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3:35 PM ET, June 12, 2006

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Chris Gaither / Los Angeles Times:
At Google, Innovation Is Not Just Fun, Games  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Eric Schmidt has a message: Don't let the lava lamps fool you.  Google Inc. is serious.  —  As Google's chief executive, Schmidt presides over a headquarters filled with trinkets, pets, free food and bouncy-ball chairs.
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
ERIC SCHMIDT STILL SEES GOOGLE AS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY; BUT WE KNOW IT'S MORE...  From an interview in the LA Times: … But to equate Google not doing its own content with a free pass from the media company classification is, well, absurd.  That presumes that media companies only make packaged goods …
Discussion: Internet Outsider
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 …
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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 …
Reuters:
EBay U.S. to unveil further Skype tie-ins Tuesday  —Text+LAS VEGAS, June 11 (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its core U.S. auction business, executives said on Sunday.
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Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Will eBay Launch Skype on Tuesday?
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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
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 …
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Startup Centers  —  Paul Graham recently wrote a couple of thought-provoking essays on the social and economic conditions that are most conducive to the formation of startup companies, How to Be Silicon Valley and Why Startups Condense in America.  —  Paul had sent one version of these essays …
Joris Evers / ZDNet:
Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat  —  Many Windows PCs have been turned into zombies, but rootkits are not yet widespread, according to a Microsoft security report slated for release Monday.  —  More than 60 percent of Windows PCs scanned by Microsoft's Windows Malicious …
Discussion: TechSpot
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Newsmaker: Net neutrality: Meet the winner  —  Thomas Tauke must be one of the most ecstatic lobbyists in Washington right about now.  —  As Verizon Communications' executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, Tauke has spent the last few months embroiled …
Discussion: dailywireless.org and eHomeUpgrade
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.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
One True Media gets funding for easy online slide show creation  —  One True Media will announce today $5 million in new funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.  The service provides online video and photo slide show editing and sharing.  —  One True Media's service is highly usable …
Discussion: Wingedpig.com
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Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Video start-up One True Media lands $5 million from Kleiner Perkins
Michelle Meyers / CNET News.com:
Vloggercon: Where everyone's the media  —  Up on stage is the team from Rocketboom, the wildly successful video news blog that has evolved into a viable business model.  —  In the audience is Stephen Voltz, who is just beginning the process of setting up a video blog.
Reuters:
Scoble leaves Microsoft for start-up  —  The world's most famous corporate blogger, Robert Scoble, credited with helping to break down a siege mentality at his employer, Microsoft, confirmed on Sunday that he is leaving to join a recently formed Silicon Valley Internet media start-up.
Discussion: Beet.TV
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 …
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.
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
 
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Monitor:
Microsoft Blogs  —  Oh the irony.  I planned to post today …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple hit by Swedish anti-iTunes pressure
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
Lest We Regret Our Digital Bread Crumbs
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