Fake Jobs plans real publicity tour — SAN FRANCISCO - The "Fake Steve Jobs" blogger who jealously guarded his anonymity for nearly a year will soon embark on a publicity tour to tout his forthcoming book. — Forbes magazine editor Dan Lyons had intended to publish "oPtion$: The...

UC Berkeley first to post full lectures to YouTube — YouTube is now an important teaching tool at UC Berkeley. — The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web's No.1 video-sharing site. — Berkeley officials claimed in a...

Sony BMG's chief anti-piracy lawyer: "Copying" music you own is "stealing" — Duluth, Minnesota — Testimony today in Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas quickly and inadvertently turned to the topic of fair use when Jennifer Pariser, the head of litigation for Sony BMG, was...

Microsoft's Open-Source Trap for Mono — Opinion: Microsoft wants to destroy open-source by opening its code for examination, but not for use. — Microsoft is claiming that releasing the .NET Framework reference source code under the Microsoft Reference License will give developers...

Yahoo gets approval to buy ad firm BlueLithium — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has been given U.S. antitrust approval to buy BlueLithium, the Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday. — U.S. antitrust authorities decided the deal posed no...

FTC Okays $300 Million Yahoo-BlueLithium Merger — The Federal Trade Commission has ruled that Yahoo's (NSDQ: YHOO) $300 million acquisition of online ad network BlueLithium does not violate antitrust regulations and can now go through, according to Reuters. Source: paidContent.org ...

I'm working on a very exciting global hospitality project and working in Zurich, Dubai and London for a few weeks. Today I got to escape for a couple hours and take the train to Lucerne (or Luzern as the locals spell it). ... Go to Full Article

RIAA anti-P2P campaign a real money pit, according to testimony — Duluth, Minnesota — During an occasionally testy cross examination, a Sony executive said what many observers have suspected for a long time. The RIAA's four-year-old lawsuit campaign is costing the music industry...

Wow. We're worth $100 million! — Not a day after I trash Henry Blodget for touting Google stock at $2,000 a share he write a post titled "TechCrunch to Sell to CNET for $100+ Million?" — So first of all I owe Blodget a big apology. The guy is bright, insightful and dead on with...

You know you're on to something really big when the SEO's polluting the web make you public enemy #1... IN A T-SHIRT!!! Note: I'll be wearing this to my next fireside chat with Danny Sullivan for sure! ... Go to Full Article

Congrat to Brian Alvey (my partner @ Weblogs, Inc) and his team for quietly launching what I'm sure will be one of the most successful companies in the Web 3.0 era (the Web 3.0 era being based on high-quality content + lightweight, ... Go to Full Article

http://www.techmeme.com/071003/i65.jpgZune vs. iPod specification smackdown — The new Zunes are official so let's get to it: a spec-by-spec scrap between Redmond's new Zunes and Cupertino's formidable iPod foe. Unfortunately, Microsoft failed to mention the all important battery...

Wha-Wha-what?!?!?!?! I'm really excited to get Verizon's FIOS service some day, but I don't want to give up my cooper.... this is a big story if it's true. (AP) Verizon Communications is getting some complaints as it switches consumers ... Go to Full Article

Apple reportedly considering Intel platform for iPhone — Apple reportedly is considering adopting Intel's Moorestown MID (mobile Internet device) platform processor in a new iPhone, according to OEM sources. — Intel revealed a Moorestown-based MID product with functions similar...

Andy in our How To group has been doing some AMAZING How To articles recently... today he does one on How To Play Piano for Beginners that is just amazing (just in time for me... we bought a piano last week!). ... Go to Full Article