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NBC Universal and News Corp. Announce Deal with Internet Leaders AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! to Create a Premium Online Video Site with Unprecedented Reach — Charter Advertisers, Including Cadbury Schweppes, Cisco, Esurance, Intel and General Motors, Will Now Reach 96% of U.S. Internet Audience Through This Groundbreaking Venture
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Notes From News Corp./NBC Universal Media Call — I've just joined the "NewTube" media call with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and News Corp. COO Peter Chernin. Notes to follow. — Chernin is kicking things off. It took him about 2 minutes to say "Web 2.0″ for the first time.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
News Corp. and NBC announce partnership to create YouTube competitor — News Corp. and NBC have announced a deal to create a new video distribution site, dubbed the "YouTube killer" by many. The companies have also formed partnerships with a number of big players, including Yahoo! …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Confirmed: TV Networks Launch New Company To Counter Perceived Google/YouTube Threat — Update: My real time notes from the media conference call are here. — The rumors of a joint venture to counter the perceived Google-YouTube threat, dubbed "Clown Co." by Google executives …
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Valleywag, Between the Lines, Rational rants, ZDNet News, Phil Morle, CenterNetworks, The Social Web, Screenwerk and Los Angeles Times
Owen Thomas / Business 2.0 Beta:NBC, News Corp. Launch YouTube Rival: Live Coverage
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Yahoo! Widgets Blog:
It's Here! — Yes! Yahoo Widgets 4 is now available for download. This version has a lot of cool new features for users as well as developers of Widgets. — For those that think we've been sitting around drinking tequila and not really focusing on Konfabulator/Yahoo Widgets …
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HP to Acquire Tabblo, Aims to Make Printing from Web Easier — HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tabblo Inc., a privately-held developer of web-based software located in Cambridge, Mass. — HP plans to leverage Tabblo's technologies to make printing …
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Google Earth Mash-Up Helps Mesh Mumbai — NEW DELHI, India — Indian startup network operator LifeStyle Networks Ltd. is building a wireless mesh network in Mumbai in an effort to bring broadband connectivity, and a wide range of services from third party companies, to a city of 18 million people.
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Gizmodo:
Apple TV: Worth It? — Apple TV could do for television what the iPod did for music, at least that's what some analysts are saying. But it could also become the WebTV of media centers, the sort of device that you buy for Mom as a Christmas gift but that ultimately lands in the novelty arcade.
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Erica Ogg / CNET News.com:Best Buy finagles Apple TV exclusive
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MacUser, Crave, Macsimum News, Gadgetell, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, CyberNet Technology News, Cult of Mac, The Apple Blog and NewTeeVee
Andy Patrizio / internetnews.com:
Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS — UPDATED: Microsoft is frequently dinged for having insecure products, with security holes and vulnerabilities. But Symantec (Quote), no friend of Microsoft, said in its latest research report that when it comes to widely-used operating systems …
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Gizmodo, larry borsato, CyberNet Technology News, Channel 9, Guardian Unlimited, digg and Slashdot
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Did Google turn down the revenue knob? — Tonight at Jeff Pulver's awesome party I met a Google employee who I'll keep nameless. He works closely with the advertising team and found it interesting that I noticed that Google is putting fewer advertisements on each page than its competitor.
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Business 2.0 Beta, Search Marketing Gurus, Online Spin, WebProNews, Joe Duck and Smalltalk Tidbits …
Jon Murchinson / Google:
Michael Moritz Will Not Seek Re-Election to Google's Board of Directors — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that Michael Moritz has informed the company that he will not seek re-election to its board of directors at the 2007 stockholder meeting. Moritz, who has been a director since May 1999 …
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
Crowdsourcing: A Million Heads is Better than One — The "wisdom of crowds" is a popular web 2.0 buzzword, popularized by James Surowiecki's book of the same name. At its most basic, the term means that two heads are better than one, and that still more heads will yield even better results.
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USA Today:
Jet passengers may not get to chat on cellphones after all — The once-highflying idea of letting passengers use their wireless phones on airplanes is about to be grounded. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is recommending the FCC drop its tentative plan to lift …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Oracle sues SAP; alleges 'corporate theft on a grand scale' — IN FOCUS » See more posts on: Oracle — The war between Oracle and SAP is about to move beyond enterprise applications to the courtroom. — Oracle said Wednesday that it has sued SAP "about corporate theft on a grand scale" seeking undisclosed damages.
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
FCC to study need for more Net neutrality regulation — The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it will study whether stronger language is necessary in its policy on protecting Net neutrality, but consumer groups and Democratic commissioners criticized the move for not being bold enough.
Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
Google's Privacy Policy Is Clearer, Not Tougher — When Google announced a change in its privacy policy last week, it got some gushing headlines like, "Google adopts tougher privacy safeguards." — But upon closer examination, it seems the change was not to protect your privacy on the Web …
Ellie Gibson / GamesIndustry.biz:
Political group asks Bono to halt Mercs 2 production — Venezuelan Solidarity Campaign speaks out — Political activisits are calling on U2 singer Bono, as an investor in Pandemic Studios, to halt the development of forthcoming shooter Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
