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11:10 AM ET, August 10, 2007

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A simple way to get more storage — As someone who tests Google products daily, I know that the simplest solution is often the one that works best. In the case of online storage, whether it's a picture, a video or an email, you should just, well, be able to store it without having to worry …

Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:

Google Shared Storage Program Released — To wrap up the mystery of the increased Gmail storage many of you saw today: Google just released a shared storage program. This new offer merges the storage of different Google products into a single storage back-end.

Discussion: Googling Google, Damien Mulley, SEO BlackHat, Download Squad and Zoli's Blog

Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:

Pay for More Gmail Storage — Google will start to use a model similar to Picasa Web's premium plans to let you buy more storage for different Google services, including Gmail. So for $20 a year, you'll get 6 GB that can be used to store photos in Picasa Web Albums and to send or receive messages in Gmail.

Discussion: Inquirer, Zoli's Blog, Mashable!, Google Blogoscoped, loose wire blog and Paul Kedrosky's …

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

Google, Microsoft Storage News Falls Flat — Lots of storage news today from the big guys. Microsoft launched its Live.com online storage solution, called SkyDrive (predicted earlier this week after a Japanese press conference). And Google announced for-pay overflow storage on Gmail and Picasa.

Discussion: Compiler, Mashable!, mathewingram.com/work, Don Dodge on The Next …, WebProNews and Zoli's Blog

Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Windows Live SkyDrive Launched - Enters a Crowded Online Storage Market

Discussion: Inquirer, Mashable!, Insider Chatter, One Microsoft Way, Geek Speaker and jkOnTheRun

Jeff Leeds / New York Times:

Universal Music Will Sell Songs Without Copy Protection — Signaling another departure from the music industry's tenuous belief in its longtime antipiracy strategy, the Universal Music Group plans to sell a significant portion of its catalog without the customary copy protection software …

Alex Veiga / Associated Press:

UMG Testing Sale of Unrestricted Tracks — Universal Music to Test Selling Downloads Without Copy-Protection — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Universal Music Group said Thursday it will sell digital music from artists such as Sting, 50 Cent and Stevie Wonder without the customary copy-protection technology for a limited time.

Discussion: Guardian Unlimited, paidContent.org, hypebot, iLounge and David Card

Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Music DRM in critical condition: Universal tests DRM free music sales

Discussion: Alice Hill's Real Tech News

Associated Press:
Online video site Veoh asks judge to forestall Universal lawsuit

Discussion: Techdirt and paidContent.org

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:

iPhone "Dead Zone" Screens — More Trouble Ahead? — Apple (AAPL) has responded swiftly to scattered reports of "dead spots" on iPhone touchscreens — and received high marks from users for the speed and efficiency with which defective devices were replaced.

Discussion: Tech Trader Daily

Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Apple addressing dead spots on iPhone touchscreens

Discussion: MarketWatch, Gadget Lab, IntoMobile, CNET News.com and Engadget

Ian Harvey / businessedge.ca:

Company bloggers can help put out fires — Dell manager's quick reaction won industry accolades — When Dell Computers started getting reports of laptops exploding in flames last summer, Lionel Menchaca took the heat - from his own legal team. — As the Texas-based computer maker's chief blogger …

Discussion: WebProNews

Latest Secunia Security Advisories:

Symantec Products NavComUI ActiveX Control Code Execution — Critical: — Highly critical — Impact: — System access — Where: — From remote — Solution Status: — Vendor Patch — Software: — Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2006 — Symantec Norton Internet Security 2005

Discussion: InfoWorld and The Register

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

MediaWhiz Latest Ad Network For Sale? — MediaWhiz, a holding company for a number of advertising networks, may be shopping itself to private equity firms. We are hearing that they are looking for $400- $450 million, which is 2.5 - 3 times estimated 2007 revenues.

Discussion: Insider Chatter and Silicon Alley Insider

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

AOL May Kill Their Netscape Digg Clone — AOL is considering killing off the "Digg Clone" social news site that they launched a little over a year ago at Netscape.com, and redirecting traffic to the Netscape portal instead. One source says it's a done deal. Another says no final decisions have been made.

Discussion: Search Engine Land, Silicon Alley Insider, Susan Mernit's Blog, Search Engine Journal and digg

Jonathan Cohen / Reuters:

AT&T censors Pearl Jam's anti-Bush lyrics — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pearl Jam fans and Internet watchdogs were up in arms Thursday after it was revealed that AT&T Inc. censored portions of the rock band's live concert cybercast on Sunday. — While performing "Daughter" …

Discussion: Virtual Economics, Mashable!, Ars Technica, Inquirer and Computerworld

Tkarr / Save the Internet Blog:
AT&T Plays Gatekeeper. Censors Pearl Jam.

Discussion: Switched, Lessig Blog, isen.blog, paidContent.org, CNET News.com, Gizmodo and WebProNews

Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:

Comcast Launches Beta Version Of Its Fancast — Comcast (Nasdaq:CMCSK) has quietly launched a slow and slightly buggy version of its Fancast site, in beta. This site is supposed to be its ambitious online video guide and portal, marking its first major product open-Web project outside of its still-limited Comcast.net portal.

Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider, Mashable! and Associated Press

Mike Yamamoto / Crave: The gadget blog:

A TV-PC that helps you shave — Apparently it's not enough to have a mirror that sends text messages or even engages us in conversation. We need one that'll run Windows too. — Facing stiff competition in its mainstay telly business, U.K.-based Mirror Media has created a line that incorporates …

Discussion: Chip Chick

Om Malik / NewTeeVee:

In Reversal of Roles, Veoh Sues Universal — Veoh, the San Diego-based online video start-up, has sued Universal Music Group in federal court to reinforce its rights as a copyright compliant company under the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Discussion: WebProNews and Bits

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Veoh Sues Universal Music

Discussion: HipMojo.com, The Register, Reuters, Law Blog, Salon: Machinist, Silicon Alley Insider and Mashable!

Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:

Beyond Brickbreaker — As Smart Phones Gain — In Popularity, Game Makers — Roll Out New Diversions — While running his education-related start-up, Ryan Thompson keeps up on his email by staying glued to his BlackBerry. Lately, the 29-year-old in Brooklyn, N.Y. …

Discussion: CrunchGear and MobileCrunch

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