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7:10 PM ET, October 31, 2007

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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
Google Phone Plan Draws Interest  —  Google Inc. is in advanced talks with two top U.S. cellphone operators, Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp., about selling handsets tailored to its new mobile-phone operating system, people familiar with the matter said.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
The Google Phone: The Story So Far, Some Launch Details & What's Next  —  The Wall Street Journal has been reporting on Google's mobile phone efforts and how it is beginning to draw some interest from carriers, especially in the United States.  Sprint (S) and Verizon (VZ) are in talks with Google …
Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
Open Social: a new universe of social applications all over the web  —  My company, Ning, is participating in this week's launch of a new open web API called Open Social, which is being spearheaded by Google and joined by a wide range of partners including Google's own Orkut, LinkedIn, Hi5 …
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Bill Tancer / Hitwise Intelligence:
OpenSocial - Can it Compete with Facebook?  —  The New York Times reported yesterday that Google, working with an alliance of companies including; Linkedin, Plaxo, Friendster and Hi5 to write standards for social networking applications including Google's Orkut.
Kevin J. Delaney / Wall Street Journal:
Google Seeks Bigger Role In Social Networking
Discussion: Tech~Surf~Blog and StartupBoy
Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab:
$200 Everex Green PC Now Available  —  Everex's TC2502 gPC is the first mass-market $200 desktop computer, featuring a custom distribution of Ubuntu Linux and headed for selected Wal-Mart stores.  —  "It's $200, with no gimmicks or subsidies," Everex spokesman David Liu said.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Everex's $199 green PC: attention ignorant Wal-Mart shoppers
Discussion: Incremental Blogger
Erica Ogg / Crave: The gadget blog:
At Wal-Mart, Black Friday comes early
Discussion: Gizmodo
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
ALMOST THE GOOGLE PC: EVEREX GPC AVAILABLE AT WAL-MART
Discussion: yelvington.com
John Biggs / CrunchGear:
Everex's gPC: A $199 PC with a half-baked "Google" OS
Discussion: Between the Lines and Gizmodo
Intego:
INTEGO SECURITY ALERT - October 31, 2007  —  OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse Changes Local DNS Settings to  —  Redirect to Malicious DNS Servers  —  Description: A malicious Trojan Horse has been found on several pornography web sites, claiming to install a video codec necessary to view free pornographic videos on Macs.
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Rob Griffiths / Macworld:
Trojan Horse warning: What you need to know  —  How to detect—and remove—the OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse  —  As you may have read, a new piece of OS X malware has been discovered.  Intego has named this malware the OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan Horse.  Note that this malware is not a virus—it can't self-propagate from one machine to another.
Louise Story / New York Times:
Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts  —  Most consumers are familiar with do-not-call lists, which are meant to keep telemarketers from phoning them.  Soon people will be able to sign up for do-not-track lists, which will help shield their Web surfing habits from the prying eyes of marketers.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Privacy groups pitch "don't track me" ad server blacklist
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:   AOL Promises More Appealing Behaviorial Targeting With Opt-Out Ad System
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Hey, Look Who's Now The 5th Biggest Company in the US  —  That's right: Google (GOOG).  And trading at a not-preposterous 55-times trailing 12-month earnings, too.  —  Rank Company Market Cap (Bil) Ticker  —  1 Exxon Mobil $505 XOM
Discussion: Bits
New York Magazine:
Trent Reznor and Saul Williams Discuss Their New Collaboration, Mourn OiNK  —  Spoken-word and hip-hop artist Saul Williams toured with Nine Inch Nails last year, and Trent Reznor liked him so much that he decided to produce his new album.  The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust! …
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Nine Inch Nails Frontman Was a Member of OiNK
Discussion: Valleywag and CrunchGear
Karl / DSLreports:
FCC Bans Exclusive Cable Contracts - Comcast has another excuse to raise rates...  As expected (see previous report), the FCC today ruled to ban cable operators from striking exclusive deals with MDU (multiple dwelling unit) landlords.  According to the FCC press release (pdf) …
Discussion: Associated Press and Engadget
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:   FCC bans exclusive TV deals for cable
Kip Kniskern / LiveSide:
Messenger 9, GTalk integration, Messenger API, new client for Mac OS X - news unveiled at Georgia Tech presentation (whew)  —  In a presentation to the Georgia Institute of Technology's IEEE Student Branch yesterday, Microsoft employee and Georgia Tech graduate Andrew Jenks had some surprises in store.
Discussion: Mashable!
David Goetzl / MediaPost Publications:
ESPN To Air NBA Games On TV, Web  —  IN THE LATEST EXAMPLE OF what could lead to so-called "cable bypass," ESPN's NBA games this season will be simulcast live on the Web.  —  And it's not just a few less appealing ones, but every game carried on ESPN and ESPN2, including the playoffs.
Discussion: last100, Mashable! and Lost Remote
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Prosper Registers With SEC to Create a $500 Million Secondary Market in Peer-to-Peer Loans  —  One of the most disruptive startups in the financial industry is Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending marketplace.  Since its launch in February, 2006, Prosper has attracted more than 450,000 members who have loaned $96.4 million to each other.
 
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Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Is Google adding multi-protocol chat to Gmail?
Nokia:
Nokia Music Store goes live in the UK
Mark Glaser / MediaShift:
Traditional Media Evolves for Wildfire Coverage, But Hyper-Local Still Lacking
Steve / CO-ED Magazine:
Facebook Music is Coming!
Discussion: TechCrunch, Valleywag and hypebot
Steven Schwankert / PC World:
New York Leads in HD Uptake
Discussion: Engadget HD and Gizmodo
Kristopher Kubicki / DailyTech:
But Wait, There's More NVIDIA G92 for 2007
Discussion: The Tech Report
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Sony's Folding@home project gets Guinness record
Discussion: Opposable Thumbs
InfoWorld:
Microsoft continues pursuit of software pirates
Discussion: Computerworld
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Internet Brands to Raise up to $45 Million in IPO
Discussion: Mashable!
Jonah Brucker-Cohen / MAKE Magazine:
Even dogs like iphones for halloween
F.Colton / The India Street:
China's e28 to be Google's Gphone Handset Supplier
Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab:
10 Reasons To Hate Cellphone Carriers
Discussion: zedgeHeadz and Gizmodo
Michael Gartenberg / Computerworld:
Opinion: Leopard redefines 'what personal computing looks like'
Discussion: The Mac Observer
BBC:
Leopard upgrade hits Mac firewall
Discussion: p2pnet
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Q&A: Digg co-founder Jay Adelson
Discussion: Read/WriteWeb and Mashable!
Daily Mail:
Army tests James Bond style tank that is 'invisible'