldesai
 
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
AT&T Fails The SXSW iPhone Test
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Feds Demand Prison for Guns N' Roses Uploader
Thanks:rcade
Saul Hansell / Bits:
A Call to Legislate Internet Privacy
Discussion: The Web Life and digg.com, Thanks:atul
David Sharp / Associated Press:
Maine expanding school laptop program with Apple
Discussion: Macsimum News
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Apple sued over exploding iPod touch, iMac display issues
Discussion: Macsimum News
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Attacked from Within  —  Traditional methods for protecting community …
Discussion: SiliconAngle
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Struggling in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide seeks investments or possible sale
Discussion: Software, Interrupted, VG247 and Kotaku
Jon Gambrell / Associated Press:
Appeal says juror sent ‘tweets’ during $12.6M case
Discussion: Collaboration 2.0 and VentureBeat
Sam Diaz / Between the Lines:
HP imposes more salary cuts for EDS employees
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Memo: PBS is cutting its current budget by 21% and reducing dues paid by local stations by $35M to deal with Congress' decision to eliminate ~$500M in funding

Raquel ‘Rocky’ Harris / The Wrap:
The LA Times Guild plans to hold its first-ever strike authorization vote as contract talks near their third year; the union lost about 200 members since 2022

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
Sources: Chord Music Partners, a music rights investment vehicle, raised $2B+ so far in a round due to close in October; Searchlight Capital has invested $400M

 
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