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Digital-Ad Spending May Eclipse Print This Year
Spending on digital advertising is poised to surpass print for the first time in 2010, according to a new study prepared even before the announcement of Apple’s iPad, with all of that hardware's game-changing potential. But another view is: So what? It’s bound to happen soon if not this year. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wPTbADHrxFNQJl4rA0ByS1nOLEo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wPTbADHrxFNQJl4rA0ByS1nOLEo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wPTbADHrxFNQJl4rA0ByS1nOLEo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/wPTbADHrxFNQJl4rA0ByS1nOLEo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=w-DS6jOEc3U:SDSQAl6Ilxk:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=w-DS6jOEc3U:SDSQAl6Ilxk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=w-DS6jOEc3U:SDSQAl6Ilxk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=w-DS6jOEc3U:SDSQAl6Ilxk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=w-DS6jOEc3U:SDSQAl6Ilxk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=w-DS6jOEc3U:SDSQAl6Ilxk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/w-DS6jOEc3U" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Grab 1,000+ MP3s From SXSW BitTorrent, Free and Legal
Fire up that bit torrent client to download more than 5 gigabytes of free MP3s from bands playing the SXSW music festival in Austin, Texas, next week and catch up on the latest in music with just a couple of clicks. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qe-eoxKVVJht6KvQUEkK14FqHt0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qe-eoxKVVJht6KvQUEkK14FqHt0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qe-eoxKVVJht6KvQUEkK14FqHt0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/qe-eoxKVVJht6KvQUEkK14FqHt0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=iOJlEstwNtM:u_WPr03XCho:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=iOJlEstwNtM:u_WPr03XCho:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=iOJlEstwNtM:u_WPr03XCho:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=iOJlEstwNtM:u_WPr03XCho:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=iOJlEstwNtM:u_WPr03XCho:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=iOJlEstwNtM:u_WPr03XCho:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/iOJlEstwNtM" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Four In Five Consider Web Access A Fundamental Right
Four in five adults believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right — with those feelings particularly strong in South Korea and China — and half believe it should never be regulated, according to a global survey. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y7r7cx0fsZSGTEbabY8Hsw6hblQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y7r7cx0fsZSGTEbabY8Hsw6hblQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y7r7cx0fsZSGTEbabY8Hsw6hblQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Y7r7cx0fsZSGTEbabY8Hsw6hblQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=KaiuvqaVSYY:Xtf0mmyqcWA:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=KaiuvqaVSYY:Xtf0mmyqcWA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=KaiuvqaVSYY:Xtf0mmyqcWA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=KaiuvqaVSYY:Xtf0mmyqcWA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=KaiuvqaVSYY:Xtf0mmyqcWA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=KaiuvqaVSYY:Xtf0mmyqcWA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/KaiuvqaVSYY" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

'Hordesourced' Playlist: What's Popular On MySpace Right Now
A trio of nifty apps for Android, iPhone and MySpace profiles from We Are Hunted taps into the musical zeitgeist in near-real-time. It lets you listen to minute-long samples from whichever artist was most streamed on MySpace in the previous 60 seconds. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YCUTRXUPVtMj9iadc_EmspapdKQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YCUTRXUPVtMj9iadc_EmspapdKQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YCUTRXUPVtMj9iadc_EmspapdKQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YCUTRXUPVtMj9iadc_EmspapdKQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=lGP1g5haRwQ:KeQDbM8mIFw:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=lGP1g5haRwQ:KeQDbM8mIFw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=lGP1g5haRwQ:KeQDbM8mIFw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=lGP1g5haRwQ:KeQDbM8mIFw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=lGP1g5haRwQ:KeQDbM8mIFw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=lGP1g5haRwQ:KeQDbM8mIFw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/lGP1g5haRwQ" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

FCC Chair Julius Genachowski on Broadband, Google and His iPhone
Julius Genachowski wants to be the Federal Communications Commission chairman that brings cheap and fast broadband to a technologically backwards nation — the United States. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n8kEMRg0wbOcoMZMiS4Xxg3dluY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n8kEMRg0wbOcoMZMiS4Xxg3dluY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n8kEMRg0wbOcoMZMiS4Xxg3dluY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/n8kEMRg0wbOcoMZMiS4Xxg3dluY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=sOsTqTEEnCI:B8LPAW0be_M:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=sOsTqTEEnCI:B8LPAW0be_M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=sOsTqTEEnCI:B8LPAW0be_M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=sOsTqTEEnCI:B8LPAW0be_M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=sOsTqTEEnCI:B8LPAW0be_M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=sOsTqTEEnCI:B8LPAW0be_M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/sOsTqTEEnCI" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

'Mission Impossible' Crew Pinches $26,000 in Apple Notebooks
Apple fanboys (and maybe girls) have struck again in New Jersey -- this time breaking into a Best Buy ninja-style to steal $26,000 in notebooks. Six months ago and an hour away an Apple Store was knocked over for an even bigger haul. Coincidence?! Yeah, probably ... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/taWPrAQD103_4b9jgYPlW8AnzQM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/taWPrAQD103_4b9jgYPlW8AnzQM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/taWPrAQD103_4b9jgYPlW8AnzQM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/taWPrAQD103_4b9jgYPlW8AnzQM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=Q8g7FoB176M:yOM2ySKM6VA:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=Q8g7FoB176M:yOM2ySKM6VA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=Q8g7FoB176M:yOM2ySKM6VA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=Q8g7FoB176M:yOM2ySKM6VA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=Q8g7FoB176M:yOM2ySKM6VA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=Q8g7FoB176M:yOM2ySKM6VA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/Q8g7FoB176M" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Beijing Says It's Working With Google to Resolve Dispute
China says it is in consultations with Google to resolve its dispute with the company, which has threatened to abandon the Chinese market over hacking and censorship concerns. It would be the first indication that the parties are actually speaking to each other. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dx_BC10Ll7CBqNX1skUJWBhtwxc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dx_BC10Ll7CBqNX1skUJWBhtwxc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dx_BC10Ll7CBqNX1skUJWBhtwxc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/dx_BC10Ll7CBqNX1skUJWBhtwxc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=0nUmCn06Rc4:e1uq942Rdt0:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=0nUmCn06Rc4:e1uq942Rdt0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=0nUmCn06Rc4:e1uq942Rdt0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=0nUmCn06Rc4:e1uq942Rdt0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=0nUmCn06Rc4:e1uq942Rdt0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=0nUmCn06Rc4:e1uq942Rdt0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/0nUmCn06Rc4" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Guess What? Google Fears the Next 'Google'
Google is haunted by the notion that the same disruptive forces which transformed it from a garage project by two kids maxing out their credit cards into a global superpower in 10 short years could render them irrelevant. Just like that. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lhtJyG9Gz6mbDu5GRMmUDf25S7c/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lhtJyG9Gz6mbDu5GRMmUDf25S7c/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lhtJyG9Gz6mbDu5GRMmUDf25S7c/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/lhtJyG9Gz6mbDu5GRMmUDf25S7c/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=mkHNAql7oqY:T-pak4RryX0:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=mkHNAql7oqY:T-pak4RryX0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=mkHNAql7oqY:T-pak4RryX0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=mkHNAql7oqY:T-pak4RryX0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=mkHNAql7oqY:T-pak4RryX0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=mkHNAql7oqY:T-pak4RryX0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/mkHNAql7oqY" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Indie Coder Proves Android Apps Can Make Money, Too
Eddie Kim's Android app Car Locator is raking in $13,000 per month. That's probably the greatest success story we've heard from an independent Android developer so far. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KEPJzXNhF4Va1NBu93MVBEf8an4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KEPJzXNhF4Va1NBu93MVBEf8an4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KEPJzXNhF4Va1NBu93MVBEf8an4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KEPJzXNhF4Va1NBu93MVBEf8an4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=atCNHfNqKyk:nkitixktQnM:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=atCNHfNqKyk:nkitixktQnM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=atCNHfNqKyk:nkitixktQnM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=atCNHfNqKyk:nkitixktQnM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=atCNHfNqKyk:nkitixktQnM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=atCNHfNqKyk:nkitixktQnM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/atCNHfNqKyk" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

Virtual Musicians, Real Performances: AI Is Changing Music
Ever wonder how Jimi Hendrix would have covered Lady Gaga? The day is approaching when you should be able to find out, thanks to Zenph Sound Innovations' technology for analyzing and recreating artists' musical styles. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U2y95dzsgpJyCUGphsKvVlL0NIk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U2y95dzsgpJyCUGphsKvVlL0NIk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U2y95dzsgpJyCUGphsKvVlL0NIk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/U2y95dzsgpJyCUGphsKvVlL0NIk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=9mQNga1wV4E:d3cNDCR83xU:cGdyc7Q-1BI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=cGdyc7Q-1BI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=9mQNga1wV4E:d3cNDCR83xU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=9mQNga1wV4E:d3cNDCR83xU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=9mQNga1wV4E:d3cNDCR83xU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?i=9mQNga1wV4E:d3cNDCR83xU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.wired.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?a=9mQNga1wV4E:d3cNDCR83xU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/wired/techbiz?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/techbiz/~4/9mQNga1wV4E" height="1" width="1"/> [More]