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10:10 AM ET, May 2, 2009

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Impressive: The Wolfram Alpha “Fact Engine”  —  Much attention has been focused on the forthcoming Wolfram Alpha search service.  Will it be as important as Google has become?  Perhaps!  A new search paradigm?  Yes!  Or at least a new way of gathering information.  A Google-killer?  Nope!
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Shows Off The Power Of Facebook's New APIs  —  Earlier this week Facebook made the landmark (and long-awaited) announcement that it was going to enable the “Open Stream”, granting developers far more access and flexibility to Facebook data than they had before.
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent.org:
Microsoft's Ozzie On His Company's Web Strategy  —  Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie, who famously zinged his company back in 2006 for not moving aggressively enough to the Web, was much kinder to the company during the annual State of Technology luncheon in Seattle Friday.
Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
First Live Photos of the Gemini - BlackBerry Curve 8520!  —  If you saw this forum post the other week or listened to our last podcast, you'll know that we've been starting to get a better idea of what the “Gemini” is all about.  And thanks to these first live photos, now you can see it for yourself!!!
Hugh / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
White House Photos — Does the Public Need a License to Use?  —  The White House has recently unveiled its Official White House Photostream on Flickr, posting dozens of stunning photos by official photographer Pete Souza.  In posting the photos, the White House chose the least restrictive license available …
Gabriel Snyder / Gawker:
Meet the New Valleywag: Ryan Tate  —  After terrorizing tech managers, Owen Thomas has decided to join 'em.  Emerging from the shadows to replace him as the Valleywag, is Ryan Tate who's already relishing the idea of life in the sunshine.  —  Owen took the Valleywag reins …
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Wladimir Palant / Adblock Plus and (a little) more:
Attention NoScript users  —  Recently I wrote about how not giving extension developers a good way to earn money might lead to very undesirable effects.  The recent events give an impression of the kind of effects we should expect here.  This is going to be about the popular NoScript extension which happens to make its money from ads.
Discussion: Slashdot
Vishesh Kumar / Digits:
Verizon to Offer Free Wi-Fi to Broadband Subscribers  —  Verizon Communications Inc. is preparing to offer free Wi-Fi access at hotspots to subscribers to its home broadband services, according to people familiar with the matter.  The phone giant will partner with Boingo …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:   Verizon's Wi-Fi Network: Is That a Marketing Stunt As Well?
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:   Boingo Wireless Now $10 per Month
Patricia Resende / NEWSFACTOR:
Facebook Boosts Security After Dual Phishing Attacks  —  Facebook has brought in some soldiers to fight the war against malware and phishing scams on the social-networking site.  After two different malware attacks this week, Facebook announced it would begin using San Francisco-based …
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Some Phishers Targeting Owners of Large Facebook Groups
Discussion: All Facebook
John Cox / Macworld:
Is it time to cut the Ethernet access cable?  —  A range of companies with wireless LANs are discovering that 50 percent to 90 percent or more of Ethernet ports now go unused, because Wi-Fi has become so prevalent.  —  They look at racks of unused switches, ports, Ethernet wall jacks …
Discussion: Wi-Fi Networking News
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Cyber chief needs to be in White House: experts  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cybersecurity chief named to battle Internet viruses and larger challenges facing the information technology networks used by U.S. companies and national defense should be based in the White House, experts told a congressional panel on Friday.
Discussion: Agence France Presse
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Stat Shot: Have Chips Sales Hit Bottom?  —  The Semiconductor Industry Association said today that global chip sales reversed course during the month of March, rising to $14.7 billion from $14.2 billion the month before.  But while there are encouraging signs that we may have reached the bottom …
Connie Loizos / PE Hub Blog:
Another Day, Another Entrepreneur Starts A Venture Fund: The University Funds  —  It's like its own (non-life threatening) epidemic, entrepreneurs creating new, early-stage venture capital firms as the overall industry contracts.  —  In addition to the handful of new, Bay Area teams establishing …
Discussion: TechFlash and Xconomy
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Regarding the Verizon and ‘iPhone Lite’ Rumors  —  There's been much speculation this week regarding reports in BusinessWeek and The Wall Street Journal of talks between Apple and Verizon.  To wit: that Apple is considering Verizon for a future iPhone and/or its mythical forthcoming tablet.
Discussion: The iPhone Blog, Thanks:atul
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Online Ad Recession Is Officially Here: First Quarterly Decline In Revenues  —  It was the last part of the advertising sector to fall and may be the first to recover, but online advertising is now in a recession.  With the four largest Web advertising companies (Google, Yahoo, Microsoft …
Thanks:atul
Lan Anh Nguyen / Forbes:
Craig Barrett's Farewell  —  The Intel chairman gives his parting thoughts on Asia, education and technology.  —  Craig Barrett has been at the helm of Intel for the last decade, first as chief executive officer from 1998 to 2005 and later as chairman.  His legacy is the semiconductor …
 
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Brian Krebs / Washington Post:
Experts Chart Spike in Cyber Sieges
Tameka Kee / paidContent.org:
What World Of Warcraft Can Teach Us About Swine Flu
Discussion: mocoNews and canada.com, Thanks:c_santiago
Dave Rosenberg / Software, Interrupted:
iPhone's killer app: E-books?
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Apple's Interest In Gaming Isn't Casual
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Twitter Is Giving Facebook an Inferiority Complex
Chris Williams / The Register:
Satellite to offer 10Mbit broadband to entire UK
Discussion: VoIP Watch
 Earlier Items: 
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Dell Should Buy Acer, Bernstein Says
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
Sagar Meghani / Associated Press:
Pentagon uses Facebook, Twitter to spread message
Discussion: Threat Level and digg.com
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Will ‘Wolverine’ benefit from (Bit)Torrent of publicity?
Discussion: NewTeeVee and HipMojo.com
Saul Hansell / Bits:
The Problem With Cable Is Television
Andrew Webster / Ars Technica:
The Sims 3 gets social network, microtransactions
Owen Thomas / Gawker:
Why Did the White House Delete Bush's Tweets?