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2:15 PM ET, September 20, 2006

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New York Times:
H.P. Is Said to Have Studied Spying on Newsrooms  —  Hewlett-Packard conducted feasibility studies on planting spies in news bureaus of two major publications as part of an investigation of leaks from its board, an individual briefed on the company's review of the operation said yesterday.
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Washington Post:
Extensive Spying Found At HP  —  Feb. Report Sent to 4 Senior Executives  —  The Hewlett-Packard Co. spying effort that has sparked criminal investigations was wide-ranging and included physical surveillance, photographs and spyware sent via e-mail, and it also targeted wives and other relatives …
Discussion: GrokLaw
Microsoft:
Microsoft Showcases Library of Nearly 110 High-Definition Xbox 360 Games at the Tokyo Game Show  —  "Blue Dragon" Leads Holiday Lineup of Games; "Pac-Man" World Championship, Xbox 360 HD DVD Player in Japan and 1080p Support for Xbox 360 unveiled.  —  Today at the Tokyo Game Show 2006 …
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Kotaku:
TGS06: Live Blogging Xbox 360 Media Briefing
Christopher Grant / Joystiq:
TGS: Xbox 360 to add 1080p support, PS3 to lose bullet point
Brian Crecente / Kotaku:
Shane Kim Talks 360 1080p Game Output
Discussion: Joystiq, Gizmodo and Alpha.CNET.com
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
Panasonic May Relaunch Connexion  —  Connexion is shutting down, but Panasonic's avionics division may step in: This is not a sale of assets, but rather Panasonic Avionics Corporation may use Connexion by Boeing's general approach in a way that would allow airlines that have already deployed Connexion …
Discussion: inFlightHQ
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shephard.co.uk:
INFLIGHT ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Panasonic reaches for the Connexion torch  —  JUST when the Inmarsat community was relishing the prospect of an unobstructed run at the passenger broadband market, Panasonic has announced a plan to take up where Connexion by Boeing left off.
Discussion: Engadget and Frank Barnako
Nik Cubrilovic / TechCrunch:
Yahoo! Launches Better Video Content  —  On a day that saw it's stock take a hit, Yahoo! has teamed up with Current TV to launch Yahoo! Current Network, a video site with a mix of profesional and user submitted videos arranged in channels.  Current TV is a cable and sattelite channel backed …
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Mark Frauenfelder / Boing Boing:
BB exclusive: Al Gore on launch of Yahoo Current TV
Discussion: Blogging Stocks and Ypulse
Rafat / paidContent.org:
Yahoo's Next Attempt At Social Media: Yahoo Current Network …
Discussion: ContentBlogger
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Yaho-ouch!  —  GigaTeam was visiting GooglePlex today, meeting with a few executives.  If there was anyone at Google who was worrying about an online advertising slowdown, we did not run into them!  Jokes aside, the sharp decline in Yahoo's stock, about 13% for the day …
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Mark Lewis / Mark's Blog:
Episode 1  —  Greetings.  —  This is new for me - Blogging that is.  The Marketing folks wanted me to do it but, like many companies these days, I just figured this would fall into the legal abyss and never come out.  Too much risk they would say.  I thought I was off the hook but I was wrong; they actually pulled it off - oops.
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David Berlind / Between the Lines:   Mark Lewis kicks off EMC's entrance into the CxO blogosphere
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (925568)  —  Vulnerability in Vector Markup Language Could Allow Remote Code Execution  —  Microsoft has confirmed new public reports of a vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML) Microsoft is also aware of the public release …
Michael Calore / Wired News:
Web 2.0 Winners and Losers  —  A few weeks ago, I implored readers of the Monkey Bites blog to sumbit their votes for the best and worst Web 2.0 sites out there.  —  I asked them to build a list of their own can't-live-without-it and oh-please-make-it-stop destinations.
Discussion: Lost Remote
Fred / A VC:
Positively 10th Street RIP  —  It was a good run.  But it ended in apathy and rebellion (from the kids).  —  We had a lot of fun doing it and I hope those of you who checked in now and then enjoyed listening.  —  Here's where I come out on podcasting:  —  It's a fun thing to do for a while.
Auren Hoffman / venturebeat.com:
Why I hate Evite  —  (Editor's note: This one resonated with us.  And since Auren's pieces so far have been well liked, we're going with it.)  —  Like some of you, I get a lot of Evites.  In fact, too many.  In the past 8 months alone, I received 228 Evites.  Annually that's 342 Evites - almost one a day!!!
Discussion: Paul Kedrosky's … and Valleywag
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Napster hangs "for sale" sign in front window  —  Napster is evaluating the possibility of a sale by hiring of an investment bank.  Citing "recent third party interest," the company has asked UBS Investment Bank to explore strategic partnerships or an outright sale of the company.
Official Google Base Blog:
Redesign of the Google Base homepage  —  by Ellen Beldner, User Experience Designer  —  As part of our ongoing effort to make Google Base easier to use, we launched a redesign of the Base homepage today.  This doesn't change any functionality, but will make Base easier to understand.
Nik Cubrilovic:
Dead 2.0 Outed  —  So I have been reading Dead 2.0 recently and found some of what he wrote to be very true, other parts just absurd.  Dead 2.0 has been a bit of an enigma and has become slightly popular with his pessimistic view on startups and Web 2.0.  —  After reading his blog tonight …
Discussion: Clique Communications
AppleInsider:
Apple broadens Leopard distribution, iTunes update soon  —  Apple Computer this week made pre-release versions of its next-generation operating system available to a broader developer audience.  Meanwhile, the company is aware of ongoing issues with its latest iTunes release and is working on a solution.
Discussion: Engadget
 
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Reuters:
YouTube teams with Cingular, ABC for talent hunt
Discussion: Mashable! and paidContent.org
Ryan / CyberNet Technology News:
Download The First Release Candidate Of Firefox 2 RC1
Discussion: PaulStamatiou.com and digg
greenpeace.org:
HP and Apple's toxic laptops exposed
Business 2.0:
Goodbye Wi-Fi: wireless signals get maximized
Matt McAlister:
Challenging why (and how) people tag things
Discussion: Dead2.0 and Smart Mobs
People's Daily Online:
Microsoft opens search market with China Telecom
Jonny Evans / Macworld UK:
Apple Support docs address some iTunes 7 bugs
Kirk / Medialoper:
The DRM Virus Is Spreading - A Pandemic May Be Near
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Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Refuting Diebold's Response
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
Editing Horizontally: Thanks to Reuters, NewAssignment.Net Can Hire Someone
Discussion: Jay Rosen and Tech_Space
Tony Ruscoe / Google Blogoscoped:
Google's Internal Subdomains
Discussion: Googling Google
Gizmodo:
Sony Intros HVR-V1U HDV Pro Camcorder, Filmmakers Ogle Its 24p-ness
Discussion: HDBlog.net and MobileWhack.com
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Solaria raises $22M to lower cost of solar cell manufacturing
Discussion: VC Circle and alarm:clock
Kevin La Rue / sipphone.com:
All Calls Free plan plus Asterisk PBX support provides intra …
Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Disney Sells Films Through iTunes Store
 

 
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Sources: AT&T is exploring options for its 70% stake in DirecTV, including selling the stake and exiting the venture as early as August 2024

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Wall Street and music industry analysts see Spotify's move into audiobooks as an opportunity for the company to increase its profit margins and value for users

Freedom of the Press Foundation:
Over 50 media and civil rights groups write US AG Merrick Garland, demanding transparency over the FBI's raid of Tim Burke's house and seizing his equipment

 
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