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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.
Fortune:
Deal or no deal? — Overshadowed by Google, the Yahoo CEO needs to make a move. Now he's flirting with AOL. — (Fortune Magazine) — Yahoo must have a new appreciation of how Burger King feels about McDonald's: Constantly looking up at No. 1 gets vexing.
Gizmodo:
PSP Firmware 3.0 User's Guide Online — At work and itching to see what kind of interfacing the PSP can do with the PS3?. Check out this video. What? Your work blocks YouTube? Then take a look at Sony's online manual for version 3.0 of the PSP firmware.
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.
Discussion:
Valleywag, BlogHer, Rex Hammock's weblog, Digital Rules, Mathew Ingram and The Gong Show
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 …
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
Trillian Astra sneak preview — At long last, Cerulean Studios has released some more information on Trillian Astra, the long-awaited next version of its popular multi-protocol instant messaging client. Apart from a sparse few screenshots, until now we've seen very little of Astra.
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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Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Berggi, Mobile Messaging for the Masses — Now that the average cell phone user is coming to terms with text messaging (last I checked around 36% have texted in the U.S.) startups and carriers are hoping that more people will start using mobile email and mobile IM.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
GoogleOS: What To Expect — Written by Emre Sokullu and edited by Richard MacManus. — There's no such thing as the GoogleOS in reality - but despite that, it is one of the most talked about Web products. People can't stop discussing it - and even imagining screenshots for it!
Discussion:
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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.
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) …
Stewart Butterfield / FlickrBlog:
Triple Treat — Today we're launching three new features: guest pass, a new mobile site and camera finder. Here's the scoop on each: — Guest Pass — Ever wanted to share private photos with friends and family without making them go through the rigamarole or opening their own Flickr account?
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 …
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Google vs. Microsoft Market Cap Game — Interesting seeing how Google's market capitalization has chased Microsoft's since Google's IPO. We have seemingly plateaued at a little under 60% for a year now, but any takers on bets with respect to how long that holds?
Davis / Davis Freeberg's Digital Connection:
Why Is Netflix Supporting A Penny Stock Touter? — Last year, I saw that Steve Swasey, Netflix's Director of Corporate Communications, granted an interview with an investment website named WallSt.net. At the time, the site had erroneously claimed that Netflix was planning on unveiling …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Blogger Wars: How Jason Calacanis Gets Even — Nick Denton (pictured left) likes to use his blog Valleywag to take shots at competitors - his most recent hit job was on Jason Calacanis (on right), who founded and then cashed out of the blog network Weblogs, Inc. Denton has always played second fiddle …
Discussion:
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Google Pulls Click-to-Call — Update: Some time after I made this post it appears the feature is available again, apparently with no more safeguards than before. — Just five days after adding a new click-to-call function to local map search, Google appears to have removed the feature …
