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5:25 AM ET, May 9, 2006

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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
SGI files for Chapter 11 protection  —  Silicon Graphics Inc. announced on Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to reorganize and re-emerge from its financial woes.  —  SGI, a former high-flying server and workstation maker for Hollywood and the graphics industry …
Discussion: Techdirt, TechSpot and Larry Borsato
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Reuters:   Silicon Graphics files for Chapter 11
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Staci / paidContent.org:
AOL Buddy List's Social Network Expands With AIM Pages, Phoneline [by Staci]  —  The way AOL execs pitch it, the AOL Connections strategy is all about giving users ways to communicate whether it's IM, file sharing, video or the upcoming launches of social networking service AIM Pages and free phone service Phoneline.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AIM Pages: First Screenshot
Discussion: Screenwerk
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Samsung SGH-X820: World's Slimmest Phone, Again  —  How thin can a cellphone get?  Samsung has created a handset that needs to run around in the shower just to get wet with this SGH-X820, which is a nearly-invisible 6.9mm thick.  Even though it's so doggone slim, it still has a fat feature set …
Discussion: MobileWhack.com and TechSpot
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mobilekorea.tv:
Samsung unveils 6.9mm slim phone  —  Samsung Electronics showcases 6.9mm slim SGH-X820, or Ultra Slim Phone from May 10-13 at Sviaz ExpoComm 2006 in Russia.  —  X820 is a bar type phone with a 2 megapixel camera, camcorder, MP3 player, Bluetooth connectivity, file viewer and TV out.
Discussion: Engadget and Phone Scoop
Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter:
Back in the USSR  —  Nick Carr is truly the gift that keeps on giving.  His latest can-opener concerns the alleged Google strategy of converting all reading interfaces to search and keyword (i.e. tagging) interfaces.  Nick's genius (I think he is the leader in the post-dvorak world of meme-baiting) …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Eyeballs 2.0 - Boom or Bust?  —  Yahoo, should have been the king of online advertising, it is not.  It should have owned the market now dominated by Google's Ad Sense.  It does not, but has now launched a comprehensive plans to compete with Google in the market place.
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Lev Grossman / Time:
A Game For All Ages  —  Nintendo gave TIME the first look at its new gadget, which it hopes will turn girls and even granddads into video gamers  —  It is cherry-blossom time in Kyoto, Japan, and I am dancing the hula for Shigeru Miyamoto.  It's not easy to get into the hula spirit …
Discussion: Kotaku
Om Malik / GigaOM:
AT&T Plans Satellite Broadband, WiMAX  —  AT&T is dead serious about broadband, and is expanding its range of broadband offerings.  AT&T Chairman and CEO Ed Whitacre outlined company's future broadband plans at the Detroit Economic Club.  —  AT&T will start selling a satellite-based broadband service later …
David Hambling / NewScientistTech:
Robotic tentacles get to grips with tricky objects  —  Robotic "tentacles" that can grasp and grapple with a wide variety of objects have been developed by US researchers.  —  Most robots rely on mechanical gripping jaws that have difficulty grabbing large or irregularly shaped objects.
Discussion: Engadget
Stowe Boyd / Message:
My New 30" Apple Monitor  —  I love my new 30 inch Apple monitor.  It is going to take some time to get used to so much real estate, but I love it.  Here's what it looks like: shriking 2560 x 1600 pixels down to 500 x 312 doesn't do it justice, however.  —  This is the first outcome …
Discussion: Zoli's Blog and Micro Persuasion
Fred / A VC:
Where Do They Go?  —  AOL is shifting from a subscriber based business to an advertising based business and it seems like the transition is working to a degree.  In its first quarter report, Time Warner reported that although AOL lost about 1 million subs (at approx $20/sub, thats $20 million per month) …
Discussion: Newsome.Org and OnlyOnce
Marc Perton / Engadget:
Apple Computer prevails over Beatles' Apple Corps  —  The long and winding road of the Apple v. Apple battle appears to have finally come to an end, as a British judge has decided the case in favor of the American computer company.  In the most recent episode, Apple Corps …
Discussion: SCI FI Tech
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Philippe Naughton / Times of London:
Jobs invites Beatles to join iTunes after Apple legal victory
Frank Gruber / TechCrunch:
Do More: Online To Do Lists Compared  —  Time is our most valuable commodity.  Productivity pays.  Procrastination costs us time and money, and leaves us stressed, exhausted and unreliable in the eyes of others.  —  For many, the classic "To Do" list is the remedy.
Discussion: Somewhat Frank and Download Squad
Financial Times:
Hunt for new media darling hints at bubble  —  With venture capitalists, hedge fund managers and private equity groups putting billions of dollars at risk in an attempt to discover the internet's next media darling, investors who remember the dotcom bubble could be forgiven for feeling a distinct sense of déjà vu.
Discussion: Valleywag
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Windows CE 6 previewed  —  You may have thought Windows CE was dead and buried when Windows Mobile 2005 hit the streets.  Ok, she's certainly not as high-profile as she once was, but the old girl's still got life in those legs.  See, Microsoft just dolled her up in a new beta dress dubbed Windows CE 6 …
govtech.net:
Consumer Reports Finds Personal Privacy Concerns in Planned Uses of Radio Frequency Identification Tags (RFIDs)  —  Data from Consumer Reports.  —  Not many consumers know about Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a wireless technology that allows objects and people to be tagged and tracked.
Discussion: Smart Mobs
Adam Sherwin / Times of London:
Now a TV series only on your mobile  —  THE demise of traditional broadcasting will move a step closer when the man behind Big Brother introduces the first British interactive reality series made exclusively for mobile phones.  —  Get Close To . . . , which begins on Friday …
Maura Welch / Boston Globe:
Online plagiarism strikes blog world  —  Beth gets more than 500 hits per day at her blog, Cursed to First, which serves as a very personal homage to the Red Sox and the Patriots, so she knew that spicy entries like ''Chicks dig the long ball" were being read.  She didn't realize until recently that they were also being ripped off.
Discussion: Andrew Lark and PlagiarismToday
PR Newswire:
TiVo Launches Television's New Advertising Search Product  —  TiVo(R) Product Watch(TM) Allows Advertisers to Connect With 'In Market' Consumers  —  More Than 100 Leading Brands to Participate in Initial Launch  —  ALVISO, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO …
Discussion: Screenwerk
 
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
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Shelleyp / Burningbird:
Last of the 'bird  —  I am closing down Burningbird.
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Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Cell-Phone Tracking: Laws Needed
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Andrew Chung / Toronto Star:
Revenge of the nerds  —  Three computer geeks at the U of T …