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10:50 PM ET, July 17, 2006

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Maria Aspan / New York Times:
Interactive Netscape Site Gets Some Sour Responses  —  Netscape may be known now for losing the so-called browser war to Microsoft's Internet Explorer.  But Netscape.com, the default home page for users of the fading browser, continues to have its following — so much so that when its owner …
Discussion: Valleywag and Bloggers Blog
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Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Netscape Has Attention, If Nothing Else  —  Netscape has gotten mixed reviews for its recent Digg-style remake.  The New York Times adds a story this morning about a petition from Netscape users to bring back the old site.  We did a quick check and got traffic data update from Hitwise.
Discussion: TechEffect
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:   Old vs. New Netscape (or "if you could change GeoCities into MySpace …
Robert McMillan / pcadvisor.co.uk:
McAfee spots 'bot' danger  —  Hackers are using techniques popularised by developers of open-source software like Linux to improve their malicious code, a researcher at McAfee has said.  —  Nowhere is this more apparent than within the growing families of 'bot' software, which allow hackers to remotely control infected computers.
Discussion: digg and Slashdot
Reuters:
FeedBurner buys BlogBeat, expanding blog analysis  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - FeedBurner.com, which syndicates Web postings for 200,000 publishers, said it has acquired blog analytics company BlogBeat.net for undisclosed terms.  —  FeedBurner manages managing headline syndication services …
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Steve / Burning Questions:
FeedBurner acquires Blogbeat  —  In the syndicated content solar system in which the FeedBurner orb spins, it helps to occasionally venture out of our galaxy in search of intelligent life and integrated product offerings.  Long story short, we have acquired Blogbeat.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
YouTube serves 100m videos each day  —  The big news of the morning is that YouTube has announced it's hit 100 million videos served per day.  Founded in early 2005, the company has announced $11.5 million in venture funding from Sequoia Capital and is rumored to have received another $25 million from Sequoia in April.
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Leslie Simmons / hollywoodreporteresq.com:
L.A. News Service Sues YouTube Over Beating Video  —  A Los Angeles video news service sued YouTube Inc. on Friday in federal court for allowing its users to upload copyrighted video footage onto the popular Web site, including the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 riots.
Discussion: Techdirt, paidContent.org and digg
Paul Miller / Engadget:
But wait, there's more... Zune deets  —  For a product that Microsoft hasn't even officially confirmed, there sure is a whole lot of Zune info to be getting on with.  The latest leaks are from Digital Music News, who has been reviewing some of the presentation material that Microsoft shared with top-level execs of partner companies.
Discussion: Orbitcast
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Business Wire:
HP Unveils Revolutionary Wireless Chip That Links the Digital and Physical Worlds; Grain-Sized Chip Could Be Attached to Almost Any Object, Making Information More Ubiquitous  —  PALO ALTO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 17, 2006—HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced that its researchers …
Skeptic / Dead2.0:
11 Suggestions For Not Being a Dot-Bomb 2.0  —  With all the 2.0 hype, I think it's unfair to unanimously declare all new Internet startups as 100% junk.  It can't be much more than 95%.  So I thought it would be an interesting diversion to switch the tone of my writing for a change.
Discussion: SEOmoz
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The age of customerism and producerism  —  Forget consumerism.  We're not just consumers anymore, as Doc Searls has taught me well.  We are customers with our money in our fists, spending it wisely and joining together to spend it more wisely.  And we are producers who can compete …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Jangl This  —  Hello, this Is Wildfire... how can I help you...  It was a bubble ago, when I was first introduced to Wildfire, a follow-me, find-me telephone service, that tracked me down by serial dialing all my phone numbers: office, home or mobile phone.
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Senator's Slip of the Tongue Keeps on Truckin' Over the Web  —  The word is spreading: The Internet is not a big truck.  It's "a series of tubes."  —  Two weeks ago Senator Ted Stevens, a Republican from Alaska, shared this information at a Senate committee hearing to explain why he voted …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Yahoo Home Page Goes Live Today  —  Lots of Yahoo news today.  In addition to the new Yahoo Finance site that launches later today, Yahoo is finally taking its new home page, previously in beta at yahoo.com/preview, live on the main yahoo.com site.  The launch is U.S. only, other markets will follow shortly.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Movielink to allow movies transferred to DVDs  —  Movielink, which distributes movies over the Internet, is close to fixing one of the main drawbacks to downloading films over the Web.  —  Santa Monica, Calif.-based Movielink has purchased technology from software company Sonic Solutions …
Discussion: TechEffect and UNEASYsilence
Johnny / Popgadget:
Dance dance iPod karaoke party  —  The CAVS IPS-11G has an iPod dock, but it is not an accessory for the iPod.  In this scenario the iPod is only an accessory for the world's greatest portable karaoke station.  This rocking out machine is able to access data from 8 different iPod models, USB memory sticks, and external USB hard rives.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Podcasting News
 
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Chris Stevens / Crave at CNET.co.uk:
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Report: Click Fraud Rises in Q2 & High-Priced Keywords Click Fraud Rate At 20.2%
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
News Online Seems to Have Long Shelf Life
Microsoft:
Microsoft Completes Acquisition of Softricity
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George Ou / ZDNet.com:
Who to believe on power consumption? AMD or Intel?
Discussion: digg
David S. Joachim / New York Times:
For CBS's Fall Lineup, Check Inside Your Refrigerator
Discussion: AdJab and All Points Blog
Tony Smith / The Register:
Dell, Acer tout 802.11n wireless laptops
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Gizmodo, The Gadget Guide:
USB Rota-Rota Hub
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Mojungle.com enables you to text photos and videos to the web
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Fareastgizmos.com:
Thanko 512MB Secure USB 2.0 Morse code flash drive
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and OhGizmo!
Chase A. Thompson / ChaseAndSam.com:
Myspace Hack spreading like wildfire: SPAIRLKAIFS
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Yahoo Finance revises charts, chat, other features
Ars Technica:
Peering inside the aluminum ball: Woodcrest, Conroe, and the "pro" Macs
Discussion: Slashdot
Julian / research.techkwondo.com:
Battleship:GoogleEarth (a 1st Life/2nd Life mashup)
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Blogspot Blogs Banned in India: Read Tricks To Access Blocked Websites
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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