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11:35 AM ET, May 4, 2006

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PR Newswire:
Seventh Annual MSN Strategic Account Summit Celebrates Advertisers' Role in Microsoft Media Network Vision  —  CEO Steve Ballmer Announces the Launch of Microsoft adCenter in the U.S.  —  REDMOND, Wash., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — At the seventh annual MSN® Strategic Account Summit …
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Jennifer Slegg / Search Engine Watch Blog:
MSN adCenter Officially Launches & Changes Name to Microsoft adCenter  —  While MSN adCenter has been in pilot mode since mid-October, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is announcing the official launch of adCenter at Thursday's MSN Strategic Account Summit... as well as the new name change to Microsoft adCenter.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Microsoft takes plunge with AdCenter  —  REDMOND, Wash.—A year after first announcing plans for a homegrown ad engine, Microsoft is now using the tool for all its U.S.-based search queries.  —  Microsoft is banking on AdCenter as the lynchpin of its efforts to increase advertising as a source of revenue across the company.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:   Gates: Microsoft will keep Google honest
Jessie Seyfer / Mercury News:
Skype putting town-hall idea on the Internet  —  NEW SERVICE LETS UP TO 100 HOLD AUDIO DISCUSSIONS  —  Internet phone-calling software maker Skype has created a way to transform blogs from soapboxes into live, town-hall meetings.  —  Starting today, people who have installed the free Skype software …
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Kevin Maney:
Google Health: Probably coming next week  —  Marissa Mayer, Google's VP of search products and user experience, came to USA TODAY on Tuesday.  She mentioned that there would be a couple of big announcements next Wednesday at the annual Google Press Day — which I will attend, along with my colleague Jefferson Graham.
CNET News.com:
FCC approves Net-wiretapping taxes  —  update WASHINGTON—Broadband providers and Internet phone companies will have to pick up the tab for the cost of building in mandatory wiretap access for police surveillance, federal regulators ruled Wednesday.  —  The Federal Communications Commission …
John Battelle / Federated Media Publishing Inc.:
FM's Advertising Platform Launch!  —  The beta of FM's advertising platform is now live!  —  As I just wrote to the authors who have made all this possible:  —  Nearly two years ago, while researching my book, I came up with an idea about online media, based on an author-driven world …
Anne Becker / Broadcasting & Cable:
CBS Set To Debut Broadband Channel  —  With the broadcast upfront presentations in less than two weeks, CBS is angling to hog the multiplatform spotlight early by launching their long-awaited broadband video player before the upfronts even start.  —  The network plans to debut …
Discussion: paidContent.org and IP Democracy
Brenda Goodman / New York Times:
I Hear Ringing and There's No One There.  I Wonder Why.  —  SIX minutes 39 seconds into the Richard Thompson song "Calvary Cross," Mike Pelusi, a music reviewer in Philadelphia, will almost invariably check his cellphone.  —  Minka Wiltz, an actress in Atlanta, has tried to answer her phone …
Business 2.0:
YouTube sees user rebellion  —  Recent changes in the website are turning longtime fans against the video service.  Plus: French abandon attack on iTunes.  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Hypergrowth comes with hyper-growing pains — just ask YouTube.
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Philly Wi-Fi project passes final hurdle  —  Philadelphia's citywide Wi-Fi project overcame its final hurdle Wednesday, as a city council committee approved measures to allow the contractor for the project, EarthLink, to hang equipment from city-owned utility poles.
Washington Post:
McNealy Discusses "Network Neutrality"  —  Following are excerpts from Washington Post Staff Writer Arshad Mohammed's interview with Sun Microsystems Inc. Chairman Scott G. McNealy on Tuesday.  —  McNealy, who last week announced his decision to give up the title of chief executive …
Lisa Goldman / Morph-The Media Center conversation:
Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters: Where Does Trust Fit In?  —  Originally uploaded by We Media London.  —  Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters talks during the session "Big Idea 4: The Democratization of Media - Where does trust fit in?" at Day 2 of the We Media Global Forum.  Photo by Paul Hackett, Reuters
Discussion: BuzzMachine and robhyndman.com
Max Glaskin / autoexpress.co.uk:
Thieves key in laptop threat  —  i-tech crooks have a new weapon in their armoury to steal cars - the computer laptop.  They have perfected a way to steal expensive models with keyless security using a portable micro machine.  —  Security experts are warning of the new car breaker days …
Discussion: Engadget and leftlanenews.com
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
Microsoft Is Pushing for Privacy?  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to protecting customers' privacy, Microsoft doesn't have the best record.  So when the software giant backs new federal privacy legislation, onlookers suspect the company is probably protecting itself.
Stace / Unwired View:
Audio navigation for your iPod  —  One of the key factors in Apple's iPod success was it's convenient user interface for navigating through the huge music libraries stored inside the player.  And this user interface might get even better soon - it seems that Apple plans to add audio navigation to the iPods.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Engadget
Greg Knauss / An Entirely Other Day:
The Back-Logged Life  —  I was talking with Ethan Kaplan the other day and his pants kept vibrating.  I have that effect on people.  —  No, no, sorry.  I mean, his Blackberry is set to ping him every time an e-mail arrives, and the man gets five hundred messages a day.
Discussion: VA Journal
 
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