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Dave Sifry / The Technorati Weblog:
Technorati turns 3, rolls out a major update — After months of work and weeks of testing, we just released an updated version of technorati.com. I hope after spending some time with the updated service, you'll join me in celebrating its release. — For those of you with ADD …
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Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
Technorati redesigns for the MySpace crowd — Summer is here, meaning it must be time for a new site design from Technorati. — The four major Technorati redesigns have each tried to welcome a different type of crowd to the site without alienating existing users.
socialtext.com:
Socialtext Releases First Commercial Open Source Wiki — Socialtext, the first Wiki company, releases Socialtext Open at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). Available for immediate download, Socialtext Open is the first open source wiki with a commercial venture as its primary contributor.
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Dan Farber / Between the Lines:Socialtext launches its commercial open source wiki
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Ars Technica:
AMD + ATI and CPU/GPU integration — Now that the merger is official, AMD has a set of pages up with information on the combined company's future plans. AMD execs also gave a conference call, in which they covered some of the reasons behind the merger. In short, the stated reasons …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Instant Messaging and Trashing Google — The user numbers coming out on Google Talk are staggeringly terrible. Comscore usage numbers show that nearly a year after launch Google is a distant, distant 4th after MSN, Yahoo and AIM. They hold a pitiful 1% of total instant messaging market share …
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
YOUTUBE WORTH $1 BILLION? BUT WHO WILL BUY IT? — This NY Post item caught my eye - YouTube was the toast of Herb Allen's Sun Valley conference, and therefore is now worth $1 billion. I don't buy it. I don't think the founders are smoking this s**t, I think the media is - at least I hope that's how it is.
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Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
Kazaa, Skype, and now "The Venice Project" — Serial entrepreneurs Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis are at it again, this time with a venture for distributing TV and other video over the Net — Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, the entrepreneurs who created the pioneering Web applications Kazaa and Skype …
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IP Democracy, Skype Journal, paidContent.org, Mathew Ingram, 21talks, Techdirt, Download Squad and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
JotSpot pretties up wikis — JotSpot has updated its wiki software to better resemble traditional desktop applications and is preparing an on-premise edition of its hosted service. — The two-year-old company said it will on Monday introduce JotSpot 2.0, a version of its hosted software …
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Dan Farber / Between the Lines:JotSpot's nascent wiki-based office suite
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David Robinson / Freedom to Tinker:
Rethinking DRM Dystopia — Thanks to Ed for the flattering introduction — now if only I can live up to it! It's an honor (and a little intimidating) to be guest blogging on FTT after several years as an avid reader. I've never blogged before, but I am looking forward to the thoughtful …
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
MySpace returns after power outage — A record-breaking heat wave that crippled power systems throughout California shut down MySpace.com for nearly 12 hours, starting Sunday night. — The popular social-networking site, which recently topped Yahoo Mail as the most-visited Web site in the United States …
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Kevin Bullis / Technology Review:
Powering the $100 Laptop — An efficient handheld generator could help bring computing to the world's poor. — As the One Laptop per Child project, a nonprofit effort based in Cambridge, MA, nears the completion of its rugged and versatile laptop designed for school children in poor countries …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple's Mighty Mouse finally gets Bluetooth — Looks like Apple forgot to file for ye olde confidentiality agreement, but today an FCC filing showed off Apple's latest device: the Mighty Mouse with Bluetooth. If anyone's surprised, well, that'd be pretty silly of you being that a wireless …
AdAge:
Amazon Readies Launch of Ad-Free Video Download Service — Like a Digital Version of the Netflix Rental Model for TV Shows and Movies — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) —As Apple and Microsoft duke it out over music, Amazon is focusing its attention on video. — August launch
Wade Roush / Technology Review:
The Internet Is Your Next Hard Drive — New Web-based services don't just store your data online — they keep it synchronized across your laptop, desktop, and mobile phone. — The forecast for the future of the PC: partly cloudy. — Online storage systems that can automatically synchronize …
Dan Warne / apcstart.com:
Inside Vista's new image-based install — Vista's installation process is dramatically different to any previous version of Windows: rather than being an 'installer', the install DVD is actually a preinstalled copy of Windows that simply gets decompressed onto your PC. — So how does it adjust to your hardware?
Bob Garfield / AdAge:
Wal-Mart's New Online Children's 'Hub' a Real Bomb — A Poorly Executed Project With Writing That Makes Us Cringe — You think this job is easy? — Walk a mile in AdReview's shoes. Try to find something different to say week after week for 20 years. Try to be simultaneously serious and entertaining.
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bLaugh:
YouTube Sues Boobs — Well over a dozen people tuned into NBC's Sunday night prime time lineup, shattering the network's previous record of 10. Since the advent of the Internets, fewer intelligent beings have found themselves interested in what Hollywood has to offer.
Aman Batheja / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Tech companies hope to cash in on Web 2.0 — Out of a second-floor office in Southlake Town Square, 26-year-old Josh Williams is taking on the likes of Microsoft and Oracle. — Williams and his staff of seven at Firewheel Design are making a name for themselves among small-business customers …
