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1:05 PM ET, July 4, 2007

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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Craigslist grapples with competitor on board  —  Craigslist, the pioneering online classified Web site, is facing a large new competitor, one that has accumulated insider knowledge of Craigslist's business.  —  On Friday, eBay's online classified service, Kijiji, made its U.S. debut.
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Peter Griffiths / Reuters:
Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Flat-screen televisions, computers and other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British household's total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation body said in a report on Wednesday.
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BBC:
Gadgets 'threaten energy savings'  —  The growing popularity of hi-tech devices, such as flat-screen TVs and digital radios, threaten to undermine efforts to save energy, a report says.  —  UK consumers spend £12bn a year on electronics, much of which is less efficient than older technology …
Discussion: Engadget and textually.org
Jesus / Gizmodo:
Zhiny: Motorola Zante Looks Even Shinier than You Know Who, Also Runs on EDGE  —  Here's the Zante, up close and lustrously yours.  Today we got plenty of fresh technical information about this Motorola-flavored Sidekick plus two new pretty pics.  One of them above, the other after the jump, showing its funky purple sliding keyboard.
Stace / Unwired View:
HTC OMNI PICS AND SPECS  —  The rumors about the upcoming HTC OMNI communicator have been flying around the Web for a few months now.  And from some leaked details and specs, HTC Omni sounded like a very interesting mobile gadget.  —  Well, they were true.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Is It Copyright Infringement To Embed An Infringing YouTube Video On Your Blog?  —  from the questions,-questions,-questions dept  —  While there has been a great deal of discussion (and a few lawsuits) concerning the legality of YouTube hosting infringing videos, one question where we haven't seen …
Discussion: TechCrunch
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Ronald Lewis / 24/7 with Ronald Lewis:
Lawyer Wrongly Accuses Me in YouTube Spat
Discussion: NewTeeVee
Jon Lech / So sue me:
iPhone without AT&T  —  I've found a way to activate a brand new unactivated iPhone without giving any of your money or personal information to [AT&T] NSA.  The iPhone does not have phone capability, but the iPod and WiFi work.  Stay tuned!  —  Update:  —  Magic iTunes numbers:
Wagner James Au / GigaOM:
Second Life Avatar Sued for Copyright Infringement  —  Right in time for the July 4th holiday week (after all, what's more American than demanding your day in court?), businessman Kevin Alderman and his lawyer have just filed suit against someone who goes by the name Volkov Catteneo, for copyright infringement.
Discussion: I, Platform
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Eric / Reuters:
SL business sues for copyright infringement
Chris Kohler / Game | Life:
Nintendo Announces DS Camera, Face Training  —  Having already trained the brains of the Japanese and begun work on training their eyes, Nintendo now wants to train... their faces.  —  Otona No DS Kao Training, or Face Training, includes a camera that plugs into the Game Boy Advance slot …
Jen Gerson / Toronto Star:
WiFi revolution hits a snag  —  Fee for Internet service brings drop in number of Toronto subscribers  —  Long lauded as the technology that would turn cities into techie meccas, WiFi continues to creep across metropolises.  —  Years after North American cities began to plan for the WiFi revolution …
Discussion: Mark Evans
storage.itworld.com:
Sony patents liquid airbag  —  Sony has filed for a U.S. patent on a liquid airbag for electronics - in particular, for hard disks.  The idea is that the electronics will be wrapped in a fluid-filled bag so if the outer case suffers a shock, the liquid acts as a cushion.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine demonstrated!  —  Here we go, after months of doubt over claims of a magnetic machine promising "infinite clean energy," Steorn will be putting their wares on display for public scrutiny in London.  A physics defying perpetual machine, if you will.
Discussion: Gadget Lab and digg
Tim Carroll / PalmInfocenter.com:
Palm Treo vs the iPhone: 10 Rounds  —  iDay has come and gone, and the first iPhones have made their way into the hot, grubby hands of gadget geeks and Apple cultists.  It's an important phase: how well is this svelte little beauty going to bear up under the hypercritical gaze of enthusiasts without …
Discussion: Mobility Site
Forbes:
If Trust Is Lost, Google Will Crumble  —  Google in the past has been able to fend off criticism of its increasing dominance of the online market and remain highly profitable.  However, increasing criticism of its powerful position could harm its business perspective and future profits.
 
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RU Sirius / 10 Zen Monkeys:
Steve Wozniak v. Stephen Colbert — and Other Pranks
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Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
Hack Attack: Advanced file and attachment management with Gmail
Discussion: digg
Nokia:
Honey, we need to talk - with my Nokia Speakerphone HF-300
Edge Online:
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Azureus Ready to Pull Out All the Vuze Stops
Discussion: GigaOM
BBC:
Warning of data ticking time bomb
Marcus Warren / Telegraph:
How cash-strapped is the BBC?  —  Something for James Purnell …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why AT&T should offer free Wi-Fi
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There's more to it than code... www.HowtoTell.com gets an update
Penelope Trunk / Brazen Careerist:
My run-in with Marc Benioff, and tips to be a star performer
Discussion: Valleywag
Associated Press:
Perfect World Files IPO for $100M
Maximus / Just Another Mobile Phone Blog:
Nokia unveils 7500 Prism
Robert McMillan / InfoWorld:
After attacks, US government sending team to Estonia
Dave Sifry / The Technorati Weblog:
Farewells and Welcomes
MacNN:
iPhone shatters AT&T record, dwarfs RAZR [u]
 

 
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