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12:50 PM ET, December 8, 2006

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Jon's Radio:
A conversation with Jon Udell about his new job with Microsoft  —  For today's podcast I decided to interview myself about my upcoming new gig.  It's a short episode, under six minutes, and the transcript follows.  —  Note: I actually meant to push this to the server later today …
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Jeff Sandquist:
Jon Udell is leaving InfoWorld and Joining My Team At Microsoft
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google tunes into radio ads  —  Google is allowing some of its existing online marketers to use its automated advertising system to broadcast ads on radio stations around the United States, the company said on Thursday.  —  The beta test of Google Audio Ads is the result of the integration …
Discussion: PaidContent
Business Wire:
BitTorrent Acquires uTorrent  —  SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—BitTorrent, Inc., home to the world's leading peer-assisted digital content delivery platform, today announced it has acquired uTorrent, a lightweight and efficient implementation of the BitTorrent protocol.
Discussion: Monkey Bites and PaidContent
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Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:
BitTorrent's Move From PCs to TVs  —  If the thought of having BitTorrent, the world's most famous file-swapping software, available on your set-top box to download high-definition movies from major Hollywood studios seems far-fetched, you're not alone.  —  In an e-mail interview with Wired News …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Video Startup That May Never Launch  —  This is a rumor that just won't die: The major television networks are considering creating a new online video service joint venture to compete with YouTube.  —  We first heard about this when the Google-Youtube acquisition news broke, and wrote briefly about it here (see last paragraph).
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification  —  As part of the monthly security bulletin release cycle, Microsoft provides advance notification to our customers on the number of new security updates being released, the products affected, the aggregate maximum severity and information about detection tools relevant to the update.
BBC:
Concern over mobile music-sharing  —  Children are increasingly swapping music via mobile phones, often without realising they can be breaking the law.  —  A survey of almost 1,500 eight to 13-year-olds found almost a third shared music via their mobiles.  —  Children are using the built …
Discussion: Techdirt, 21talks and CNNMoney.com
Tony / Deep Jive Interests:
Diggers Are Getting Paid — But Not By Kevin Rose  —  It seems like there is a long running meme in the blogosphere about gaming Digg, and it even made it as an article on CNet the other day (despite a few inaccuracies).  Despite the controversy, there is one thing that Kevin Rose has always maintained …
Discussion: The Social Web
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Reuters:
McCartney cries 'Help!' on song copyrights  —  Music copyrights in the UK last only 50 years, so early Beatles songs could be up for grabs by 2012.  —  LONDON (Reuters) — Paul McCartney and Robbie Williams joined thousands of other performers on Thursday in an appeal for an extension to British copyright on their recordings.
Yuval Kossovsky / Computerworld:
First look: A guided tour of Apple's Leopard Server OS  —  Look for Leopard to be 'an exciting release,' says Yuval Kossovsky  —  Recently, I had a chance to sit down with a few folks from Apple Computer Inc. who gave me a guided tour of Apple's upcoming server operating system …
Discussion: digg
Thomas Christensen / DoCopenhagen:
Top 50 Music Videos Of 2006  —  Here we go again... Our top 50 videos of 2005 was a huge success.  This year we decided to do things a little bit differently.  All the videos are from You Tube and can therefore be watched in the browser.  If you want to download the videos to your computer …
BBC:
1200-year-old problem 'easy'  —  Schoolchildren in Caversham have become the first in the country to learn about a new number - 'nullity' - which solves maths problems neither Newton nor Pythagoras could conquer.  —  Dr James Anderson, from the University of Reading's computer science department …
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
A Wish List for the iPhone  —  If you're dreaming of a mobile phone that downloads and shares music, carries your files, and makes movies, why not put all your Apples in one basket  —  Let me go out on a limb here and say that Apple Computer will probably not launch a wireless phone of any kind early next year.
yvoschaap.com:
A Problem Must Be Solution, Resolved, Or Dissolved  —  8 questions about the web you always wanted answers to  —  The most popular 10,000 websites analyzed - 8 Questions & Answers  —  Last week I had the urge to do some real quantitative data analysis.  After several days …
 
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Exchange / You Had Me At EHLO:
Signed off!  —  This morning, we signed off Exchange 2007 for release to you!
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
The next notebook battery? Lithium polymer
Discussion: Kevin Maney and 21talks
Kotaku:
Japan Gets Its RPG, Blue Dragon Launches
Discussion: Joystiq, You NEWB and digg
RawmeatCowboy / Go Nintendo:
Nintendo Wiimote replacement strap = hefty, original Wiimote strap = wimpy
Discussion: Engadget and digg
Lifehacker:
Choose the best blank DVDs
Discussion: Office Evolution and digg
Scott Kirsner / CinemaTech:
From Release Print: Cinema's Future Belongs to Indies (As Does Its Past)
Discussion: Reel Pop and DV Guru
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Help a San Jose Mercury News columnist blog
Discussion: Bloggers Blog and John Furrier
Scott Beale / Laughing Squid:
Ignite Seattle!  —  I arrived in Seattle today and was wondering …
 Earlier Items: 
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Schoolfizz Launches - Digg Meets Facebook
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!:
uPlayMe - Social Music Matching
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Washington uses new spyware law, gets $1 million settlement
Discussion: Slashdot
Chris / slight paranoia:
An Early Christmas Gift from TSA
Discussion: Security Fix and 27B Stroke 6
Rafat Ali / PaidContent:
Download-To-Burn Standards Approved; Launching Early '07
Discussion: Reuters Blogs
Meredith Carroll / Official Google Blog:
The Google 2007 Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
Luca Filigheddu / Thoughts on VoIP, technology:
Enhanced SightSpeed 5.0  —  As reported yesterday …
Mark Wallace / Wired News:
Firefly Reborn as Online Universe
 

 
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