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2:40 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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Rex Hammock / Rex Hammock's weblog:
My soon-to-be favorite Microsoft blogger  —  Jon Udell is leaving his job at InfoWorld and joining Microsoft in January.  —  He may see this as a change of employment, but I believe Microsoft has just acqhired a media brand.  I feel certain that no media investment bankers were involved …
Jeff Sandquist:
Jon Udell is leaving InfoWorld and Joining My Team At Microsoft  —  You know those secrets that you just want to tell everyone about, but can't?  I've had one of those for the last couple of months.  —  I guess it was back in October my good friend Mr. John Montgomery sent me a note saying …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Jeff Sandquist scores one for Microsoft
Discussion: Between the Lines and Things That
Inside AdWords:
Bringing radio advertising to Google advertisers: an update  —  There's been a lot of speculation about what we're doing in radio advertising so we thought we'd give you a quick update regarding what we've been working on since the acquisition of dMarc Broadcasting earlier this year.
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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 …
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
H.P. Will Pay $14.5 Million to Settle Suit  —  Hewlett-Packard said Thursday that it would pay $14.5 million to settle a lawsuit by the California attorney general over the company's use of private detectives to obtain private phone records of board members and journalists.
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Washington uses new spyware law, gets $1 million settlement
Discussion: Slashdot
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).
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 …
Discussion: IP Democracy and Slashdot
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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: PaidContent
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.
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.
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 …
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mathewingram.com/work:   Diggers will find a way to get paid
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
James Bannan / APC:
Pirates crack Vista Activation Server  —  Pirates have released another ingenious workaround to Vista's copy protection: a hacked copy of Microsoft's yet-to-be-released volume licencing activation server, running in VMware.  —  Volume Activation 2.0 is one of the more controversial features of Vista …
Discussion: Engadget and Monkey Bites
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 …
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Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
7.2Mbps HSDPA service to hit Cingular next year
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David Pogue / New York Times:
More Camera, More Style, Modest Price
Discussion: Gizmodo
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
The next notebook battery? Lithium polymer
Discussion: Gizmodo, Kevin Maney and 21talks
RawmeatCowboy / Go Nintendo:
Nintendo Wiimote replacement strap = hefty, original Wiimote strap = wimpy
Discussion: Engadget and digg
Lifehacker:
Choose the best blank DVDs
Thomas Christensen / DoCopenhagen:
Top 50 Music Videos Of 2006
 Earlier Items: 
Owen Byrne / Digg the Blog:
Two Years!  —  Hard to believe, but two years ago today …
yvoschaap.com:
A Problem Must Be Solution, Resolved, Or Dissolved
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Help a San Jose Mercury News columnist blog
Discussion: Bloggers Blog and John Furrier
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Schoolfizz Launches - Digg Meets Facebook
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!:
uPlayMe - Social Music Matching
Rafat Ali / PaidContent:
Download-To-Burn Standards Approved; Launching Early '07
Discussion: Reuters Blogs
BBC:
1200-year-old problem 'easy'
Reuters:
McCartney cries 'Help!' on song copyrights
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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