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3:30 AM ET, May 4, 2006

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Michael Sippey / Six Apart:
TypePad Update  —  Since approximately 4:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time, Six Apart has been the victim of a sophisticated distributed denial of service attack.  This has affected all of Six Apart's sites, causing intermittent and limited availability for TypePad, LiveJournal, TypeKey, sixapart.com, movabletype.org and movabletype.com.
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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
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.
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 …
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
leftlanenews.com:
Gone in 20 Minutes: using laptops to steal cars  —  High-tech thieves are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to stealing automobiles equipped with keyless entry and ignition systems.  While many computer-based security systems on automobiles require some type of key …
Discussion: Engadget and Techdirt
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: Phone Scoop
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Carlo Longino / MobHappy:   Opera Mini Goes 2.0
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 …
Discussion: Techdirt and broadband
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.
Dan Ilett / silicon.com:
Apple online store hacked  —  Korean website defaced...  Apple's Korean online store has been defaced by a hacker.  —  The attack, carried out by someone working under the name 'Dinam', who claimed in his post to be Turkish, was brought to the attention of silicon.com last Thursday.
Discussion: Mac Rumors
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 …
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 …
Katherine Meyer / Wall Street Journal:
The Best of the Worst  —  What were they thinking?  —  The Internet spawned so many weird gizmos and bad business ideas that mocking dot-com duds became something of a sport in the post-bubble era.  But some ideas still stand out for pure silliness.  These are products and services …
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.
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.
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.
Robert Young / Between the Lines:
Mark Cuban is Wrong  —  A few weeks ago, Mark Cuban blogged his thoughts on the challenges that broadcast TV networks face as they move towards the on-demand programming format of the Internet.  It's a provocative piece with a dire message, particularly as he concludes... "On demand video.
Brian McConnell / O'Reilly Network:
Building Your Own Teleconference System with Asterisk and Gizmo  —  Editor's Note: In the interest of disseminating this information as widely as possible, the author grants all reprint requests without the need to obtain any further permission as long as the URL of this original article is included.
Discussion: Smart Mobs and newsmotto! blog
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Brian McConnell / O'Reilly Network:
How to Implement Telecommuting in a Hurry
Discussion: O'Reilly Radar
 
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Johntunger / TypePad Hacks:
Ban Spam URLS with TypePad's New Word Banning Feature
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Skype Piles It On  —  As rivals ramp up, the Internet phone …
Discussion: jkOnTheRun and EBAY
Steve Pavlina / Steve Pavlina's Personal …:
How to Make Money From Your Blog
Tom Sanders / vnunet:
Microsoft plays mobile search 'wild card'
Associated Press:
Motorola to buy BenQ R&D center
Discussion: Gizmodo
Eric Goldman / Technology & Marketing Law Blog:
North Carolina Blogging Conference Recap
Business Wire:
Marchex Acquires Assets of AreaConnect, Increasing its Proprietary …
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Is the Web the new Hollywood?
Om Malik / GigaOM:
CableCos Vs Bells & The Line Losses
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Napster: New Tune, Same Chorus?
Discussion: BETA and TechSpot
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Gartner predicts longer Vista delay
Consortiuminfo.org:
OpenDocument Approved by ISO/IEC Members
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Ask.com Launches Second Post-Jeeves Campaign
Mike Musgrove / Washington Post:
Cellphone Gaming Lacks Pull