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12:40 AM ET, July 11, 2006

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CoCaman / Geekness:
GOOGLE TESTING GDRIVE (CODENAME PLATYPUS)  —  Okay, Writely accepts new users, no big deal here.  And because I am a very interested person, I wanted to know on which system (programming language) it now runs.  So I started to append index.jsp, index.py and so on at the URL.
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Google Blogoscoped:
Google Gdrive Surfaces  —  Corsin Camichel discovered first traces of Gdrive, Google's rumored online storage solution.  Corsin was snooping around Google's writely.com, trying out the page name "index.html", when he hit on what looks like a Gdrive download page.
Discussion: Download Squad and WebMetricsGuru
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:   GDrive plays whack-a-mole with bloggers
Ryan / CyberNet Technology News:   Google's GDrive Slips Up
Jim Rapoza / eWEEK.com:
eWEEK Labs Bakeoff: Open Source Versus .Net Stacks  —  Review: Open-source and .Net zealots can both take away positives from eWEEK Labs testing of various application stacks, but a mix-and-match approach wins the day.  Bottom line: Open source and .Net better learn to play nice.
Discussion: Open Sources and Jeffrey McManus
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Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Operations: The New Secret Sauce  —  I spoke last week with Debra Chrapaty, the VP of Operations for Windows Live, to explore one of the big ideas I have about Web 2.0, namely that once we move to software as a service, everything we thought we knew about competitive advantage has to be rethought.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Microsoft's "Argo" / Xbox wireless portable media player  —  We've had to sit on this one for a while, but it's about time we showed you guys at least one possible form Microsoft's Argo / Xbox-branded wireless portable media player could take.  Sent to us from an insider working on the project …
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Brier Dudley / Seattle Times:
Argo aims guns at more than iPod  —  Microsoft is indeed developing a digital-media player to compete with Apple's iPod, and there's much more to the story.  —  A few details trickled out last week from music companies that Microsoft is lining up to support the device.
Matt / Photo Matt:
WordCamp - WordPress Conference  —  The idea for an event for WordPress users has been bouncing around in my head for a long time, as there is a really interesting group of people around WP but we don't do nearly as many face-to-face interactions as some similar projects.
Los Angeles Times:
We aren't all pirates  —  Anti-piracy proposals before Congress could limit innovation and legal uses of technology.  —  THE INTERNET AND DIGITAL technology have been both a blessing and a curse for the entertainment industry, opening new opportunities for selling music and video but also fueling rampant global piracy.
Eric Pfanner / New York Times:
Old Media, Not New, Is World Cup Winner  —  On the playing field, the World Cup soccer tournament produced only one winner.  In the marketing arena, however, it created many opportunities for glory — as well as a few disappointments.  —  France's surprising run showed that "old" …
Om Malik / gigaom.com:
SightSpeed Shifting Places  —  In VoIP + Connected Home + Start-Ups + Place Shifting  —  A few days ago I read something about ABC trying to out-hustle the DVR technology.  I found it amusing because these studio guys are sooooo late to the game always.  DVR as a technology is at a point …
Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired News:
Hilary Rosen: Singing a New Song?  —  For many, the name Hilary Rosen recalls a Recording Industry Association of America bogeywoman who brought the law down on Napster, the Diamond Rio, small-time internet radio and other fan favorites.  Music and tech enthusiasts seemed to hold …
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Shopping by Phone, on the Move  —  SOMETIMES it seems hard to figure out whether younger consumers enjoy shopping more than using their cellphones, or vice versa.  Soon, readers of a Condé Nast magazine will be invited to do both at once.  —  The magazine, Lucky …
Associated Press:
Student, Phone Home  —  CINCINNATI — For Ron Chicken and other freshmen at Montclair State University, the new freedoms that presumably came with college age included a mandatory cell phone with which the school could pinpoint their whereabouts on or off campus.
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple's new iPod nano may sport metal jacket  —  The next generation of Apple Computer's iPod nano digital music player may dip into the iPod mini's wardrobe, AppleInsider has learned.  —  In an effort to reduce the player's susceptibility to scratches, Apple has been experimenting …
Discussion: Engadget and PaulStamatiou.com
 
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Michelin Guide Bundled on Nokia Phones
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Video-helping backbone company, CacheLogic, raises $20 million
Oliver / MobileCrunch:
CellFire Heats Up with $10 Million in Series B Funding
Discussion: TechCrunch
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Sharing site eSnips adds e-commerce
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Fabrik media storage opens limited beta accounts today
Phil Windley / Between the Lines:
Paying for the participation revolution
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Zoho Writer - Major update
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Mack Collier / The Viral Garden:
Coke boldly goes where every other clueless control-hungry company has gone before
Discussion: AdJab and Logic+Emotion
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
Online Movie Tickets a Still-Evolving Force
Discussion: Techdirt and MocoNews.net
Om Malik / GigaOM:
MatchActivity, A New Online Dating Site Launches
Discussion: Mashable* and VoIP Now
Jennifer DeLeo / Gearlog:
D-Link's Wi-Fi Phone: Oh My!
Discussion: technology filter and Gizmodo
Peter Branton / itp.net:
Wealth of experience
BBC:
'Magnetic memory' chip unveiled
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
At AOL, a Plan for a Clean Break