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4:45 PM ET, October 4, 2006

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Black Voices:
You've got to see it to believe it  —  The new AOL OpenRide™ Beta software helps you do what you want online in fewer clicks and fewer hassles.  No more jumping from one window to the next - everything you need is right there the moment you need it.  —  OpenRide is more than just a browser.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
AOL offers an OpenRide  —  Once they decided to move away from the access business, AOL is going all out and offering all sorts of free services to cash in on the current eyeball boom, and of course hang on to their dwindling community.  Earlier this summer they offered 5 GB free storage to one and all …
Black Voices:
Introducing OpenRide  —  Revolutionizing the way you use the Internet!  —  Introducing AOL® OpenRide™, the newest AOL software.  So much more than just a Web browser, its breakthrough four-pane design will revolutionize the way you use the Internet.
Discussion: paidContent.org, 21talks and Gadgetell
Microsoft:
Microsoft's Software Protection Platform: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiters  —  The company announces innovative technology in Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" to reduce the risk of piracy and software tampering while improving software licensing.
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Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Ex-Head of H.P. Faces Charges  —  Patricia C. Dunn, the former chairwoman of Hewlett-Packard, and four other people will be named in indictments expected to be filed by California's attorney general today in the spying case at the company, according to lawyers involved in the case.
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Lorraine Woellert / Business Week:
Indictments Sought in HP Case  —  California's Attorney General will seek charges against former chairwoman Dunn and others in the Hewlett-Packard spying scandal  —  California Attorney General Bill Lockyer will seek indictments today against former Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
WalMart's MySpace Clone Dead on Arrival  —  TheHub, WalMart's ill-fated attempt at building a social network for kool kidz who just happen to like shopping at Walmart, has gone offline.  The site, which was up for 10 weeks, tried to keep content wholesome, and featured profiles and videos from …
Brian Steinberg / Wall Street Journal:
Web-Video Spots Present Dilemma For Advertisers  —  Web video is a regular part of Dima Abelsky's routine.  The 19-year-old University of Georgia sophomore enjoys looking at sports reports and entertainment news, watching as many as seven to eight videos a day.
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Replacing my home backup server with Amazon's S3  —  Not too long ago, Amazon released their Simple Storage Service (or "S3" for short).  It provides a hosted storage platform which developers can build all sorts of applications on top of.  Smugmug, a popular photo sharing web site, is using it to store and host pictures.
Froosh / HipMojo.com:
YouTube IS Wildly Profitable - No Doubts About It  —  YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley is looking to pull a Google on the $75 billion TV ad industry by introducing contextual ads.  Hey, crazier things have happened, and if any one online video company can make it happen, it just might well be Steve Chen and Hurley's brainchild, YouTube.
Discussion: Rational rants and Clickety Clack
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The suits vs. the geeks  —  I'm sitting with a bunch of suits right now.  It's the Savvis Web 2.0 conference.  Almost all men.  A large percentage of whom are older than me.  This is NOT the YouTube generation.  Although they sure talk about it and talk about MySpace …
Donald Melanson / Engadget:
Eye-Fi heads to beta this month  —  It looks like those jonesing for some WiFi action on their digital camera (without, you know, actually buying a new one) won't have to wait much longer, as the much-buzzed-about Eye-Fi SD WiFi card is set to go into beta testing later this month.
Quinn Norton / Wired News:
Beguiling but Beware: AJAX, VoIP  —  SAN DIEGO — Some of the slickest new technologies online — VoIP and AJAX — are dangerously insecure, and likely to only get worse as they become more prevalent, according to security researchers presenting their findings at the ToorCon security conference here.
Mark Hachman / PC Magazine:
Will Low-Power Wibree Spec Replace Bluetooth?  —  Do we need yet another short-range wireless specification?  Apparently, yes.  —  The new "Wibree" specification may end up being adopted as essentially a low-power version of the Bluetooth specification, to be used in conventional mobile phones …
 
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Randall Sullivan / Wired News:
Gizmondo's Spectacular Crack-up
Discussion: Gizmodo, Cathode Tan and Aeropause
The Mac Observer:
TMO Reports - Analyst's High School Survey Sees Continued iPod Domination
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Sharp squeezes 8.84 million pixels into 64-inch LCD
Discussion: Fast Company Now
Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
Hack Attack: Get your TV season pass with Democracy
Discussion: Download Squad and digg
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Your Name Here On Google's Home Page
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Amie Street Takes Innovative Music Model Into Beta
Business Wire:
Yahoo! Sponsored Search Comes to the Mobile Web
Davevr / Shell Blog:
Back in Black! Or rather, back OUT black!
Discussion: Neowin.net and Windows-Now.com
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1up.com:
Pirates Claim US Final Fantasy XII Leaked
Discussion: Torrentfreak and Joystiq
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Engagement Is a Euphemism For Measuring the ROI of Brand Advertising
Frank Taylor / Google Earth Blog:
Another Huge Imagery Update for Google Earth / Maps - October 3, 2006
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Japan says no to Blu-ray, HD DVD recorders for U.S.
Discussion: HDBlog.net and The Tech Report
VoIP & Gadgets Blog:
Fonality acquires trixbox
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Toshiba shows off external, internal HD DVD drive prototypes
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and digg
Rob Bushway / GottaBeMobile.com:
We've got Lenovo X60s Tablet PC specs
Discussion: greg hughes and Engadget
Robert O'Neill / productdose.com:
Top Ten Geek Wallets
Discussion: digg and Slashdot
 

 
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Nicholas Carlson unveils Dynamo, a video-focused company that aims to make “cinematic” stories, and raised $3.4M from Henry Blodget, Jessica Lessin, and others

Lily Ford / The Hollywood Reporter:
Gary Lineker plans to step down from soccer show Match of the Day after 26 years, but extends his BBC Sport contract; he is the BBC's highest-paid presenter

 
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