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Michael / michael parekh on IT:
ON GOOGLE TESTING "CLICK-TO-CALL" ADWORDS & eBAY/SKYPE  —  Looks like eBay and it's $4 billion plus acquisition Skype (via memeorandum)may soon have company in testing the emerging "Click-per-Call" market from Google.  —  Greg Yardley has a detailed post titled "Google tests out Click-to-Call AdWords" …
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VoIP Blog:
Google Click to Call
David Beisel / Genuine VC:   Friction is Multiplicative
Business Week:
Meet Jane Geek  —  With women accounting for 50% of technology purchases, Dell, Samsung, and others are opening the door for them  —  Managers from Dell Inc.'s (DELL ) marketing and public relations staff flew from their Round Rock (Tex.) headquarters to New York earlier this year to meet …
Xeni Jardin / Wired News:
A Torrent or a Trickle?  —  HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood's copyright police and the maker of the most potent movie piracy software of all time took the stage here Tuesday and solemnly declared détente.  —  It's all but certain the deal between the Motion Picture Association of America …
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Business Week:
Can Microsoft Score in Mobile Gaming?  —  With the new Xbox console out, Redmond's next target is games for mobile phones, with plans to overhaul the business as we know it  —  Now that Microsoft has unveiled its new Xbox 360 gaming console, what's next?  Games for the small screen.
Margaret Kane / CNET News.com:
Microsoft opens up Office  —  Microsoft wants to make the file formats for its new Office 12 applications a standard.  —  The company said it would submit applications to the European standards body ECMA International next month, in a move to reassure customers that they will not be locked into proprietary file formats.
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David Berlind / Between the Lines:   Microsoft ECMA/ISO move could give Office formats new lease on life
Rob Fahey / gamesindustry.biz:
CNN drops PS3 price story as Stringer comments are confuted  —  No comments on pricing or availability from Sony boss after all  —  Comments published in a CNN article yesterday purporting to be from Sony CEO Howard Stringer regarding the planned pricing for PlayStation 3 have been removed …
Discussion: Kotaku
Lorraine Woellert / Business Week:
Sony's Escalating "Spyware" Fiasco  —  Along with lawyers, prosecutors, and furious fans, artists are joining the backlash against the label for slipping a hidden, anti-theft program into users' computers  —  Van Zant's Get Right with the Man CD was released in May, but six months later …
Randall Bennett / DV Guru:
Carving the Perfect Home Movie  —  Turkey Day is tomorrow, and with the rest of the holidays right around the corner, time to brush up on your home movie skills.  While this is old hat to many DV Guru vets, all the newbies to the world of Digital Video (DV) might need a gentle introduction.
Discussion: Weblogs, Inc.
Lester Haines / The Register:
Heroes pull woman from Xbox blaze  —  An Anglesey woman was pulled unconscious from her house by two strangers after succumbing to smoke generated by a faulty Xbox.  —  Stuart Ward and Robert Johnson ran from a pub in Llanfairpwll to find the unnamed victim's house engulfed in thick …
Discussion: Engadget and Joystiq
Dana Epp / Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary:
The Cost in Fixing Bugs and How Irresponsible Disclosure doesn't Help the Matter  —  First off, a disclaimer.  I am not a Microsoft employee, nor do I ever expect to be one.  The views on this post are speculative at best, and down right wrong at worst.  I have no real idea of how Microsoft makes …
Nick / Rough Type:
Jellybeans for breakfast  —  When my daughter was a little girl, one of her favorite books was Jellybeans for Breakfast.  (Holy crap.  I just checked Amazon, and used copies are going for hundreds of bucks!)  It's the story of a couple of cute tykes who fantasize about all the fun stuff …
Discussion: Keep Trying and Web 2.0 Explorer
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Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Blogging as 'intellectual hydroplaning'?
Discussion: Rough Type
Matt / OnlyOnce:
Not-so-Counter Cliche: Forecast Early and Often  —  Not-so-Counter Cliche: Forecast Early and Often  —  There's no "counter" in this week's counter cliche, although this is a cross-post to two of Fred's recent postings.  In his VC Cliche of the Week, he talks about the need for early-stage companies …
Discussion: A VC
Matt Casamassina / cube.ign.com:
Xbox 360 is Not a Revolution  —  And here it is: 10 reasons why you should skip Microsoft's 360 and wait for the real gaming revolution.  —  November 22, 2005 - We like to consider ourselves equal opportunity gamers.  We love Nintendo and we adore its home consoles.
Discussion: Joystiq
Feld Thoughts:
My Newest Investment - Judy's Book  —  Last week, Judy's Book announced that Mobius led an $8 million Series B financing with existing investors Ignition Partners and Ackerley Partners and that I joined the board of directors.  —  The founder and CEO of Judy's Book - Andy Sack - is a long time friend and colleague.
Discussion: A VC and John Cook's Venture Blog
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
New Feedster 500  —  Scott Johnson, CTO and co-Founder of Feedster, has the details on their new Feedster 500.  Interesting that they had a whole argument about "the Scoble question."  Thanks for the kind words!  —  Congrats!  I'm sure most of us agree with his comments.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Feedster Top 500 Update
Raymond / DLTQ.org:
My OPML file is one of my greatest assets.  —  I cannot say this today, but sometime in 2006 I will.  —  By then, my OPML file will include my list of subscribed rss feeds, it will include links to the blog/videoblog entries I have made myself - or just the ones that I like the most myself …

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