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12:20 PM ET, April 27, 2006

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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Can blogs affect politics and society?  —  As a lead-up to mesh in May, the Gang of Five — that is me, Rob Hyndman, Mark Evans, Mike McDerment and Stuart "call me Chairman Mao" MacDonald — have been talking a lot (not surprisingly) about the themes we want to look at, and crawling the blogosphere …
Discussion: UMBC eBiquity Blog
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Rob Hyndman / robhyndman.com:
The mesh Sessions: Can Blogs Influence Politics?  —  When we first talked about organizing mesh, one of the topics that most excited us was the role that blogs are playing in political journalism in Canada, and the broader role that blogs are beginning to assume in fostering political discussion …
Discussion: mesh blog
Leslie Walker / Washington Post:
How to Juice Up a Site's Rank  —  If your Web site isn't getting the attention it deserves on the Internet, it may be running low on Google juice.  —  Google juice, for the uninitiated, refers to how high a Web site ranks in Google's search results — the higher the ranking, the more juice.
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Randfish / SEOmoz | Daily SEO Blog:   Washington Post on the SEO Industry & Link Buying
Wired News:
Your Thoughts Are Your Password  —  What if you could one day unlock your door or access your bank account by simply "thinking" your password?  Too far out?  Perhaps not.  —  Researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, are exploring the possibility of a biometric security device …
Discussion: Engadget, Gizmodo and Ken McGuire Blog
Melissa J. Perenson / PC World:
First Look: Seagate's New Giant Hard Drive Screams to the Top  —  The Barracuda 7200.10 750GB uses new technology to achieve 50 percent greater capacity—and top-flight performance—in our tests.  —  Seagate's Barracuda 7200.10 750GB drive, the largest hard drive to date, sets new high-water marks for capacity, price, and performance.
Discussion: Engadget
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CNET News.com:   Democrats pledge fight over Net neutrality
Cph / Netcraft:
Apache Now the Leader in SSL Servers  —  Apache has overtaken Microsoft as the leading developer of secure web servers.  Apache now runs on 44.0% of secure web sites, compared to 43.8% for Microsoft.  —  As the original developers of the SSL protocol, Netscape started out with a lead in the SSL server market.
Discussion: inside analytics
Official Google Blog:
A great day for 3D  —  Last month we told you that @Last Software had joined the Google fold.  Today we're releasing Google SketchUp, a free version of our 3D modeling software, which makes our long-time vision of making 3D accessible to everyone a reality.
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Reuters:
Vonage to start Wi-Fi service in Britain  —  Vonage subscribers in the U.K. will soon be able to make mobile phone calls over the Internet, the company said Wednesday.  —  The U.S.-based Net phone company and Wi-Fi hot spot operator The Cloud are working together to launch a service …
Discussion: Gadgetell and TechSpot
PR Newswire:
SideStep Enters New Market Expanding the Power of Travel Search into Local Attractions, Events & Activities  —  New Offering Allows SideStep to Better Serve Travelers and Locals Alike  —  SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 27 /PRNewswire/ — SideStep, Inc. (www.sidestep.com), the Web's leading travel search engine …
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
I'm nuts about Southwest  —  Funny, I just got off of a Southwest airline from San Jose to Seattle and found out that Southwest now has a blog.  There's more on Memeorandum.  —  It's a pretty cold blog so far.  It's the kind of blog I think most corporations will start out with.  Safe.
Ben / Inside Firefox:
A Journey Through Feed Handling  —  One of the areas of focus for us for Firefox 2 is Feed Handling.  With this release we are seeking to make feeds more useful to more users, and along the way to that goal improve on some of the shortcomings of Firefox 1.x.  My plans are outlined in this newsgroup posting.
Mark LaPedus / EE Times:
Samsung grabs iPod design win  —  NAPA, Calif. — Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Wednesday (April 26) claimed that the company grabbed a major MP3 chip design win at Apple Computer Inc., at the expense of PortalPlayer Inc.  —  An executive from Samsung said the company won …
Discussion: Infinite Loop
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Microsoft Is Seen Near Ad Move  —  Microsoft is close to reaching a deal to buy Massive Incorporated, which makes technology that inserts advertisements into video games, a member of Massive's board said yesterday.  —  The board member, Douglas P. Miscoll, a partner with the venture capital …
open.bbc.co.uk:
Letting Berners-Lee do Baird a favour...  Working for the BBC has hidden benefits.  Even after working here for years, you still bump into astounding new people, ideas and content.  —  About six months ago a colleague, Julie Rowbotham, and I struck gold.  Data gold.
Discussion: NevilleHobson.com and hackdiary
 
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Heather Green / Blogspotting:
AOL Launches New Network of Financial Blogs
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Nokia To Open Store and Bring High-End Phones to US
Erik Sass / MediaPost Publications:
Magazines' Search For Upside Has A Digital Downside: Search
Bill Palmer / iprong.com:
iPod Garage evolves into iProng on May 8th!
Discussion: The Apple Core and Gizmodo
Miss Rogue / HorsePigCow:
Why the small will overcome  —  Remember when Google's blogsearch came …
Discussion: Scobleizer and AccMan Pro
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
GelaSkins Vinyl iPod Skins
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Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
MediaNews Buys 4 Papers From McClatchy
Rafat / paidContent.org:
@ Milken: Chernin, Iger and Miller: The Shape Of Things And Things To Come
Discussion: MocoNews.net
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Coates / plasticbag.org:
Is the pace of change really such a shock?
Discussion: chew shop and BuzzMachine
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
The Season of Bad Laws, Part 3: Banning MP3 Streaming
Matt Biddulph / hackdiary:
Last.fm isn't just for humans
Mark Ward / BBC:
Gamers lament top tournament loss
Discussion: Kotaku
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Goes Beyond College, High School Markets
John Hagel / Edge Perspectives with John Hagel:
SOA Versus Web 2.0?
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Is Google Search More Relevant Or Is There A Brand Factor?
Kate Kaye / ClickZ:
Survey Shows the Blogosphere is Breaking Out