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10:40 AM ET, May 4, 2006

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PR Newswire:
Seventh Annual MSN Strategic Account Summit Celebrates Advertisers' Role in Microsoft Media Network Vision  —  CEO Steve Ballmer Announces the Launch of Microsoft adCenter in the U.S.  —  REDMOND, Wash., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — At the seventh annual MSN® Strategic Account Summit …
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Jennifer Slegg / Search Engine Watch Blog:
MSN adCenter Officially Launches & Changes Name to Microsoft adCenter  —  While MSN adCenter has been in pilot mode since mid-October, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is announcing the official launch of adCenter at Thursday's MSN Strategic Account Summit... as well as the new name change to Microsoft adCenter.
Kevin Maney:
Google Health: Probably coming next week  —  Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of search products and user experience, came to USA TODAY on Tuesday.  She mentioned that there would be a couple of big announcements next Wednesday at the annual Google Press Day — which I will attend, along with my colleague Jefferson Graham.
Jessie Seyfer / Mercury News:
Skype putting town-hall idea on the Internet  —  NEW SERVICE LETS UP TO 100 HOLD AUDIO DISCUSSIONS  —  Internet phone-calling software maker Skype has created a way to transform blogs from soapboxes into live, town-hall meetings.  —  Starting today, people who have installed the free Skype software …
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CNET News.com:
FCC approves Net-wiretapping taxes  —  update WASHINGTON—Broadband providers and Internet phone companies will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled Wednesday.  —  The Federal Communications Commission …
Anne Becker / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS Set To Debut Broadband Channel  —  With the broadcast upfront presentations in less than two weeks, CBS is angling to hog the multiplatform spotlight early by launching their long-awaited broadband video player before the upfronts even start.  —  The network plans to debut …
Discussion: IP Democracy and paidContent.org
Jason / Q Daily News:
The dishonor of Blue Security  —  There was quite a bit of teeth gnashing across the web throughout the evening yesterday as TypePad, LiveJournal, and all the other hosted Six Apart websites went dark; we learned late in the night that the cause was a "sophisticated distributed denial of service attack" against the sites.
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John Battelle / Federated Media Publishing Inc.:
FM's Advertising Platform Launch!  —  The beta of FM's advertising platform is now live!  —  As I just wrote to the authors who have made all this possible:  —  Nearly two years ago, while researching my book, I came up with an idea about online media, based on an author-driven world …
Business 2.0:
YouTube sees user rebellion  —  Recent changes in the website are turning longtime fans against the video service.  Plus: French abandon attack on iTunes.  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Hypergrowth comes with hyper-growing pains — just ask YouTube.
Washington Post:
McNealy Discusses "Network Neutrality"  —  Following are excerpts from Washington Post Staff Writer Arshad Mohammed's interview with Sun Microsystems Inc. Chairman Scott G. McNealy on Tuesday.  —  McNealy, who last week announced his decision to give up the title of chief executive …
Dan Ilett / CNET News.com:
Korean Apple online store hacked  —  Apple Computer's Korean online store has been defaced by an intruder.  —  The attack, apparently carried out by someone working under the name "Dinam," who claimed in his online posting to be Turkish, was brought to the attention of Silicon.com last Thursday.
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Dan Ilett / silicon.com:
Apple online store hacked
Discussion: Mac Rumors
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
Microsoft Is Pushing for Privacy?  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to protecting customers' privacy, Microsoft doesn't have the best record.  So when the software giant backs new federal privacy legislation, onlookers suspect the company is probably protecting itself.
Stace / Unwired View:
Audio navigation for your iPod  —  One of the key factors in Apple's iPod success was it's convenient user interface for navigating through the huge music libraries stored inside the player.  And this user interface might get even better soon - it seems that Apple plans to add audio navigation to the iPods.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Engadget
Lisa Goldman / Morph-The Media Center conversation:
Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters: Where Does Trust Fit In?  —  Originally uploaded by We Media London.  —  Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters talks during the session "Big Idea 4: The Democratization of Media - Where does trust fit in?" at Day 2 of the We Media Global Forum.  Photo by Paul Hackett, Reuters
Discussion: BuzzMachine and robhyndman.com
Katherine Meyer / Wall Street Journal:
The Best of the Worst  —  What were they thinking?  —  The Internet spawned so many weird gizmos and bad business ideas that mocking dot-com duds became something of a sport in the post-bubble era.  But some ideas still stand out for pure silliness.  These are products and services …
starwars.com:
This September: Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD  —  Fans can look forward to a September filled with classic Star Wars nostalgia, led by the premiere of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game and the long-awaited DVD release of the original theatrical incarnations of the classic Star Wars trilogy.
Discussion: Binary Bonsai
Johntunger / TypePad Hacks:
Ban Spam URLS with TypePad's New Word Banning Feature  —  Not long ago I posted about a hack that allowed TypePad users to ban specific words in comments or trackbacks by entering them in the field for banning IP addresses.  I cautioned against using it at the time because it had an unresolved issue …
 
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Max Glaskin / autoexpress.co.uk:
Thieves key in laptop threat
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Apple's new TV ads are great, incredibly irreverent and cleverly produced …
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Fisher-Price shipping Kid-Tough MP3 player and digital cam
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Roy Mark / internetnews.com:
House Panel Bans Online Gambling
corel.com:
Corel Corporation Acquires WinZip Computing
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Breaking: ESRB Changes Oblivion's Rating to "M"
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MPlayer interview  —  I requested an interview from the MPlayer team …
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The Back-Logged Life  —  I was talking with Ethan Kaplan …
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Mark Cuban is Wrong
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Opera Mini Goes 2.0
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How to Make Money From Your Blog
Tom Sanders / vnunet:
Microsoft plays mobile search 'wild card'
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A group of consumers refiles a lawsuit to unwind Paramount's WBD deal, citing HBO Max and Paramount+ bundling, the ouster of DC Studios heads, and budget cuts

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