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2:55 PM ET, September 12, 2007

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Nathan Weinberg / InsideMicrosoft:
Office Ultimate 2007: Just $60! (for students)  —  Starting in 59 minutes, 35 seconds, Microsoft will begin offering Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for students for the amazing price of just sixty dollars.  This special offer for students only represents a $620 discount off the retail price of $680, a 91% savings.
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Student Promotion Provides Steal of a Deal for Office Ultimate 2007  —  Q&A: Alan Yates, Microsoft general manager of Worldwide Education, highlights how Microsoft is providing college students with easier access to tools for academic success.  —  Microsoft today announced The Ultimate Steal …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:   Microsoft pushing Office 2007 with promos galore
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google secures GoogleDrive.com and updates name servers  —  Google already owns GDrive.com, but it's unlikely that will be the final name of the service.  Like Gmail is technically "Google Mail", the real name for GDrive will likely be "Google Drive".  So that got me wondering about the domain "GoogleDrive.com".
Ryan Block / Engadget:
iUnlock released: the first free, open source iPhone SIM unlock software  —  It looks like the battle's officially over between iPhoneSIMfree and the numerous unique groups of open source hackers trying to software SIM unlock the iPhone.  As we've been following in our previous post on the topic …
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Dan Ackerman / Crave: The gadget blog:
Microsoft sneaks 1GB of memory into new laptop mouse  —  Microsoft has a handful of new laptop mice the company wants you to know about this morning.  And while Microsoft isn't usually the first brand name that springs to mind when you think of computer hardware (software's another story) …
Discussion: Gizmodo
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Microsoft unleashes 2 LifeCams and 3 Mice, we've got the hands-on to prove it
Discussion: Ubergizmo
Journalism.org:
THE LATEST NEWS HEADLINES—YOUR VOTE COUNTS  —  If someday we have a world without journalists, or at least without editors, what would the news agenda look like?  How would citizens make up a front page differently than professional news people?  —  If a new crop of user-news sites …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Sun to ship Microsoft Windows Server on its hardware  —  Long-time rivals and occasional collaborators Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced on Wednesday that Sun will ship 64-bit servers with Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 operating system.  —  Within 90 days, Sun will offer Windows Server 2003 …
Discussion: Computerworld
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Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
New York Times Launches Facebook App  —  The New York Times takes a step into the social networking realm today by launching a Facebook application called the New York Times News Quiz.  The simple application presents users with a daily (Monday-Friday) 5 question, multiple choice quiz …
Discussion: Mashable!
BBC:
Phone cancer doubts remain  —  The long-term cancer risk of mobile phone use cannot be ruled out, experts have concluded.  —  A major six-year research programme found a "hint" of a higher cancer risk.  —  But the UK Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHRP) …
Andrew Hampp / AdAge:
Once Considered a YouTube Rival, MTV Does Away With IFilm.com  —  Merges Video Site With Spike to Create New Male-Targeted Destination  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — In the pre-YouTube era — you know, that ancient, halcyon time of 2005 and before — one had to be very resourceful to find pirated clips …
Chris Mellor / PC World:
NetApp Storage for Medium-Size Businesses  —  NetApp's new FAS 2020 and FAS 2050 storage arrays are designed for companies with between 100 and 1000 employees.  —  Recommend this story?  —  NetApp has, as predicted, announced its new FAS 2020 and FAS 2050 storage arrays.
Discussion: Between the Lines
Palm - Company:
Palm Launches Treo 500v on Windows Mobile 6 for Vodafone Customers  —  Mobile High Speed 3G/UMTS Internet Access and Multiple Forms of Communication Combined in One Compact Handset  —  Palm Europe Ltd today announced the Palm(R) Treo(TM) 500v smartphone which combines multiple forms …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hulu Makes First Acquisition; Chinese Video Startup To Form Backbone Of New Service  —  We haven't heard much about Bejing-based startup Mojiti before this week.  They popped up in the TechCrunch Forums in January and are notable because the founder, Eric Feng, was previously at Microsoft Research Asia.
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Report: MMORPGs revenues to explode over next few years  —  The online gaming space is growing.  While some analysts are saying that games with strong online components make more money than games without, the "Online Games: Global Market Forecast" report by Strategy Analytics goes further …
Discussion: EMAC
Business Wire:
Idearc Media Acquires LocalSearch.com URL; Makes Strategic Investment in AmericanTowns.com  —  DALLAS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Idearc Media Corp., home to Superpages.com® and publisher of the Verizon® Yellow Pages, has acquired the LocalSearch.com URL and made a strategic investment in AmericanTowns.com …
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Would Google Maps Street View be legal in Canada?  —  The privacy commissioner in Canada says Google Maps' new high-resolution images in its Street View feature could violate Canada's privacy laws because citizens may not know they have been photographed, according to The Canadian Press.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Disgruntled investors aim to derail Acer-Gateway deal  —  Some investors aren't so excited about Acer's acquisition of Gateway, as evidenced by a pair of lawsuits filed since the deal was announced late last month.  Both of the lawsuits seek to keep the merger from going forward …
Discussion: eWEEK.com
 
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Hacker / security expert charged with massive credit card theft
The Boy Genius Report:
HTC Juno? Yes!
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget Mobile
Business Wire:
Lenovo Raises Energy-Efficiency Bar with Its Smallest, Quietest Desktop PC
Sarah Lai Stirland / Wired News:
Yahoo's Presidential 'Mashup Debate' Won't Support Mashups
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iPhone Ringtones - What Did iTunes 7.4.1 really do?
Karl / dslreports.com:
Cable Wins Some, Loses Some At FCC
Discussion: Ars Technica
Paul Hales / Inquirer:
AMD almost promises "no core wars"
Discussion: WinBeta
 Earlier Items: 
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear:
Windows Vista Crippled By WGA (Again)
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
NYT: August Ads Drop -3.2%
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Fairlight's $28,000 XYNERGI keyboard makes Optimus look Minimus
Discussion: Crave
cabel.name:
Coda Toolbar and the Three Pixel Conundrum
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Wikia Gaming Launches With 250,000 Articles
Discussion: HipMojo.com and MediaWiki
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear:
Flip Video Ultra Camcorder Makes Love To YouTube
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Ways in Which iTunes's Just-Released Official Ringtone Support …
Nokia:
AT&T and Nokia deliver speed and elegance with the Nokia 6555 phone
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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