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Aug 14 2008 8:32am EDT

First Bytes: Phorm, Olympics, McCain, Open Source, more...

- Turns out Phorm, the U.K. behavioral targeting company, was secretly tracking American Web surfing habits as well as those of British users. [TechDirt]

- NBC executives say they are "stunned" by how many people are downloading Olympic content onto their cell-phones. [AP]

- John McCain is set to roll out a technology agenda that will call for a 10 percent tax credit on research and development wages, as will as reiterate his opposition to internet taxes and network neutrality legislation. [WSJ]

- Open source advocates won a major legal ruling validating the use of free licenses such as those issued by Creative Commons. [NYT]

- Robert McDowell, a Republican member of the F.C.C., has warned that the revival of the "Fairness Doctrine" - a long-abandoned rule which required "equal time" in radio broadcasting - may force bloggers "to give equal time or equal space on their website to opposing views." [Broadcasting and Cable]

-Sam Gustin. □

Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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