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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
WPP Acquires 24/7 Real Media To Compete With Google And Yahoo — I saw one of Google's "agency relationship managers" give a pitch to a top agency, where she gave the standard line that Google doesn't want to be an ad agency. I didn't believe it for a second.
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AppleInsider:
News Flash: Apple iPhone receives FCC approval — Apple Inc. on Thursday received the official go-ahead on its first ever mobile handset, with the Federal Communications Commission giving the iPod maker the green light to commence sales of the device in the United States.
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Search Engine Land:
Video Blending & Video Meta Search — There's nothing new about Google listing links to video content in its regular search results, including links to pages in Google-owned Google Video and YouTube. However, Universal Search is changing things. Instead of considering that content as part …
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Latest AACS revision defeated a week before release — Despite the best efforts of the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) Licensing Administration (AACS LA), content pirates remain one step ahead. A new volume key used by high-def films scheduled for release next week has already been cracked.
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Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Google v. Perfect 10: Appeals court affirms that thumbnails are fair use — Google scored a partial victory yesterday in a case that is likely to have major implications for the evolution of copyright law online. In a 2004 lawsuit, porn merchant Perfect 10 accused Google of infringing …
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David Flynn / APC:
Vista will be the last version of Windows for Pentium 4 and Core Duo owners — It's the end of the line for 32-bit operating systems, Microsoft has proclaimed at its annual Windows Hardware Engineering conference — After the software giant has gotten over its hangover from partying …
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Imagine Live Search - Microsoft's Test Site Launches — Spotted via LiveSide, a new experimental search engine from Windows Live. Like those from Ask (Ask X), Google (SearchMash) and Yahoo Alpha), it provides a mixture of results all on the same page. Below is a look at Microsoft's …
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Scott Gilbertson / Wired News:
More Firefox Bloat? Say It Ain't So, Mozilla — When Firefox launched in beta release five years ago, it burst on the open-source browser scene like a young Elvis Presley — slim, sexy and dangerous. — Since then it has attracted millions of users, generally set the agenda …
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Half of the future Gates — newsmaker Craig Mundie is trying to fill Bill Gates shoes. Well, at least one of them. — Keenly aware that no one person can replace Microsoft's cultural icon, the company has divided his responsibilities among two top executives.
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
BitTorrent in Focus: TV-series are Hot — The statistics presented here are gathered by SumoTorrent, and based on a sample of more than 400.000 .torrent files collected from several public BitTorrent sites. From now on these statistics will be published on a monthly basis …
FightinSunDevil / Gamerscore Blog:
Clearing the Air: In Support of HD DVD... 'Just want to clear up a few things surrounding several erroneous stories regarding alleged comments from Peter Moore about Xbox 360 supporting Blu-ray. Simply put...These reports are completely incorrect. — Some online media outlets have picked …
Wired News:
What Makes Techmeme Tick? Inventor Gabe Rivera Explains — For many Silicon Valley insiders, one site has become the primary aggregator of technology news: Techmeme. The site constantly scrapes news sites and blogs and compiles a continually updated list of links to the most popular tech news of the day.
Nicholas Carr / Guardian:
The net is being carved up into information plantations — Search at Google.com on evolution or Iraq or Aids or Gordon Brown, and the same site will appear at the top of the list of results: Wikipedia. Alter your search into one for John Keats or Muhammad Ali or Christianity or platypus or loneliness, and the same thing will happen.
Microsoft Help and Support:
The "File Download - Security Warning" dialog box opens when you try to open Internet Explorer 7 … Important This article contains information that shows you how to help lower security settings or how to turn off security features on a computer. You can make these changes to work around a specific problem.
Martyn Williams / InfoWorld:
Google Korea to censor search results — (InfoWorld) - Google Korea plans to introduce an age-verification system to its search engine later this year that will restrict adult-themed searches to those 19 years of age and older, it said Thursday. — Users will be asked to verify their age …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Samsung and LG.Philips announce super-thin OLEDs — The quest to make thinner cell phones and other mobile devices continues each day, but Samsung and LG.Philips may be moving closer to that goal with their new active-matrix OLEDs (AMOLED). Both companies announced new AMOLED displays today …
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Perry / evans ink:
Introducing localguides.com: local, meet social. social, meet vertical. — We've just launched the beta version of a brand spanking new site - localguides.com. — We think the site (and the technology and methodologies behind it) begin to lay the foundation to tackle two vexing problems in local search …
