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8:55 AM ET, October 6, 2009

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Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Publishes Final Guides Governing Endorsements, Testimonials  —  Changes Affect Testimonial Advertisements, Bloggers, Celebrity Endorsements  —  The Federal Trade Commission today announced that it has approved final revisions to the guidance it gives to advertisers on how to keep …
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Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Yes, new FTC guidelines extend to Facebook fan pages  —  Prominent users of Twitter and Facebook won't be exempt from controversial new Federal Trade Commission guidelines that keep tabs on blogger freebies and giveaways, according to Richard Cleland, associate director for the FTC's advertising division.
Dan Gillmor / Mediactive:
A Dangerous Federal Intervention in Social Media
Discussion: The SiliconANGLE
John Herrman / Gizmodo:
Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There's No Excuse For This  —  I really didn't want to beat up on WinMo here, because at this point it just feels tired.  But man, come on Microsoft, you're giving me no choice.  Windows Mobile 6.5 isn't just a letdown—it barely seems done.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Review: First look at Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.5 on the HTC Pure cell phone
Discussion: PC Magazine, CNET News, Crave and eWeek
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Microsoft Debuts Mobile Backup Service ‘My Phone’, Adds Premium Features
Discussion: New York Times and PC World
Chuq Von Rospach / Palm Developer Network Blog:
What You Need To Know About the Palm App Distribution Program  —  Following up on the release of the beta app catalog e-commerce program, we're excited to announce that we're opening our app distribution program to the entire Palm® webOS™ developer community by the end of the year.
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Matt Rosoff / CNET News:
Over-the-air downloads come to BlackBerry  —  Online music provider 7digital is bringing over-the-air music downloads to recent BlackBerry phones, such as the Storm, Bold, and Tour.  The rumors have been circulating for several months now.  On Tuesday the company is set to launch its application …
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Jon Healey / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
European import 7digital takes on iTunes in the U.S.
Discussion: Telegraph, Music Ally and hypebot
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Verizon to release Android handsets  —  Update at 5 a.m. PDT Tuesday: Google and Verizon Wireless announced they are forming a partnership to “leverage” Verizon's 3G network and Google's Android platform to deliver mobile applications, services, and devices.
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PR Newswire:
Groundbreaking Agreement Between Verizon Wireless and Google to Leverage High-Speed Network and Open Android Platform for Wireless Innovation  —  BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — Verizon Wireless and Google(TM) today announced a strategic partnership …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Google's Experimental Homepage Fades To A Single Word  —  We all know that Google is a big fan of minimalism, especially when it comes to its famous homepage, where it tries to keep its ‘word count’ down to 28 words (actually, it looks like it might be up to around 30).
Andrew Mager / The Web Life:
PhotoSketch: better than sliced bread, Photoshop  —  This is quite possibly the coolest thing I've ever seen a computer do.  —  What if you could draw some stick figures on a screen and somehow magically create a beautiful image montage?  —  Well, it's possible.
Mike Chambers:
Building Applications for the iPhone with Flash  —  This morning during the day 1 keynote at Adobe Max 2009, Adobe announced that the next version of Adobe Flash (Flash Professional CS5) will include support for creating stand-alone applications for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
The iPhone finally gets Flash apps — but not Flash websites
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
FBI Investigated Coder for Liberating Paywalled Court Records  —  When 22-year-old programmer Aaron Swartz decided last fall to help an open government activist amass a public and free copy of millions of federal court records, he did not expect he'd end up with an FBI agent trying to stake out his house.
Discussion: Raw Thought and Boing Boing
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Schmidt: We paid $1 billion premium for YouTube  —  Since 2006, many observers have scratched their head over what prompted Google to pay $1.65 billion for the video site YouTube.  We're now a little closer to the answer.  —  The blockbuster acquisition for the 18-month-old start-up played …
Discussion: Digital Daily and Mashable!, Thanks:beet_tv
John Cook / TechFlash:
New Verizon ad campaign takes a direct swipe at AT&T's network  —  A new advertising campaign from Verizon Wireless starting tonight during the big Monday Night Football game will take a direct swipe at AT&T's network, playing off the successful Apple iPhone commercials.
Simon Avery / Globe and Mail:
Bell, Telus to launch iPhone next month  —  Move will break Rogers' year-long stranglehold; telcos set to launch next-generation wireless network ahead of schedule  —  BCE Inc.'s BCE-T Bell Canada and Telus Corp. T-T will begin selling the iPhone next month, breaking the stranglehold …
TechCrunch:
Twitter Data Analysis: An Investor's Perspective  —  This is a guest post by Robert J. Moore, the CEO and co-founder of RJMetrics, a on-demand database analytics and business intelligence startup that helps online businesses measure, manage, and monetize better.
Discussion: A VC and Web Analytics World
Greg Kumparak / MobileCrunch:
Microsoft's Project Pink Might Be Dead In The Water  —  To say we were unimpressed with the first leaked shots to come out of Microsofts “Project Pink” would be a bit of an understatement.  This was Microsoft's first in-house foray into the mobile hardware space, and we'd been hearing tales of it for years …
Nielsen Wire:
Social Media: The Next Great Gateway for Content Discovery?  —  In the beginning there were ISPs, which then gave way to portals aggregators of content and links which then led to the rise of “search” as the dominant form of Internet navigation or, how we get to where we we're going on the web.
Laura June / Engadget:
Gateway's Windows 7-boasting EC18T tablet images, specs leak onto the screen  —  Hey, what's this attractive looking dude?  Well, from the looks of it, it's Gateway's not-yet-announced or previously spied tablet PC.  A tipster with access to a seemingly infinite number of photos of this bad boy …
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Apple Leaving Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Change Stance  —  Apple Inc. is pulling out of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce because of the chamber's strident criticism of plans to reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions, the computer giant said Monday.  —  In a letter to the chamber of commerce's president …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Creates A New, Simplified Ad Unit For Local Business  —  In December 2007 Google promised to develop a radically simplified version of AdWords targeted at the mass of small businesses who could not or would not take the time to set up an AdWords campaign.  The working name of the program was “Simple Ads.”
John Cook / TechFlash:
Startup pinpoints the good, bad and ugly of wireless networks  —  Fretting about dropped calls in Ballard, missing text messages in Belltown or poor network coverage in Bellevue?  If so, a new application from Root Wireless might be for you.  —  The Bellevue company, which is coming …
Discussion: Between the Lines
Adam D. I. Kramer / Facebook Blog:
How Happy Are We?  —  Every day, through Facebook status updates, people share how they feel with those who matter most in their lives.  These updates are tiny windows into how people are doing.  They're brief, to the point, and descriptive of what's going on this week, today or right now.
 
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CTERA launches CloudPlug; Aims for cloud-attached storage
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Jolie O'Dell / ReadWriteWeb:
NYC's BigApps Competition to Spawn Innovation, Gov't Accessibility
Discussion: Bits, FlowingData and NYC BigApps
John Leyden / The Register:
AVG goes toe to toe with MS in consumer security fight
Discussion: PE Hub Blog
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A New Web Tool to Take Control of Your Health
Thanks:atul
Josephine Lien / DigiTimes:
Memory industry now on recovery path, says A-Data chairman
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Tap Tap Revenge 3 Landing Any Hour Now
Discussion: TUAW and Gizmodo
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
Why Charles River Ventures sat out on Twitter's latest round
Discussion: Internet Evolution
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
Discussion: The Register and TorrentFreak
John Cook / TechFlash:
I Can Has Cheezburger tops one billion views, names new exec
Discussion: Tech Central, Thanks:atul