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9:15 PM ET, March 26, 2008

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CNET REORGANIZATION: INTERNAL MEMO FROM NEIL ASHE, CEO  —  We all recognize that we must continuously change to be successful, and we embrace change.  At the beginning of the year, we talked about our focus on category defining brands and the need to drive greater efficiencies in the business.
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Reuters:
Online media company CNET cutting 120 jobs  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online media company CNET Networks Inc said on Wednesday it will eliminate 120 jobs, or about 10 percent of its staff, in a restructuring to help it focus on long-term growth amid complaints from some investors.
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
CNET Internal Memo: ‘Difficult Decisions’; Realignment; May Raise …
Discussion: VentureBeat
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Motorola insider tells all about the fall of a technology icon  —  Last month we were contacted by the late Geoffrey Frost's personal adviser at Motorola; until Frost's death in 2005, Numair Faraz worked under the Motorola's former CMO — the man widely regarded as the father of the RAZR.
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google February Paid Clicks Lousy (Again)*  —  A source says Comscore has finally released its February “US paid clicks” report for Google (GOOG), Yahoo (YHOO), et al.  We have not seen the report, but our source relays the following:  —  Google had 515mm US paid clicks in February, which is up only 3% year over year.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google U.S. search market share up, Yahoo down
Discussion: WebProNews and One Microsoft Way
Reuters:
Google ad viewership up 3 pct on comsCore-sources
Discussion: CNET News.com
PC World:
Turn a Smart Phone into a Wi-Fi Hot Spot  —  Got a 3G smartphone with Wi-Fi?  Then you might be soon be able to use it as a Wi-Fi hotspot for connecting your notebook or any other Wi-Fi enabled device to the Internet.  —  North Carolina-based TapRoot Systems today announced …
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Wall Street Journal:
Comcast, Time Warner Cable in Wireless Talks  —  Companies, With Others, May Help Fund Venture  —  The two biggest U.S. cable providers, Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Cable Inc., are discussing a plan to provide funding for a new wireless company that would be operated by Sprint Nextel Corp …
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24/7 Wall St.:
The Twenty-Five Most Valuable Blogs  —  There is no way to accurately put a value on blogs and blogging companies.  All are privately-held and, as is true with many content businesses, the value of the company is based on what a buyer will pay.  The figures we have put together look …
Brier Dudley / Brier Dudley's blog:
Finally, the $500 ultramobile with touch coming in May  —  At least that's what it sounds like from this report, outlining the product map for Asustek's low-cost computers.  —  Coming in May will be a new version of the Eee PC with an 8.9-inch touchscreen and possibly GPS capability, the report said.
Discussion: Guardian, Joe Duck and Electronista
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Verizon:
Verizon Asks FCC to Remove Cable Industry Obstacle to Consumer Choice in Bundled Services Market Consumers Must be Able to Choose New Cable Providers as Easily as Choosing New Telephone Providers  —  WASHINGTON - Seeking to remove a significant obstacle to consumer choice and competition …
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Verizon asks FCC for permission to interrupt cable's broadcast
Discussion: Electronista
USA Today:
Amazon takes on Apple with copy-protection-free music  —  The music industry is finally comfortable selling digital music without copy protection, but the huge shift hasn't resulted in dramatically higher sales.  —  Instead, it produced something that major music labels have long sought: a strong No. 2 competitor to Apple.
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iPod Observer:
iPO Reports - Gartner: Second Round of 10M 3G iPhones Possible  —  Apple may have ordered a second round of 10 million iPhones based on the 3G network, according to Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney.  Mr. Dulaney, who follows the iPhone for the research firm, based that on rumors he's become aware of in Asia.
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple Rally Extends; Report Gartner Hears 3G iPhone Orders …
Cade Metz / The Register:
Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows  —  First they mock web security.  Then EULAs  —  In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn't just undermine “the security of the whole Web”.  He's made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
New Google Documents Menu  —  The Google Docs document editor has a new menu (see video), similar to the one spotted in a Google employee's presentation before.  Instead of the tabs, the menu is now more traditional, along the lines of what people know from their typical desktop applications from years ago.
Miguel Helft / Bits:
Bringing Outlook and Gmail Closer Together  —  For months, Google has sought to make inroads against Microsoft's dominance in office applications.  Now, it's getting a little help from others.  —  Cemaphore Systems, a company that specializes in e-mail backup services …
Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider:
Nielsen: Hulu Off To A Strong Start  —  Our company line on Hulu: Love the service (usually), hate the business.  —  But at least the NBC/Fox JV is off to a strong start.  How strong?  Enough that even while the company was in a restricted beta, it managed to rack up 1.7 million unique viewers …
Discussion: Hitwise Intelligence and NewTeeVee
Guinevere Orvis / last100:
Inside story: the making of a legal TV ‘torrent’  —  Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own and not those of CBC/Radio-Canada.  —  Last week, CBC released an official DRM-free BitTorrent of a prime time show- a first for a major north American broadcaster (see last100 coverage).
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
 
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Junyor / my.opera.com:
Opera and the Acid3 Test
Discussion: CyberNet
InfoWorld:
Rambus wins memory patent trial
Discussion: One More Thing
Karen D. Schwartz / eWeek:
Report: Subscriptions to Surge for Open-Source Licensing
Discussion: Open Source
Thomas Mennecke / Slyck:
BitTorrent Bummer  —  BitTorrent throttling isn't just a concern for Comcast customers.
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
Live from Mozilla: Firefox for iPhone? No.
Paul Carton / ChangeWave HotWire Blog:
PC Spending Heads South
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Men's Entertainment Aggregator CraveOnline Acquires HoopsVibe
Emil Protalinski / One Microsoft Way:
Windows XP SP3 RC2 Refresh becomes available
Discussion: PC World
 Earlier Items: 
Zaheda Bhorat / Official Google Blog:
Today is Document Freedom Day
Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
Apple settles the amazing multicolor lawsuit
Discussion: Ars Technica and MacUser
USA Today:
New media expected to get more ad dollars
Discussion: Searchviews and MarketingVOX
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
Twitter Dominates the Lifestream
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google's $475k Bodyguards: Cheap! (GOOG)
Discussion: Valleywag
Ryan Naraine / eWeek:
Firefox Update Zaps Code Execution Bugs
BBC:
Legal battle over Warcraft ‘bot’
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Corporate employee blogs: Lawsuits waiting to happen?
 

 
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
WaPo rejected a print ad from Common Cause that said, “Fire Elon Musk”, designed to wrap around a DC edition, after the group said it signed a $115K deal

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Paramount and YouTube cut a new carriage deal that will keep Paramount channels available on the YouTube TV video service; terms of the deal were not disclosed

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Spotify struck deals with Universal and Warner for its Music Pro premium plan launch, which offers users song remixing tools and early access to concert tickets

 
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