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10:25 AM ET, May 22, 2007

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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.
Discussion: TechCrunch, last100, 901am and Trader Mike
Om Malik / GigaOM:
CBS does buy WallStrip
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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Bourse:
Google Submits Novel Approach To FCC For Radio Spectrum Use  —  By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Google Inc. (GOOG) Monday urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to think outside the box in designing the rules for its upcoming auction of radio spectrum.
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Google Proposes Real-Time Auction Approach For Radio Spectrum Use
Discussion: RSS
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.
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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 …
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.
Chris Leckness / Mobility Site:
T-Mobile Wing (HTC Atlas) Review  —  Price : $299.00 w/ 2 year Contract / $499.00 w/o Contact  —  The Wing is based on the HTC Herald design, but that's not the code name for this HTC Device.  The Wing's code name is the HTC Atlas.  I am not 100% sure what the difference in the Herald and Atlas are …
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Lisa Gade / MobileTechReview.com:
Where to Buy  —  The Wing is the follow-up to the popular …
Discussion: Engadget Mobile
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 …
Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Study: Developers Do Not Want GPL 3 to Police Patents  —  A new Microsoft-funded study has found that open-source developers do not believe that licenses such as the upcoming GNU General Public License 3.0 should enforce software patents or prevent deals like the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement.
Discussion: All about Microsoft and Slashdot
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Matt Asay / InfoWorld:   John Mark on OSI and the definition of open source
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (937696)  —  Release of Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) and File Block Functionality for Microsoft Office  —  Today we are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) feature …
Discussion: InfoWorld and Zero Day
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Change.org 2.0: Harass Politicians and Fund Their Opponents  —  We covered the social activist community Change.org when they first launched back in February.  The site is one of a few philanthropic startups tailoring the latest web features for non-profits and politics.
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 …
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.
Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
Qwest's Quest: Making Believe DSL is Faster  —  After spending hard time covering last year's net neutrality battles, it's easy to get used to hearing telephone companies saying up is really down, and black is really white.  That's why we're not going to even nibble at the pitch Qwest's PR …
Google Online Security Blog:
Introducing Google's online security efforts  —  Online security is an important topic for Google, our users, and anyone who uses the Internet.  The related issues are complex and dynamic and we've been looking for a way to foster discussion on the topic and keep users informed.
 
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Jerry Kirkpatrick / Mises Daily Article RSS 2.0 Feed:
The Market Function of Piracy
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
MySpace to Share Data With States on Offenders
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Journalists, Made For AdSense Publishers, And Regression To The Mean …
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Five crucial things the Linux community doesn't understand …
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The 3D air-mouse you wear as a ring
Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Public Access Group Posts Smithsonian Images Online
Discussion: RSS
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Sharing the Widget Wealth
Peter D. Csathy / Digital Media Update:
SightSpeed 6.0 Named One of PC World's "100 Best Products of 2007"!
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
I've lost control of my comments...
Iljitsch van Beijnum / Ars Technica:
ARIN: It's time to migrate to IPv6
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Dell's Linux hardware support plans good news for desktop Linux
David S. Hirschman / Editor and Publisher:
Editors Explore Recent Redesigns at Major Web Sites
Discussion: Lost Remote
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Zoho Notebook looks good
Scott Martin / Red Herring:
Limelight Prices IPO
Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:
Second Life gets a Bay State boost
Mark Shuttleworth:
Microsoft is not the real threat
 

 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Warner Bros. Discovery announces a restructuring to create two separate units: one for linear TV networks and one for production studios and streaming platforms

 
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