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8:00 PM ET, October 16, 2006

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Steve Poland / TechCrunch:
MySpace Makes Subtle Shifts to Emphasize Video  —  We wrote earlier about News Corp's unease with the Google-YouTube acquisition.  For the last few weeks News Corp has been engaging in a one-sided PR war with YouTube - from News Corp. COO Peter Chernin's recent comments that 60-70% …
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Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
YouTube vs. MySpace?  —  With millions of dollars in online ad revenue on the line, the two Net superstars could be headed for more conflict  —  Just a few months ago, News Corp. (NWS) landed a crucial deal with Internet leader Google (GOOG).  News Corp. designated Google as the search engine for MySpace …
Andrew Adam Newman / New York Times:
The Reporter Is Real, but the World He Covers Isn't  —  In preparing to open a Reuters bureau on a bustling island, Adam Pasick has been introducing himself to residents and interviewing entrepreneurs.  After finishing such interviews, Mr. Pasick often levitates for a moment, then flies over buildings.
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Edelman / Richard Edelman:
A Commitment  —  For the past several days, I have been listening to the blogging community discuss the cross-country tour that Edelman designed for Working Families for Wal-Mart.  —  I want to acknowledge our error in failing to be transparent about the identity of the two bloggers from the outset.
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Daily Mail:
One giant step for home entertainment?  —  Is this the way we will all be 'enjoying' our television programmes and computer games in the future?  —  In this astonishing photo, a model is wearing a new gadget, from electronics manufacturer Toshiba, that enables the wearer to experience …
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
55 Million Blogs, and Now a Service to Track Them  —  LONDON — Corporations are growing increasingly conscious of the power, and potential pitfalls, of blogging.  A favorable review from an influential blogger can help generate the kind of buzz around a new product that traditional advertising struggles to achieve.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Movable Type Enterprise 1.5 Launched  —  Today Six Apart will release a new version of its Movable Type Enterprise edition.  I spoke to Anil Dash (a SixApart VP) and Chris Alden (EVP and GM of Movable Type - formally CEO of Rojo) about the upgrade and to discuss the future of Movable Type.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
MovableType Releases Enterprise Version 1.5
Discussion: StrayPackets
Roy Mark / internetnews.com:
AT&T Makes Network Neutrality Concessions  —  AT&T is willing to adhere to the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) network neutrality principles for 30 months after the official closing of its proposed merger with BellSouth, according to AT&T's latest filing with the FCC.
AppleInsider:
Exclusive: Apple seeks rights to iPhone trademark  —  Apple Computer has filed for a trademark on the term iPhone, suggesting the company plans to use the moniker, recently popularized amongst the analyst and blogging communities, as the official name for its highly-anticipated iPod cell phone.
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Tech Report and digg
Google Blogoscoped:
Where's Google Going?  —  "Mystic logic, letters whirling in infinite change, is the world of bliss, it is the music of thought, but see that you proceed slowly, and with caution, because your machine may bring you delirium instead of ecstasy ..."  —  I've smoked some heavy (proverbial) …
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
MySpace Predator Caught by Code  —  Yaphank, NY — The computer crimes unit of New York's Suffolk County Police Department sits in a gloomy government office canopied by water-stained ceiling tiles and stuffed with battered Dell desktops.  A mix of file folders, notes, mug shots and printouts form …
Discussion: Defense Tech and Slashdot
Chris Kohler / Game|Life:
Exclusive!  Elite Beat Agents Track List  —  Would you believe... Chicago?  The Village People?  —  Cher?  —  It's all true.  As Game|  Life can exclusively reveal this morning, Elite Beat Agents — the feverishly anticipated musical video game for Nintendo DS — will pack nineteen …
Discussion: 4 color rebellion and Joystiq
Barry Fox / NewScientistTech:
Invention: Smart-card DVDs  —  Smart-card discs  —  CDs and DVDs have been around for a while.  Nevertheless, American-Israeli company Aladdin think it can breathe new life into these formats by creating a disc that combines optical storage capacity with an embedded electronic smart card chip.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Gains Pay For YouTube  —  Did the YouTube deal pay for itself?  At least for one week it did.  On Friday, October 6, 2006, Google shares closed at $420.50 a share.  With roughly 304.36 million shares outstanding, that meant the company had a market capitalization of $127.983 billion.
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
I'll Trade You My 'Titanic' for Your 'Spider-Man'  —  One of the world's oldest forms of commerce has finally gotten a foothold in the newest commercial medium.  —  Online bartering, an idea with many proponents but few successes, is emerging as an e-commerce model, bolstered by a spate …
Discussion: Valleywag and TechEffect
 
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Pure Digital allows direct video uploads to Grouper, Google video
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James / Aeropause:
SIXAXIS Is Worst Next Gen Controller
Discussion: You NEWB, Kotaku and Slashdot
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile:
Verizon to get its own MOTORAZR MAXX
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
What MTV says about Google-YouTube marriage
Discussion: Blogging Stocks
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Is this an iPod Shuffle or an IP-PBX?
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 Earlier Items: 
Kevin Sullivan / Washington Post:
For India's Traditional Fishermen, Cellphones Deliver a Sea Change
Discussion: Techdirt
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Nintendo's Wiimote, like for your TV and stuff
Discussion: CrunchGear
Reuters:
Stern freebie kicks off new online radio service
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny:
TiVo Meets With FCC, Talks CableCARD
Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
Apple's No. 2 Has Low Profile, High Impact
Kotaku:
First North American PlayStation 3 Commercial: "The Wait"
Discussion: CrunchGear, Gizmodo and Destructoid
Bjorn Carey / Popular Science:
A Floating Chernobyl?
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Movie Downloads: iTunes v. The Rest
 

 
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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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