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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
In Web World, Rich Now Envy the Superrich — James Hong, a co-founder of the dating site Hotornot.com, said that for him, the site's success meant "freedom money." He is making a symbolic switch in cars, from a Porsche Boxster, right, to a Toyota Prius. — Almost anywhere else, Reid Hoffman would be considered a major success.
Erik Sofge / Slate:
THE CASE AGAINST THE WII. — I'll admit it—I was in love with the Nintendo Wii long before we'd ever met. And then, a few seconds after I touched those strange, new motion-sensing controllers, months of giddy anticipation vanished. I've played and won 14-hour-long Halo tournaments.
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Chris Suellentrop / Slate:Wii Is the Champion — NINTENDO'S NEW CONSOLE BESTS THE PS3 AND THE XBOX 360.
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Sony May Have Missed PlayStation 3 Goal, Analysts Say (Update2) — Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Sony Corp. may have missed its goal of having 400,000 PlayStation 3 consoles in U.S. stores for the video-game player's Nov. 17 debut, analysts said. — The number of machines available was ``even lower than expected,'' Kaufman Bros.
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Flickr Blows up Market Research Biz — My friends at Flickr have just rolled out something very, very smart — and potentially game-changing. They have released live meta-data about trends in the camera market based on what they are seeing in pictures uploaded at that popular photo-sharing site.
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CyberNet Technology News, ShoutBlog, Business Filter, Quick Online Tips and robhyndman.com
Reuters:
Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Supporters of PC operating system Linux are preparing to counter a recent deal penned by Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) which establishes for the first time the principle of paying the software giant for the operating system …
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knownow.com:
KnowNow and Automattic Offer Enterprise-Class Blog Authoring and Intelligence Tools — KnowNow WordPress Enterprise Edition combines RSS and personal publishing platform to help enterprise work forces organize, filter and aggregate information for effective collaboration
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Muhammad Saleem / The Mu Life:
Limitations of Socially Driven News — A number of my friends from Digg pointed out a story to me today that epitomizes several very important limitations to socially driven news. — The following story made it to the front-page of Digg.com within 2 and a half hours of being submitted …
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mobile-review.com:
Review of Windows Mobile 6.0 for PPC (Crossbow) operating system — Before starting the review, we have to make a short note in order to prevent an avalanche of letters similar to what we experienced after publishing the article on Windows Mobile 5.0. The crew working for Mobile-Review.com …
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Choices = Headaches — I'm sure there's a whole team of UI designers, programmers, and testers who worked very hard on the OFF button in Windows Vista, but seriously, is this the best you could come up with? — Every time you want to leave your computer, you have to choose between nine …
Google:
Google Checkout Makes Holiday Shopping Even Faster and Easier This Year — New Survey Says Forty Percent of Americans Expected to Shop Online From Work This Holiday Season — The Monday after Thanksgiving - Cyber Monday - is expected to draw another record crowd of online shoppers this year …
New York Times:
Google Mapping an Offline Course — Major Internet sites are showing a strong and growing interest in the advertising business, and traditional ad firms are starting to get worried. — Google has been leading the way, building on its online ad strength by striking deals to sell advertising …
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Tom Grubisich / Online Journalism Review:
'Potemkin Village' Redux — Commentary: Are there really a thriving communities to justify the hype about hyperlocal journalism? Web editor Tom Grubisich peeks behind the curtains of grassroots news sites. … A year ago I toured 10 geographical community websites that were pioneering in grassroots journalism.
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The Kelsey Group Blog
SecurityFocus:
Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries — Mark Rasch looks at the license agreement for Windows Vista and how its product activation component, which can disable operation of the computer, may be like walking on thin ice. — The terms of Microsoft's End User License Agreement (EULA) …
Andy Golding / Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Introducing Sitemaps for Google News — Good news for webmasters of English-language news sites: If your site is currently included in Google News, you can now create News Sitemaps that tell us exactly which articles to crawl for inclusion in Google News. In addition, you can access crawl errors …
Reuben Schwarz / Stuff.co.nz:
Police and Weta eye 3D scanner — Industrial Research has developed a hand-held scanner that quickly creates realistic 3D models of crime scenes, movie sets and large objects, garnering interest from the police and Weta Digital. — The Scene-scanner can be waved over a scene or object …
