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5:05 AM ET, May 27, 2006

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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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Reuters:
Ballmer: Vista on track for January shipment
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 …
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 …
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?
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and paidContent.org
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Use Farecast To Find Flight Deals (or just fly Southwest)  —  Seattle-based Farecast, now in private beta, is an airfare pricing comparision tool that also uses a predictive algorithm to recommend when you buy your ticket.  So the idea is to show the user not just who has the cheapest ticket …
Discussion: Digital Backcountry
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Dennis / Techdirt:   What If You Could See Airline Pricing Algorithms?
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.
Discussion: blackrimglasses.com
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 …
Discussion: Larry Borsato and Lockergnome
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.
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 …
Discussion: Engadget and Joystiq
Tim Folger / CNN:
Coming soon: The Web toll  —  New laws may transform cyberspace and the way you surf it  —  (PopSci.com ) — What if the Internet were like cable television, with Web sites grouped like channels into either basic or premium offerings?  What if a few big companies decided which sites loaded quickly …
Discussion: A View from the Isle and I4U News
Associated Press:
Company: Hackers can crack top antivirus program  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Symantec Corp.'s leading antivirus software, which protects some of the world's largest corporations and U.S. government agencies, suffers from a flaw that lets hackers seize control of computers to steal sensitive data …
Discussion: MobileRead Networks
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Mike / Techdirt:
180Solutions Doesn't Consider Botnets Rogue Distributors?
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The call...  I just received the call that we knew was coming for two weeks.
John Tokash / John Tokash's Blog:
TabletKiosk eo Battery Fix
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Marc Perton / Engadget:
Pioneer VSX-516 6.1ch receiver with USB, MP3, AAC and WMA playback
Microsoft:
Windows Live OneCare Achieves ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs Certification
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
How soon can we get these Google apps added to the Dell De-crapifier?
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:
Loading the iPod With Egalitarianism
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Rafat / paidContent.org:
New York Times Invests In Online Leads Exchange Startup Root Markets
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 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Block / Engadget:
The Clicker: YouTube as viewed by "network math"
Tanya Palta / MobileWhack.com:
Alcatel OT E260 Cell Phone
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget Mobile
GROKLAW:
USPTO: Broadest Claims Forgent Asserts Against JPEG Standard Invalid
Discussion: Techdirt
Ingrid Marson / CNET News.com:
Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow
Discussion: TechSpot
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google AdsBot Now Coming To Assess Your Landing Pages, Will Impact Your AdRank
Camilla / Popgadget:
Mosquito repeller necklace
Discussion: Gizmodo and Ubergizmo
Associated Press:
Las Vegas Sands to unveil mobile gambling
Discussion: Things That and Gizmodo
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft to refine Vista's PC-rating tool
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Brian Stelter / CNN:
In a letter to Bob Iger, incoming FCC chair Brendan Carr raised concerns about ABC's negotiations with its affiliated stations, public trust in media, and more

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Netflix will host NFL Christmas games, including Beyonce's Halftime show, for only three hours after streaming them live; replays will be available on NFL+

 
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