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  Microsoft tries to reclaim Windows' image

  After years of letting Apple's attack ads go unanswered, software maker sets out on difficult, costly journey of trying to take back control of what Windows stands for.
  • Windows chief on Seinfeld ads
  • Reisinger: Seinfeld ad was superb

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  A fragmented audience for start-ups?

  With both DemoFall and the TechCrunch50 kicking into action Monday, venture capitalists and other start-up watchers find themselves in a pinch.
  •  User's guide to the events
  • Demo+TechCrunch=Launch Week

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• Ad trade group opposes Yahoo-Google search deal

  Association of National Advertisers announces it has sent a letter to the top antitrust chief for the U.S. Department of Justice, issuing its objections to the controversial Yahoo-Google search ad partnership.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Creating a 'Facebook for spies'

  The CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency are reportedly testing a social-networking site designed for use by analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• In NFL deal, an extra point for Adobe's Flash

  Football fans will get to see live streaming of NBC's Sunday night games via Flash--not NBC's Olympic teammate, Silverlight.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Jonathan Skillings)

• Google-focused satellite enters orbit

  The search titan has exclusive rights among online mapping sites to images from the new GeoEye-1 satellite, which launched Saturday.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Jonathan Skillings)

• Facebook botnet risk revealed

  Researchers created a demo "Photo of the Day" app that turned Facebook users' machines into a botnet. Social networks, they warn, are ideal for attack platforms.

  (Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

• At the TechCrunch50, an unfair advantage?

  Inside baseball: How Webware and other blogs can compete with TechCrunch in covering the TechCrunch50 event.
  • A user guide to following DemoFall and TechCrunch50
  • Are Demo and TechCrunch50 fragmenting their audiences?
  • Chris Shipley 1, Internet lynch mob 0

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• Chrome's JavaScript challenge to Silverlight

  The advent of Google's Chrome browser, software pros say, should spur a big speedup for JavaScript, which would raise its standing against Microsoft's Silverlight technology.
  • Full Chrome coverage

  (Posted in Business Tech by Suzanne Tindal)

• Apple watchers spot 'iPod Nano' pix, iTunes hints

  The rumor mill has long been predicting a longer, leaner new version of the iPod Nano, and now it's conjuring up some pictures.

  (Posted in Apple by Jonathan Skillings)

• Security firm spots Chrome 'SaveAs' flaw

  Bach Khoa Internet Security of Vietnam reports that the new Google browser is susceptible to a critical buffer-overflow flaw.
  • Security Bites podcast: The security of Chrome

  (Posted in Security by Jonathan Skillings)

• At 10 years old, whither Google?

  Daniel Sieberg of CBS News looks at how the company grew exponentially from start-up to superstar and part of our culture, but what's ahead?
  • Why I'm passing on Google's 10th anniversary

  (Posted in Digital Media by CBS Interactive staff)

• Mozilla releases second Firefox 3.1 alpha

  Added features include support for a new video tag element introduced with the HTML 5 standard, along with some speed enhancements.

  (Posted in Webware by Renai LeMay)

• About time: Joost to launch browser-based player

  Company's desktop client failed to catch on with the public, so the Web video service is retooling, but is it too late to catch up to Hulu and YouTube?
  • Hands-on with the new Joost: Software still required

  (Posted in Digital Media by Greg Sandoval)

• Week in review: Google's Chrome shines

  Web giant makes long-awaited foray into browser market, while the mobile market warms up. Also: Tech goes to Republican National Convention.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)
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