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4:30 PM ET, December 9, 2006

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Uh Oh, Gmail Just Got Perfect  —  Google quietly added a small feature to Gmail this week called Mail Fetcher.  When that feature launched, Gmail became perfect.  —  Mail Fetcher allows users to access non-Gmail email accounts from within the Gmail interface.
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David Chartier / Download Squad:
Google enables POP checking for some Gmail users  —  Google's darling Gmail has just launched a new feature they're slowly rolling out to users: POP checking of other accounts.  If you're one of the lucky few, under the Accounts tab in Gmail's settings, you can now add up to 5 other accounts …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
YouTube allows users to record directly to site  —  YouTube quietly added a new feature today to its popular user-generated video site today called Quick Capture, which allows users to record video directly to YouTube from webcams plugged into their computers.
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Lifehacker:
YouTube adds on-the-fly recording
Donna Bogatin / Digital Micro-Markets:
Microsoft vs. Google: Who wins?  —  Can "underdog" $290 billion market cap Microsoft "win" against $148 billion market cap Google?  —  Microsoft is already losing the PR battle, New York Times coverage illustrates, once again.  An interview of Steve Berkowitz, online services group senior vice president …
Discussion: Mark Evans and Paul Mooney
Tom Zeller Jr / The Lede:
Wii Have A Problem  —  Nintendo is highlighting some tips for using its Wii gaming console and its special remote.  One tip for those in the same room as a Wii user: duck.  —  Seems customers are discovering that Nintendo's new Wii gaming console, which debuted last month …
BBC:
Wii shortages frustrating gamers  —  Shortages of Nintendo Wii consoles around Europe have left some gamers who pre-ordered the new machine frustrated.  —  Nintendo, which has already launched the machine in the US and Japan, said it expected to sell out of Wiis on the first day of sales.
Discussion: Joystiq
Darren Murph / Engadget:
RIAA petitions to lower artist royalties, weakens piracy arguments  —  Sure, the RIAA hasn't exactly been on the good side of the general public since, oh, this century began, but it sure isn't doing itself any favors with this latest hint of persuasion.  While the agency has fought grandmothers …
Tom Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
Do journalists want a social media news release?  —  [This is from my comments section - from Kevin Murphy US Editor at Computerwire on the subject of the Social Media Press Release which I described in a late night post called Die!  Press release!  Die!  Die!  Die!  Here also is the original graphic.
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
YouTube's Test Tube, Streams  —  Mashable covered the YouTube redesign, Quick Capture (record videos straight from your webcam) and the Verizon/mobile integration on Thursday.  But it seems I missed one: just like Google has Google Labs, YouTube now has Test Tube, a place to test new ideas and features.
Discussion: Technically Speaking
Kris Graft / Next Generation:
Nintendo Sued Over Controller Patent  —  [Update] A leading electronic interface company this week filed a suit against Nintendo in a Delaware court claiming that the Wii's trigger-happy controller infringes on existing patents.  —  In a court filing snagged by gaming blog Kotaku, Camarillo …
Discussion: 4 color rebellion, Techdirt and digg
BetaNews:
Vista Minimum Requirements Unrealistic  —  A white paper published this morning by hardware analysis firm iSuppli, based on its studies of Microsoft Windows Vista running on multiple grades of computer hardware, has concluded that the software publisher's stated minimum requirements for the system …
Discussion: All about Microsoft
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
2006 Search Blogs Awards : Nominations Now Open  —  It's December 2006 which means like last year, Search Engine Journal will be hosting and holding our annual Search Blogs Awards.  Last year was our inaugural year and the 2005 Search Blogs Awards were a grand success, with corporate …
Discussion: Quick Online Tips
BBC:
Criminals 'target tech students'  —  The boom in cyber crime is forcing criminals to go to great lengths to recruit skilled hackers, says a report.  —  Some criminal gangs are paying students while they study to ensure they have a pool of tech-savvy workers to call on, says the report from McAfee.
Discussion: PSFK Trend: PSFK and Slashdot
Valleywag:
NEXT WEEK'S FORECAST  —  One management team in worse shape than Yahoo's right now: CNET's.  Shelby Bonnie, the tech news company's long-time CEO, had to leave as a result of options scam which enriched him but made the company restate earnings.  Of divisional heads, Suzie Reider fled to Youtube, and Vince Broady to Yahoo.
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Lessig News:
Ok, so I'm wrong  —  For almost 10 years now, I've been waging a war against retrospective term extension.  My simple argument has been that copyright is about creative incentives, and you can't create incentives retrospectively.  —  I now see I am apparently wrong.
Discussion: Techdirt, Boing Boing and Slashdot
 
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Bob Caswell / Computers.net:
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Natali Del Conte / TechCrunch:
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Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Sony PlayStation 3 U.S. Sales Fall Short of Target (Update3)
 Earlier Items: 
Valleywag:
MICROSOFT: New search icon has soft-porn past
Natali Del Conte / TechCrunch:
Web-based Media Player Lets You Stream Your iTunes To Any Computer
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webmasterradio.fm:
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Lifehacker:
Download of the Day: New York Times Reader (Windows)
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google Checkout opens up to other countries
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

William Earl / Variety:
Heretic's directors say they put a message in the credits that “no generative AI was used in the making of this film” to warn Hollywood about the danger of AI

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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