Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
11:20 PM ET, June 28, 2006

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
RELATED ITEMS:
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Senators endorse broadcast flag plan
Discussion: Techdirt and Policy Blog
Om Malik / CNNMoney.com:
How Fox Interactive got so sly  —  Ross Levinsohn's wheeling and dealing to get News Corp. back in the Web game has been ridiculed by many as profligate and late.  But he may yet prove them all wrong.  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2. Magazine) — News Corp. executive Ross Levinsohn …
Scott M. Fulton, III / TG Daily:
Microsoft introduces 360-degree conferencing camera as part of VoIP strategy  —  San Francisco (CA) - At what had been billed as a rollout event for the company's Office Communications and "softphone" software yesterday, Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes unveiled an intriguing …
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and 21talks
Lynne Marek / LAW.com:
Online Peers Stand Up for Craigslist in Lawsuit  —  Google, Amazon.com, AOL and Yahoo are helping defend online peer Craigslist against a lawsuit that would hold the Web site liable for discriminatory housing ads that appeared on its site.  —  The online companies last week filed an amicus brief …
BBC:
Superfast internet cafe launches  —  An internet cafe offering connections 50 times faster than typical broadband services has opened in Cornwall.  —  Computers at Goonhilly satellite station, on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, are connected to BT's global internet protocol network.
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
The new publishing model (or, "On Rafat, Om, Federated Media, AdBrite, and Blogads.")  —  My VC pal Fred Wilson is trying to figure out what Om and Rafat are raising venture capital since the whole discussion over the past couple of years has been that media companies don't need a lot of capital.
Bruce Meyerson / Associated Press:
Verizon Wireless to ease up on fees  —  NEW YORK - Targeting a top gripe by cell phone users and breaking ranks again with its industry, Verizon Wireless plans to prorate the fee it charges subscribers who break a contract so they only pay an amount proportional to the time left on their agreements.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Phone Scoop
New York Times:
With a Cellphone as My Guide  —  Think of it as a divining rod for the information age.  —  If you stand on a street corner in Tokyo today you can point a specialized cellphone at a hotel, a restaurant or a historical monument, and with the press of a button the phone will display information …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
ConnectBeam aims to bring social bookmarking to the enterprise  —  ConnectBeam is a weeks-old startup looking to take social bookmarking into the enterprise sector.  I love it when the cross-pollination between consumer services and business use starts with consumer practices and this is just one of many such developments recently.
support.microsoft.com:
How to disable or uninstall the pilot version of Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications … Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry.  Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it.  Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs.
Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog:
Ann Handley: What's the Biggest Lie About Blogging?  —  It's been 3 months since this blog launched.  And the learning curve - as for any new venture - has been steep as Kilimanjaro.  —  Which was surprising....  For some reason, I was under the ridiculous impression that launching a blog …
Colin Barker / ZDNet:
Sun: Open source is about self-interest  —  For open source to prosper, people need to stop thinking of it as "free" and instead think of it as "connected capitalism," delegates at an open-source conference in London were told on Tuesday.  —  Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference …
Discussion: Vector One
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google releases answer to Passport  —  Google just released the Account Authentication Proxy for Web-Based Applications — which looks a lot like Passport.  According to the website, this proxy lets web-based applications create services protected by a Google Account by enabling a web application …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 11:20 PM ET, June 28, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few  —  Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Zoho:
Meet Taz: Your virtual assistant in Zoho Cliq  —  Imagine this: You're a professional, constantly juggling a million things at once.  Deadlines sneak up on you, important details slip through the cracks, and your to-do list seems to grow by the second.
Genesys:
Executive Insights: The Era of Contact Center AI Copilots  —  How AI copilots are transforming customer experience and agent performance.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter  —  Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact.  We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Yahoo! Messenger releases Mac IM 3.0
Valleywag:
Five reasons no one will replace Google
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
VoIP features expected in Apple's Leopard
Discussion: Infinite Loop
modbee.com:
Dell launches IT service plan
Business Wire:
The Paris Court of Appeals Confirms Sanctions against Google …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
TopTenSources acquires Style Feeder
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
New cell phone to prevent drunk dialing
Spencer Reiss / Wired News:
The Wired 40  —  What makes a company wired?
 Earlier Items: 
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
ShopWiki to spend $25,000 on user submitted videos
Bill Boei / Vancouver Sun:
Top up your parking meter with a cell call
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Ding Dong, go the wedding bells of Hollywood and Silicon Valley
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Craigslist's Craig Newmark—no more Mr. Nice Guy?
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Open your wallet to Google
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
NBC Taps Popularity Of Online Video Site
Robert Summa / Joystiq:
Pink is the new DS Lite
Xenon / Surfin' Safari:
Introducing Drosera
Discussion: Ajaxian and Chris Holland