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DMW Daily, June 9, 2009

Top Stories
o China Demands PC Makers Add Site-Censoring Software
o Palm Pre Breaks Sprint Sales Records; Verizon Debut in January
o New "Bing" Search Engine Giving Microsoft a Boost
o Judge Allows Gamers' Antitrust Claim Against Electronic Arts
o "NCIS" Actor Bemoans Impostor Twitter, MySpace Accounts
o Report: Indie Labels in Talks to Join VEVO Music Video Site
o IAC to Shutter Search Engine RushmoreDrive.com
o Social Network Gather.com Raises $5.3 Million
o Mobile Analytics Firm Motally Raises First Round of Funding
Opinion & Analysis
o John Nilsson Demos his jDome Gaming Invention at E3
Briefly Noted
o Facebook to Let Members Choose Usernames for Personal URLs
o TomTom Bringing Turn-by-Turn Navigation to iPhone 3G
o Comcast Rolls Out 50 Mbps Internet Service Across DC Area
o Walmart.com, In-Store TV to Feature Jonas Brothers Concert
o LimeWire Signs Indie Label Partners for Web Store
o Tapulous Signs Universal Music for iPhone Music Games
 Top Stories
o China Demands PC Makers Add Site-Censoring Software 
Beijing - The government of China has mandated that, starting next month, PC makers include software on new computers that will help censor content it deems to be "unhealthy," Reuters reports. [more..]
o Palm Pre Breaks Sprint Sales Records; Verizon Debut in January 
Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint Nextel announced that single-day and first weekend sales for the Palm Pre topped any other device it has launched. [more..]
o New "Bing" Search Engine Giving Microsoft a Boost 
Reston, Va. - The launch of its new "Bing" search engine last week has had a substantial effect on Microsoft's position in the Internet search market, according to new figures released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore. [more..]
o Judge Allows Gamers' Antitrust Claim Against Electronic Arts 
San Francisco - A federal judge in San Francisco has allowed antitrust claims filed by two gamers against "Madden NFL" game publisher Electronic Arts to go forward, GamePolitics reports. [more..]
o "NCIS" Actor Bemoans Impostor Twitter, MySpace Accounts 
Los Angeles - Actress Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby on the CBS primetime drama "NCIS," has posted a video on YouTube stating that she is in fact not on Twitter or MySpace, meaning that fans are interacting with impostor accounts. [more..]
o Report: Indie Labels in Talks to Join VEVO Music Video Site 
San Francisco - VEVO, the music video site in the works from Google's YouTube, Universal Music Group and Sony Music, is in talks to sign on A2IM, a consortium of over 225 independent record labels, Wired.com reported. [more..]
o IAC to Shutter Search Engine RushmoreDrive.com 
Los Angeles - IAC, the Internet firm run by Barry Diller whose holdings include Ticketmaster, Citysearch and Ask.com, has decided to shutter RushmoreDrive.com, a search engine targeting the African-American community, PaidContent reports. [more..]
o Social Network Gather.com Raises $5.3 Million 
Boston - Gather, an online social network focused on the public radio-listening set, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $5.3 million in new equity financing. [more..]
o Mobile Analytics Firm Motally Raises First Round of Funding 
San Francisco - Motally, the developer of a Web-based service designed to accurately collect data and analytic reports from publishers' mobile websites, said on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in its first round of funding, led by BlueRun Ventures. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o John Nilsson Demos his jDome Gaming Invention at E3 
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 Briefly Noted
o Facebook to Let Members Choose Usernames for Personal URLs 
Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook informed its users on Tuesday that, beginning on Friday evening, they will be able to select a username by which their personal profiles will be identified by URL. [more..]
o TomTom Bringing Turn-by-Turn Navigation to iPhone 3G 
San Francisco - TomTom, a maker of GPS navigation devices, has announced plans to release a car kit for Apple's iPhone 3G which, combined with a new TomTom iPhone application, will provide spoken turn-by-turn directions. [more..]
o Comcast Rolls Out 50 Mbps Internet Service Across DC Area 
Washington - Cable operator Comcast said on Tuesday that it has begun rolling out its new wideband Internet service across the DC area, promising download speeds of up to 50 Mbps. [more..]
o Walmart.com, In-Store TV to Feature Jonas Brothers Concert 
Brisbane, Calif. - Retail giant Walmart on Tuesday posted an exclusive concert from Disney's Jonas Brothers, in addition to behind-the-scenes interviews, on Walmart.com. [more..]
o LimeWire Signs Indie Label Partners for Web Store 
New York - LimeWire, distributors of the LimeWire peer-to-peer file-sharing application, on Tuesday announced that it has added tracks from a number of new independent labels to its online store. [more..]
o Tapulous Signs Universal Music for iPhone Music Games 
Los Angeles - Tapulous, the developer of the popular iPhone music game "Tap Tap Revenge," has signed a deal with Universal Music Group to create versions of its game featuring Universal artists, VentureBeat reported. [more..]