Techmeme: Download of the Day: PageAddict (Firefox) (Lifehacker)

4:50 PM ET, November 7, 2006

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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Zvents gets $7M (yikes) for Ajax events site

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

Lifehacker:

Download of the Day: PageAddict (Firefox) — Firefox: Monitor your web addiction with PageAddict, a Firefox extension that gives you a summary of how much time you've spent visiting different sites. — Just install the plug-in, surf like you normally do, then return to PageAddict.com to see your results.

Discussion: Download Squad and .:UNEASYsilence:.

Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:

Text Link Ads Gets Bought by MediaWhiz — New Yorks' Media Whiz advertising firm has acquired Cincinati's Text Link Ads. The deal was announced this morning, but the financial details aren't being disclosed. — Text Link Ads typically sells small text ads for a fixed monthly rate, not pay per click.

Discussion: Business Wire, Things That, Search Engine Roundtable, SYNTAGMA and Sparkplug 9 >> bizhack

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.

Discussion: Channel 9, The Digital Music Weblog, CNNMoney.com, digg and Slashdot

Reuters:

Verizon near content deal with YouTube: WSJ —Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the Web site's videos to cellphones and television sets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Discussion: GigaOM and PVR Wire

Agence France Presse:

Google warns against changes to Australian copyright law — SYDNEY (AFP) - Internet search-engine giant Google has warned that proposed changes to Australia's copyright laws could drive the country back to "the pre-Internet era". — The warning came in a submission to Australia's senate …

Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog and Valleywag

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.

Discussion: jkOnTheRun, GottaBeMobile.com and Mickeleh's Take

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

Simon Hayes / NEWS.com.au:

Piracy stats don't add up — PIRACY statistics are labelled "self-serving hyperbole" in a draft government report. — A confidential briefing for the Attorney-General's Department, prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology, lashes the music and software sectors.

Discussion: Boing Boing and Good Morning Silicon Valley

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