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Sam Sethi / TechCrunch UK:
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Verizon, Cablevision skirmish as war nears — NEW YORK — Nobody would mistake the lush, trimmed lawns of suburban New York City for the OK Corral. But you can almost hear the jingling spurs and blasting revolvers of a corporate gunfight erupting that could affect virtually all consumers.

Discussion: GigaOM and IP Democracy

Graeme Wearden / silicon.com:

Redmond red-faced over Gervais video leak — How did David Brent's day at Microsoft make it onto YouTube? — Microsoft is investigating how two internal training videos created by UK comedy duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have surfaced on the internet.

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, Ben Metcalfe Blog, Silicon Valley Watcher and Neowin.net

Nintendo:

NINTENDO LAUNCHES NEW DS LITE COLORS AMID RECORD-BREAKING GAME SALES — Onyx and Coral Pink Follow Sale of 1 Millionth New Super Mario Bros. — The only thing more fun than new Nintendo® DS Lite hardware colors is trying to keep up with the breakneck sales of the software to play on the popular little portable!

Discussion: I4U News, 4 color rebellion, DS Fanboy, TechSpot and Joystiq

Slash Lane / AppleInsider:

Apple, others working on battery standard — Leading notebook makers Apple, Dell, and Lenovo will hold a summit meeting in San Jose, Calif. next month to begin development of standards for the manufacture of lithium ion batteries for portable and handheld electronics.

Discussion: Engadget, The Tech Report, Gadgetell, VoIP & Gadgets Blog and CrunchGear

Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:

The Web 2.0 Economic Conundrum — Regulars here know that I am a huge proponent for the little guy. Hence, the name of my blog. I want to see everyone who's publishing a blog to try to make money achieve their wildest dreams (and ours). However, there's a dirty little secret we should discuss …

Discussion: Message, Werblog, Newsome.Org, duncanriley.com and digg

Catherine Holahan / Business Week:

Online Video: Tasty Takeover Targets? — Sony's deal for Grouper signals that big outfits are looking to buy in. Which video-sharing sites might be next? — Online video sites are a bit like fish in the sea. Though they are plentiful, the tastiest ones are difficult to catch.

Discussion: GigaOM

Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:

Wablet's going to rock web IM — I got a preview of the forthcoming web IM system Wablet yesterday. I posted about the first rumors about Wablet three weeks ago. It's a Flash service that can access all your accounts on the major IM services or users can get a Wablet username.

Discussion: SiliconBeat

Peter Rip / EarlyStageVC:

Venture 2.0 - Preamble — This the first in a series of posts on the idea of "Venture Capital 2.0." I thought it was appropriate to first set the stage of Venture Capital 1.0 as the point of contrast. This first post is obvious stuff to those of us who have been in the business for a while, but less so for the casual observer.

Discussion: Dead2.0, A VC and Paul Kedrosky's …

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