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11:00 AM ET, April 1, 2006

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Scobleizer / Google Geek Blogger:
Announcement, I'm going to Google  —  I just got off the phone with Larry Page.  He's offered me a job to run Google's PR department and I've decided to take him up on it.  Why?  Because I finally realized that Steve Gillmor is right.  Microsoft Office is dead and I wanted to be at the company that is the future of everything.
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Dashboardspy / The Dashboard Spy:
The Scobleizer Dashboard - Scoble is using an MS Sharepoint Dashboard for The Scoble Meter  —  Thanks to a Dashboard Spy inside the Scoble encampment, we have this peek at the executive dashboard that Robert Scoble, famed blogger at microsoft, uses.  This screenshot was grabbed from Scoble's screen and smuggled out to us last night.
Discussion: Scripting News
Team Register / The Register:
China buys Google  —  Exclusive The People's Republic of China has acquired a controlling stake in the United States' fastest growing technology company, Google.  —  Google announced the transfer of 140m shares of Class B stock to a new entity owned by the Chinese Ministry of Information in typically forthright style.
Google Blogoscoped:
Google's April Fools: Google Rooms  —  Later today at www.google.com/rooms, Google will unveil their April Fool's site (a prank, not a real launch, if there's gonna be one).  A Googler who wants to remain anonymous sent me these screenshots:  —  This is from the Google Rooms help entry:
Discussion: Matt Cutts, Valleywag and Got Ads?
Josh Hallett / hyku | blog:
Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper Join Forces!  —  In a move that has shocked just about everyone in the PR industry, long-time PR bloggers Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper have joined forces to form PepperRubel PR.  Perhaps in a testament to their blogging roots, it was another blogger, me, that discovered their new venture.
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Where Apple fails  —  If Apple Computer is so great, how come it's so small?  —  With all the hoopla surrounding the company—and you'll hear a lot this week as Apple turns 30—you'd think it pulled off the first manned spaceflight to Neptune or invented long division.
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David M. Ewalt / Forbes:
20 Great Moments In Apple History
Discussion: Macsimum News and SurfBits
Eric Rice / Official Site:
Let me break it down for you.  Podshow = Old Media.  —  And yes, as you probably heard on our recent show (here and here), we're pretty much done with the nonsense that is Podshow, a big media-like podcasting startup.  —  Don't get me wrong, I'm *all* about the populist …
Discussion: MakeYouGoHmm and ben barren
Shel Israel / Naked Conversations:
Why Amazon Should Blog  —  Enough with the mutual acrimony.  We didn't like the way you asked your question and you didn't like the way we answered it.  But these dueling blogs on both sides are avoiding the central question: Should Amazon blog?  From where I sit I see a great number of ways that Amazon will benefit from blogging.
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Jason Gried / sitepoint.com:
Build Your Own Web 2.0 Application Using Fluff and Hot Air  —  So you have a great idea that you want to turn into the Next Big Thing?  Well, jump aboard the Web 2.0 bandwagon!  The momentum that's building behind web applications means there's never been a better time to start reaping the rewards of your hard work.
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
Eric Mack On-Line:
Ultra Wide-screen Tablet PC Heaven  —  OK, this new Ultra Wide-Screen Tablet PC rocks!  Talk about productivity!  I love the size of this screen!  Finally, a manufacturer that listens to what their customers want.  It's about time.  It's not light but it's packed full of power.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and GottaBeMobile.com
Caterina / Caterina.net:
9 reasons why people will *love* your web site  —  In response to Scott's post: 50 reasons people aren't using your web site and list of reasons why people will LOVE your web site:  — Because it makes them feel good about themselves  —  There's a great blog about how making people feel …
Yahoo! Search blog:
All Your Web 2.0 Are Belong To Us  —  We're in the midst of buying Dogg (a Web 2.0 cross between Digg and Dogster "Where Every Dog Has A Webpage"), and you know what?  It's a lot of work.  Buying up Web 2.0 companies here and there in piecemeal fashion gets old after a while.
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide:
GTA Chicago Official and Exclusive to PS3  —  The site's up for Grand Theft Auto Chicago, due to hit the Playstation 3 exclusively in October 2007.  —  Shocker!  Or perhaps April Fools joke is more likely.  When did Rockstar ever do a real city?  —  Update  —  I just heard back from Rockstar.
Discussion: Joystiq and Game Politics
Earthling / EarthLink blog:
Seeking An RSS Reader For The Rest Of Us  —  EarthLink's Director of Web Applications Gregg Hartling borrows Earthling to share some thoughts about RSS readers, inspired by today's TechCrunch article:  —  "I read through today's excellent TechCrunch review of web-based feed readers with great interest.
Discussion: Changing Way and CrunchNotes
Brian Murphy / Associated Press:
'Kosher' Phone Merges Technology, Faith  —  JERUSALEM — It sounds like the setup for a punch line: What do you get when you cross an ultra-Orthodox rabbi with a mobile phone?  But the "kosher phone" is real and its developers are serious about looking beyond the religious enclaves of Israel.
Discussion: IFTF's Future Now
mopocket.com:
THE 21ST CARNIVAL OF THE MOBILISTS  —  Welcome to the 21st Carnival of the Mobilists!!!  It is an honor to be hosting this weeks Carnival of the Mobilists here at MOpocket!  Its hard to believe that the Carnival is now 21 which means, to remind my European readers, that the Carnival …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
AT&T: 15 Mbps Internet connections "irrelevant"  —  At this week's Media, Entertainment and Telecommunications conference, AT&T COO Randall Stephenson told his listeners that increased bandwidth was no longer of great importance to consumers. … Certainly this is true for general web browsing …
 
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Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Moving On and Trading Places
Discussion: Matt Cutts
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
MySpace cleans up act; PVRs move upstream; Jobs kills Apple's …
Discussion: ben barren and Rough Type
Mike's Lounge:
More PC-to-mobile goodness (this time in Local Search)
Bill Bishop / billsdue:
Google China's Gooborgs
Official Google Blog:
Doing what they love, the rest follows
Gray Ghost / 4 color rebellion:
New Super Mario Bros. Delayed Again
Discussion: DS Fanboy and NoE Watch
ReveNews - Wayne Porter:
Adotas Reports 180 -180 = Zero
emarketer.com:
In-Sleep Advertising  —  "To sleep, perchance to dream...of a new diet soda?"
 Earlier Items: 
Kotaku, the Gamer's Guide:
$5M Class Action Lawsuit Against Ubisoft for Starforce
Discussion: Techdirt
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
March SF Tech Sessions summary
Adotas:
Google AdWords Unveils Two New Image Sizes
Discussion: ben barren and InsideGoogle
Andrew Liszewski / OhGizmo!:
Flexible LED - The Future Of Neon
The Ask.com Blog:
Update: Launching Tonight!
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Eolas: Changing IE User Experience a Shame
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Intel wants in on the bargain-basement laptop market
Discussion: TeleRead and Gizmodo
Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
NEW VERSION OF GOOGLE TALK LEAKED