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Mark Zuckerberg / blog.facebook.com:
An Open Letter from Mark Zuckerberg: — We really messed this one up. When we launched News Feed and Mini-Feed we were trying to provide you with a stream of information about your social world. Instead, we did a bad job of explaining what the new features were and an even worse job of giving you control of them.
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Publishing 2.0, paidContent.org, Digital Micro-Markets, Mashable!, Gadgetell, The Technology Chronicles, Somewhat Frank, i-boy, Valleywag and digg
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
H.P. Chairwoman Aims Not to Be the Scapegoat — Patricia C. Dunn, Hewlett-Packard's chairwoman, was known as a remarkable saleswoman as she rose to the top of the financial industry. — But on Sunday, she will have to sell her board on the idea that she should not be dumped as the scapegoat for the scandal rocking the company.
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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Playing Truth or Dare with HP's Patricia Dunn — This embarrassing HP episode just keeps getting worse. Now we have HP chair Patricia Dunn being interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, and saying the following: — She has no plans to resign, as several board members have urged her to "hang in there" and not step down
Chris Pirillo:
Leopard vs. Windows Vista — As you can imagine, I've been involved with countless Windows Vista email threads over the past few days. One of them is with Stardock's own Brad Wardell (a good friend of mine). He tried to hit me with the classic "I don't pay for service packs" …
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Vista Mythbusters #3: Will Microsoft dump XP to push Vista? — This is the third in my series on Vista myths (the series introduction is here). — In the Talkback section of many Vista posts, I read lots of speculation from conspiracy theorists who are convinced that Microsoft is plotting …
Robin Linden / Official Linden Blog:
Urgent Security Announcement — On September 6 we discovered evidence that an intruder was able to access the Second Life database through the web servers. The exploit was shut down on the afternoon of September 6 when we discovered it. — Detailed investigation over the last two days confirmed …
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Kotaku, James Duncan Davidson, reBang weblog, Joystiq, cruel to be kind, 3pointD.com, VTOR and digg
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
De-badging your cellphone / PDA with sugar — If you're the type who already has, say, a de-badged PSP-controlled Honda Civic in your driveway, you probably dig that clean, smooth look on all your gadgetry. We can't say we blame you, and even Dell has admitted it doesn't like those goofy stickers defacing your electronic property.
Matt Casamassina / IGN:
Splinter Cell Launching with Wii — Sam Fisher invades Nintendo's new console. We've got the exclusive announcement along with first details and screenshots! — Not content with a mere seven Wii launch window games, Ubisoft is adding yet another one to the growing list.
Kcamp-Voip / Realtime-VoIP:
Abbeynet extends to MacOSX and Linux — One of the VoIP bloggers I've been paying more and more attention to is Luca Filigheddu. Luca's the CEO - ICT Operations at Abbeynet - www.abbeynet.com. He's added some great insights into numerous discussions I've been following …
Matt Martin / GamesIndustry.biz:
Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive to cost £199 — With 360 bundles planned rather than pre-Christmas price cut — The Premium Xbox 360 won't benefit from a price cut this Christmas - but instead a HD-DVD and console package is due, spearheading a marketing drive of console bundles available from November.
Tom's Hardware Guide:
The MythTV Convergence — Introduction — Technology surrounds and supports us in our everyday lives; it sometimes even assists with routine tasks on the job or at home. A new crop of ever-more sophisticated devices is becoming increasingly more attuned to and aware of our entertainment …
Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Saying It 'Messed Up,' Facebook Modifies Controversial Feature — Facebook, a popular Web-based hangout for students, revamped its site last night to let users disable or modify a new feature that had touched off protests from hundreds of thousands of members.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Mobile, Inspired by Dave Winer — Digg launched a bunch of mobile friendly sites today, all accessbile at diggriver.com/about. Technology stories, for example, can be viewed here. All graphics and other unnecessary information has been completely stripped off this data …
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Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News:
Graphics card in 24-inch iMac is apparently upgradeable — It just gets better and better. Christophe Laporte, editor-in-chief of MacGeneration, a French language Mac publication and web site, tells Macsimum News, that they've "discovered a little surprise about the new 24-inch iMac" …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Check out Blogmusik Before It's Pulled off the Internet — Blogmusic.net is a site that lets users search for songs and play them (streaming) immediately via a Flash player that looks like an iPod. Use does not require registration. However, if you create an account you can also save songs and create playlists.
Kim Zetter / Wired News:
HP Dragnet Grabbed 9 Reporters — He added that "unauthorized disclosure of confidential information is a violation of our standard of conduct. That's applicable to everyone — including board members and employees. We investigate any and all violations of those and take appropriate action."
Steve Wiseman / IntelliAdmin.com:
Why windows takes so long to start up. — Most of us have had a brand new computer at one time. It's a great feeling. You boot up windows and within 30 seconds you are surfing the net, checking your email, or playing your favorite game. 10 months down the road things aren't so nice anymore.
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
ASRock to up use of VIA chipsets for Intel-based motherboards — ASRock, an Asustek Computer subsidiary focusing on entry-level motherboards, will significantly increase the adoption of integrated graphics processor (IGP) chipsets from VIA Technologies for Intel-based motherboards while lowering …
Doug Berger / Gadgetell:
iPod meet BluPod, your new cellphone connecting dongle — At iFA 2006 in Berlin this past week, Zenocom introduced their new product called BluPod. The BluPod is an iPod dongle that connects wirelessly via Bluetooth to your cellphone - and displays call information on your iPod's screen.
