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8:45 PM ET, August 2, 2006

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Richard MacManus / Web 2.0 Explorer:
Digg stats after Jason Calacanis offer  —  The Diggtrends website has just done some stats relating to Netscape owner's offer to buy out digg's top users.  It'll be published tomorrow, but they gave me an advance look.  [update: the diggtrends analysis is available now]
Discussion: Read/WriteWeb
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Nick / Rough Type:
Few to many  —  Richard MacManus has published some striking statistics …
Discussion: IPcentral Weblog
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:   The truth shall make you free...
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
AOL: You've got free e-mail  —  AOL could start looking a lot more like Yahoo.  —  Time Warner on Wednesday announced it will give away e-mail, software and other Web services for free to high-speed Internet users in a bid to boost online advertising sales.
Microsoft:
Windows Live Spaces Is Launched, Allowing Real Friends to Connect Online  —  Microsoft continues to deliver on Windows Live, announcing a number of new personalized and safety-enhanced services.  —  Microsoft Corp. tonight began rolling out Windows Live™ Spaces, the next generation …
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Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Google Serving Advertising Via XM Satellite Radio
Discussion: Reuters and Matt Cutts
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Hijacking a Macbook in 60 Seconds or Less  —  If you want to grab the attention of a roomful of hackers, one sure fire way to do it is to show them a new method for remotely circumventing the security of an Apple Macbook computer to seize total control over the machine.
USA Today:
Got a search engine question?  Ask Mr. Sullivan  —  SALISBURY, England — Google's Matt Cutts considers Danny Sullivan's Search Engine Watch website "must reading."  To Yahoo's Tim Mayer, it's simply the "most authoritative source on search."  —  His readers would naturally assume that Sullivan …
Brian Oberkirch / Like It Matters:
beyond adsense: a business model checklist 02aug06  —  This great post by Peter Rip has me off the dime to make a list I've wanted to make for a while: a checklist of the various business models available to developer of live Web apps & services.  During a podcast with Lane Becker …
Discussion: VC Ratings, alarm:clock euro and AdJab
Lee Gomes / Wall Street Journal:
Many Companies Still Cling to Big Hits To Drive Earnings  —  As business increasingly shifts to the Web, several important questions get raised about the directions of our economy and our culture.  Are hits still important?  What can companies expect when they move online?
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / DesktopLinux.com:
Articles & white papers about Linux on the desktop ...  Keywords: Match: Sort by:  —  An early look at Freespire  —  In two weeks, Linspire Inc. will release Freespire, its community Linux distribution.  This new distribution isn't just another Linux distro.
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Study: Search Marketers Undervalue 'Assists'  —  Marketers who credit only the last search result a person clicks on before converting are missing the full value of "assist" clicks, according to a new study.  —  The research, from search marketing firm 360i and paid search technology provider SearchIgnite …
Jennifer DeLeo / Gearlog:
1984 Playset Inspired by Classic Apple Commercial On Sale Tonight!  —  If you're not familiar with PodBrix, like me, then you'll need to know that it's a Maryland-based Web site that sells "minifigs" (aka small, plastic Lego people) inspired by popular music player ads.
ftc.gov:
FTC Finds Rambus Unlawfully Obtained Monopoly Power  —  Deceptive Conduct Fostered "Hold-Up" of Computer Memory Industry  —  By a unanimous vote, the Federal Trade Commission has determined that computer technology developer Rambus, Inc. unlawfully monopolized the markets …
Robert McMillan / InfoWorld:
Researcher creates net neutrality test  —  Software can tell if computers are treating some types of TCP/IP traffic better than others  —  A Seattle-based security researcher has devised a way to test for net neutrality.  Dan Kaminsky will share details of this technique …
Sahad / ContentSutra:
Canaan Partners And Yahoo Invest $8.6 Million In BharatMatrimony Group  —  Canaan Partners has teamed up with Yahoo to invest $8.6 million in BharatMatrimony group.  This is the first investment by Canaan after they set up an office in India under Alok Mittal two months ago.
PR Newswire:
LYCOS Releases LYCOS Mail Beta, an Industry-Defining Email System Built for Sending and Receiving Mega Files  —  The Only Free Web Mail to Offer Users 3 GB of Free Storage, with the Ability to Share Essentially Unlimited Size File Attachments for Video, Music, Photos and Files of Any Length
Reuters:
Study: Tech Replaces Diamonds As Girl's Best Friend  —  Women, on average, own nearly as much technology as their male counterparts and would appreciate a digital video camera more than a pair of designer shoes.  —  NEW YORK - Diamonds are no longer a girl's best friend …
WindowsServer / Windows Server Division WebLog:
WINDOWS SERVER 2003 AND XP X64 EDITIONS SERVICE PACK 2  —  There have been a few articles floating around on the Internet since we released the private beta of Windows Server 2003 SP2 a couple of weeks ago.  To remove any mystery or speculation about what this Service Pack 2 is about …
 
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Larry Gordon / Los Angeles Times:
UC May Join Google's Library Project
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Customer Loss to Internet Continues to Hurt Phone Carriers
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T-Mobile's UMA goodies exposed
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RealNetworks(R), Google and Mozilla Announce New Agreement …
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