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6:40 PM ET, August 15, 2008

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TSA:
New ‘Checkpoint Friendly’ Laptop Bag Procedures  —  News & Happenings  —  Starting Aug. 16, TSA will allow laptops to remain in bags meeting new ‘checkpoint friendly’ guidelines.  Not all laptop bags are ‘checkpoint friendly’  —  (see images below).  —  To help streamline the security process …
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Thomas Frank / USA Today:
Fliers cheer laptop policy change  —  WASHINGTON - It's not surprising that Tim Burke is taking an airplane flight Monday, but it is unusual that he's looking forward to it.  —  The reason: Starting on Saturday, some of the nation's airline passengers will not have to remove their laptops at airport checkpoints.
Discussion: Engadget and Switched
Glenn Fleishman / PC World:
Keep That Laptop in the Bag in the Security Line
Discussion: Electronista
Steve / Netflix Community Blog:
Friday Morning Shipping Update  —  Let's get right to it.  This morning, we're happy to report that all of our shipping centers are resuming normal operations after experiencing three days of significant issues.  Throughout the night and as we post this update, our distribution centers …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
An Early GPhone Review: Android Is Powerful, But No iPhone (GOOG, AAPL)  —  So now we know that the first GPhone is indeed coming this fall.  —  Will it be a hit?  It's hard to tell much from the supposed spy photos we've seen floating around on the Web, like the one to the right.
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Launches AdSense for Feeds  —  I noticed a new option in my AdSense account: AdSense for feeds, a program that displays contextual and placement-targeted ads in FeedBurner feeds.  FeedBurner announced in May that AdSense for Feeds will be available to a small number of publishers and now it seems that everyone can use it.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Google Turns On AdSense For Feeds
Discussion: Media Bullseye and Shoemoney
comScore:
comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for July 2008  —  Travel Sites Continue to See Strong Gains During Summer Months  —  Retail, Movie and Entertainment News Sites Keep Americans Entertained During July  —  comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world …
Royal Pingdom:
The best job interview questions from Microsoft, Google... and IKEA  —  Tricky, funny and interesting, these are some questions people claim to have been asked at job interviews with Microsoft and Google.  And IKEA, sort of...  We came across these because we are currently looking for a developer …
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Are Macs More Expensive?  Let's Do the Math Once and For All  —  It's of those eternal questions of the computing world that never seems to get answered definitively: Does the “Mac Tax” really exist?  Some folks are positive that Macs are overpriced compared to Windows computers; others deny it steadfastly.
Dieter Bohn / WMExperts:
More Treo Pro Pictures (UPDATED with new Details!)  —  When it rains, it POURS.  This time we find them from nomad2000, again in our forums, who found them at treo8.  What we know:  — 400Mhz CPU , but snappy response  — 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM!  (Other reports show “In use: 43.96mb, Free 57.72mb")
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Matt / Socialthing! blog:
Ok, so yeah...it's true!  We got acquired...  You my have seen the rumors, the leaks, etc. and while we just had to sit here and watch it all go down, we wanted nothing more than to tell the entire world how excited we are.  —  This post has been a long time coming and we're very excited …
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
10 Worst Web glitches of 2008 (so far)  —  We have been reminded several times lately that Web 2.0 is in no way a synonym for “reliable.”  Major services have crashed.  Big product launches have fizzled.  Users have raised their collective fists in the air.  What's going on?  Is the Web crumbling?
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited and broadstuff
Stephanie Condon / The Iconoclast:
Olympic committee rethinks copyright infringement claim on YouTube  —  The International Olympic Committee has retracted a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown request it sent to YouTube over a Tibetan protest video.  —  According to Corynne McSherry, an attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation …
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider and Techdirt
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
McCain tech policy: crack down on piracy, fix patent mess
Discussion: Xconomy, VentureBeat and DSLreports
Jeremy Herron / Associated Press:
New magazine-sharing site may violate copyrights  —  NEW YORK - The magazine industry, already facing a decline in newsstand sales and falling ad revenue, is being besieged by a new foe: digital piracy.  —  A fledgling Web site called Mygazines.com encourages people to copy and upload popular magazines …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
How to build a network  —  I was talking with a media exec who started a blog ad network — bless him — but who I thought was taking too high a share of the revenue: at least half.  That's a natural reflex, perfectly understandable: Get what you can.  Other networks do that.
Phone Arena:
Exclusive: Spy photos of Motorola V70 Retro  —  Although it announces only boring phones, Motorola seems to be trying to resurrect its headset division, preparing a bunch of yet unofficial models.  The latest one in the collection is the V70 Retro (model name is subject to change), which we show you here.
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Internet captivated by Bigfoot hunters' press conference  —  It's the ultimate summer Friday news story: CNN Webcasting a press conference hosted by the men who claim they nabbed a dead body of the legendary creature known as Bigfoot.  —  Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi held the press conference in Palo Alto …
 
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Financial Times:
Warner chief slammed in ‘Guitar Hero’ row
Jesse Stay / louisgray.com:
Twitter Implements Threaded Comments, Sort Of
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Hundreds of MobileMe customers caught in phishing net
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
IFPI Hijacks Pirate Bay Traffic
Discussion: Epicenter and Techdirt
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Study: Fastest Growing US Companies Rapidly Adopting Social Media
Richard Siklos / Fortune:
Big media exiles seek Web stars
Discussion: paidContent.org
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Hello (again): Apple's iMac turns 10
Discussion: Electronista
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Sony rising: PS3 opens up lead on Xbox 360 in July
 Earlier Items: 
Eileen Yu / Geek Gestalt:
Q&A: Will Wright talks ‘Spore,’ ‘Sims,’ science
Discussion: TG Daily
James Sherwood / The Register:
Sony downgrades PS3 PlayTV functionality
Discussion: last100
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
The end run around the OS is underway
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Friday Rant: Hey Microsoft! …
USA Today:
Dropped calls plague iPhone 3G, and not just in U.S.
Meghan Keane / Epicenter:
NBC Laughs All the Way to the Bank (Take That, Bloggers)
Andrew Clark / Guardian:
Google pipped - Apple the new king of Silicon Valley as market …
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Dell Puts the Bite on Apple
 

 
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Jack Forrest / CNN:
President-elect Donald Trump announces he has chosen Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his secretary of defense

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Disney board members are exploring fresh candidates in their search for a successor to Bob Iger, including EA CEO Andrew Wilson

David Satin / The Streamable:
EchoStar reports a Q3 net loss of $142M on revenue of $3.89B, with Sling TV adding 145K customers but satellite service Dish losing 188K; SATS falls 12.9%

 
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