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Doug Mohney / Inquirer:
Anti-Skype software kills IM, P2P too  —  Bandwidth bandsaw released  —  LAST WEEK, Verso Technologies (www.verso.com) announced the rollout of a "carrier-grade applications filter" that can block so-called bandwidth drains such as Skype, P2P messaging, streaming media, and instant messaging.
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verso.com:
Verso Launches NetSpective® 2.0 Enterprise Filtering Technology with Skype™ and P2P Blocking  —  Corporations and other organizations now have unprecedented control over the content allowed on their networks, resulting in improved productivity and reduced litigation potential
Discussion: EuroTelcoblog
Jenstar / JenSense:
Called out for being a blackhat spammer?  —  A noted an interesting trackback this morning going to my YPN case study about one of the first sites showing Yahoo's Publisher Network ads, Womens-Finance.  Primarily, he is accusing womens-finance as being nothing but a black hat spam site.
Discussion: Threadwatch.org and SEO Black Hat
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QuadsZilla / SEO Black Hat:   Jensense Cases Study: A Lesson in Search Engine Spamming
Michael Kanellos / CNET.com:
Crave privacy?  New tech knocks out digital cameras  —  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have come up with an inexpensive way to prevent digital cameras and digital video cameras from capturing that secret shot.  —  The technology they've devised detects the presence …
Larry Osterman / Larry Osterman's WebLog:
WHAT'S UP WITH AUDIO IN WINDOWS VISTA?  —  Steve Ball (the GPM for the MediaTech group (of which Windows Audio is a part)) discussed some of these changes in the Windows Audio Channel 9 video, but I'd like to spend a bit more time talking about what we've done.
Discussion: InsideMicrosoft
Noah Dylan Goldblatt:
Apple's New Tablet - the iNote.  —  James R. Stoup from Apple Matters is responsible for a recent article titled: "Flash Based Laptops, Sooner Than You Think."  He posits in his writing that Apple might extend a form of the iPod technology to a theme for desktops of consumer models …
Stefanie Olsen / CNET.com:
Intelligence in the Internet age  —  It's a question older than the Parthenon: Do innovations and new technologies make us more intelligent?  —  A few thousand years ago, a Greek philosopher, as he snacked on dates on a bench in downtown Athens, may have wondered if the written language folks …
news.vzw.com:
Dell And Verizon Wireless Connect On Wireless Broadband  —  Media Contact Info  —  BEDMINSTER, NJ & ROUND ROCK, TX — Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) and Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) have teamed to lead the evolving convergence of computing and communications devices.  This collaboration allows Dell customers …
prnewswire.co.uk:
Apple Expo: Harman Kardon(R) Introduces Car Audio Solution for the iPod(R)  —  PARIS, September 19 /PRNewswire/ — Picture is available:  —  Harman Kardon, a leading provider of audio products for the home, computer and automotive industries, unveiled the European version of Harman Kardon Drive + Play …
Discussion: blog.tmcnet.com and Engadget
Sarah McBride / Wall Street Journal:
Grokster Seeks Deal With File-Sharing Upstart  —  In a bid for legitimacy on the heels of an adverse U.S. Supreme Court ruling, file-sharing service Grokster Ltd. is in talks to be acquired by Mashboxx LLC, an upstart that is attempting to establish a legal peer-to-peer music company, according to people familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Download Squad
Will Franklin / WILLisms.com:
THE CARNIVAL OF THE CAPITALISTS.  —  Welcome to THE Carnival of the Capitalists.  —  When hosting traveling blog carnivals, it is customary for the host to rank, rate, profile, hide, categorize, and otherwise filter the entries.  Sometimes the better posts are near the top or are given special treatment of some sort.
Discussion: blogher
Xeni Jardin / Wired News:
CNN Hacks New TV Technology  —  Your impression when tuning in to CNN's The Situation Room for the first time is likely to be, "Geez, there's a lot going on here."  —  There is.  And much of it involves technologies familiar to internet regulars, but mostly unheard of in the context of TV newscasts.

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Jonny Evans / Wired News:
E-Tailers Get Apple Nastygrams
Discussion: loose wire and Mac Rumors
Harry Domash / San Francisco Chronicle:
Contrarian selection might not be rock solid, but it has legs
Discussion: The Stalwart
Shelleyp / Burningbird:
Ignore the fact that it's working
canada.com:
Can this man save the world?
Phillip Torrone / MakeZine.com:
HOW TO play video on iPods (with video)
Discussion: digg and LiquidGeneration
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Blogs: Foundational Tools for Network Building
Associated Press:
Google Takes On Copyright Laws
Discussion: HorsePigCow
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Cynthia / ipdemocracy.com:
Google Plans National Optical Fiber Network
Discussion: InsideGoogle
Tricia Duryee / Seattle Times:
RealNetworks streams tunes for Sprint
Jason Miller / Washington Post:
New Software to Revamp Census Logistics
Discussion: Fast Company Now
ABCNEWS:
Fed Ex in a Fit Over Furniture
CNN:
Hold the phone: Trump on your cell
Dan Goodin / Wired News:
My IPod for a Random Playlist
Discussion: The Apple Blog
Matt Cutts:
Filing a reinclusion request
O'Reilly Network:
Call for Participation  —  Proposals Due: September 19, 2005 Jump to the form.
Discussion: Waxy.org and Boing Boing
 
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