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Howard Lindzon:
CBS Acquires Wallstrip - You Can Make Money From Blogging!!! — One of the most exciting days of my life for sure. — Today, CBS has acquired Wallstrip . — Lot's of people to thank. The biggest sacrifices have come from my wife Ellen and my sweet kids Rachel and Max. My dog Bagel is indifferent.
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
CBS Does Indeed Scoop Up Wallstrip — Wallstrip, an online video show that takes a whimsical approach to financial news, has been bought by CBS Interactive for a price in the single-digit millions, with a multi-year commitment to continue the show and add additional financially oriented web series.
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TechCrunch, alarm:clock, EMAC, Paul Colligan's …, The Browser, 901am, last100 and The Next Net
Fred / A VC:
Wallstrip Goes Through The Exit Door — CBS announced today that they are purchasing Wallstrip. — Here's the story as I see it. Howard Lindzon is a scrappy investor and sometimes entrepreneur from Phoenix, Arizona. He got hip to blogging several years ago and started networking around via blogs.
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Legless Chihuahuas Prove Google Hot Trends Not So Hot — Google has launched a new addition to its growing lineup of...well everything, Google Hot Trends. — Google Trends takes the idea behind Google Zeitgeist to the next level. Instead of providing weekly details of top Google searches …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Meme: Hot Trends Added To Google Trends — Google has launched a meme-like feature to Google Trends. The Google Trends home page now has a section named "Hot Trends," which shows the hottest queries for the day. You can also look back historically and see the hottest queries for that day.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Silicon Valley Could Use A Downturn Right About Now — Silicon Valley is paradise for geeks, and people flock here from all over the world to be part of something very special. When I speak at events here one thing I often do is ask people in the audience to raise their hand if they live in Silicon Valley.
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Proposes Innovation in Radio Spectrum Auction — Google filed a proposal on Monday with the Federal Communications Commission calling on the agency to let companies allocate radio spectrum using the same kind of real-time auction that the search engine company now uses to sell advertisements.
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O'Reilly Radar, The Next Net, paidContent.org, IP Democracy, The Technology Liberation …, SearchViews and RSS
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ZDNet:
Microsoft will not sue over Linux patents — Microsoft has said it has no immediate plans to sue after alleging patent infringements by open-source vendors. — In an official statement emailed to ZDNet UK, Microsoft confirmed that it would not litigate for now.
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Michigan man arrested for using cafe's free WiFi from his car — A Michigan man is being prosecuted for using a cafe's free WiFi... from his car. Sam Peterson was arrested under a Michigan law barring access to anyone else's network without authorization, according to Michigan TV station WOOD.
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Patrick Center / WOOD-TV:
A wireless felony — Updated: — SPARTA — It's a lunch hour ritual at the Re-Union Street Caf. Customers regularly log onto the internet using the caf's wireless network to check their e-mail and surf the web while they enjoy the coffee and ambience. — Sam Peterson II did the same thing.
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Lisa Gade / MobileTechReview.com:
Where to Buy — The Wing is the follow-up to the popular but now aging T-Mobile MDA that was released in February 2006. Keeping the same basic design with QWERTY side-slideout keyboard that made the MDA so popular, the Wing refines a good thing by reducing thickness, adding spring assist to the slider …
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Justin.TV Network Launches: More Shows to Come — 24/7 reality online TV show Justin.tv has has turned into a bit of a mini-phenomenon since launching just two months ago. Their apartment was raided by the police, and they were later evicted by their landlord. They were on the Today Show.
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BBC:
Success for Everest mobile effort — A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest. — In the early hours of 21 May, Rod Baber made two calls from the mountain's north ridge. — In the first call Mr Baber described the view …
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Ryan Stewart, Engadget, parislemon, jkOnTheRun, Gizmodo, Vecosys, Roam4free, All About Symbian and michael parekh on IT
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
CNN to Deliver More Local News On Its Web Site — Content-Swap Deal — Will Raise User Traffic; — A Push for Ad Revenue — In a strategy shift, CNN, known primarily for national and international news, is expected to announce a deal that will allow it to offer more local news on its Web site and …
CNET News.com:
Crave Talk: Channel 4's 4oD hamstrung by UK ISPs — Channel 4's new video on-demand service — 4oD — is a breakthrough service for the UK that allows you to freely catch up on the station's TV programming from the comfort of your desk or armchair. But it's being severly restricted …
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gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine:
The 3D air-mouse you wear as a ring — The computer mouse and flat "desktop" themed operating systems have hardly evolved since their inception. But the recent creation of a genuine, working 3D mouse system that you wear as a ring on one finger could open the door to a new model of GUI display …
Andrew McAfee:
The Teenybopper Network — Last week I attended Harvard's internal workshop on technology in teaching and learning, and got a real education from a couple undergraduates. Sameer Lakha and Rachel Popkin demonstrated all the ways they use Facebook and all the ways it's become a big deal on college campuses …
Sharon Waxman / New York Times:
Top Directors See the Future, and They Say It's in 3-D — If some prominent Hollywood directors and an Irish rock band have their way, moviegoers en masse will soon be heading back to the future, wearing newfangled 3-D glasses. — Last week the next phase in the theatrical viewing experience took …
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