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10:25 AM ET, November 21, 2007

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Reuters:
T-Mobile says to sell iPhone without contract  —  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile will allow customers in Germany to buy Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract after rival Vodafone (VOD.L) obtained a court injunction against it.
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
T-Mobile Germany Sells $1,478 Unlocked iPhone to Avoid Legal Troubles, Tells Vodafone That They Suck (Updated) [IPhone Wars]  —  Responding to Vodafone's whining and legal action about the iPhone in Germany, T-Mobile has published a press release that basically tells Vodafone to TFSU …
Discussion: I4U News
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
T-Mobile responds to Vodafone iPhone injunction: $1,500 unlocked iPhones  —  T-Mobile just issued a press release in response to Vodafone's efforts to unravel the iPhone exclusive offering in Germany.  In the statement, T-Mobile claims that they will appeal the ruling (they have two weeks to do so) …
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and O'Grady's PowerPage
Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
IPhone Must Be Offered Without Contract Restrictions, German Court Rules  —  Last month, French law forced Apple to promise that consumers could buy a version of its iPhone in this country without having to be locked into a long-term contract with Orange, the only mobile phone operator offering the new device.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Newspaper Ads Tank Again, Industry Shrinking Fast  —  Newspaper ads got crushed again in Q3: Down 7.4% year over year.  Online revenue is growing, but isn't offsetting the declines in print revenue.  Alan Mutter, the dean of newspaper analysis, says the quarterly decline doesn't even begin …
Discussion: HipMojo.com and WebProNews
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Newspaper Association of America:
ONLINE NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING GROWTH CONTINUES — JUMPS 21 PERCENT IN THIRD QUARTER  —  Increased spending on newspaper Web sites boosts online share to more than seven percent of all newspaper ad dollars  —  Arlington, Va. - Advertising expenditures for newspaper Web sites increased …
Reuters:
Newspaper online ads up
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:   Newspaper Ad Sales Up Online, Down in Print
Arn / MacRumors:
'Don't Give Up on Vista' Web Ad  —  Several readers have noted a new web-only advertisement from Apple that has appeared on a number of sites, including News.com, Engadget.com, and PCMag.com.  —  The Apple advertisement features "Mac" and "PC" as played by Justin Long and John Hodgman in a web ad composed of two separate components.
John Leyden / The Register:
Google serves up surprise password cracking function  —  A Cambridge University researcher successfully used Google to unearth a password used by an attacker to compromise its security blog.  —  The attacker created an account in Wordpress when he attacked the Light the Blue Touch Paper blog …
Jessica Guynn / Los Angeles Times:
Latest target of MoveOn: Facebook  —  The advocacy group says the site's ad system violates users' privacy.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org launched a campaign Tuesday on Facebook against Facebook, raising privacy concerns for users of the fast-growing social network.
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Eseries:
Nokia Sports Tracker Beta - New Online Service  —  Wow - I am very, very impressed!  I have just taken Nokia Sports Tracker Beta for a quick spin and this new service, functionality and strategic direction has left me speechless.  —  Let's start with a recap.  Nokia Sports Tracker was released in March this year.
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
An Open Letter to Comcast and Every cable/Telco on P2P - updated  —  I'm not a Comcast customer.  I happen to get service from Verizon, ATT and Time Warner at various locations where I pay for internet service.  —  If I was a Comcast customer, I would tell them, as I am now telling all the services I am a customer of:
Tim Lee / Techdirt:
Google Maps Should Push The Wikipedia Analogy Further  —  Google comes out with a seemingly unending stream of little enhancements to its stable of excellent online properties.  One of the more exciting additions to come along in a while is the fact that users of Google Maps will now be able to move the markers on Google Maps.
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Josh Lowensohn / CNET News.com:
Google Maps gets user-generated markers
Discussion: TechSpot News
Kent German / CNET News.com:
Verizon's new Samsung FlipShot  —  Heads up everyone, Samsung has announced another new cell phone.  I know that a shocker, it's not as if the company has announced any other new models in this short holiday week, but try to contain your your surprise.  The new Samsung Flipshot, aka the SCH-U900 …
Discussion: Gizmodo
quality-drupal.stage.mozilla.com:
Join the Firefox 2.0.0.10 Testday - Friday, 23.  November !  —  November, 2007!  —  We will test the upcoming Firefox 2.0.0.10 with Release Candidate Builds on this test day.  You find the RC1 Builds for download here !  —  The event will run Friday, November 23, 2007, from 7am - 5pm PST
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Google Set-Top Box (Think Android For TV)  —  Deep in the Googleplex there is an engineering team thinking about how to extend Google's reach into your TV.  Its work goes way beyond the Google TV ads currently being tested by EchoStar (and targeted with help from Nielsen).
 
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James Sherwood / The Register:
Sony Ericsson 'invents' drag-and-drop for handhelds
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Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson / Financial Times:
Anti-piracy moves 'hurt sales'
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Monster.com attack puts users at risk (again)
Discussion: TechSpot News
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Blogosphere Needs A Vacation
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
PC Software's Great Year
Muhammad Saleem / Search Engine Land:
The Social Media Manual: Read Before You Play
Discussion: Digg
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Clickable Raises Another $3 Million, Officially Adds Jonathan Miller to Board
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Broken DRM scheme: $45 million; trampling fair use: priceless
Discussion: Gizmodo
Ann Bednarz / Network World:
AT&T calls teleworkers back to cubicle life