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Business 2.0:
Blogging for Dollars — It's not just a hobby — some small sites are making big money. Here's how to turn your passion into an online empire. — (Business 2.0) — Michael Arrington is a partying kind of guy. While showing off his home in Atherton, Calif., he boasts about how he crammed 500 people …
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Declan Kennedy / apc:
How Vista screws dual-booting nirvana — The other day I found myself staring out the window next to my desk. It was around 6.30 in the evening, and the lights had just gone on over Hyde Park. — The whole scene was one of winter serenity, aided considerably by the window sill …
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SecurityFocus:
Microsoft patch opens users to attack — Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-08-22 — UPDATE: Microsoft continued to work on a fix on Tuesday for an exploitable flaw introduced by the company's latest security update to Internet Explorer. — The flaw, initially thought to only crash Internet Explorer …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Wow - Grouper Sells for $65 million — Sony Pictures is announcing the acquisition of online video startup Grouper tonight, Tuesday, at midnight EST. The acquisition price, confirmed by Grouper, was $65 million in cash. Our previous coverage of Grouper is here.
Discussion:
paidContent.org, Things That, Davis Freeberg's Digital …, VC Ratings, duncanriley.com and alexmoskalyukblog
Sony:
SONY MERGES QUALITY LCD TV WITH DESKTOP PC FOR A SLEEK COMBO — Combining the power of a PC with a quality LCD and stylish design, Sony today unveiled the new VAIO® LS1 TV/PC Combo. — Sleek, yet highly-functional, this new device compliments any room in the house where space is at a premium …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Qwest calls for mandatory data retention laws — ASPEN, Colo.—Broadband company Qwest Communications International on Tuesday strongly endorsed federal legislation requiring Internet providers to keep records of their customers' behavior, a move that could accelerate efforts in Congress to enact new laws.
Michelle Quinn / Mercury News:
YouTube's new ad model — NO, IT'S NOT PARIS HILTON, BUT SHE'S PARTICIPATING IN THE NEW CONCEPT — People have wondered how YouTube, the Internet video phenomenon, would cash in on its explosive popularity. — Now we have an inkling — it's a first for Internet advertising, and comes with the help of Paris Hilton.
Discussion:
Reuters, Los Angeles Times, SiliconBeat, Mashable!, adfreak, i-boy and Good Morning Silicon Valley
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
What's new for your Blackberry — When I got my Blackberry, at first it was culture shock, I wanted my Plain Jane Nokia back, but after a while I got used to using it as a phone, then fell in love with it because it did email so well, but I wanted more, I wanted news.
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BuzzMachine, Frank Barnako, Newsome.Org, Paul Kedrosky's …, SMS Text News, Between the Lines, jkOnTheRun and Scobleizer
DealBook:
Should Apple Buy YouTube? — Mergers & Acquisitions, Apple Computer, YouTube — Like a video of exploding Coke and Mentos candies, YouTube just seems to demand attention. — And, in a different way, so does Paris Hilton. — So Tuesday's news that Ms. Hilton is using YouTube …
Alex Bosworth / Alex Bosworth's Weblog:
How To Provide A Web API — In a world where people are making interdependent webservices, API design and maintenance is pretty important. Unfortunately despite rising use and availability of APIs, there are significant problems with the way even big API vendors are deploying and maintaining their APIs.
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ProgrammableWeb
Alec / Alec Saunders .LOG:
Hello hullo! — Over the last few weeks I've been playing with the beta of a promising new free service called hullo. Now you can try it too. — hullo bills itself as a personal call manager. The promise is that it will help you stay in touch better than ever before.
Discussion:
Dead2.0, TechCrunch, Download Squad, Skype Journal, the LOOSE wire blog, GigaOM and 21talks
Sean Alexander / Addicted to Digital Media:
SanDisk Sansa graduates, iPod Nano left behind or soon to skip a grade? — It's not often I make predictions here, but yesterday I had an "aha" moment spurred by sites abuzz with Reuters report that SanDisk is launching the Sansa e280, an 8GB version of their e2xxx series for $249.99.
support.microsoft.com:
Description of Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2 … This article discusses a Beta release of a Microsoft product. The information in this article is provided as-is and is subject to change without notice. — No formal product support is available from Microsoft for this Beta product.
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Is your blog one in a million? If so VCs may want to talk to you — Paul Kedrosky nailed it! This is exactly the point I was trying to make about VC investment in individual blogs. See Dr. Kedrosky's comment in my previous post. Bloggers are like Open Source projects in that there are millions …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Spamigation: automated litigation — Brad Templeton has coined "Spamigation" for spam litigation, lawsuits that are automated by computers, noting that while suing people can be readily automated so that it's possible to sue millions, legal defenses are much harder to automate.
Red Herring:
Guba's On-Demand Experiment — Video sharing, downloading startup tests how to get people to buy movies and TV online. — In an effort to jump-start their video pay-per-download service, Guba said Monday it has slashed the prices for buying or renting premium television shows and movies from their site.
Think Secret:
Briefly: Leopard downloads prompt Apple retail firings — At least five employees of Apple's retail stores have been fired after downloading copies of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard from the Internet that were distributed to developers at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference two weeks ago.
