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11:30 AM ET, June 12, 2006

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The Doc Searls Weblog:
Companies are schwag  —  Congrats to both Niall and Robert (who explains more here).  —  What's most interesting to me about both guys is that I can't imagine either of them fitting into a job title.  Both will play roles, of course.  But job titles, boxes in org charts, are so last-millennium.
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Paul Vitello / New York Times:
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears  —  In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear.  —  In settings where cellphone use …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Turns One Year Old  —  I started writing TechCrunch one year ago, on June 11, 2005.  Looking back, it's been the best year of my life, although there were also some incredibly difficult times as well.  I'm sure years from now I'll have more perspective on things.
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Brian Oberkirch / Weblogs Work:
365 Days, One Rocking Blog  —  TechCrunch turns one today.  One year from Mike researching new companies as he & Keith worked on Edgeio to a budding TechCrunch empire.  Anyone who says 65,000 tech early adopters don't matter is smoking something.  Many companies would die for a TechCrunch post to help them introduce a new service.
Gina Trapani / lifehacker.com:
Windows Vista Beta: How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista  —  Because I'm a sucker for a good-looking operating system in beta, I downloaded and installed the publicly-available Beta 2 of the next generation of Windows, called Vista, this weekend.  —  Now, Microsoft says only developers …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Digital Inspiration
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Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
Older Consumers Flex Their Muscle (and Money) Online  —  ANY child knows that good things happen when grandparents reach for their wallets.  Internet executives are starting to remember the feeling.  —  Older shoppers, who generally sat out the Internet's first big commercial push, are helping to feed the surging Web economy.
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
eBay to test advertising auctions on other sites  —  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc. is set to unveil a keyword advertising system for eBay sellers to promote auctions on other Web sites, borrowing from the strategies of Google and Yahoo.  —  Michael van Swaaij …
sony-europe.com:
Tidy desk, tidy mind: Sony breaks the mould with unique E Series computer display range  —  Special design provides platform for ever-popular Post-it® notes and memos  —  Weybridge, 12th June, 2006 - Sony Europe today introduces its new range of personal computer displays with a sleek …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Gadget Reviews and I4U News
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:
Verizon Treo 700p EVDO instructions  —  A friend sent me these instructions on how to connect the new palmOne Treo 700p to Verizon's high-speed EV-DO network with a Mac.  —  Step 1 - Be sure that your Verizon account has Broadband Access and Dial Up Networking authorized.
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
Lest We Regret Our Digital Bread Crumbs  —  EDWIN ANDRES PENA, the accused mastermind of an Internet phone hacking scheme who was arrested in Miami Wednesday, was already famous at UnitedBimmer.com, a forum for BMW enthusiasts.  —  "He was a great guy — very friendly and intelligent," …
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
PlayStation 2 outselling Xbox 360 in US  —  Like a good soccer match, the monthly sales battles between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 2 have a lot of exciting back-and-forth.  So far, however, the PlayStation 2 has remained in control of the match, outselling the Xbox 360 in six of the seven months since the Xbox 360's debut.
Discussion: Kotaku
Mike / Techdirt:
Is Adsense Killing Google?  —  from the flipping-it-around dept  —  Last Friday, the Motley Fool had an interesting article that's getting some discussion about how Google is killing the internet.  The argument is basically that Google killed its own golden goose of Adwords …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple hit by Swedish anti-iTunes pressure  —  France's iPod law came and went, and Denmark's anti-iTunes Music Store pressure didn't really seem gather a whole lot of steam; we just saw Norway turn to their own national consumer ombudsman for assistance in prying open Apple's FairPlay DRM so Apple music will …
Mike / Techdirt:
Loopholes Galore Mean Political Spam Should Be In Your Inbox Shortly  —  from the wonderful dept  —  Political spam is nothing new.  We first wrote about it nearly six years ago, during the 2000 Presidential elections.  Since then, there have been plenty of articles on it …
 
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Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide:
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Monitor:
Microsoft Blogs  —  Oh the irony.  I planned to post today …
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Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Here .Coms the Bride  —  For Her Big Day She Found a Place To Plan …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
MySpace Careers Launches Sunday Night
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Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Video start-up One True Media lands $5 million from Kleiner Perkins
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Richard Siklos / New York Times:
Coming Soon (Maybe): Even More TV Channels
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