Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Google to TV: We Want to Work with You  —  Google TV Ads Director Michael Steib Speaks at Television Bureau of Advertising’s Annual Marketing Conference  —  Addressing a room full of curious broadcasters at the Television Bureau of Advertising’s annual marketing conference in New York Thursday …

Antone Gonsalves / InformationWeek:
Gartner Clarifies 3G iPhone Reports  —  The technology research firm says it doesn’t know whether Apple has actually ordered 10 million iPhones that support 3G networks, as was reported on the Web.  —  Technology research firm Gartner on Thursday tried to clear up reports that it had said Apple might … […]

WritersWeekly.com:
Amazon.com Telling POD Publishers - Let BookSurge Print Your Books, or Else…  BREAKING DEVELOPMENT: We were notified by a PublishAmerica author that her book was available for purchase through Amazon on Tuesday but today the “buy” button for her book on Amazon is gone.

Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Microsoft looks to fix bugs with desktop search  —  $10,000 Panda Challenge - are you really protected?  —  Microsoft has slipped out a new version of its Windows desktop search engine for its Vista operating system to fix bugs with the previous version.  —  The release appeared …

Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Loopt Embraced by Verizon; Starts to Spread Its Mobile Wings  —  Loopt, a mobile social network that can be used to see where your friends are currently located, has partnered with Verizon to put its software on that carrier’s phones.  It’s a big win for Loopt since Verizon has more location-aware […]

Wei Yi Lim / CNN:
Hon Hai Gets Apple Order For New iPhones -Source  —  TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (2317.TW) has secured an exclusive contract to assemble a more advanced version of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) popular iPhone, a person familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Friday.

Jonathan Skillings / CNET News.com:
Dell offers sub-$1,000 Blu-ray laptop  —  The end of the next-generation DVD format battle may not mean a long victory lap for inflated Blu-ray prices after all.  —  Dell, which has more than a little clout in the PC market, on Friday announced that consumers can now spend less than […]

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
NVIDIA drivers responsible for nearly 30% of Vista crashes in 2007  —  That huge bundle of damning emails and documents Microsoft produced as part of the Vista-capable lawsuit is full of fascinating information about how the company developed, planned, and launched Vista …

Brad Stone / New York Times:
Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Comcast, the country’s largest residential Internet provider, said on Thursday that it would take a more equitable approach toward managing the ever-expanding flow of Web traffic on its network.

Brad Stone / New York Times:
Comcast Adjusts Way It Manages Internet Traffic  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Comcast, the country’s largest residential Internet provider, said on Thursday that it would take a more equitable approach toward managing the ever-expanding flow of Web traffic on its network.