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3:56 AM ET, September 22, 2009

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Chairman Julius Genachowski / OpenInternet.gov:
Preserving a Free and Open Internet: A Platform for Innovation, Opportunity, and Prosperity  —  “Preserving a Free and Open Internet: A Platform for Innovation, Opportunity, and Prosperity”  —  Prepared Remarks of  —  The Brookings Institution, Washington DC
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
Verizon, AT&T: Net neutrality not OK for wireless  —  The wireless industry is gearing up to fight new Net neutrality rules that the Federal Communications Commission is formulating to keep the Internet open.  —  On Monday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gave a speech at the Brookings Institute …
Roy Mark / eWeek:
Republicans Move to Block Network Neutrality  —  Senate Republicans react quickly to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to expand the Federal Communications Commission's network neutrality authority.  Working on an unrelated appropriations bill, Republican senators push an amendment …
David L. Cohen / Comcast Voices:
Does the Internet Need More Regulation?  FCC to Decide  —  Today, the Chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski, announced that he will ask the FCC to adopt new regulations on the way that companies like Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, Hughes Satellite, and thousands of others provide Internet services to consumers.
Dylan F. Tweney / Epicenter:
FCC Position May Spell the End of Unlimited Internet  —  NEWS ANALYSIS — FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's unsurprising affirmation of support for network neutrality is a victory for the high-minded principle of open, unfettered internet access.  Too bad it means the days of all-you-can-eat …
Discussion: Skype Journal and Lifehacker
Sam Gustin / DailyFinance:
FCC plan for open internet ‘perfect,’ Lessig says; AT&T, Verizon critical
Discussion: PC Magazine, Bits and FierceWireless
Jim Finkle / MediaFile:
Who runs mergers and acquisitions at Dell?  —  (Update: Dell PR misspoke about Johnson's responsibilities, and we've made changes below as indicated.)  —  Dell, which announced plans to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion on Monday, completed the deal without help from an executive in charge of mergers and acquisitions.
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Matt Asay / CNET News:
Linus Torvalds: ‘Linux is bloated’  —  Linus Torvalds, founder of the Linux kernel, made a startling comment at LinuxCon in Portland, Ore., on Monday: “Linux is bloated.”  While the open-source community has long pointed the finger at Microsoft's Windows as bloated, it appears that with success …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Bing's Slow Growth Continues  —  Microsoft's Bing search engine grew its share of the U.S. market for its third month in a row, according to comScore.  —  Bing represented 9.3% of searches in August, up from 8.9% in July and 8.0% in May, according to comScore.
Steve Lohr / Bits:
Netflix Awards $1 Million Prize and Starts a New Contest  —  Netflix, the movie rental company, has decided its million-dollar-prize competition was such a good investment that it is planning another one.  —  The company's challenge, begun in October 2006, was both geeky and formidable …
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Marisa Taylor / Digits:
Winning Netflix Team Draws From AT&T, Yahoo
Discussion: Associated Press
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook to Partner With Nielsen  —  Facebook Inc. plans to announce a deal with online measurement company Nielsen Co., in a step to address advertisers' frustration with measuring how their ads perform on the social network.  —  Under the partnership, terms of which aren't expected to be disclosed …
Matt Cutts / Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Google does not use the keywords meta tag in web ranking  —  Recently we received some questions about how Google uses (or more accurately, doesn't use) the “keywords” meta tag in ranking web search results.  Suppose you have two website owners, Alice and Bob.  Alice runs a company called AliceCo and Bob runs BobCo.
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Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:   MySpace Trumps Facebook With Two-Way Twitter Syncing
Jim Dalrymple / The Loop:
Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff  —  Microsoft is beginning looking to Apple for more than just inspiration for its retail stores, the company is now also starting to hire away its retail employees.  —  People that have spoken to The Loop on condition of anonymity confirm …
EU Press Room:
Antitrust: Commission publishes decision concerning Intel's abuse of dominant position  —  The European Commission has today published a non-confidential version of its Intel Decision, adopted on 13 May 2009 ( IP/09/745 and MEMO/09/235 ), together with a summary of the key elements of the Decision.
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Adam Frucci / Gizmodo:
3G MicroCells: AT&T Wants You to Pay Extra to Fix Their Own Failures  —  AT&T's network is basically a huge failure.  And if you want to fix their incompetence in your area, you'll need to pay an additional $20 a month for a 3G MicroCell.  I call bulls**t.  —  Danny touched on this earlier, but the logic here is blowing my mind.
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Netflix CEO: We'll Get to the iPhone...Eventually  —  Netflix is headed to the iPhone-at some yet-to-be-determined point in the future.  Asked by Reuters if he'd ever consider a partnership with Apple (AAPL), Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said he would, but only after the company had secured …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Alice.com Raises $4 Million For Household Goods Shopping Platform  —  Alice.com, the retail platform for household goods, has raised $4 million in a Series B round according to an SEC filing.  According to the filing, the company is trying to raise an additional $2 million in this round.
Discussion: alarm:clock and paidContent
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Foursquare Hasn't Started Playing The Monetization Game Just Yet  —  There's some hoopla today that the location-based social network Foursquare has found its business model (and as such, has beaten the more mature Twitter to one).  But hold your horses.  While Foursquare does have an idea …
Discussion: The Next Web, Internet2Go and Mashable!
Darren Murph / Engadget:
First USB 3.0 product gets certified, floodgates get closer to breaking  —  You heard it here first, folks: SuperSpeed USB is a reality.  After waiting around for what feels like ages, USB 3.0 can now say it has its first certified product in NEC's xHCI host controller.
Michael Krigsman / IT Project Failures:
Are Twitter direct messages safe?  —  A twitter colleague sent me a direct message that apparently ended up in another user's mailbox.  This error suggests that private information sent on Twitter could be exposed to non-intended recipients.  —  Here is a screen capture of the private message …
Maya Baratz / The Huffington Post:
Women in Tech: The Silicon Ceiling  —  When I first I attended the Webby Awards in 2001, I noticed an anthropological paradox: The line to the ladies' room was nonexistent, the men's, long.  —  Where were all the women?  Surely they existed in the then-budding Internet industry (I did!).
Discussion: MediaPost
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
The New York Times, Brought to You-Literally-by Twitter  —  It has been easy enough to be skeptical about Twitter's influence and staying power-I do it all the time.  But there's no denying that Twitter has become a powerful driver of Web traffic.  —  Just ask the New York Times (NYT) …
Mathew Ingram / Nieman Journalism Lab:
Micropayments for news: The holy grail or just a dangerous delusion?  —  No matter how many times people like Clay Shirky or Mike Masnick try to pop the bubble of faith around micropayments as a cure for what ails the newspaper industry (or even the media industry as a whole) …
Aubrey Sabala / All Shook Down:
There Goes the Neighborhood: How Foursquare is Subtly Threatening Your Anonymity  —  Imagine the following scenario: You're quietly enjoying your tea while reading a newspaper at your local cafe, when someone you've never before seen interrupts your morning respite by hollering your name from the next table.
Discussion: The Web Life and Social Business
 
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Four million gamers celebrate: World of Warcraft back online in China
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Rearden Commerce Raises Another $40 Million, Lays Off 18 Percent
Discussion: alarm:clock
Reuters:
Yahoo seeking up to $500 million for small business unit
Discussion: Screenwerk and Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:atul
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
Q+A: Omniture CEO Josh James After Adobe
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Yahoo Reportedly Losing eBay Text Ad Biz To Google; Hit To Revs …
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Erin Barker / Contentinople:
News Corp.'s Miller: MySpace Fell Behind
Discussion: The Constant Observer
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google's Schmidt: Independent Yahoo Still Important To Competition
Thanks:atul
Adam Penenberg / Fast Company:
Exclusive Interview: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops
Discussion: Inc.com, Thanks:albertonardelli
Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Google Chrome Is a Lock for 10% Share, but How Much More?
Discussion: Mashable!
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Adds Zimbra to the Garage Sale as It Tries to Shed What Isn't “You!”