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  Verizon bets big
  on infrastructure

  While other companies try to scale back the bandwidth their customers use, Verizon is going the other way, spending billions to get people the high-definition content they want everywhere they go.

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  Henry Blodget's life
  as a blogger

  q&a The one-time Wall Street darling is trying his hand at journalism after being barred from the securities industry. He says blogging isn't always easy, but at least he laughs more.

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• Yahoo price target cut to $21 a share

  Sanford Bernstein analyst takes a dim view of a deal between Yahoo and AOL, in light of antitrust concerns over a Yahoo-Google tie-up.
  • 'Brief delay' for Yahoo-Google search-ad deal

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• MySpace Music: 1 billion songs streamed

  The social network says it hit the mark in just the couple of weeks since the debut of its streaming music service. Keep in mind that getting to 5 billion took the iTunes Store five years.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• eBay buys Bill Me Later, lays off 1,000

  Online auctioneer, soon reporting third-quarter results, also announces plans to acquire Danish classifieds specialists Den Bla Avis and BilBasen for approximately $390 million in cash.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Margaret Kane)

• Judge halts sales of RealDVD

  Legal fight heats up between Hollywood and RealNetworks over DVD-ripping software.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• BlackBerry App Center photos leaked

  Research In Motion is launching a competitor to the iPhone App Store, according to reports. It's about time.

  (Posted in Negative Approach by Dave Rosenberg)

• Ask.com, now with more answers

  Going back to its roots, Ask.com now displays answers to questions directly on its results pages.

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• eBay-backed community site Tokoni leaves beta

  The adult-focused discussion hub was founded by a former eBay exec and Skype president, and backed by the auction site itself as well as founder Pierre Omidyar.

  (Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)

• Capitalism to the rescue

  Can the venture capitalists at Kleiner Perkins reduce our dependence on oil, help stop global warming and make a lot of money at the same time?
  (From The New York Times)

• Who's to blame for spreading phony Jobs story?

  Silicon Alley Insider and CNN are at center of controversy surrounding false report that Apple CEO Steve Jobs suffered a heart attack. Citizen journalism may not be solely to blame.
  • SEC probes phony Jobs heart attack report
  • Jobs heart attack rumor not true, Apple stock swings
  • Video: Apple's encounter with 'citizen journalism'

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Report: Palin, Obama lead in election-related spam

  Spam study doesn't mean much in terms of who actually wins the election, but it does show spammers are staying on top of what names are hot among Net users.
  • Hanky-panky distorts Obama iPhone app results

  (Posted in Politics and Law by Desiree Everts)

• Kids keep parents in the dark about cyberbullying

  A study finds that online bullying is pervasive among teenagers, but few report the incidents to their parents or other adults.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Desiree Everts)

• Can't open your in-box? Good luck

  What would you do if you logged onto your e-mail and received an unfamiliar message: "User name and password do not match"?
  (From The New York Times)

• Amazon's Kindle 2 leaked?

  Boy Genius Report gets ahold of some photos that appear to be the next-generation digital Reader from Amazon. Could it be the real thing?

  (Posted in Crave by David Carnoy)
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