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1:25 PM ET, March 11, 2008

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EU Press Room:
Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google  —  Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of DoubleClick by Google … Google operates an Internet search engine that offers search capabilities for end users free of charge and provides online advertising space on its own websites.
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Matthew Newman / Bloomberg:
Google Gets EU Approval for DoubleClick Acquisition
Discussion: Download Squad and Seeking Alpha
InfoWorld:
Update: EU approves Google-DoubleClick deal
Discussion: TechSpot
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The EU Approves Google's DoubleClick Deal.  Yahoo Needs To Pick a Partner Fast.
Discussion: CNN and Search Engine Journal
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
With Europe's OK, Google closes DoubleClick acquisition
Discussion: eWeek
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Searchme: A New Visual Search Engine  —  [Updated with correct funding of $31 million and note that Google has a similar effort in its labs.]  —  Today, Sequoia Capital, which has been a key investor of search giant Google (GOOG), as well as Yahoo, will unveil its latest investment in search, a visual search engine called: Searchme.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
SearchMe Launches New Search Engine With Heavy Backing From Sequoia  —  Mountain View based SearchMe has been around since 2005 and has raised $31 million from Sequoia, DAG Ventures and Lehman Brothers.  But until last weekend when I met founders Randy Adams and John Holland I knew next to nothing about them.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Searchme, Inc.:
Searchme Launches Private Beta of New Visual Search Engine
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Testing Over, Hulu.com to Open Its TV and Film Offerings This Week  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Hulu.com, the long-gestating Internet joint venture between NBC Universal and Fox, emerges from limited testing on Wednesday to make its catalog of TV shows and video clips available to anyone on the Web.
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James Lewin / Podcasting News:
Hulu Launches Free Internet Television Service  —  Internet video site Hulu launches today, offering full-length episodes of more than 250 TV series, including Lost and The Simpsons, along with older hits like Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  In addition, Hulu will feature content …
Discussion: WebProNews and TGDaily.com
David Chartier / Ars Technica:   Restrictions, distribution rifts may hamstring Hulu's launch
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times:
Hostility Has Its Rewards  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — “It's crazy to say you will only grow through innovation,” Larry Ellison, the hard-charging chief executive of Oracle, was telling me last week.  “It's bizarre that there's a stigma to buying something rather than building it yourself.”
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
20% Of Valley Startups Can't Get To Their Cash
Discussion: FOXBusiness.com
Richard Defendorf / CNET News.com:
Google's drop in paid clicks: Part of the grand plan  —  After ComScore reported a recent decline in Google's paid clicks, the Net ratings service followed up, noting evidence that the drop was due to “Google's own quality initiatives that result in a reduction in the number of paid listings and …
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CNN:
Google: To Be ‘Very Significant’ In Display Ads By '08-'09
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Anil Dash / Movable Type:
A WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide  —  As you might know, WordPress 2.5 is about to be released, and we wanted to encourage WordPress users to upgrade.  To Movable Type.  —  The truth is, there are lots of good blogging tools out there, and they're all good at different things.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
CBSSports.com Opens March Madness On Demand Video For Easy Access From Any Site  —  Seeking more online viewers for games and ads, CBSSports.com and the NCAA are announcing a “developer platform” for March Madness on Demand.  It's not the kind of developer concept where people are encouraged to build apps …
Discussion: HipMojo.com and Computerworld
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The “Nuclear Disaster” At SXSW Was Nothing More Than A Witch Burning  —  Based on the Twitter messages and blog posts I saw yesterday emerge real time from the SXSW conference, it sounded like Sarah Lacy's interview of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was, truly, a career ending, never seen before train wreck of epic proportions.
Jeff Smykil / Infinite Loop:
MacPro, Mac Book Air get software updates  —  While we slept last night, Apple released two updates for two of their less common hardware offerings: the MacBook Air and select Mac Pros.  They aren't terribly exciting and, as always, the descriptions are fairly vague.
Travis Hudson / Today @ PC World:
Sprint Phone to Get Speed Boost with EVDO Rev. A - It's About Time  —  Adoption of faster wireless speeds via the wireless specification EVDO Rev. A has been slow as molasses.  But finally there is good news for Sprint customers who will be the first U.S. wireless customers …
Discussion: TECH.BLORGE.com and HTC
Justin Berka / Infinite Loop:
Lionsgate adding iTunes Digital Copy to some DVDs  —  Although it certainly wasn't one of the major Macworld announcements, the addition of an iTunes Digital Copy to Fox DVDs was a big move into the world of (useful) DVD extras.  Now, a few months later, another studio is getting on board the Digital Copy train.
 
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
RIAA tells Ars: We're not hypocrites
Wall Street Journal:
How to Tap IT's Hidden Potential
Discussion: Parallax View and Slashdot
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Hulu to offer lulu of a video selection
Discussion: Technology Live and WebGuild
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Bear Stearns Media Con: NYTCo CEO Presents Case For Keeping Activists Off Board
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Microsoft admits big delay on Home Server bug fix
Louise Story / Bits:
Where Every Ad Knows Your Name
Discussion: Wikinomics
Billboard:
R.E.M. Launching New Album On iLike
Benny Goldman / Gizmodo:
Microsoft Wireless Laser Desktop 7000 and Digital Media Keyboard 3000, WOW!
Discussion: Engadget and Electronista
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
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Google on data security: You can trust us, really
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New Oracle software targets Salesforce
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
The “No Laptop” Meeting Rule
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Jeremy Kirk / InfoWorld:
Spam from Gmail doubled last month
Ryan Nakashima / Associated Press:
Iger: Disney to Reap $1 Billion Online