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11:45 AM ET, March 4, 2006

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Rob Kelley / CNN:
BlackBerry maker, NTP ink $612 million settlement  —  Research in Motion averts shutdown of wireless e-mail service, announces fourth-quarter warning.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said Friday it agreed to pay $612.5 million to patent holding company NTP …
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CNET News.com:
BlackBerry saved  —  update The long-running BlackBerry saga appears to be over.  —  Research In Motion and NTP have agreed to settle the patent dispute over the BlackBerry device for $612.5 million, the companies announced in a press release on Friday.  Under the agreement …
rim.net:
Research In Motion and NTP Sign Definitive Settlement Agreement to End Litigation  —  Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM; TSX: RIM) and NTP, Inc. (NTP) today announced that they have signed a definitive licensing and settlement agreement.
Discussion: MobileTracker
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Dogster or Newsvine in the Fox Interactive house?  —  Still speculating on who Fox Interactive has acquired, but won't reveal for a few weeks, Jeff Nolan is betting on Dogster, but also thinks that Tagged, Skobee or Meetro could be the target.  Newsvine has also been mentioned.
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Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
ASP.Net on a Roll  —  With all of the buzz about Ruby on Rails and AJAX, not a lot of people have noticed that Microsoft is making another really good run at the web development space.  Based on book sales data, it looks like ASP.Net 2. is on fire, with ASP-related book sales up 53% since …
Discussion: Gadgetopia
Ars Technica:
New radio Broadcast Flag legislation seeks to control innovation, eliminate fair use  —  The radio broadcast flag is gaining momentum.  House Representative Mike Ferguson (R-N.J.) is introducing legislation that would establish a broadcast flag for audio and also change the way in which the music industry licenses radio itself.
Discussion: Engadget
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Congress raises broadcast flag for audio
Discussion: Boing Boing and IP Democracy
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Better mail than jail  —  Drew Bell unsubscribes.  —  Roy Schestowitz unsubscribes and goes even further: "[Scoble's] reputation is overrated.  When it comes to technology, I found that Scoble cannot tell his ass from his face."  —  My reply?  First I want to reply to a couple others he made.
Yahoo! Search blog:
Searching out the video buzz on Hollywood's biggest night  —  Here at Yahoo!, we work on bringing you lots of ways to tap the web for whatever interests you - movies, music, games, etc - both on Yahoo and from across the web.  —  This weekend, we're featuring news, images …
Dennis Rice / GottaBeMobile.com:
Origami expectations .., and "What's already out there?"  —  I'm not gonna do any speculation in this post about Origami.  I do feel the need to warn you though - don't get confused until you know the facts.  If people are convinced that Origmai is an "UltraMobile PC" (UMPC) …
Discussion: Kevin 2.0
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Mobile Industry Doesn't Get Consumers  —  Imagine a conversation between a person who only knows Norwegian and other who is fluent only in Swahili.  Well, that precisely the relationship between mobile industry and its executives and the consumers.  RBC Capital Markets at its Mobility Evolution Conference …
Discussion: Labnotes
Patricia Huang / Forbes:
Take My Music, Please  —  Just like its competitors, Tower Records is having a hard time selling music at its stores.  Unlike its competitors, Tower has a novel response: It's going to give its music away on the Internet.  —  The 90-store chain plans to open a new online service this summer …
Discussion: PaidContent.org and Techdirt
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Web 2.0 And Media 2.0 Are Still In the 1.1 Phase  —  I've read A LOT about Web 2.0 — I haven't seen so much Koolaid since I was at summer camp.  And I've taken a stand that Web 2.0 is a long way from Media 2.0.  —  Kent Newsome has the latest antidote to Web 2.0 hype …
Agence France Presse:
Text messaging remains top service for mobile phone users: IDC  —  SINGAPORE (AFP) - Text messaging remains the most popular service for mobile phone users in the Asia Pacific despite offers for fancier applications such as email and gaming, an industry research group said.
Discussion: Engadget Mobile
Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
My interview with AMD's lead attorney on the Skype-Intel case  —  Late yesterday, I interviewed Chuck Diamond, partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles.  —  Diamond is also semi-conductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Device's (AMD) lead attorney in an antitrust suit filed last June against rival chipmaker Intel.
Discussion: Skype Journal and The Test Bed
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
The Center of Gravity is Shifting  —  If there was a common question that ran through all of today's social media tour interviews it was this - what's next, Steve?  One of the themes I kept hitting over and over is that the blogosphere is not where all the action is going to be in the months ahead.
Reuters:
Testing cell phone radiation on human skin  —  Finland's radiation watchdog is to study the effects of mobile phones on human proteins by direct tests on people's skin, to see if handset transmissions affect their health.  —  A pilot study, to be conducted next week, will expose a small area …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
PhillyFi details beamed into the ether  —  Remember the PhillyFi project that EarthLink was workingon?  The one in progress for a while now, intended to blanket the City ofBrotherly Love in 802.11?  Well, Philly's officially disclosing some details of the deal, if you're so interested …
Discussion: PalmAddicts and Clickety Clack
 
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