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Mike / Jumpcut Blog:
Jumpcut Joins the Yahoo! Family — Jumpcut is excited to announce today that we are being acquired by Yahoo! — We have worked hard to pioneer great online video editing technology that can truly enhance the online video world by enabling anyone to become a creator.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Yahoo! has acquired Jumpcut — The Yahoo! family expanded again today with the acquisition of online video editing service Jumpcut. Here's the Jumpcut post on the announcement and here's the Yahoo! Search post. Based in San Francisco and launched just six months ago …
Yahoo! Search blog:
Jumpcut Joins the Yahoo! Video Family — Yes it's true! — Jumpcut just announced they've agreed to join us, which will make Yahoo! Video an even better place for people to create, share, and discover great video online. If you haven't heard of Jumpcut, it's a San Francisco-based startup …
Ross Miller / Joystiq:
MS announces Halo Wars, a new RTS [update 1] — A real-time strategy game based in the Halo universe has been announced. The project, entitled Halo Wars, will be designed by Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires) "exclusively for Xbox 360" (read: no PC). — This announcement comes weeks …
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Kotaku:
X06 News Shocker Summary — It sounds like X06 was quite an amazing press conference, filled with the sort of surprises and delights befitting a regular carnival of gaming. — We've posted all of the news on the site, but I thought it would be best to summarize it somewhere for those not into browsing, or reading.
Official Google Blog:
Our approach to content — The Internet has broken down many of the barriers that exist between people and information — effectively democratizing access to human knowledge. By typing just a few keywords into a computer you can learn about almost any subject.
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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny:
Three New Slingboxes Formally Announced — As we've seen over the last week or so Sling has been readying three new boxes. In my mind, the major difference between the Slingbox Classic and the new models is improved hardware allowing for higher resolutions (up to 640×480) at higher bitrates (up to 8000Kbps).
David Berlind / Between the Lines:
AOL CEO Miller: The long tail is real, but only a handful are cashing in — Speaking here, today, during the MIT Emerging Technology Conference's second presentation, AOL Chairman and CEO John Miller referred to the current period as the Golden Age of Entertainment and talked at length …
Randfish / SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog:
11 Best Practices for URLs — I could have sworn that someone has already a great post or forum thread on this topic, but I can't seem to find it (no matter how advanced my operators). I'm sure Mr. Malicoat has it in his bookmarks, but since blog posts are one of my personal systems for public bookmarking, here goes.
comScore:
MySpace Leads in Number Of U.S. Video Streams Viewed Online, Capturing 20 Percent Market Share; Yahoo! Ranks #1 in Number of People Streaming — comScore Releases U.S. Video Metrix Rankings — comScore Media Metrix, the leader in digital media measurement, today released an enhancement …
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
Digg Founders Launch Lifestyle Online Video Shows — I headed to the launch party with Mario, ran into the usual suspects I see at most events. During the presentation videos, I was very impressed by the rich and well produced content. It's really a lifestyle channel, that's a bit edgier and more raw than traditional TV.
Cory Doctorow / InformationWeek:
Opinion: High-Definition Video—Bad For Consumers, Bad For Hollywood — Digital rights management gadgetry has turned high-definition video into a lumbering dinosaur that consumers won't want to buy. And a good thing, too—because Hollywood doesn't know what to do with HD, says Cory Doctorow.
David Pogue / Pogue's Posts:
iPhone Rumors — Everyone's always asking me when Apple will come out with a cellphone. My answer is, "Probably never." — I have friends who worked on the Palm Treo. And to this day, my gut churns to recall the hell they went through. — The problem is that when you build a cellphone …
Indeed.com / Blog Indeed:
Indeed Salary Search (beta) — Yet another salary survey? No. — Here's what makes Indeed Salary Search unique and different from the salary tools already available: — 1. It's Objective. Most salary tools are based on salary surveys and related research and analysis; by their nature, they are subjective.
Lifehacker:
One phone number to rule them all — GrandCentral is a brilliant new web app that lets you consolidate all of your phone numbers into one number, meaning someone can call you on your GrandCentral phone number and all of your phones (cell phone, work phone, home phone) will ring. And then it gets interesting.
Writer Zone:
New Release! Windows Live Writer 1.0 (Beta) Update with Windows Live Gallery — This update to Windows Live Writer 1.0 (Beta) features: — Tagging support — Support for Blogger Beta — Improvements to categories — And more... (details below)
Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
DEMO Day One: The Post Game Show — Some thoughts on the first day of DEMO: — BuzzLogic: wants to dig deep into the dynamics and implications of online conversations! Brand monitoring, of course, is extremely useful for marketing and PR and research, so the company has signed …
HotHardware Article Channel:
Intel Developers Forum Day 1: Quad-Core, 45nm, and More Cooling/Misc — Paul Otellini, Intel's president and CEO, kicked off this season's IDF by coining the phrase "It's what's inside that counts", and spoke about why processing power matters again. A few years ago, he noted …
Reuters:
Judge tosses part of AMD suit against Intel — A federal judge has dismissed a large portion of Advanced Micro Devices' antitrust lawsuit against Intel, saying that U.S. law does not cover many of AMD's claims. — The decision by Judge Joseph Farnan of the U.S. District Court …
