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9:10 PM ET, October 23, 2007

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Verizon:
Verizon Redefines 'Fast' With Groundbreaking FiOS Internet Service Featuring 20 Mbps Download and Upload Speeds  —  Service Is First of Its Kind Available to Consumers on a Mass Scale  —  Super-Fast Symmetrical Speed Enables Today's Most Interactive Online Experiences and Encourages Future Web Innovations
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Karl / DSLreports:   Verizon Unveils Symmetrical 20Mbps FiOS - So far only in NY, NJ and CT...
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:   Verizon discovers symmetry, offers 20/20 symmetrical FiOS service
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Another day, another key Googler departs  —  Salman Ullah, Google's director of corporate development, has left the company to found a venture firm called Copper River Partners, we've learned from a source.  Ullah's LinkedIn profile confirms he is an "owner" of the firm.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Mozilla banks Google bucks; Builds a portfolio  —  Mozilla has released its 2006 audited financials and that little Google search box in the top right of Firefox is the gift that keeps giving.  —  Mozilla's revenue, which includes Mozilla's foundation and corporation, came in at $66.8 million in 2006.
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BBC:
Huge pirate music site shut down
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
OiNK Admin Released From Custody
Discussion: Slyck and Digg
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Report: 7 Out Of 10 Americans Experience 'Search Engine Fatigue'  —  A recent report issued by Autobytel, based on on findings from a poll of 1,001 US adults conduted by Kelton Research, examined "The State of Search" and how automobile shoppers interact with search engines in particular.
Traci Hailpern / Inside AdSense:
Coming soon: Make ad changes without replacing code  —  We're very excited to let you know about an upcoming feature that lets you easily manage your ad units from within your AdSense account.  It isn't live yet, but here's a sneak peek so you'll know what to expect in the coming weeks.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Mapping The Southern California Fires  —  I'm back home (my original home) in Southern California for vacation, and to welcome me back, the Southland is on fire.  Ah, just like old times.  As I was keeping up with the news, I came across some maps online from Google Earth, Google Maps …
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
With FriendCSV, Data Sneaks Out Facebook's Back Door  —  As we've suggested before, there is an underlying problem with many proprietary systems - such as Facebook - because information inside of them tends to get trapped.  Information flows in but not so easily back out.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Yang: Being Yahoo CEO is a 'lonely job'  —  HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Being chief executive of Yahoo is "a lonely job," says Jerry Yang, who co-founded the company in 1994 and was promoted to the top job in June in a management shakeup.  —  "It is a lonely job in the sense …
Business Wire:
Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 41% Year over Year - Raises Financial Guidance - Expects Record Holiday Season  —  SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - News) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
Update: Microsoft considering opening up device manager  —  San Francisco (IDGNS) - Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said on Tuesday.  —  Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft's mobile …
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Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles:   Tidbits from Steve Ballmer's CTIA keynote
Ben Rooney / CNNMoney.com:
Amazon: Good but not good enough  —  Web retailer's earnings climb 313 percent from last year, citing low prices and free shipping; but stock falls after-hours.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Amazon.com Inc. reported healthy increases in third-quarter sales and earnings …
Discussion: Business Week
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Earnings: Amazon Q3 Sales Jump 41 Percent; Income Soars
Discussion: New York Times
Karl / DSLreports:
Verizon Busted For 'Unlimited' Marketing - Settles for a million dollars with NY Attorney General  —  For four years now, we've been discussing how Verizon Wireless's EV-DO broadband service was advertised as "unlimited," but featured an invisible download cap.
Discussion: Techdirt
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Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
Facebook Set to Introduce Major Ad Play  —  Social Network Could Unveil 'SocialAds' at NYC Event Next Month  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The invitation, sent to advertisers and agencies in New York, arrived carved onto a Lucite brick:  —  "You are invited to a discussion with Mark Zuckerberg …
Discussion: paidContent.org
Doc Searls Weblog:
Too much face(book) time  —  Here's the problem.  For me, anyway.  —  I believe the Net is an open place.  Same with the Web.  —  I also believe private walled gardens on the Web are fine things.  Nothing wrong with them.  —  My problem is when the former starts looking and acting like the latter.
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
BustedTees offers sales commission through Facebook app  —  BustedTees, the Web site responsible for that "Prose before Hos" t-shirt that you wore to your English 101 final exam, has announced a Facebook Platform application that offers to split cash revenue with users willing to install it.
Discussion: All Facebook
Ssjmichael / dapreview.net:
Sansa View Released - 32GB Model Coming Soon?  —  I've been waiting a long time for the Sansa View's release.  Well, my anticipation was originally for the now defunct PMP prototype shown at CES in January.  The new View is more akin to the e200 series.  It enters into a crowded market …
Discussion: DailyTech and Gizmodo
 
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FunnyOrDie creators go to extremes
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Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
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CmdrTaco / Slashdot:
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Would-be identity thief finds himself stumped without printer drivers
Discussion: Engadget, PC World and Slashdot
Tom Spring / PC World:
Free 411: Putting Google and Microsoft to the Test
Discussion: WebProNews and Virtual Earth
James Bannan / APC Magazine:
WARNING: device driver updates causing Vista to deactivate
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Apple should start offering Windows-based Macs
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Microsoft to push functional programming into the mainstream with F
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Facing Competition, iTunes Revs Up Its Film Section
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Switches to Its Own Translation System