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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 …
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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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 …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Windows Vista Beta Available on Bittorent
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CyberNet Technology News, Bleeding Edge, Bartys Blog, Scripting News and Digital Inspiration
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Google GBuy More Than Paypal Alternative — Google GBuy More Than Paypal Alternative — Google is expecting to launch an online payment system similar to (but expect something Google-rific) eBay's (and Yahoo's) Paypal system. The Google payment system, dubbed GBuy …
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 …
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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.
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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.
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.
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 …
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.
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down the avenue, unmediated, Ramesh Jain's Blog, Laughing Squid, ComparisonEngines.com and Beet.TV
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 …
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," …
