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Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Yahoo allows outsiders to innovate on Yahoo e-mail — SUNNYVALE, California (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) is set to allow outsiders to create new services using the world's most popular consumer e-mail program, in the broadest move the Web has yet seen to enlist independent programmers …
Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:
Just One More Release Before Windows Vista Goes Gold — Microsoft will release just one more build of Windows Vista for testing before the code goes gold, said Brad Goldberg, the general manager for the Windows client business group. — That build will be made available to a limited group …
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Ted Wallingford / Download Squad:
Mac VoIP/Video tools: new features just keep comin' — With all the hoopla surrounding video in recent weeks, thanks to the video-centric Fall VON trade-show in Boston, it's no surprise that the folks making VoIP communications tools for the Mac have embraced video-conferencing.
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Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Want To Be A Video Star? — MTV has issued a casting call on line for their hit show "Total Request Live" that now features SightSpeed. — At VON in Boston Jeff Pulver talked a lot about disrupting the process of content distribution and how new uses of video will emerge.
Ted / Signal to Noise:
Second Life? How 'bout getting a First Life — I've heard a few odds and ends about the Second Life software over the last probably year or so, and I was prompted to try the experience out for myself, especially after having read about its integration with the VON keynote by Jeff Pulver.
Bob / Lefsetz Letter:
Mark Cuban/YouTube — Mark Cuban is a crybaby. — Selling Broadcast.com at the height of dot com frenzy, he wants to shut the door behind him, exclude all those who don't play by the rules. He wants to see the death of YouTube, since they're stealing the content and he's investing money …
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Steve Friess / Wired News:
Pod People Ponder Litigation — ONTARIO, California — Apple Computer's recent legal threats to rivals using the terms "pod" and "podcast" met with giggles and kvetching among podcast entrepreneurs and enthusiasts gathered here to discuss the future of the industry.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Look For Netvibes — Netvibes quietly released an updated look and feel this evening. Read about the release on the Netvibes blog. — Netvibes says in their blog entry that the new release "will change the way you use and view the web" and includes user interface enhancements as well as a bunch of new modules.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Most reliable search tool could be your librarian — Your child wants to learn more about Martin Luther King Jr. You might consider consulting a librarian instead of Google, AOL or Microsoft search engines. — Using the keywords "Martin Luther King," the first result on Google and AOL …
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Conrad Quilty-Harper / Engadget:
FCC find: Novatel U720 USB EV-DO modem for Sprint — Although there have been inklings in the past that Sprint was working on a USB EV-DO modem with Novatel Wireless, recent FCC approval documents have confirmed its existence and given us a first glimpse at what the modem actually looks like.
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Stowe Boyd / Message:
APML - Attention Profiling Mark-up Language — A new draft standard for an APML - Attention Profiling Mark-up Language has been proposed, with the involvement of Faraday Media, the developers of Touchstone: … In principle, I am in favor of managing my own "attention data" …
techon.nikkeibp.co.jp:
JVC Develops World's Largest 110-inch Rear Projection System — Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) has developed a 110-inch rear projection system that is to be the world's largest. The screen measures 243.5 x 137 cm. The display device employed in this system is JVC's proprietary …
Jay Savage / Download Squad:
OpenSSH 4.4 released — The OpenSSH team has officially realeased OpenSSH 4.4/4.4p. The latest updates to the popular ssh server and ssh/sftp client include some extremely advanced features for administrators, as well as the requisite OpenSSH security audits.
James Hathaway / The Tom Peters Weblog:
Microsoft Turns Landmines into Flowers — Looks like the landmine movement will soon reach the desktop. Microsoft is changing the game MINESWEEPER to placate those who thought the game was insensitive to landmine plagued communities worldwide. With the Vista release you will be able to …
Kotaku:
Famitsu Polls Japanese Retail, Says Wii Wins Xmas — Cash-for-game-reviews sham Famitsu asked Japanese retailers (we assume places like Sofmap, Yodobashi Camera, Laox, etc.) how they thought the next generation of consoles would fare this holiday season. They asked about the ones that matter anyway—PlayStation 3 and Wii.
Eric Goldman / Technology & Marketing Law Blog:
Google Wins Keyword Lawsuit—Rescuecom v. Google — Rescuecom Corp. v. Google, Inc., No. 5:04-CV-1055 (N.D.N.Y. Sept. 28, 2006). You can find the ruling here (WARNING: 1.7MB file) — Introduction and the 1-800 Contacts Precedent — Last year, the Second Circuit issued a major ruling …
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Jason Clarke / Download Squad:
Feed reader bonanza - FeedDemon, Google Reader, Bloglines all update — Today's release of FeedDemon 2.1 beta seemed like a nice little treat. After the release of NewsGator Go! last week, it felt like a really solid one-two punch from NewsGator. Right on!
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Phil Wolff / Skype Journal:
Yahoo! Hack Day vs. eBay DevCon — Just got home from the opening day of Yahoo!'s first open Hack Day. I thought it might be useful to contrast it with eBay's DevCon. — eBay DevCon — Yahoo! Hack Day — Where — Las Vegas, Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
DAG Ventures leads $15m more for Podshow — It was just announced that DAG Ventures is leading a $15 million B round for Podshow. News got out yesterday and though the investors weren't named until today, disbelief was the widespread reaction. DAG saw its investment in Grouper …
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Steve Boxer / MCV:
Kutaragi laughs off rivals — Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi has strongly refuted the idea that competitors Xbox 360 and Wii will outsell PS3. — When asked by MCV whether the rival consoles will outstrip Sony's next-gen machine, he replied simply: "We do not care."
