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5:25 AM ET, July 6, 2006

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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Advice and an Offer for Amanda Congdon  —  Update: Funny... someone DUGG this story.  —  Update2: Yes, going indie is also a great choice for Amanda.  If she has the bank she could just hire a writer or two part time, as well as one or two tech people, and just rock this out on her own.
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Amanda UnBoomed:
For the Record  —  I am disheartened by Andrew Baron's decision to spread misinformation.  He knows I cannot move to LA without a job...but insists on spinning things this way to shore up his assertion that I am "walking away" from Rocketboom.  I did not walk away.  I did not accept Andrew's idea of "partnership".
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
What we know and don't know about Amanda, Andrew and Rocketboom  —  Nowhere in Amanda's video does she say she was fired.  —  Here's what she does say:  —  "I'm not on vacation."  —  "I have apparently been unboomed."  —  "Andrew Baron is no longer interested in being my partner."
Amanda UnBoomed:
Amanda UnBoomed  —  large .mov  —  small .mov  —  .mp4  —  iPod .m4v  —  Thanks to blip.tv for the gracious hosting!
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Congdon Fired from RocketBoom
Discussion: Bloggers Blog and Top 10 Sources
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Amanda "unBoomed"?
cbronline.com:
Open source urged to remain European  —  The organizer behind the Open Source Business Conference has called on European enterprise open source companies to retain their roots and avoid the urge to relocate to the US.  —  "One of the things Europe needs to do is reassert its ownership of open source …
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Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:   Does it matter where open source firms are based?
Chris Morris / CNNMoney.com:
Nintendo's Wii may get early launch  —  Industry observers expect company's new video game machine to launch before the PlayStation 3 - perhaps by a month or more.  —  Game Over is a weekly column by Chris Morris  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Nintendo has stated numerous times …
CNET News.com:
WiMax firm raises $900 million  —  Clearwire, which hopes to install WiMax networks that will cover continents, announced Wednesday that it has received $900 million in financing from Intel and Motorola and will work with the two giants to popularize the wireless broadband technology.
Discussion: Techdirt
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Business Wire:
Clearwire Secures $900M in Financing Round Led by Intel Capital …
San Francisco Chronicle:
Click fraud a huge problem  —  Study finds practice widespread; many cut back online ads  —  Internet advertisers paid $800 million for bogus clicks on their marketing messages last year, shaking confidence in the industry and prompting many to reduce spending with Google, Yahoo and other Web sites …
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Looking to Take On Apple's iPod, Microsoft Plans Its Own Hand-Held Player  —  Microsoft has been developing its own hand-held music and video player to challenge Apple Computer's iPod and expects to have it in stores in time for the holiday season, entertainment industry executives briefed on the company's plans said last night.
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Discussion: Performancing.com and rev2.org
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:   Commentful Tracks Comments on Digg, YouTube, Blogs and More
The Age:
Watchdog to vet internet content  —  Ben Doherty, Canberra, and Daniel Ziffer  —  ALL local internet content will come under Federal Government supervision after the Communications Minister revealed her response to the Big Brother sexual assault scandal.  —  The regulatory powers …
Discussion: Techdirt and paidContent.org
Brian Crecente / Kotaku:
Nintendo Gifts DS Lite to President Bush  —  Nintendo of America sent President Bush an early baby boomer gift pack today.  The bag of presidential goodies includes a DS Lite and a copy of Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day.  Bush turns 60 tomorrow.
Discussion: DS Fanboy and 4 color rebellion
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Congressional confusion on Internet privacy  —  When it comes to Internet privacy, Rep. Joe Barton embodies contradictions.  —  The Texas Republican, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, claims to be a steadfast supporter of online privacy.
RSnake / ha.ckers.org web application security lab:
Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability in Google  —  Google is vulnerable to cross site scripting.  While surfing around the personalization section of Google I ran accross the RSS feed addition tool which is vulnerable to XSS.  The employees at Google were aware of XSS as they protected …
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
campaigns.wikia.com:
Mission Statement  —  Let's ramp up the intelligence of politics  —  An open letter to the political blogosphere  —  For more than 50 years now, we have been living in the era of television politics.  In the 1950s television first began to have a major impact on politics, and the results were overwhelming.
Joe / Only UMPC:
Long awaited Asus R2H gets FCC approval  —  Great, Soon we can expect the Asus R2H in the market.  Though we have heard a lot and seen pictures of the product, we might always find some hidden features and functionalities that we might have missed.  For those curious ones …
Discussion: MobileWhack.com and jkOnTheRun
 
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Evan Blass / Engadget:
iLuv i180 video recording dock for iPod
Discussion: MobileWhack.com
Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
Spreadsheet software coming to iWork in '07
Discussion: Infinite Loop
Peter Pachal / SCI FI Tech:
Invisio Q7 headset uses your jaw as a microphone
Discussion: OhGizmo!, Ubergizmo and Gizmodo
Stephanie Stoughton / Associated Press:
Verizon works on project despite mishap
Discussion: IP Democracy
Thomas Crampton / New York Times:
Smiley Face Is Serious to Company
Discussion: The Trademark Blog and B2Day
Mike / Techdirt:
If Senators Aren't Going To Understand Tech, Can They At Least Be Consistent?
Jennifer DeLeo / Gearlog:
Vtech's New, Stylish Cordless Phones
Discussion: MobileWhack.com and Ubergizmo
Jan Libbenga / The Register:
Finally, a condom for your mobile
 Earlier Items: 
Kim Hart / Washington Post:
Angry Customers Use Web to Shame Firms
Aswath Weblog:
Comment on FCC Order regarding USF
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
TxtDrop offers SMS widget for MySpace
Discussion: MobileCrunch and 21talks
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Make powerful online forms easily with Wufoo
Discussion: PostBubble and Particletree
Dan Milmo / Guardian:
Universal prices CDs to match downloads
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Developer to raze Bell Labs Holmdel facility, birthplace of the cellphone
BBC:
Web perils advise switch to Macs
 

 
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
NPR suspended Uri Berliner for five days without pay, starting on April 12, after he wrote an essay accusing NPR of losing the public's trust

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New Zealand's Stuff Group signs a deal with WBD to provide WBD's New Zealand TV channel with a 6PM daily news program; WBD plans to close Newshub on July 5

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

 
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