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Zune problems for MSN customers — People who have bought music from Microsoft's MSN Music store could face problems if they decide to buy the firm's new Zune portable player. — Microsoft has said it will stop selling music from MSN music from 14 November, when Zune goes on sale in the US.

Discussion: The Digital Music Weblog, Channel 9, CNNMoney.com, digg and Slashdot

Time:

YOUTUBE — Meet Peter. Peter is a 79-year-old English retiree. Back in WW II he served as a radar technician. He is now an international star. — One year ago, this would not have been possible, but the world has changed. In the past 12 months, thousands of ordinary people have become famous.

Discussion: TechBlog, michael parekh on IT, The Business Innovation …, HipMojo.com, Silicon Valley Watcher, Dan Blank and Mashable!

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The Proposal to Control Net Access — Senator Eduardo Azeredo (PSDB-MG) is the responsible for a bill that will end with Internet privacy and anonymity altogether. This bill, if passed into law, will require every ISP to store each connection performed by a user for at least 3 years.

Discussion: Techdirt and Slashdot

Brian Morrissey / Adweek:

Barnett Takes 2nd Turn vs. Google — NEW YORK Jim Barnett knows the perils of competing with Google. He saw firsthand how the company's mastery of search vanquished early leaders like AltaVista (where he was CEO) and Excite. — Now, he's striving to take on Google in the online advertising realm …

Discussion: HipMojo.com, PaidContent, AdMoolah News and Views and Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

Samsung's SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs: Windows XP at 75 MPH — Ultra-portable XP devices have been getting a whole lot of interesting lately. Now Samsung just upped the ante with this — the SPH-P9000 Deluxe MITs — at the Mobile WiMax Summit 2006 in South Korea.

Discussion: jkOnTheRun, GottaBeMobile.com and Mickeleh's Take

Business Wire:

Dell Notebooks Deliver New Level of Value for Consumers, Small Businesses — Dell Adds Inspiron 1501, Latitude 131L to Its Award-Winning Line of Notebooks — ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Just in time for the holidays, Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) today announced the Inspiron™ 1501 …

Discussion: Gizmodo, The Tech Report and Engadget

Michael Calore / Monkey Bites:

Widgets Live: Demo Roundup — We were just treated to a round of "lightning demos" here at Widgets Live to end the day. Here are some of the best. — Feedburner, the RSS feed management company, announced a service that applies sticky branding to SpringWidgets.

Discussion: GigaOM, Micro Persuasion, flashpoint, rev2.org, Mashable! and Burning Questions

Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:

Delete Your Bad Web Rep — The mistakes you make on the internet can live forever — unless you hire somebody to clean up after you. — A new startup, ReputationDefender, will act on your behalf by contacting data hosting services and requesting the removal of any materials that threaten your good social standing.

Discussion: Web 2.0 Television

Reuters:

Verizon near content deal with YouTube: WSJ —Text+NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc., the No. 2 U.S. telecommunications company, is in advanced talks with YouTube Inc. to bring the Web site's videos to cellphones and television sets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

Discussion: GigaOM and PVR Wire

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