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Howard Lindzon:
CBS Acquires Wallstrip - You Can Make Money From Blogging!!! — One of the most exciting days of my life for sure. — Today, CBS has acquired Wallstrip . — Lot's of people to thank. The biggest sacrifices have come from my wife Ellen and my sweet kids Rachel and Max. My dog Bagel is indifferent.
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
CBS Does Indeed Scoop Up Wallstrip — Wallstrip, an online video show that takes a whimsical approach to financial news, has been bought by CBS Interactive for a price in the single-digit millions, with a multi-year commitment to continue the show and add additional financially oriented web series.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Proposes Innovation in Radio Spectrum Auction — Google filed a proposal on Monday with the Federal Communications Commission calling on the agency to let companies allocate radio spectrum using the same kind of real-time auction that the search engine company now uses to sell advertisements.
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Bourse:
Google Submits Novel Approach To FCC For Radio Spectrum Use — By Corey Boles Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Google Inc. (GOOG) Monday urged the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to think outside the box in designing the rules for its upcoming auction of radio spectrum.
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:Google Proposes Real-Time Auction Approach For Radio Spectrum Use
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Meme: Hot Trends Added To Google Trends — Google has launched a meme-like feature to Google Trends. The Google Trends home page now has a section named "Hot Trends," which shows the hottest queries for the day. You can also look back historically and see the hottest queries for that day.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Legless Chihuahuas Prove Google Hot Trends Not So Hot — Google has launched a new addition to its growing lineup of...well everything, Google Hot Trends. — Google Trends takes the idea behind Google Zeitgeist to the next level. Instead of providing weekly details of top Google searches …
Lisa Gade / MobileTechReview.com:
Where to Buy — The Wing is the follow-up to the popular but now aging T-Mobile MDA that was released in February 2006. Keeping the same basic design with QWERTY side-slideout keyboard that made the MDA so popular, the Wing refines a good thing by reducing thickness, adding spring assist to the slider …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Silicon Valley Could Use A Downturn Right About Now — Silicon Valley is paradise for geeks, and people flock here from all over the world to be part of something very special. When I speak at events here one thing I often do is ask people in the audience to raise their hand if they live in Silicon Valley.
BBC:
Success for Everest mobile effort — A British climber has set a world record by making a mobile phone call from the top of Mount Everest. — In the early hours of 21 May, Rod Baber made two calls from the mountain's north ridge. — In the first call Mr Baber described the view …
Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Study: Developers Do Not Want GPL 3 to Police Patents — A new Microsoft-funded study has found that open-source developers do not believe that licenses such as the upcoming GNU General Public License 3.0 should enforce software patents or prevent deals like the Microsoft-Novell patent agreement.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (937696) — Release of Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) and File Block Functionality for Microsoft Office — Today we are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE) feature …
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Change.org 2.0: Harass Politicians and Fund Their Opponents — We covered the social activist community Change.org when they first launched back in February. The site is one of a few philanthropic startups tailoring the latest web features for non-profits and politics.
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
CNN to Deliver More Local News On Its Web Site — Content-Swap Deal — Will Raise User Traffic; — A Push for Ad Revenue — In a strategy shift, CNN, known primarily for national and international news, is expected to announce a deal that will allow it to offer more local news on its Web site and …
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Justin.TV Network Launches: More Shows to Come — 24/7 reality online TV show Justin.tv has has turned into a bit of a mini-phenomenon since launching just two months ago. Their apartment was raided by the police, and they were later evicted by their landlord. They were on the Today Show.
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Sharing the Widget Wealth — Widgets jazz up profiles and boost traffic, but eat into social networks' ad revenue. Facebook and others ponder a remedy — Call them Web page bling. They're widgets, the shareable programs that let Internet users do everything from display photo slide shows …
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Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
Qwest's Quest: Making Believe DSL is Faster — After spending hard time covering last year's net neutrality battles, it's easy to get used to hearing telephone companies saying up is really down, and black is really white. That's why we're not going to even nibble at the pitch Qwest's PR …
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IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband
