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Kevin Poulsen / 27B Stroke 6:
Apple Loses Bid to Unmask Bloggers' Sources — A California appeals court has smacked down Apple's legal assault on bloggers and their sources, finding that the company's efforts to subpoena e-mail received by the publishers of Apple Insider and PowerPage.org runs contrary to federal law …
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EFF: Breaking News:
Huge Win for Online Journalists' Source Protection — EFF Arguments Secure Reporters' Privilege for Internet News Gatherers — San Jose - A California state appeals court ruled in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF's) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Can anyone own "Web 2.0?" — O'Reilly Media have taken a ton of criticism for attempting to enforce a service mark against a nonprofit group in Ireland that wanted to have "Web 2.0" conference. O'Reilly exec Dale Dougherty coined the term Web 2., and O'Reilly used it for a line …
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
WEB 2 TRADEMARK ISSUE — There's a tempest out there in blog land about my partners' use of the "bigfoot letter" tactic in defending their Web 2.0 trademark as it relates to conferences. Many of my readers are asking about it. I'm going to wait to comment on this in detail till I talk to Tim …
Dan Tynan / PC World:
The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time — These products are so bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame. — At PC World, we spend most of our time talking about products that make your life easier or your work more productive. But it's the lousy ones that linger in our memory long …
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IEBlog:
Announcing IE7+ — With the release of Windows Vista Beta 2, I want to announce that we will be naming the version of IE7 in Windows Vista "Internet Explorer 7+". While all versions of IE7 are built from the same code base, there are some important differences in IE7+ …
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Tim Arango / New York Post:
TALKS COOL BETWEEN MICROSOFT AND EBAY — May 26, 2006 — For several weeks Microsoft has been in discussions about a possible acquisition of online auctioneer eBay, The Post has learned. — According to multiple sources close to the matter, Microsoft has considered buying eBay and merging …
Brian Williams / MSNBC:
Steve Jobs: Iconoclast and salesman — Apple founder's newest store wows fans in Manhattan … NEW YORK - — Brian Williams — If Steve Jobs is synonymous with Apple, then the new glass cube rising up out of the Midtown Manhattan streets is a monument to Steve Jobs. — Brian Williams: Is this your Model T?
Chris Pirillo:
Time Management!? — I have too many things I need to do, and I've got no time to do 'em all. I've had so many late nights in the past week, it's not even funny. Didn't even have a chance to check my email until 11am today! I stayed up last night working on helping the Outlook team …
Inquirer:
Blackberry-killer plans leaked — Data-only clamshell nears launch — A HIGHLY-PLACED mole in a North American company has attempted to leak details of a data only clamshell to the INQ. The device is intended as a mass market version of the original RIM Blackberry.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
DELL: PAID INCLUSION, OF A STRIPE — When I read this in the Journal today, I thought, "isn't this deal already done?" Then I remembered that, no, it was simply discussed, but not inked. So now it's official - Google is playing the distribution game, just like Microsoft does.
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
AT&T leaks sensitive info in NSA suit — Lawyers for AT&T accidentally released sensitive information while defending a lawsuit that accuses the company of facilitating a government wiretapping program, CNET News.com has learned. — AT&T's attorneys this week filed a 25-page legal brief striped …
Dennis / Techdirt:
What If You Could See Airline Pricing Algorithms? — from the actually-a-watched-pot-does- boil dept — Even with a variety of price comparison tools at our fingertips, shopping for plane tickets is still a black art. Prices change depending on ticket availability, route popularity, and a cadre of other unseen factors.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Use Farecast To Find Flight Deals (or just fly Southwest)
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Mike / Techdirt:
Recording Industry Still Trying To Shut Down Allofmp3.com — from the damn-them-for-selling-a-product- customers-want dept — Last week there was all sorts of concern from online music buyers, because the Russian download music store Allofmp3.com was offline for a few days.
Ravi / All about Linux:
First impressions of Picasa - Google's first rate Graphics suite for Linux — Today, Google did something which would gladden the hearts of thousands of GNU/Linux users - well atleast those who are not as rigid in outlook about GPL any way. That is they finally released a version of Picasa for Linux.
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
Loading the iPod With Egalitarianism — PARIS — All is not well in the French world of digital music, as Nicolas Paitre, a salesman at one of Paris's largest electronics stores, hears from customers every day. — Filing into Surcouf, a glitzy French electronics chain where Paitre specializes …
maxconsole.net:
BREAKING NEWS: Undiluted Platinum: World's first PSP Modchip! — Forget battling against Sony to get your beloved homebrew on the PSP console, we have received news that a new PSP mod is set to hit the scene called Undiluted Platinum (UP). This mod will act as a flash replacement system …
