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1:15 PM ET, April 29, 2006

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Microsoft:
The New York Times to Enhance Online and Offline Reading Experience With Times Reader  —  New application uses Microsoft software to benefit readers.  —  SEATTLE — April 28, 2006 — Today at the American Society of Newspaper Editors convention, The New York Times and Microsoft Corp. unveiled …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:   Two steps backward  —  Microsoft is offering a means …
J. Scott Johnson / FuzzyBlog:
A Conversation with Tom McCartin of Warren Kremer Paino  —  I just got off the phone with Tom McCartin of Warren Kremer Paino regarding the Maine Web Report lawsuit and, well, it doesn't feel like its being presented (that's why I pulled down the contact information).  Tom McCartin:
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Mike / CrunchNotes:
The Lance Dunston Debacle  —  If you haven't heard about the blogger who's been sued for criticizing the state of Maine's tourism promotion efforts (among other things, the state's advertising agency created draft advertisement that included a phone sex number which, frankly, deserves to be criticized).
Discussion: Infothought and Cameron's Brain
James A. Robertson / Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants:
How do you define "Bad PR"?
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Will Maine lawsuit hurt Pop! Tech?
Discussion: Know It All and Business Filter
palm.com:
Treo™ 700w Updater 1.10  —  for Verizon Wireless smartphones  —  The Treo 700w Updater installs the latest software on your smartphone.  It is designed to update your device while preserving your data.  In some instances, user set preferences may not be retained after updating.
Judy Breck / Golden Swamp:
A stroll down this week's carnival midway:  —  First a note about mobilists getting together.  I have not been asked to mention anything this week on the subject but there may be a mini mobilist meet-up soon anyway.  When I sent an email to Justin at MOpocket about his Carnival entry …
Discussion: Wap Review and m-trends.org
Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System:
Test Internet Explorer 7 Without Installing It  —  Step 1  —  Download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2.  —  Step 2  —  Use WinRar (you can download a free trial) to extract the files from the setup to a folder, for example C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer 7.
Discussion: Lifehacker and gHacks
PC World:
Sony Readies iPod Rival  —  Company is developing a new digital music player that will go on sale later this year.  —  Sony is preparing to take another swing at Apple Computer's iPod digital music player, a top Sony executive said today.  —  The company is developing a new music player …
Valleywag:
Scoop: DOJ jails Spam King!  Alan Ralsky might rat out a massive hacker / spammer network  —  Local hacker "Memehacker" IMed in with a scoop on Alan Ralsky, the famed "Spam King" covered by the Observer and the Detroit News.  Here's the breaking story:  —  Valleywag: Tell me the scoop in three sentences.
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Congress may consider mandatory ISP snooping  —  It didn't take long for the idea of forcing Internet providers to retain records of their users' activities to gain traction in the U.S. Congress.  —  Last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a Republican, gave a speech saying …
Discussion: IP Democracy
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
Podcast: Second Life Review, Robert Scoble, Chris Salazar and Me!  —  Check out the Podcast Roundtable for more Podcasts  —  I did a podcast interview of Chris Salazar (age 20, and Novice User) and Robert Scoble (Second Life evangelist and experienced user) who both are Second Life.
Douglass C. Perry / IGN:
Pre-E3 2006: Halo 3 at E3  —  Microsoft to show Halo footage at E3 news briefing.  —  April 28, 2006 - With Microsoft, the rumors are always true.  The next iteration in Bungie Studios' Halo series will appear at E3 2006 in video form at its Tuesday, May 9 news conference …
Discussion: Kotaku, Xbox 360 Fanboy and Joystiq
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Branding 2.0 - Ask A Ninja  —  I'm going to take some time out from the neverending barrage of Web 2.0 launches and try to explain how smart individuals are building global brands with zero marketing dollars, simply by leveraging existing social networks like MySpace, YouTube and the blogosphere itself.
Discussion: Forever Geek
Jouni / MRKTNGman:
Nokia Podcasting Application for S60 3rd Edition  —  The biggest S60 news of the week has been announcement of 3 new S60 NSeries multimedia computers by Nokia.  In the Open Studio event Nokia demonstrated interesting beta version of forthcoming application.  It's a Nokia Podcasting Application!
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
More On Yahoo & AT&T VoIP Messenger Deal  —  Based on some G2 I've been able to discover from some well healed off-shore type players in telcom who have played in the telco game for many years and made a bundle off of selling things to SBC I was able to ferret out a bit about the Yahoo/AT&T VoIP marriage and what it may mean...
Discussion: The Daily Om
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Is Jesus the next killer app?  —  LAS VEGAS—Tech companies are getting religion.  —  Companies such as Sony, Panasonic, Avid and Hitachi are helping churches spread the gospel as part of an effort to cash in on an exploding market known as "house of worship technology."
Discussion: Ramesh Jain's Blog
Charles Cooper / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Bush's dim pitch for energy  —  President Bush blew into Silicon Valley last Friday for a televised meet-and-greet with Cisco Systems' John Chambers before heading out to Napa Valley for some quality mountain biking.  As it turned out, that was the most productive part of his visit.
 
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Joseph Weisenthal / The Stalwart:
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YAHOO AND THE YELLOW PAGES: CO-OPT, OR CO-OPETITION?
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