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Nokia:
A unique radio technology extending local connectivity to small devices — Helsinki, Finland - Nokia today introduced Wibree technology as an open industry initiative extending local connectivity to small devices. This new radio technology developed by Nokia Research Center complements …
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Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Nokia unveils Bluetooth rival — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Cell phone market leader Nokia unveiled a new short-range wireless connection on Tuesday that is smaller and more energy-efficient than current Bluetooth technology and can be used in devices such as watches.
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Carlo / Techdirt Corporate Intelligence:No, This New Wireless Spec Doesn't Threaten Bluetooth, Either
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David Berlind / Between the Lines:At the hands of Nokia's Wibree, could Bluetooth be on the ropes?
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Google:
Now You Can Have Google Gadgets on Your Webpage — Google Gadgets for your webpage can help make a site dynamic and rich with content. Google Gadgets, which have long been available for users to add to the Google homepage and Google Desktop, are now available for webpage owners to add to their own webpages.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Who Killed TiVoToGo? — Digital Cable and Satellite DRM Harms TV Fans and Innovators — It's the latest digital media murder mystery: TiVo Series2's TiVoToGo1 enabled limited portability of recorded content to PCs and other devices, but the TiVo Series3 HD did not include this feature …
Martin Belam / currybetdotnet:
Using Bloglines to snoop on people's private Gmail — I was astonished on Friday when I was looking at my Gmail account inbox, and accidently hit the 'Subscribe with Bloglines' bookmarklet on my Firefox links toolbar. Bloglines then dutifully put up on the screen a whole series of Atom feeds …
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Jeremy Caplan / Time:
Google's Chief Looks Ahead — In an interview with TIME, CEO Eric Schmidt explains what's behind the company's new push for partnerships — Google wants new friends. After signing a series of new partners, CEO Eric Schmidt says the Web giant's spate of recent deals is just a start.
Charlene Li / Charlene Li's Blog:
Calculating the ROI of blogging — One issue that keeps coming up over and over again is how to measure the ROI of blogs. I've written about this in the past and have been stewing over how to go beyond the intangible "blogging is good for your business" exhortations to quantify blogging's benefit to organizations.
Paul Thurrott / windowsitpro.com:
Exclusive: Here Comes Windows Vista RC2 — Microsoft this Friday will ship the final pre-release version of Windows Vista and, unexpectedly, will name the release as Release Candidate 2 (RC2). Previously, Microsoft had publicly asserted that it would not ship an RC2 milestone release of Windows Vista.
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Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Report Shows H.P. Sought Expert to Help Find Leak — Hewlett-Packard sought the advice of a well-known intelligence specialist, Brian Jenkins of the RAND Corporation, on how to find the source of a boardroom leak, according to a report compiled by H.P.'s law firm and provided to a House subcommittee.
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
Zune Won't Kill the IPod — Microsoft's soon-to-be-released Zune MP3 player is a sure-fire iPod killer — if you believe what you been reading in the press recently. — There's nothing the press likes more than a good fight, and the Zune looks like a worthy contender for the iPod's heavyweight crown.
Sprint:
Sprint Announces Upcoming Availability of MOTOKRZR™, MOTORAZR™ AND MOTOSLVR™ with Advanced Power Vision Capabilities — Sprint will be the only carrier to offer Motorola's popular trio of devices on a high-speed EVDO network with exclusive content and live television
cedmagazine.com:
Inside DOCSIS 3.0 — Because it marked the day that the first three specs for the all-important DOCSIS 3.0 platform were publicly issued, August 4, 2006 will likely go down as a key date in the evolution of cable technology. Speedier (much speedier) Internet services, a much beefier IP address book …
Ross Miller / Joystiq:
The King is in your Xbox 360 — Whereas some games, we predict, might be made to ebb the ever-growing obesity problem, fast-food giant Burger King is looking to encourage more quick dining by offering original Xbox and Xbox 360 games for $3.99 with the purchase of any value meal.
Chris Morris / CNNMoney.com:
Changing the way video games are made — Longer titles may become less common as developers adopt a 'Saturday matinee' model. — Game Over is a regular column by Chris Morris — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The days of the Saturday matinee may have long faded from the local cinema …
Google AJAX Search API Blog:
Google AJAX Search API beta Version 1.0 Available — Google AJAX Search API Blog — Google AJAX Search API beta Version 1.0 Available — By Tom Stocky, Product Manager - Tuesday, October 03, 2006 — We just released Version 1.0 of the AJAX Search API. New in this version:
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Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
More info on PageRank — Every few months we update the PageRank data that we show in the toolbar, and every few months I see a few repeated questions, so let me take a pass at some of them. Note: I wrote this kinda quickly, so I think this is pretty good, but if I spot something incorrect later, I'll change it.
