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3:20 PM ET, July 13, 2006

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Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Podcasts popular in the holodeck  —  To whom should you be targeting your podcasts?  Apple Computer users, Trekkies and maybe Nike lovers, according to a new survey.  —  Macworld is the No. 1 most-visited content site by people who download audio podcasts, according to media research group …
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Mikekol / Virtually Vista:
Good News Everyone: VPC and licensing goodness ensue!  —  We've got some great news for you today, guys and gals.  —  Robert McLaws recently made a post on LonghornBlogs asking us to be a little bit more transparent with out plans for Virtual PC.  Ask and ye shall receive, Robert :)
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Nate Mook / BetaNews:
VMware Releases Free Server Software
Nate Mook / BetaNews:
Microsoft Makes Virtual PC Freeware
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Microsoft, Yahoo connect IM services  —  Nine months after announcing they would make their instant messaging services interoperate, Yahoo and Microsoft have done it.  —  The companies are set to release on Thursday a limited beta test of a service that will enable users of Windows Live Messenger …
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Microsoft:
Yahoo! and Microsoft Bridge Global Instant Messaging Communities
Tim / TechToolBlog:
Google to start selling Radio Ads  —  In January 06 Google bought DMarc Broadcasting to help jumpstart themselves into the radio advertisement game.  Since then there has not been much news from this side of the business.  Today, I received a Google survey for some free adwords dollars.
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Donna Bogatin / Digital Micro-Markets:
New Google Audio Ads: pay for placement set pricing, not auction?
Discussion: Micro Persuasion
Rachel Metz / Wired News:
Google Has No Adsense.com  —  The owners of the domain adsense.com have been fielding hundreds of customer service e-mails and phone calls regarding Google's AdSense program since the advertising service launched in March 2003.  —  Unfortunately for the domain registrants …
Jen Brown / MSNBC:
Internet star tries to make it on her own  —  Congdon hopes to translate Rocketboom popularity to mainstream … MSNBC TV  —  No, that's not Amanda Congdon on today's episode of the video blog Rocketboom.  (Although if you turn down the volume on new host Joanne Colan's British accent it's easy to confuse the two).
PR Newswire:
Sony on Top in Annual 'Best Brands' Harris Poll for Seventh Consecutive Year  —  Next Three Places Taken by Dell (No. 2), Coca Cola (No. 3), and Toyota (No. 4)  —  ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 12 /PRNewswire/ — Sony tops the list in the annual Harris Poll of "best brands" for an impressive seventh consecutive year.
Bruce Schneier / Wired News:
Google's Click-Fraud Crackdown  —  Google's $6 billion-a-year advertising business is at risk because it can't be sure that anyone is looking at its ads.  The problem is called click fraud, and it comes in two basic flavors.  —  With network click fraud, you host Google AdSense advertisements on your own website.
John Biggs / New York Times:
Courting a Hot Market With Cool Phone Service  —  Nik Lulla, a high school senior in Eagleville, Pa., near Philadelphia, swaps out his cellphones on a whim.  He carries a Motorola Razr, an ultrathin metal phone that is so popular he considers it almost passé, and a T-Mobile Sidekick 2 …
Discussion: MocoNews.net
David Berlind / Between the Lines:
Mashup Poster Boy: John Herren  —  His is self-deprecating (see the way he has tagged his photo on Flickr).  He's soft-spoken.  And, at any given time, with his long locks hanging over his face, he looks more like he's about to drop into a pool at the local skateboard park …
palm.com:
Palm, Vodafone and Microsoft Collaborate on Next-Generation Treo Smartphone for Europe  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 13, 2006—Palm (Nasdaq:PALM) today announced it has forged a new relationship with Vodafone targeted at expanding the adoption of wireless push email in Europe.
Toby / The Diva Marketing Blog:
Jupiter Research Makes Some Changes  —  Checking blog stats one finds interesting links .. a referral to David Schatsky's, President JupiterKagan, blog.  Both David and Greg Dowling, the Jupiter Research analyst of the infamous Jupiter Research corporate weblog study, provide additional information …
Business Wire:
Puzzle/Strategy and Retro/Arcade Mobile Games Are the Most Popular Among U.K. 3G Subscribers, According to Telephia  —  Seventy-One Percent of 3G Mobile Game Players Prefer Games Downloaded to Their Mobile Phone for Offline Play as Opposed to Online Game Play
Reuters:
Toshiba delays HD DVD recorder launch  —  Toshiba said on Thursday it is delaying the launch of the world's first high-definition optical disc recorder based on the HD DVD format until the end of the month as it hasn't built up enough prelaunch inventory.  —  Slower procurement …
Discussion: Engadget, HD Beat and HDBlog.net
Om Malik / GigaOM:
StartUps Embracing Amazon S3  —  Amazon.com's S3 storage web service is proving to be quite a hit amongst the very early stage start-ups.  —  Despite my early skepticism, the growing number of early-stage start-ups signing up for Amazon S3 indicate that something big is afoot.
Lifehacker:
Video Clip: Google - Behind the Screen  —  A little birdie sent me a copy of Google - Behind the Screen, an Australian documentary about everyone's favorite search engine that aired this month Down Under.  —  My favorite parts are when the documentary makers dig in their heels …
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Google's antisocial downside  —  news analysis In the social-networking party sweeping the Web, search titan Google is playing the wallflower.  Is it being smart or just plain nerdy?  —  MySpace.com, Facebook.com and others have turned heads for their skyrocketing traffic …
 
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BBC:
Google video goes international
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Associated Press:
Wireless devices to get emergency alerts
Dan Nystedt / PC World:
Microsoft To Show Off Vista At Asia Hacker Conference
Asa Dotzler:
firefox 2 beta 1 lands @ mozilla!
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
KickApps social networking software launches
Discussion: Download Squad
Chartreuse / BETA:
The Takeover (or The Death Of The Geek or Who Will Be Running The Internet Next)
Discussion: Howard Lindzon
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Empressr, A Flash PowerPoint Competitor
Discussion: Download Squad and rev2.org
Mark Goldstein / PhotographyBLOG:
MINOX DMP-3 Media Player
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
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Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
Yahoo Expands Reach to U.S. Hispanics with Search Distribution Deal
Richard Wray / Guardian:
Last-minute goal by Sky in battle for mobile rights
Jason Dobson / gamasutra.com:
Microsoft Confirms 'Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays'
Andrew Liszewski / OhGizmo!:
Buffalo USB Drive with Fingerprint Reader
Discussion: Ubergizmo and Gizmodo
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
EU knocks Microsoft with $357 million fine
biosmagazine.co.uk:
ASUS' Blistering Multimedia Gaming Monitor
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and digg
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