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3:45 PM ET, May 22, 2008

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Andrew Zaeske / Official Google Blog:
Google Sites now open to everyone  —  A few months ago we launched Google Sites exclusively as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations that wanted to use the service on their own domains.  Now we've made it easy for anyone to set up a website to share all types of information …
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comScore:
comScore Releases April 2008 U.S. Search Engine Rankings  —  comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace.  April 2008 saw Americans conduct 10.6 billion core searches …
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Google Sites for everyone: GeoCities 2.0?
Discussion: My Blog Posts
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Google seizes search share in April
Discussion: Microsoft Watch and TechSpot
InfoWorld:
Google steals search share from rivals
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Sites Available Without Google Apps
Discussion: TechCrunch and Mashable!
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Latest iPhone 2.0 beta adds geo-tagging to Camera photos  —  A new beta of Apple's iPhone Software v2.0 Update released privately to a select group of enterprise partners this week adds a few new preferences and the beginnings of geo-tagging support for the handset's Camera app.
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Apple's digital home, five years out  —  Five years from now, with Apple aiming to become the center of the digital home, users may expect to see a number of key products and services designed to connect PCs and digital content to HDTV stereo audiovisual networks, according to “The Future of Apple” …
Discussion: Epicenter
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Forrester comes up with new (rather bland) …
Discussion: Gizmodo
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
iPhone line forms at Apple's flagship for absolutely no reason  —  So word on the street (literally) is that a large number of people are queuing in line outside of Apple's flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York City — keep in mind the Cube is open 24 hours a day.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Doing A Fake Story For Linkbait?  Disclose — Or Face The Wrath Of Google  —  Link baiting entered a new area last week when Lyndon Antcliff had success with a fake story being picked up by some mainstream media sites as well as social news sites.  Controversy erupted over the tactic …
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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Search Engine Optimization Through Hoax News  —  Over at Search Engine Land's Sphinn, people are discussing a search engine optimization tactic which tries to assemble backlink juice by posting a fake news article.  Jonathan Crossfield wraps it up: “Online marketer Lyndon Antcliff recently helped …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Empire Strikes Back: Our Analysis Of Microsoft Live Search Cashback  —  Most are negative.  Some excessively so.  After hearing Bill Gates give the pitch and trying the service myself to make a couple of purchases, here's what I think: It's a bold move that goes for Google's throat …
Andrew Wallenstein / Reuters:
ABC soups up online video player  —  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC.com is souping up its full-episode broadband player with new features for the fall.  —  Among the bells and whistles set for the broadcaster's online destination are full-screen viewing, closed captioning and the ability …
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
ABC to Update its Player, Add Embeds (Kinda)
Discussion: last100, VentureBeat and WebProNews
Charles Cooper / Coop's Corner:
AT&T upgrades 3G as iPhone waits in the wings  —  Update at 8:35 a.m. PDT: More details have been added throughout.  —  For some reason, this hasn't drawn a ton of attention.  But AT&T is edging closer to completing a 3G upgrade just in time in for the rumored release of a 3G iPhone next month.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Twitter VC Funding Done, Raises $15M  —  I spent most of the day digging up more information on Twitter and its new round of funding that I reported last night.  The update is that Twitter reached an agreement with investors today to raise $15 million in funding at around $80 million pre-money valuation.
Help Net Security:
U.S. corporations massively read employee e-mail  —  In its fifth-annual study of outbound e-mail and data loss prevention issues, Proofpoint found that large enterprises continue to incur risk from - and take action against - information leaks over outbound e-mail, as well as newer communications media …
Discussion: CNET News.com and DailyTech
BBC:
Gamer anger at Nokia's ‘lock in’  —  Gamers have hit out at Nokia after learning that N-Gage titles bought for their handsets are locked to that specific device forever.  —  If a gamer changes or upgrades to a diferent Nokia handset they have to purchase the games again if they want to continue playing.
Drew Olanoff / Download Squad:
NewsGator RSS Readers to help you find the “Right Stuff”  —  How many of you subscribe to an RSS feed because you liked one post you read?  Raise your hands please.  No, seriously, raise your hands please.  Now how many of you stay subscribed to that feed because you're either too lazy to unsubscribe …
Discussion: CNET News.com
 
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Windows Live SkyDrive Team Blog:
Hot new updates to SkyDrive!
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[SID] LG Display Shows Images on Both Sides of LCD Panel
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and Ubergizmo
Business Wire:
EA to Acquire Assets of Hands-On Mobile Korea
Times Record:
Comcast ponders Maine sell-off
Matthew Miller / The Mobile Gadgeteer:
Review: HTC Advantage X7510 with 16GB flash drive, haptics keyboard …
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple's WiMax, UWB wireless interest confirmed
Discussion: MobileCrunch
Joseph Goldstein / New York Sun:
Judge Says N.Y. Pension Fund Can't Sue Apple
Discussion: Macsimum News and MacUser
Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
Guitar Hero World Tour officially announced
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Toy-Like Microboat Could Carry Tiny Cargoes
Discussion: DailyTech and Engadget
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Discussion: Gizmodo
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Akamai: Goldman Says “Sell,” Sees More Competition
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Disqus And Profy — First Step To Totally Portable Blogging
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
How to Use Social Media for Social Change
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
The next time you complain about a company on Twitter, Get …
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Google Says It Will Defend Competitive Rationale of a Yahoo Deal
 

 
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