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Ars Technica:
Xbox 360: shortages no joke  —  While some people insisted that the talk relating to Xbox 360 scarcity was just a veiled publicity stunt, I headed out this morning to see what the scene looked like on the ground.  In a word: chaos.  —  The shortage is very real, and it has plenty of people angry and frustrated.
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Reuters:
Gamers Wait in Rain for Xbox 360  —  NEW YORK/SEATTLE (Reuters)—Hundreds of video game fans braved chilly temperatures on both U.S. coasts on Tuesday to be among the first to get their hands on Microsoft Corp.'s new Xbox 360 video game console, which went on sale in North America on Tuesday.
Discussion: microsoft-watch.com and Gearlog
Tom Biro / AdJab:
The XBOX 360 Ad You've Been Waiting For  —  A couple nights ago, we told you about a crazy XBOX 360 advertisement that wasn't going to hit the airwaves anytime soon, according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's Todd Bishop.  Well, it appears he was right, it's not going to make television.
Allison Linn / Associated Press:
Gates: Xbox 360 Key to Microsoft Strategy
Discussion: Joystiq
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Great Google Wipeout  —  Chronicle of a corporate death foretold.  —  It wasn't like it had never happened before in the tech world.  At the beginning of the 1980s, an Apple computer was the only box a self-respecting user would own.  Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, IBM PCs, CompuServe …
Gavin Clarke / The Register:
RSS 'extensions' published by Microsoft  —  Microsoft has released details of a set of proposed extensions to Really Simple Syndication (RSS), billed as making it easier to receive and share data.  —  A draft of Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE) version 0.9 for RSS 2.0, and Outline Processor Markup Language …
Discussion: Views and Alec Saunders .LOG
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Michael Learmonth / variety.com:
Peeved over TiVo  —  Biz hardly happy with download plans  —  TiVo's plan to allow users to download TV shows and films to Apple's iPod and Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) could strain relations with networks and studios hoping to develop revenue streams from digital distribution.
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Associated Press:
Online Video Service Pairs Up With AOL  —  The migration of television to the Internet is getting another boost with a deal that gives Web video startup Brightcove Networks Inc. a foothold on AOL's Web portal.  —  America Online Inc. and media companies IAC/InterActiveCorp and The Hearst Corp …
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Michael Gartenberg:
Xbox 360, the Media Side  —  One of the most impressive things about the first generation of Xbox was the ability to use the console as a low cost media center extender for windows media center PCs.  It was a cumbersome process though, requiring a special boot disk for the console …
Discussion: PaidContent.org
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Barry Fox / newscientist.com:
Invention: Landmine arrows  —  For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled the world's weird and wonderful patent applications each week, digging out the most exciting, intriguing and even terrifying new ideas.  His column, Invention, is now available exclusively online.
Lora / What Is New:
Touch and ink do work together  —  Fujtisu is now shipping its Lifebook P1510D notebook with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 operating system.  The P1510D is an interesting notebook from several standpoints, including that it uses a touch screen instead of an active digitizer.
Discussion: Rob Bushway
Greg Yardley / Greg Yardley's Internet Blog:
Google tests out Click-to-Call AdWords  —  Google is apparently testing out click-to-call AdWords - I can't see it myself, but Seth just searched for 'refinance' and spotted some phone icons alongside the AdWords listings.  He entered his phone number and within five seconds received an automated phone call …
MIA / Popgadget:
Belkin kickstand case for video iPod  —  I am trying very hard not to succumb to the allure of the iPod with video, considering I haven't even half filled my 4G iPod, and I've already been through several portable media players from Archos, iRiver, etc...none of which I ever really used …
Gary Gentile / Associated Press:
Hollywood, BitTorrent Reach Agreement  —  LOS ANGELES - In a deal aimed at reducing illegal Internet traffic in pirated films, Hollywood reached an agreement Tuesday with the creator of the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent.  —  The agreement requires 30-year-old software designer Bram Cohen …
Discussion: PaidContent.org
Spencer Ante / Business Week:
A Digital Dodge City  —  The high-stakes battle between Verizon and Cablevision over a Long Island town is in the hands of a court and state regulators  —  James Altadonna Jr. won a heated election in 2001 to unseat the incumbent mayor in Massapequa Park, a comfy middle-class suburb …
Discussion: Techdirt and PaidContent.org
Seth Jayson / Motley Fool:
Instant Gratification From Apple?  —  Someone's gotta be the one who starts the rumor, right?  So here goes.  —  I think Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL) going to be offering instant-on computers in the very near future.  Make that near-instant.  Faster than normal, anyway.
Richard MacManus / Web 2.0 Explorer:
Web 2.0 Products We Need (But Which Don't Exist Yet)  —  Mike Arrington from TechCrunch.com has written an excellent post in which he lists 10 types of Web 2.0 products the world needs, but which nobody has developed (at least to our knowledge).  Here's his list and I'll add some more after:

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