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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Google thought Michael Jackson traffic was attack  —  Google has confirmed that the surge of Michael Jackson-related searches on Google News Thursday was first interpreted as an attack on its service.  —  Google News was inaccessible for some people Thursday afternoon right as rumors …
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Philip Lam / all things Pre:
Sprint throws a punch at the iPhone and AT&T  —  Here we have an ad from Sprint that's directed at early 1st gen iPhone adaptors.  Bringing out the fact that the Pre can run “multiple applications” and save you $1200 in the long run, that's if you drop your 1st gen iPhone and come over to Sprint for the Pre.
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Thumbing Windows 7 onto Netbooks  —  Microsoft has shown Windows 7 running on Netbooks ever since it introduced the operating system last fall.  However, helping consumers get it on their notebooks has proven more tricky.  —  Microsoft is considering offering Windows 7 on a thumb drive …
Ted Landau / Macworld:
Bugs & Fixes: iPhone 3GS signal strength oddities  —  I warn you at the outset.  This is not going to be one of those Bugs & Fixes with a neatly defined set of symptoms and a iron-clad solution.  This one's a bit messy.  Here's the deal:  —  Almost immediately after getting my new iPhone 3GS …
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Mole exclusive: PS3, 360 price drops coming this fall  —  Our favorite inside source has given us a heads-up on what to expect from both Sony and Microsoft this year in hardware packages and pricing.  The path to the holidays is a rosy one, with more hard drive space inside the systems at a lower price.
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Mythbusters' Adam Savage Discovers Insane Roaming Fees: $11,000 iPhone Bill For A Few Hours Surfing  —  Every few months or so there's an article somewhere about an insane phone bill that someone gets because they took their phone out of the country without recognizing the insanity that is international roaming rates.
Zachary M. Seward / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Link from Yahoo breaks traffic records at New York Times  —  Behold the power of Yahoo: A link at the top of the site's front page helped send more than 9 million page views to The New York Times in the span of two hours last week, breaking records for web traffic at the newspaper.
Discussion: Bloggasm, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
Winning Teams Join to Qualify for $1 Million Netflix Prize  —  The Netflix Prize, a computing challenge that's been compared to scaling Mount Everest and flummoxed programmers for more than three years, has been summited.  —  Two front runners in the contest, Team Pragmatic Theory and Team Bellkor …
Discussion: Bits, Daring Fireball and UMBC ebiquity
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Adding Insult To Injury: MySpace Botches Layoffs  —  When you've just gotten laid off, the last thing you want to hear is that you can't cash your last check because of one final payroll screwup.  But that's apparently exactly what's going on over at MySpace, which laid off over 30% of its staff …
Discussion: TechFlash and Gawker
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch:
Amazon Pulls the Plug on NC Associates while Google and Apple Enjoy Sweet State Tax Deals  —  This morning, Amazon Associates in North Carolina are awakening to some bitter news.  As of today, their accounts are officially closed.  This is anticipation - yes, anticipation, not the actual passage …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Briefly: more affordable iMacs from Apple expected by fall  —  Apple, which recently shaved down the cost of its popular Mac notebook lines, remains on track to pass on similar treatment to its all-in-one desktop line by this fall.  —  Back in April, AppleInsider reported that the Mac maker …
Cyril Altmeyer / Reuters:
Google CEO says worst of crisis is over  —  * CEO says “reasonable to be optimistic for 2010”  —  * Sees U.S. recovery starting in autumn  —  A U.S. recovery is likely to begin this autumn, the worst of the crisis has passed and it is “reasonable to be optimistic for 2010” …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Is Free News Really Worth the Price?  —  PARIS — If you are reading this, I am doing my job.  —  Roughly speaking, that is the compact that has underpinned the ties that bind those who write the news to those who read it.  —  But as the world hurtles into a digital era, other questions intrude …
Discussion: Mediactive and paidContent, Thanks:atul
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Analyst: Nokia to Offer an Android Netbook in 2010  —  Nokia plans to launch an ARM-based netbook that relies on the Google-pioneered Android mobile operating system in 2010, writes Lazard Capital Markets analyst Daniel Amir in a research note issued this morning.
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
So Much for Video Conversations: Seesmic Puts Its Video Service on Hold  —  When you hear the name Seesmic today, chances are that you are thinking about a Twitter client, but once upon a time, Seesmic was a much-hyped online “video conversation” service.  Now, however, after a recent redesign …
Charles Eicher / The Register:
Copyfraud: Poisoning the public domain  —  How web giants are stealing the future of knowledge  —  Special report The public domain is the greatest resource in human history: eventually all knowledge will become part of it.  Its riches serve all mankind, but it faces a new threat.
Discussion: TeleRead
Strategy Analytics:
48% of Americans Would Drop Mobile Data Service Completely  —  Mobile Data, Voice Most Vulnerable in the Bundle  —  Faced with the need to reduce household expenditures, forty-eight percent of Americans would drop their mobile data plan completely, according to research about to be published …
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Big Software Plans for Amazon's Kindle?  —  Amazon.com's buying and hiring signal that many more Kindle apps may be on the way—plus software to put Amazon books on other mobile devices  —  Giant online retailer Amazon.com may be plotting a broader foray into software for smartphones.
Discussion: paidContent and WMPoweruser.com
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
YouTube Doubles Upload Size Limit  —  YouTube has doubled the size of standard uploads for regular-Joe account holders to 2 GB from 1 GB.  The company told us this afternoon the move was in order to accommodate users' HD uploads.  But despite the size increase, non-partner videos are still limited to 10 minutes in length.
Discussion: Cartoon Barry Blog and Mashable!
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Sense Networks gets $6M in hotly contested deal for “tribe” advertising  —  Sense Networks, a company that can track “tribes” of people — such as those who like the same bars and same movies — to better target them with instant advertising, has raised $6 million in new venture financing in a hotly contested deal.
Discussion: GPS Obsessed and Blogspotting
John Leyden / The Register:
Blue chip FTP logins found on cybercrime server  —  Monster breach exposes Amazon and BBC to compromise  —  Security researchers have found a treasure chest of FTP passwords, some from high profile sites, on an open cybercrime server.  —  Jacques Erasmus, CTO at security tools firm Prevx …
Discussion: SC Magazine US
Frederic Lardinois / ReadWriteWeb:
imeem Wants to Simplify Its Service - Deletes All User-Generated Photos and Videos  —  imeem, which describes itself as the “world's largest social music service,” just told its community members that it plans to delete all photos and videos that users have uploaded to their profiles …
Discussion: Music is Social
Patrick Smith / paidContent:
Moreover May Sue Newspaper Biz Over Online Copying Levy  —  Online news aggregator Moreover is considering taking legal action against the Newspaper Licensing Agency in response to plans to impose a levy on re-distribution of online newspaper articles. paidContent:UK understands …
Discussion: paidContent
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Top Facebook Application Developer Slide Building Virtual Goods Business, Payment Platform  —  Founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin in 2005, Slide has become synonymous with the explosion of social network applications in recent years.  Its properties and widgets, including popular …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Google chief: Iran can't control the net  —  Eric Schmidt hopes YouTube clips of Iranian election protests have helped lessen retribution meted out by the authorities  —  The Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt, said today that he hopes that clips of the Iranian election protests posted on YouTube …
Discussion: Danger Room
 
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Jon Stokes / Ars Technica:
FBI compounds mystery with secret justification of gag order
Discussion: Slashdot
Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press:
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Google: Are They Bungling Their Presence In China?
Paul Sweeting / GigaOM:
TV Everywhere to Spark Antitrust Concerns?
Joseph Bonneau / Light Blue Touchpaper:
The Economics of Privacy in Social Networks
Discussion: All Facebook and Open Gardens
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Facebook hires lobbyists to push its online privacy agenda
Discussion: VentureBeat
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Glam Media Looking To Aggregate, Monetize Twitter Applications
Discussion: The Mind of Alex
Joseph Galante / Bloomberg:
EBay's Legal Tussle With Skype Founders May Threaten Its Plans for IPO
Discussion: The Register, Deal Journal and BloggingStocks, Thanks:atul
Stephen Lawson / ITworld.com:
New chips don't deliver, Facebook says
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Click Fraud 101
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Sources: the Scott Trust told staff in an internal email that it has agreed to the sale of The Observer to Tortoise despite two days of strikes against the deal

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LA Times op-ed contributor Harry Litman resigns, saying he's protesting the “repugnant and dangerous” actions to appease Trump by owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
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