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1:50 AM ET, April 20, 2009

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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Flash Charges into the Living Room  —  Adobe is making a major push to bring its Flash platform to the living room, announcing a version of Flash that's optimized for televisions, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on Monday.  —  Flash is already installed …
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Adobe in Push to Spread Web Video to TV Sets  —  The denizens of Hollywood and Silicon Valley have, by and large, vastly different value systems, role models, even tastes in cars, food and clothing.  —  But they increasingly agree on one thing: a standard for online video called Adobe Flash.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and Business Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Gambles on Windows 7 ‘Starter’  —  Microsoft Corp. is taking an unusual approach with its new Windows 7 operating system: Customers buying many of the least-expensive laptops with the software are likely to be limited to running three applications at a time and miss out on other key features, or pay for an upgrade.
Christopher Price / PhoneNews.com:
Apple Consolidating AV Cables Ahead of iPhone HD Launch  —  Apple has advised Apple Authorized Resellers to begin placing on clearance both the Apple Composite AV Cable and Apple Component AV Cable.  PhoneNews.com has learned that Apple will be consolidating these cables, ahead of the launch of the next iPhone.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, IntoMobile and Neowin.net
Benjamin Sutherland / Newsweek:
Apple's New Weapon  —  To help soldiers make sense of data from drones, satellites and ground sensors, the U.S. military now issues the iPod Touch. … From the magazine issue dated Apr 27, 2009  —  Tying the hands of a person who is speaking, the Arab proverb goes, is akin to “tying his tongue.”
Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:
New ‘Get a Mac’ ads don't acknowledge ‘PC Hunter’ talking points  —  We were worried that Apple would somehow try to respond to the PC Hunter advertising by switching their message.  They didn't.  They are staying on their message.  Our favorite?  Legal Copy: (more below)  —  Also see them at Apple
Discussion: Boing Boing Gadgets and TUAW
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
As Costs Fall, Companies Push to Raise Internet Price  —  Internet service providers want to end the all-you-can-eat plans and get their customers paying à la carte.  —  But they are having a hard time closing the buffet line.  —  Faced with rising consumer protest and calls …
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Ask Welcomes Back Jeeves, At Least In The UK, That Is  —  It has been well over three years since Ask.com has retired Jeeves.  Ever since then, many searchers and internet users have asked for his return.  Today, Jeeves has come out of retirement, at least in the UK, where he returns as the brand behind the search engine.
Discussion: Guardian, Financial Times and Mashable!
Times of London:
Lastminute founder Brent Hoberman rallies friends to bankroll internet entrepreneurs  —  TWO of Britain's best-known internet entrepreneurs are teaming up to launch a development fund to back start-up technology companies suffering from a financing gap as investment levels plummet.
Discussion: broadstuff
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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch Europe:   UK startup icons launch fund to bridge Europe's ‘Equity gap’
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Bloggers: Let's Band Together and Stop the Hype Cycle  —  Silicon Valley is known for nurturing start-ups in a way no other place can.  But it's not all kumbaya here.  And one of the most destructive things about Silicon Valley is the hype cycle.  And judging by the fact …
TechRadar.com:
What if our tech is good enough?  —  Incremental improvements just don't get us excited  —  Perhaps Blu-ray is the canary in the coalmine.  To its makers, it's a fantastic new format, the pinnacle of home entertainment technology.  —  To the public, it's DVD with a slightly better picture …
Thanks:blogfisher
Sebastian Blanco / AutoblogGreen:
Peapod will use iPhone as nav system, green driving advisor, and - huh? - a key  —  Last week at the New York Auto Show, we visited Peapod Mobility and got a good look at the duck-like car with the big smile.  One thing that we noticed in the promotional booklet that Peter Arnell …
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
Google tips FCC about new YouTube comment filtering system  —  Google has told the FCC that YouTube is testing a new filtering system for video comments.  Is this a response to pressure from groups like the Parents Television Council?  —  Google has told the Federal Communications Commission …
Thanks:atul
 
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Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Is Google the next Pirate Bay? In a word, no.
Discussion: Maximum PC all and digg.com
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Hollywood Has A Great Online Distribution Model — If You Hate Selection
Discussion: Thought Clusters, The Biz and Slashdot, Thanks:atul
Caine Moss / VentureBeat:
VCs are turning the screws with financing terms
Fred / A VC:
A Deeper Dive Into The First Quarter VC Investment Numbers
Discussion: VCMike's Blog and New York Times, Thanks:atul
Kaja Whitehouse / New York Post:
FEDS TO TAX WEB TO BOLSTER STATE REVENUES
Om Malik / GigaOM:
IPL Cricket's Online Video Offering Is An Epic Fail
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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:
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