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9:45 AM ET, September 1, 2008

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Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Link by Link: Don't Like Palin's Wikipedia Story?  Change It  —  IN the 24 hours before the McCain campaign put the finishing touches on its surprise announcement Friday that Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska would be the Republican vice presidential candidate, one Wikipedia user was putting the finishing touches on her biography on the site.
Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Google's Knol: So Far, Not So Good  —  You could argue that it's unfair-or at least unrealistic-to review Google's Knol in its current form.  After all, the Wikipedia-like service just went public a little over a month ago.  It takes time to build a build a repository of the world's knowledge …
Steven Musil / CNET News:
Russia Web site owner killed after arrest … - Home - News - Politics and Law  —  News - Politics and Law  —  August 31, 2008 7:25 PM PDT  —  Russia Web site owner killed after arrest
Discussion: Inquirer
Jack Schofield / Guardian Unlimited:
Microsoft Skymarket coming for Windows Mobile 7 apps  —  It seems Microsoft realises it has missed a trick by relying on the capitalist free market to distribute applications for its mobile phones, and it should have gone for a closed, locked-down model like Apple's where it could trouser 30% of the sales revenues.
Discussion: PalmAddicts
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Search Engine Roundtable:
Labor Day '08 Logos Not From Google or Yahoo  —  Like last year, Google, Yahoo and Ask.com do not have special logos up for Labor Day.  But Dogpile and even Live.com have logos or themes live for the day.  —  Here is DogPile's logo:  —  Live.com has a mention of Labor Day in one of their mouse over elements:
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Don Reisinger / TechCrunch:
Can Hulu Be A Bigger Business Than YouTube?  —  Google's foray into the online video market has been criticized by many.  In fact, some believe that Google's decision to acquire YouTube was one of the worst it has ever made, thanks to the confluence of massive copyright violations …
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Google's Vanderbilt joins Bebo  —  Social network website Bebo has once again turned to Google to bolster its senior management, hiring Nicole Vanderbilt to drive its ambitious international expansion plan under new parent AOL.  —  Bebo has tapped former top Google talent on several occasions …
Discussion: The Next Web and paidContent
Svetlana Gladkova / Profy:
Do We Really All Work for Google Here?  —  No doubt, Google is the largest internet giant that determines exactly how the market operates and how other players behave online.  What's more, acquisition by Google is certainly one of the most appealing exit strategies for many of the newly-launched startups …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
For Web TV, a Handful of Hits but No Formula for Success  —  When the Writers Guild of America strike stopped television production last fall and winter, Hollywood writers and producers rushed to create new scripted series for the Web, often called webisodes for lack of a more artful term.
Bill Ray / The Register:
Intel buys up UK Linux lab  —  Download free whitepaper - Gartner Paper: US Data Centers - The Calm Before the Storm Gartner Report: How IT Management Can “Green” the Data Center - Free Download  —  Intel has bought up OpenedHand, the UK-based Linux development company …
Discussion: Electronista
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch UK:
Is Playfish the ‘million dollar a month’ facebook developer?  —  Recently the Facebook watching blogAllFacebook claimed: … TechCrunch speculated that potentially this might apply to Offerpal Media, a lead generation network for Facebook apps that gives users a way to earn virtual currency …
Discussion: Wonderland
Claire Cain Miller / New York Times:
Another Voice Warns of an Innovation Slowdown  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Judy Estrin, 53, has spent her entire career in Silicon Valley, a region that thrives on constant innovation.  Ms. Estrin, the former chief technology officer of Cisco Systems, has founded four technology companies.
Agence France Presse:
Microsoft to slash Xbox 360 price in Japan: report  —  TOKYO (AFP) - Microsoft will slash the price of its Xbox 360 video game console in Japan by almost 30 percent to try to boost sales amid tough competition from rivals Sony and Nintendo, a report said Monday.
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Nathan Layne / Reuters:   Microsoft to cut Xbox 360 price in Japan: Nikkei
 
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Chris Williams / The Register:
Vodafone says termination rate clampdown would hit the poor
Discussion: Inquirer
Serkan Toto / TechCrunch:
Google's Strategy In Japan: Avoid Yahoo And Take Over The Mobile Web First
Kim S. Nash / PC World:
A Peek inside Facebook
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
A New Battle Is Beginning in Branding for the Web
 Earlier Items: 
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
iPhone Web share hits record 0.48%, up 58% in one month
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Video of New Facebook for iPhone 2.0
Discussion: Mashable!
Fred / A VC:
Web Services That Cater To Both The Publisher And The Reader
Discussion: ben barren
Russell Beattie / Russell Beattie's Weblog:
When will Local truly be on the web?
 

 
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Source: the White House plans to impose its own seating chart for briefing room reporters, taking over a function long managed by the reporters through the WHCA

Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Zaslav has started meeting with candidates who could replace film studio heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, whose contracts expire in 2026

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
Bloomberg has had to correct at least three dozen AI-generated summaries on top of news articles since it started showing them early this year

 
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