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4:50 PM ET, June 1, 2009

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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Microsoft announces “Project Natal” motion controller for Xbox 360!  —  Yes, it's real.  Now you'll be able to change a tire... virtually.  At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we'd been hearing about.  Apparently the small, black device …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Xbox Live gets 1080p Zune video store, Netflix browsing, Twitter and Facebook integration  —  Microsoft is busy announcing a slew of upgrades to Xbox Live, and the biggest news so far is relaunch of the video service, now Zune-branded with 1080p instant-on streaming content in 18 countries.
Gizmodo:
Xbox Live Full Retail Games on Demand: Download Mass Effect, Bioshock and More
Discussion: Engadget
Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Preparing to Sell E-Books, Google Takes on Amazon  —  Google appears to be throwing down the gauntlet in the e-book market.  —  In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers …
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Business Wire:
Prime View International Reaches Agreement to Acquire E Ink  —  Combination will Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Reading for Savings and Convenience  —  TAIPEI, Taiwan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Prime View International ("PVI") (8069.TW), a leading small and medium display provider …
Alex Zaharov-Reutt / iTWire:
Microsoft's Bing boings into life - early  —  No, you won't need to go to Google to find Bing - all you need to do is to visit Bing.com where you'll find that Bing is now in beta.  —  Although Microsoft wasn't set to launch Bing into life until June the 3rd, it seems as though someone …
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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Wow: Bing Has Live Video Thumbnails — But is it Fair Use?
Discussion: Technology News
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Study: Young adults haven't warmed up to Twitter  —  While 99 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have profiles on social networks, only 22 percent use Twitter, according to a new survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network.  —  This is consistent with what some observers …
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: A Verizon Deal Could Double iPhone Sales  —  Apple (AAPL) has a big decision to make: whether or not to extend its exclusive relationship with AT&T (T) for U.S. distribution of the iPhone.  (The current deal reportedly expires sometime in 2010.)  Verizon (VZ) would certainly …
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
The One Fiber Optic Cable No One on the Dig for Tysons Rail Wants to Hit  —  This part happens all the time: A construction crew putting up an office building in the heart of Tysons Corner a few years ago hit a fiber optic cable no one knew was there.  —  This part doesn't: Within moments …
Cameron Wilmot / TweakTown News:
Eee PC spotted running Android + Qualcomm 1GHz CPU  —  Computex Taipei 2009: During the Qualcomm Technologies press conference in Taipei earlier today, we spotted an upcoming prototype Eee PC which was quite a bit if difference from the norm.  —  The machine was installed …
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Best Buy issues memo warning of iPhone constraints  —  Best Buy over the weekend became the latest Apple partner to warn staffers of dwindling iPhone supply that could leave some of its stores without product to sell for a few weeks later this month.  —  In a memo from its corporate division …
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Toshiba (Finally) Does Netbooks  —  Toshiba has been just about the only significant PC manufacturer who hasn't jumped on the netbook bandwagon in the U.S. market.  Until today, that is-the company is announcing the Mini NB205, its first small, low-cost laptop.
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Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
BBC and Google in talks to launch international iPlayer site  —  Internet users may soon be able to watch full-length BBC television shows on a global version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service.  —  Sources close to the negotiations say that Mark Thompson, the BBC director general …
Michael Bush / AdAge:
Showtime Taps Amazon's Kindle for Advertising  —  Cable Network Uses E-Reader to Promote ‘Nurse Jackie’  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Showtime may have finally cracked the code on using Kindle as an ad medium.  Starting today the cable network is offering Kindle users a free …
Jason Wilk / tinyComb:
Spotted: First In Line for The Pre  — Damn, I'm impressed.  One of our readers just sent over some photos showing what is now being confirmed as the first person in line for the Palm Pre (and no, it's not Greg Packer).  The linesitter, who did not provide a name, said …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Kindle DX Shipping on June 10  —  Amazon's Kindle DX will arrive at market nine days from today.  In a brief announcement issued this morning, Amazon (AMZN) said its new e-book reader, which boasts both a larger screen and price tag than its predecessor, will ship on June 10 with orders prioritized on a first come, first served basis.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Google's Android falling behind the iPhone  —  After matching the iPhone nearly hit for hit in its first five months on the market, Google's (GOOG) Android has fallen behind the pace set by Apple's (AAPL) smartphone in terms of its presence on the Web, according to a report issued Monday.
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
Cellphone Locator System Needs No Satellite  —  BOSTON — Wanderers with phones and other devices that have GPS chips can figure out where they are using signals from satellites thousands of miles up, but those are easily blocked by walls or trees.  The founders of Skyhook Wireless discovered …
Discussion: blogs.chron.com and mocoNews
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung's Pixon 12: a dozen megapixels of cameraphone nonsense in June  —  After failing to show at the Mobile World Congress event in February, Samsung's rumored 12 megapixel cameraphone has finally arrived.  Meet the Pixon 12 and its 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a Sammy promise of fast shutter speeds and quick browsing.
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Apple's Chip Not Likely June 8  —  The iPhone may get a speed boost, but Apple's secret processor project is probably not done yet.  —  BURLINGAME, Calif. - There can be no doubt Apple is working on a low-power, mobile processor of its own.  It acquired chip designer PA Semi early last year.
Discussion: The Apple Core
Richard Waters / blogs.ft.com:
Tech's painful Dow hangover  —  If past experience is anything to go by, it may be time to short Cisco Systems.  —  Being admitted to the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the ultimate mark of corporate respectability - and it has added 5 per cent to Cisco's shares today - but the history of techs in the Dow has not been a cheerful one.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
MySpace Experimenting With Interactive Ads Powered By SocialMedia.com  —  At this morning's Conversational Marketing Summit in New York, SocialMedia.com CEO Seth Goldstein revealed that the advertising company had been working with MySpace to develop and deploy ‘Interaction Ads’ …
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Anil Sabharwal / Docs Blog:
The file formats keep on coming! Announcing .xlsx and .docx support
Discussion: Download Squad and jkOnTheRun, Thanks:atul
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Cloudera, a Hadoop-focused Startup, Gets $6M In New Funding
Discussion: VentureBeat and OStatic blogs
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Sun shoots its final Open Solaris arrows
Discussion: OStatic blogs
David Carr / New York Times:
Cast Out, but Still Reporting
Fred Destin:
Seatwave raises $17M Series D led by Accel Partners
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Payments Alpha Test Now Live in 3 Apps
Discussion: Inside Social Games, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
NetLogic Buying RMI Corp.; JMP Upgrades; Stock Soars
Discussion: Business Wire and GigaOM
 Earlier Items: 
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Sony Not Pursing Music Downloads For Its Playstation Network, For Now
Discussion: Ars Technica and CNET News
Benny Evangelista / San Francisco Chronicle:
Assessing Napster - 10 years later
Discussion: p2pnet
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
CBS News Goes Live On The Internet With Ustream
Discussion: Mashable!
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Adobe gives web designers more power with Flash Catalyst
 

 
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