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5:30 PM ET, May 3, 2006

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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yahoo & Microsoft Have Talked Partnering, Merging  —  I was talking with Kevin Delaney of the Wall Street Journal on Monday about search things in general and mentioned the sense it makes for Microsoft and Yahoo to get together.  Microsoft is behind with the core search technology.
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Jonathan Thaw / Bloomberg:
Microsoft's AdCenter May Fail to Topple Google From Dominance  —  May 3 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.'s new Web advertising software, three years in the making, may fail to crack Google Inc.'s dominance of the Internet ad market.  —  The AdCenter software will be demonstrated at meetings …
Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:
Ballmer defends Microsoft's spending increase  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is confident that the company's plan to invest more across several businesses is the right move in the long run.  —  But the news last week that the spending would likely be at the expense of higher near-term profits sent …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
France backs down on iTunes DRM stance  —  The French government has apparently reconsidered a proposal to force Apple Computer to make the songs it sells through its iTunes Music Store playable on devices that compete with its iPods.  —  A French Senate committee has removed wording …
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Willow Duttge / AdAge:
Ad Agency Sues Blogger for Defamation  —  Action Follows Public Battle Over Maine Tourism Ad Work  —  NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — An ad agency that specialized in travel advertising is suing a Maine-based blogger for defamation after he began to post regularly about the work the agency was doing for its client, the state of Maine.
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Suing Bloggers is an Invitation for Bad PR  —  Late last week Warren Kremer Paino Advertising sued Maine blogger Lance Dutson for copyright infringement, defamation and trade libel and injurious falsehood.  They charged he caused damage to their client, the Maine Office of Tourism, because he critiqued their marketing strategy.
Computerworld:
Microsoft says Vista still 'on track' despite Gartner doubts  —  The research firm notes that Windows 2000 took 16 months from beta 2 to final release  —  MAY 02, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - While Microsoft Corp. has a good track record of hitting its release targets for minor operating systems …
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Coolz0r:
Screw YouTube  —  Okay.  I'm out of YouTube.  I refuse to use the service any longer.  Recent changes made it very obvious they don't want users with large archives.  The site is very very slow and I have over 30 pages of videos.  Browsing to page 28 took me exactly 12 minutes …
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Timbl / Decentralized Information Group …:
Neutrality of the Net  —  This is an international issue.  In some countries it is addressed better than others.  (In France, for example, I understand that the layers are separated, and my colleague in Paris attributes getting 24Mb/s net, a phone with free international dialing and digital TV …
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Mike / Techdirt:
Tim Berners-Lee On Net Neutrality: It's Important, But Now What?
Discussion: Mark Evans
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Professors banning in-class laptop use  —  In yet another sign that Luddism is alive and well in academia (remember Lakehead University's silly WiFi ban?), the Associated Press has picked up on a disturbing "trend" of professors banning laptops in their classrooms.
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Kathy Matheson / Associated Press:
More Professors Ban Laptops in Class
Alice Z. Cuneo / RCR Wireless News:
Loss of Cingular brand could cost AT&T  —  SAN FRANCISCO—It cost $4 billion to turn it into one of the best known names in the country, a future-forward, dynamic brand with a strong connection to young consumers and a share lead in the wireless marketplace.  Yet, in 2007, Cingular Wireless L.L.C. will be tossed aside like an old sock.
Discussion: MobileTracker
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Mike Musgrove / Washington Post:
Cellphone Gaming Lacks Pull  —  Report Says Little Interest, Purchasing Interface Are Deterrents  —  When it comes to buying and playing video games on a mobile phone, many people have tried it — but few ever try it again.  —  A report by Seattle-based M:Metrics released yesterday found that prices …
Discussion: dailywireless.org and Cathode Tan
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mmetrics.com:
M:Metrics data indicates selection, pricing play a big role
Consortiuminfo.org:
OpenDocument Approved by ISO/IEC Members  —  The six month voting window for ISO/IEC adoption of the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard closed on May 1, and at midnight (Geneva time) last night it was announced internally that ODF had been approved by the ISO members eligible and interested in casting a vote.
Kate Kaye / ClickZ:
Report Shows Marketers Stick with Proven Interactive Media  —  Mobile, RSS and advergaming may get lots of media attention, but many marketers are looking the other way.  A new Forrester Research report shows that a wide spectrum of interactive marketers is continuing to bank on proven methods …
Discussion: Micro Persuasion and Andrew Lark
Lorne Manly / New York Times:
Microsoft Teams Up With Hollywood to Offer Original Web Shows  —  Nearly 10 years after wholeheartedly but prematurely embracing original entertainment programming on the Web, Microsoft is re-entering the fray.  But instead of attempting to contort itself into a media company by hiring scores …
Michael Gartenberg:
More on the Samsung Q1  —  I've been a little slow getting my review of the Samsung Q1 together but but Linda Epstein has a good set of comments here.  —  Some of the nice points of the unit i've found?  A built in VGA connector.  That's really useful if you're looking to use one of these devices …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
News Bits: Skype, Pandora and Meebo  —  There are a few product updates going out tonight or tomorrow morning involving Meebo, Pandora and Skype that are worth mentioning.  —  Skype Adds Skypecasts  —  Skype is releasing version 2.5 beta of its client software on Wednesday.
Reuters:
'Net Neutrality' Battle Widens  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. financial sector, a powerful force in Washington, may be gearing up to jump into a Capitol Hill fight over the future of the internet and stop an effort it says could add billions in costs just to maintain current offerings.
opera.com:
Mini Gets Mighty: Introducting Opera Mini 2.0 for your mobile phone  —  Opera Software today released Opera Mini 2.0, the new version of the tiny and fast Web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone.  With over 2.5 million users since its first release in January 2006, Opera Mini has revolutionized mobile Web browsing.
Discussion: MobHappy and Phone Scoop
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:
Silent recall on MacBook Pro batteries … If it wasn't bad enough that to have processor and CPU whine, poor Airport reception and solar ambient temperatures, it appears that some early MacBook Pro batteries are now failing.  —  Christopher Price from PCSIntel.com has uncovered what appears …
 
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VoIP Blog:
Skype 2.5  —  Skype just released the new addition of its software.
Business Wire:
DIRECTV Continues to Expand Local HD Programming
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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
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