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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Is Facebook worth as much as YouTube? — I was reading Steve Ballmer scratching his head in BusinessWeek where he was wondering about the valuations that are getting paid out for companies like Skype and YouTube. — Good to hear that Ballmer's leadership on the social software industry …
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Facebook worth more than YouTube? — Robert Scoble asks "Is Facebook worth as much as YouTube?" Actually, I think FaceBook is worth more than YouTube. I just don't think YouTube was worth anywhere near $1.6B. See my back of the envelope financial analysis below.
Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo's Talks With Facebook Get Bogged Down — Days after Google Inc. announced a $1.65 billion purchase of YouTube Inc., rival Yahoo Inc.'s efforts to extend its Web reach through an acquisition of Facebook Inc. aren't making much progress, say people familiar with the matter.
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple's missing "Home on iPod" feature resurfaces in filing — Apple Computer has been granted a patent for a pretermitted feature of Mac OS X that would have allowed users to sync their home directories to an iPod and then use the data stored on the player to securely log into any supported Mac.
BBC:
Libyan pupils 'to have laptops' — The government of Libya is reported to have agreed to provide its 1.2m school children with a cheap durable laptop computer by June 2008. — The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank. They cost $100 and manufacturing begins next year, says One Laptop per Child.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
With YouTube, Grad Student Hits Jackpot Again — For Jawed Karim, the $100,000 or so he would have to spend on a master's degree at Stanford was never daunting. He hit an Internet jackpot in 2002 when PayPal, the online payment company he had joined early on, was bought by eBay.
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Darren Waters / BBC:
Warning over 'broken up' internet — The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the world, a leading light in the development of the net has warned. — Nitin Desai, chair of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), set up by the UN, warned that concerns over the net's future could lead to separation.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Ask Mobile Search Launches — Ask.com has launched a mobile search product at m.ask.com or mobile.ask.com. First, Ask Mobile is optimized for mobile devices and uses Skweezer throughout to improve readability and download speed on your mobile device. Navigating Ask Mobile was a pleasure on my Treo …
Gizmodo:
Limited Edition Star Wars USB Flashdrives — An Imperial spy informs us that Mimoco's going to drop a Darth Vadar USB flash drive tomorrow. A limited run of 3500, too, so you'd better queue up now if you want one. They're officially sanctioned by his royal Lucas-ness …
seagate.com:
SEAGATE STRENGTHENS ITS MAXTOR ONETOUCH AND MAXTOR SHARED STORAGE PRODUCT FAMILIES — Award-Winning Solutions Offer New Capacity Points and Simple Automatic Backup, Giving Consumers More Choices to Store, Share, Carry or Protect their Digital Life — Addressing the rising need for more space …
John Gaudiosi / Next Generation:
Research Findings Put PS3 Way Ahead — New research has shown massive consumer belief in the PlayStation 3, and waning interest in Xbox 360. — According to the study by Los Angeles based Interpret, 8.9 million U.S consumers 'are prepared' to pay full price ($500 or $600) …
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Tom Coates / plasticbag.org:
Geotagging with Zonetag and Bluetooth GPS... Disclaimer (added 3:15pm): Obviously I work at Yahoo and obviously I know the people who work on Flickr and Zonetag personally. Other clients for uploading information from your phone and capturing context do exist and if you're interested …
USA Today:
Product placement — you can't escape it — NEW YORK — To hype the fall TV season, CBS plastered pictures of its shows' stars on postage stamps and across the insides of elevator doors. It laser-coated its eye logo on more than 35 million eggs, and carved the name of a new program, Jericho, into a 40-acre Kansas cornfield.
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David Hatch / njtelecomupdate.com:
Democrats On FCC Criticize Justice Dept.'s OK Of Merger — The FCC's two Democratic members harshly criticized the Justice Department for approving the $78 billion AT&T- BellSouth merger without conditions. — The department, however, said Wednesday that "the presence of other competitors …
IGN:
PS3 Bundled With Composite — Sony goes low tech with the wiring. — HDMI port, Blu-Ray drive, Cell processor — the PS3 will ship with everything needed for high definition playback. Everything except for high definition cables, that is. — The latest issue of Famitsu contains …
