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1:00 PM ET, November 7, 2006

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Microsoft:
Xbox 360 Teams With CBS, MTV Networks, Paramount Pictures, Turner Broadcasting, UFC and Warner Bros.  Home Entertainment to Digitally Deliver TV Shows and Movies to Gamers  —  Xbox 360 will become first gaming console to offer downloads of over 1,000 hours of TV shows such as "CSI," …
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Robert Levine / New York Times:
Microsoft Moves Into Video Download Fray  —  Owners of Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console will soon be able to watch science fiction epics as well as play them.  —  Microsoft said tonight that it would offer movies and episodes of television shows for download through its Xbox Live online service …
Discussion: Global Nerdy, Beet.TV and PVRblog
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Xbox Live Video hands-on  —  We snagged a few shots of Microsoft's new Xbox Live Video HDTV and HD movie download platform tonight.  There isn't a whole lot to say since there was essentially zero mystery excepting seeing the actual XBL interface in person, but you should still click …
Discussion: Zatz Not Funny and I4U News
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Microsoft's Xbox Live Video: HDTV and HD movie downloads for your 360  —  This may sound a bit familiar to those paying close attention, but on November 22nd — the year anniversary for the Xbox 360 — Microsoft is announcing something fairly momentus, not for the gaming community, but for the CE industry.
Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent:
Microsoft Adds Movie, TV Downloads To Xbox Live Marketplace …
Chris Morris / CNNMoney.com:
Rent or buy movies through your Xbox
Discussion: Gizmodo
Time:
YOUTUBE  —  Meet Peter.  Peter is a 79-year-old English retiree.  Back in WW II he served as a radar technician.  He is now an international star.  —  One year ago, this would not have been possible, but the world has changed.  In the past 12 months, thousands of ordinary people have become famous.
Brian Morrissey / Adweek:
Barnett Takes 2nd Turn vs. Google  —  NEW YORK Jim Barnett knows the perils of competing with Google.  He saw firsthand how the company's mastery of search vanquished early leaders like AltaVista (where he was CEO) and Excite.  —  Now, he's striving to take on Google in the online advertising realm …
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Turn to target ads automatically
Discussion: TechCrunch and Global Nerdy
USA Today:
Technology troubles set off tantrums, tears and tirades  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Jesse Berrett thought he was getting a bargain when he ordered high-speed Internet and phone service from his Internet service provider in September.  —  What he got instead was customer-support hell.
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Mike / Techdirt:
Is It Tech Rage Or Bad Customer Service Rage?
Discussion: Tech_Space and eLegal Canton
BBC:
Zune problems for MSN customers  —  People who have bought music from Microsoft's MSN Music store could face problems if they decide to buy the firm's new Zune portable player.  —  Microsoft has said it will stop selling music from MSN music from 14 November, when Zune goes on sale in the US.
Adobe:
Unifies Modern Scripting Across Firefox and Flash and Advances Innovation on the Web  —  Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) and the Mozilla Foundation, a public-benefit organization dedicated to promoting choice and innovation on the Internet, today announced that Adobe has contributed source code …
Business Wire:
Dell Notebooks Deliver New Level of Value for Consumers, Small Businesses  —  Dell Adds Inspiron 1501, Latitude 131L to Its Award-Winning Line of Notebooks  —  ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Just in time for the holidays, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) today announced the Inspiron™ 1501 …
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Tech Report and Engadget
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung's SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs: Windows XP at 75 MPH  —  Ultra-portable XP devices have been getting a whole lot of interesting lately.  Now Samsung just upped the ante with this — the SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs — at the Mobile WiMax Summit 2006 in South Korea.
Real-Time Clock / Real-Time Society:
The Proposal to Control Net Access  —  Senator Eduardo Azeredo (PSDB-MG) is the responsible for a bill that will end with Internet privacy and anonymity altogether.  This bill, if passed into law, will require every ISP to store each connection performed by a user for at least 3 years.
Discussion: Techdirt and Slashdot
websense.com:
Malicious Website / Malicious Code: Fradulent You Tube video on MySpace installing Zango Cash  —  Websense® Security LabsTM has discovered a number of user pages on the MySpace domain which have videos that look like they are from You Tube.  The videos have an installer embedded within them for the Zango Cash Toolbar.
Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:
Delete Your Bad Web Rep  —  The mistakes you make on the internet can live forever — unless you hire somebody to clean up after you.  —  A new startup, ReputationDefender, will act on your behalf by contacting data hosting services and requesting the removal of any materials that threaten your good social standing.
Discussion: Web 2.0 Television
 
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
HP outs price, ship date for its 30-inch LCD monstrosity
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Reuters:
Verizon near content deal with YouTube: WSJ
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Inside AdWords:
Landing page quality update
Cyrus Farivar / Engadget:
Japanese researchers build 512-core math coprocessor
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Prepare for the HD-DVD ad onslaught
Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent:
Earnings: Gaming Continues To Pay For RNWK—Up 53 Percent in 3Q
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A Tough Nut To Karrak: Sony's New PR Boss Talks PlayStation 3 Plans
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Business Wire:
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Discussion: PaidContent
Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent:
Interview: Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive
Reuters:
MySpace may be offered on Japan cell phones: Murdoch
Discussion: GigaOM and 21talks
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
Do the Rights of the Disabled Extend to the Blind on the Web?
Discussion: IR Daily and Slashdot
Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:
Social Bookmarking Showdown
Discussion: IR Daily
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Privacy Prevails: German ISP Forced To Delete IP Logs
 

 
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