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• Google indexes over a trillion unique urls - http://tinyurl.com/649qef #
• Google/Digg deal is dead. Let the new acquisition rumors commence - http://tinyurl.com/6kz3ha #
• Stumbled upon that the NFL will stream Sunday night games online - http://tinyurl.com/56k2qf #
• 46% of CBS’s TV audience watch their network shows online - http://tinyurl.com/64yxvx #
• Twitter gets gamed by JohnG77536. Forces 7000+ to follow him. From TechCrunch - http://tinyurl.com/5v5ah6 #
• More Twitter exploitation… why are 9000+ following jpmorgan? http://twitter.com/jpmogan #

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Great articles top today’s list on dotShout!  The focus truly runs the gamete.  Although it missed the pole position, the best story in my mind is “MySQL forks itself with Drizzle.”

Again Matt Asay from the Open Road got my attention by highlighting MySQL’s decision - complete with corporate blessing (Sun Microsystems) - to fork itself by launching an optimized and trimmed down version of itself dubbed Drizzle.

1. FCC On Verge of Approving Sirius/XM Merger: WSJ
2. MySQL forks itself with Drizzle
3. The Broadband Growth Spurt May Be Over
4. Searchles Connects Washington Post Readers…
5. Samsung now shipping Touch of Color LCD monitors
6. Google chief: iPhone helping Android efforts
7. iPod Swing Speakers Are Snap-On, Kinda Neat…
8. ShapeWays.com - Making 3D Models Come to Life
9. Facebook applications finally grow up
10. Microsoft Analyst Day: Ballmer: Search Is A…

Who knows where they’re heading with this, but I have tremendous confidence in the zeal and passion of their developers.  Anything missed by the equally zealous and passionate dotShouters?

ValueClick has introduced its own behavioral targeting product intended to compete with AOL’s Tacoda and Yahoo’s BlueLithium.  The readers of dotShout! were obviously intrigued with the rumor courtesy of RumorMonger that they’re talking to startup Revenue Science about an acquisition.  Here are the other top articles on dotShout! for Wednesday, July 23, 2008.

1. ValueClick to buy Revenue Science? [Rumormonger]
2. IBM continues to feed Novell with Cognos…
3. 30 startup ideas Y Combinator wants to fund…
4. Web 2.0 Marketplace Listings for July 22nd, 2008
5. DashGo Connects Musicians and Labels to Social…
6. Open source mash-up: Zimbra + SugarCRM,…
7. Steve Case bets on the Facebook platform, just…
8. Sony Pushes Out Three New Walkmen Phones, the…
9. Tri-Solar LED Flashlight: because three panels…
10. Scoble’s face on a grilled-cheese sandwich…

Tune in tomorrow for the next dotShout! top ten.

Matt Asay of the Open Road claims the dotShout! pole position today with his thoughts on current punitive regulations stymieing startups from the allure of public exits and its effect on the U.S. economy and the diversification of markets.

Given the Wall Street Journal recent report that “the second quarter of 2008 marked the first time in 30 years that no venture-backed companies went public” many are obviously concerned.

1. Exits dry up for venture-backed startups
2. Bountyjobs.com - Online Job Recruiting Site
3. LastSpotted.com - Photo Sharing Network
4. iPhonus.com - Sukoku Applications, Apple…
5. Startup Job Site Gets Backing From Y…
6. Microsoft Releasing SideWinder Keyboard in…
7. AK Geneve HMS Automatic Warp Watch Is Nigh…
8. iLike Offers Free Full Track Streaming and…
9. Italian company plans RPG for the iPhone
10. Some Startups Just Don’t Need Starting

Check out other headlines on dotShout.

• Industry News
  • VentureBeat: Social network platform Ning pre-money valued at over $500 million, This comes on the heels of FastCompany’s unabashedly smitten coverage
  • Torstar cutting 160 positions including the entire internet production staff at Canada’s largest daily newspaper, The Toronto Star
  • Wahington Post’s memo on its migration from newspaper and new media companies to a true media organization [Poynter]
• RSS 101
  • How to use RSS to make life easier [Edublogger]
  • How to stoke your creativity and keep abreast of your passions [Creative Liberty]
  • RSS Aggregator service Readburner goes mobile [ReadWriteWeb].  More from Mashable.
    • Preview service here [Readburner mobile]
    • iPhone preview here [Readburner iPhone]
  • How to use RSS and Social Media for news gathering [Journalism.co.uk]
• General
  • Avoid ten common typos [Receding Hairline].  Found on Lifehacker.
  • Hackontest - Google backed 24 hour open source coding marathon [Slashdot]