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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Sequoia Invests in Blog Network Sugar Publishing — Blog network Sugar Publishing (the most popular blog in the network is PopSugar) has raised "around $5 million" in a Series A round investment from Sequoia Capital. Michael Moritz will join the Team Sugar board of directors.
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Official Google Blog:
Corporate solar is coming — Epic games of beach volleyball, urban indoor workspaces infused with natural light, enthusiasm for the outdoors - at Google, we've always taken advantage of the sun. And now we're ready to use the sun yet another way: to create clean electricity.
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Adam Pasick / Scientific American:
Virtual economies attract real-world tax attention — LONDON (Reuters) - Users of online worlds such as Second Life and World of Warcraft transact millions of dollars worth of virtual goods and services every day, and these virtual economies are beginning to draw the attention of real-world authorities.
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Reuters:
Reuters opens virtual news bureau in 'Second Life' — Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game "Second Life" this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet. — Created by Linden Lab in San Francisco, "Second Life" …
John Markoff / New York Times:
It's a Shipping Container. No, It's a Data Center in a Box. — Sun Microsystems has developed a novel "data center in a box" in an effort to transform the fundamental economics of corporate computing. — The expandable computer system, called Project Blackbox, is based …
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
It Pays to Have Pals in Silicon Valley — Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder, went on to start Clarium Capital, a hedge fund. He also runs a venture firm with other PayPal alumni. — Every now and then, a group of former PayPal employees get together to catch up on life and work.
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The geeks shall inherit the earth — Australian entrepreneurs are being forced to leave home in search of the funding they need to become the next YouTube in the Web 2.0 dotcom boom. Joshua Gliddon reports — Cameron Reilly has $5000 in the bank and a plane ticket.
Joe / Techdirt:
Could Investigating Sexual Predators Be Automated? — from the myspace-mashup dept — There's quite a bit of hysteria surrounding MySpace and the presence of sexual predators on the site. But while it's pointless to say that MySpace, by itself, is dangerous, it's true that the site does …
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Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Is the Botnet Battle Already Lost? — It's dress-down Friday at Sunbelt Software's Clearwater, Fla., headquarters. In a bland cubicle on the 12th floor, Eric Sites stares at the screen of a "dirty box," a Microsoft Windows machine infected with the self-replicating Wootbot network worm.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India — Nandan M. Nilekani, the chief executive of Infosys, at its headquarters in Bangalore. He says India must educate and provide jobs for its youth. — TIRUCHENGODE, India — As its technology companies soar to the outsourcing skies, India is bumping up against an improbable challenge.
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
Straight Dope on the IPod's Birth — Thanks to Apple Computer's penchant for CIA-like secrecy, there are several myths concerning the birth of the iPod. — One of these myths is that the iPod has a father — one man who conceived and nurtured the iconic device.
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Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Apple trademarkes "iPhone," two models coming? — In a perfect world, we'd be at the point now where we could stop writing about the iPhone and start playing with it, but in the meantime, we're getting to the point where no week is truly complete without a smattering of iPhone rumors du jour.
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International Herald Tribune:
Wireless: Mobile marketing in an ink blot — By Eric Sylvers International Herald Tribune — The twentysomething with the ponytail races down the steps to the platform to find that she has just missed her subway and will have to wait seven minutes for the next one. — She is unperturbed about the unexpected delay.
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Joining the Party, Eager to Make Friends — To big-name marketers, the teeming mosh pits of social networking sites look like dangerous places for their precious brands. MySpace: Isn't that full of dirty old men picking up teenage girls? Facebook: That's where college students post pictures of bawdy frat parties.
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
CrackSpace - Urban YouTube/MySpace Hybrid — No, not a buttock-related social network, but a blend of MySpace and YouTube aimed at hip-hop fans, at least according to a paper copy of Billboard Magazine. Designed for the "urban youth" demographic, California-based CrackSpace will offer exclusive videos …
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
Gimme my embedded video! — This has been bugging me for awhile, and I've just got to get it out in the open: If I want to put a cool movie trailer, a funny Comedy Central clip, or a news clip on my web site, why do I have to go to YouTube, where some kid has uploaded it in violation …
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Grim / Destructoid:
Finally! A PSP joystick that doesn't completely suck — Just look at this incredible mod! It's the work of Joe Stranger, a man who just couldn't stand the current PSP nub. So, instead of whining like the rest of us, he took matters into his own hands.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Practical Instruments joins solar gold rush, raises $8M — Practical Instruments has raised $8 million in a first round of funding to develop what it says is the most powerful solar "concentration" technology yet. — It uses solar panels that track the sun as it moves.
Web Advertising Blog:
How to Promote Your Adsense Niche Site — Blog and Ping — Create a Blog you can install the blog on your own site or use a free blogger tool like Blogger.com. Update the blog everyday with content specific to your niche and a link back to your niche site. Ping the blog using a free pinging service like pingoat.com.
