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11:50 AM ET, May 11, 2006

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Co-op: Add Your Own Vertical Search To Google  —  Google said it would have a health-related announcement at today's Google Press Day — but no, it's not Google Health.  Instead, it's Google Co-op, a way for people to create specialized search engines by tapping into the main Google index …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
My Big Fat Google Press Day 2006 Round-Up  —  We've blogged a number of items out of Google Press Day today.  I wanted to recap them below, along with coverage from across the web that's beginning to flow in.  I'll likely update this page over the next day, as well.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Congress targets social network sites  —  update MySpace.com has recently found itself pummeled by critical media reports describing how teens are divulging personal information without much thought to the consequences.  —  A Newsweek piece article in January was titled "Predator's Playground?"
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Google Trends First Look  —  Google is announcing a bunch of new products today as part of their media day.  Philipp Lenssen has all the details.  The first is outstanding.  It's called Google Trends.  Google Notebook is coming next week.  My hope is that the latter product is built on Writely …
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David Pogue / New York Times:
Why the World Doesn't Need Hi-Def DVD's  —  WHEN did you first become cynical about the electronics industry?  —  Was it when VHS went out of style, and you had to buy all your movies again on DVD?  Was it the time(s) you never got the rebate you mailed away for?
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google wireless network goes down during press day  —  One day a year the notoriously reticent top Google executives invite journalists to their Mountain View, Calif., campus to discuss the company's products and strategy and to answer what ideally would be probing questions.
Discussion: Barnako.com
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:   Will search keep Google on the throne?
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
New Palm OS Treo ready for takeoff  —  The Palm OS is about to get into the fast lane.  —  A little more than four months after Palm released the Windows Mobile-based Treo 700w on Verizon Wireless' EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) network, it is set to announce a Palm OS version that can connect …
Discussion: Engadget
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
Despite controversy, 'booth babes' still prowl E3  —  LOS ANGELES—If you came to E3 this year worried that the so-called "booth babes" wouldn't be here strutting their stuff, you already know you had nothing to fear.  —  That's because, while the scantily clad women may be a tad less scantily clad …
Discussion: Gizmodo and TechBlog
Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
Microsoft: Let's Make More Deals  —  With its increased emphasis on video content, the software giant is slowly refashioning itself as a media powerhouse  —  During the last few weeks, Microsoft (MSFT) has made several acquisitions to feed the ever-growing demand for content on MSN, its huge online network.
Discussion: The Stalwart and Internet Outsider
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Bawling over bowling  —  We were trying to be tough.  I walked to the hospital from the hotel.  What was in my hand?  My SmartPhone.  I was reading your comments.  I read a few, probably 20 or 30, and started crying, so I called my son, and that didn't help much.  —  Met up with my brothers for dinner.
Discussion: ALLIED
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Next Week's Special Edition Daily SearchCast With Matt Cutts, Live From The Googleplex  —  I'm traveling next week, making visits to Google and Yahoo before heading to our Search Engine Watch Live networking event in Seattle.  SearchReturn editor Detlev Johnson will be sitting in for me doing …
Kristopher Kubicki / DailyTech:
Universal Abit First Out the Door With HDMI Motherboard  —  The ultimate small form factor dream is finally realized  —  We just got word from Universal Abit that the company is on its way to unveil the first HDMI certified motherboard.  The motherboard, dubbed Abit IL-80MV …
Discussion: Gizmodo and HD Beat
Star C / Shiny Shiny:
Shoes With Built-In Stun Gun  —  The Electric Cindererlla Shoe hides a shocking secret, literally: when activated by a special necklace, it becomes a stun gun capable of delivering 100,000 volts.  Designed as part of Simona Brusa Pasque's thesis project, the shoes are meant to allow the wearer …
Discussion: New Launches and Gizmodo
Star C / Shiny Shiny:
Upload to YouTube with Your Mobile  —  YouTube, that ubiquitous storehouse of shared video, now offers users the ability to upload video to YouTube directly from any web-enabled mobile or PDA.  To use this feature, set-up your mobile profile in your YouTube account (including selecting your privacy levels) …
Discussion: Lifehacker and Tech Digest
Rico Ngai / ir.tom.com:
Non-GAAP Net Income Up 41% YoY as Company consolidates wireless Internet leadership  —  (Beijing, 10 May, 2006) TOM Online Inc. (Nasdaq: TOMO; Hong Kong GEM: 8282) ("TOM Online" or "the Company"), a leading wireless Internet company in China, announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006 ("1Q06").
Discussion: Skype Journal and MocoNews.net
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Hitachi introduces Albirey eBook in Japan  —  From what we can tell (machine translation often thwarts our best attempts at fact checking), Hitachi will be joining the likes of display manufacturers iRex and Sony when they release a commercial eBook reader in Japan tomorrow.
Discussion: TeleRead and MobileRead Networks
Michael Mattis / Yahoo! Publisher Network:
Location, location, location . . .  Ad placement tips  —  "It really depends on what you're trying to do," says Margaret Holland, when asked about optimal ad placement.  A senior account manager here at Yahoo! Publisher Network, Margaret helps publishers get the most out of the Network.
Aaron Wright / Apple Matters:
Top 8 OS X Safety Tips  —  There was a little speculation recently that McAfee had unnecessarily worried people into buying its products with the news that, from 2003 to 2005, the amount of vulnerabilities discovered on the OS X platform had increased by 228%, whereas Windows vulnerabilities discovered …
USA Today:
NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls  —  The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY.
 
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