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3:40 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
Jgovernor / James Governor's MonkChips:   Holy Crap Microsoft Just Got Awesome. 4k
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
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
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 …
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Business Wire:
BitTorrent Acquires uTorrent
Discussion: PaidContent
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).
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.
Tony Walsh / Clickable Culture:
Linden Lab Mutes Noted Agitator... Again  —  Another year, another muzzle placed on infamous Second Life celebrity Prokofy Neva by the virtual world's owner-operator Linden Lab.  —  Last year, Neva was banned from participation in the official Second Life discussion boards after stirring controversy …
PR Newswire:
Citysearch Content Available Through Ask.com's AskCity  —  Citysearch's Content and Ask.com's Search Technology Create a Comprehensive Local Search Experience  —  WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Citysearch, an operating business of IAC/InterActiveCorp (Nasdaq …
Discussion: Screenwerk
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Do You Publish Full Text Feeds Or Partial RSS Feeds ?  —  Our blog has been in existence for over two years now but we always abstained from publishing full content RSS feeds for two selfish reasons (or you can call them fears) outlined below:  —  1. Since RSS Subscribers get to read …
Discussion: Scobleizer
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 …
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 …
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.
 
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Katherine Rosman / Wall Street Journal:
BlackBerry Orphans  —  The growing use of email gadgets …
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Pitch your business plan to VCs via mobile phone — on MyWaves
Darren Murph / Engadget:
7.2Mbps HSDPA service to hit Cingular next year
David Pogue / New York Times:
More Camera, More Style, Modest Price
Discussion: Gizmodo
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: Gizmodo and 21talks
RawmeatCowboy / Go Nintendo:
Nintendo Wiimote replacement strap = hefty, original Wiimote strap = wimpy
Discussion: Engadget and digg
Lifehacker:
Choose the best blank DVDs
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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
Chris / slight paranoia:
An Early Christmas Gift from TSA
Discussion: Security Fix and 27B Stroke 6
Tony / Deep Jive Interests:
Diggers Are Getting Paid — But Not By Kevin Rose
BBC:
1200-year-old problem 'easy'
BBC:
Concern over mobile music-sharing
Discussion: Techdirt, 21talks and CNNMoney.com
Reuters:
McCartney cries 'Help!' on song copyrights
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
As the DirecTV-Disney carriage dispute continues, DirecTV nudges customers to Fubo or Sling and offers a $30 credit, and Disney offers $30 off Hulu with Live TV

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Sinclair ousts Ken Solomon, CEO of the Tennis Channel since 2005, citing his time spent advising Dr. Phil McGraw's company as a growing distraction

Taylor Lorenz / Taylor Lorenz's Newsletter:
The Tenet Media case highlights both the lack of transparency in the creator economy and the threat this poses to media integrity

 
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