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9:55 PM ET, May 17, 2009

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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Jump Into The Stream  —  Once again, the Internet is shifting before our eyes.  Information is increasingly being distributed and presented in real-time streams instead of dedicated Web pages.  The shift is palpable, even if it is only in its early stages.  Web companies large and small are embracing this stream.
Kos / Daily Kos:
Clinging to a dead biz model for dear life  —  For two lawyers who supposedly specialize in media and First Amendment law, these guys were so full of stupid I'm embarrassed for them.  You see, they have just the legislative solutions to the newspaper industry's ills!
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Danny Sullivan / Daggle:
Dammit, I'm A Journalist, Not A Blogger: Time For Online Journalists To Unite?
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Jim / craigslist blog:
Target Practice  —  South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster today announced that our recent improvements, which go far beyond measures he himself personally endorsed with his own signature six months ago, not only aren't good enough, but actually require a criminal investigation:
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Cellphone Makers Hope for a Blockbuster Summer  —  The hype machine started months ago.  Opening weekends are upon us.  High up in executive suites, the hope is that this summer's new releases will cause lines to snake around the block.  —  The cellphone industry looks a lot like the movie industry nowadays.
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Social Publishing Site Scribd Adds E-Commerce; 80 Percent Revenues To Publishers  —  Document sharing site Scribd will begin beta tests of an e-commerce platform today, an effort to tap into publishers' increasing interest in charging consumers directly for digital content.
Discussion: New York Times
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
AMD taunts Intel, hoists EU flag  —  Advanced Micro Devices is flying the European Union flag on its home page.  A little gloating going on?  —  And if the image doesn't convey the message, the caption does: “European Commission finds Intel guilty of breaking antitrust laws, harming consumers.”
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PC World:
Intel Could Face Civil Charges in Europe
Discussion: Pulse2 and CNET News
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Would Bill Gates have aired Laptop Hunters?  —  I got a thoughtful message last week from Jim Neal, a retired advertising and PR guy who owns a little Apple (AAPL) stock and spends a lot of time following its ups and downs.  —  Lately he's been trying to make sense of Microsoft's (MSFT) …
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Leaked: Office 2010 Technical Preview screenshots  —  Screenshots for a Technical Preview build of Office 2010 have leaked.  Here they are.  —  Earlier this week we learned that Microsoft would be giving out the Office 2010 Technical Preview to select testers on an invite-only basis.
JKK / jkkmobile:
Asus Eee PC T91 dissected  —  Lets see...  SSD is 50mm so we should be able to use 3rd party SSDs for Dell mini 9.  —  Right from GPS board is place for SIM card reader.. so if you swap GPS card with 3G + GPS and solder the SIM slot you get internal 3G pretty easily.
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Dell says Windows 7 price is possible barrier  —  Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle to Windows 7 adoption for some users, though in just about every other aspect the operating system is beating Vista, according to a Dell marketing executive.  —  “If there's one thing …
Liz Shannon Miller / NewTeeVee:
Andy Samberg Sticks to YouTube to Promote the MTV Movie Awards  —  Does Andy Samberg now make it a condition of any new role that he be allowed to distribute clips of it on YouTube?  That's the only explanation I can think of for why MTV is allowing him, along with collaborators Jorma Taccone …
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
J Allard and Microsoft team try to get patent on a ‘magic wand’  —  Attention Harry Potter, we'll be needing some prior art.  —  We've been hearing rumors and reading speculation lately about what Microsoft executive J Allard has been doing.  Apart from reports about a possible Zune/Xbox linkup …
Andrew Goodman / Traffick:
A Hitwise Report Does Not a Financial Report Make  —  The recent Hitwise report as related by analyst Heather Hopkins should have been vital reading to anyone into digital marketing or search technology.  Paid search clicks, the cash cow that almost entirely drives the industry leader …
 
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Soulskill / Slashdot:
Senate Sources Say CTO Confirmation a Done Deal
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Steal This Book (for $9.99)  —  Just how much is a good read worth?
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
The Music Store Apple Forgot About
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Kevin Kelleher / GigaOM:
Tech IPOs Are Back — But Only for Those That Don't Need Cash
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