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11:55 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: IP Democracy and paidContent.org
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 …
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.
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.
starwars.com:
This September: Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD  —  Fans can look forward to a September filled with classic Star Wars nostalgia, led by the premiere of LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy video game and the long-awaited DVD release of the original theatrical incarnations of the classic Star Wars trilogy.
Discussion: Alpha Blog and Binary Bonsai
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
Stowe Boyd / Message:
OnHollywood: The Suits Are Clueful  —  Link: I have to admit that I came to AlwaysOn OnHollywood with trepidation, but I can put aside my worst fears: the representatives of the big media companies on JD Lasica's panel this morning really get it.  —  I think it was Ted Cohen of EMI that stated …
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
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.
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Steve Gillmor / Steve Gillmor's InfoRouter:
Letting 'them' eat cake
John Boudreau / Mercury News:
Microsoft to announce video-production deals for MSN online
Paul Miller / Engadget Mobile:
Pics galore of Blackberry's 7130c, v and g
Stace / Unwired View:
Audio navigation for your iPod
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and Engadget
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Apple's new TV ads are great, incredibly irreverent and cleverly produced …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Fisher-Price shipping Kid-Tough MP3 player and digital cam
Discussion: Engadget and THE RAW FEED
Roy Mark / internetnews.com:
House Panel Bans Online Gambling
corel.com:
Corel Corporation Acquires WinZip Computing
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biz.gamedaily.com:
Breaking: ESRB Changes Oblivion's Rating to "M"
Dan Ilett / CNET News.com:
Korean Apple online store hacked
Cruocitae / The Reviewer:
MPlayer interview  —  I requested an interview from the MPlayer team …
Johntunger / TypePad Hacks:
Ban Spam URLS with TypePad's New Word Banning Feature
Robert Young / Between the Lines:
Mark Cuban is Wrong
Katherine Meyer / Wall Street Journal:
The Best of the Worst
Kevin Poulsen / Wired News:
Microsoft Is Pushing for Privacy?
Jason / Q Daily News:
The dishonor of Blue Security