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Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Google Set To Expand Newspaper Ad Program — For some of the nation's newspapers, Google's offer was too good to pass up. — This fall, the search-engine company proposed to show how it could help newspapers sell print advertising to the hundreds of thousands of small merchants who buy Internet ads from Google.
phx.corporate-ir.net:
Amazon.com's 12th Holiday Season is Best Ever — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that the 2006 holiday season finished as its best ever, with its busiest day being December 11th. On this day Amazon customer orders exceeded 4 million items.
Channel NewsAsia:
Taiwan quake cuts off much of Asia Internet — HONG KONG - Internet and phone services were disrupted across much of Asia on Wednesday after an earthquake damaged undersea cables, leaving one of the world's most tech-savvy regions in a virtual blackout. — From frustrated traders seeking …
Wall Street Journal:
Is 'Web 2.0' Another Bubble? — Hundreds of Internet companies have emerged since the dot-com crash, looking to capitalize on a resurgent online advertising market. Companies in this new wave — known as Web 2.0 — have focused on online collaboration and sharing among users.
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John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:
Facing threats, Jobster targets profitability in 2007 — Jobster, the job search engine that has raised $48 million in venture financing over the past two years, is undergoing an analysis of the business that could involve layoffs or other changes in the first part of 2007.
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Where to Find Good Video: Megite and Tailrank — We've said it before and we'll say it again: online video discovery can be a challenge. Now, in the vein of Digg, StumbleUpon, and newcomers like Viral Video Chart, memetracking sites Megite and Tailrank are adding video sections.
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Fimoculous.com:
30 Predictions for 2007 in Media/Tech/Pop — The usual caveats apply: I have no inside knowledge on any of this stuff. I talk to media+tech people about trends all the time, but nobody ever tells me anything important. And I only have mutual funds, so don't try to play that angle.
Mike / Techdirt:
Trying To Slow Down BitTorrent Traffic Will Backfire, Badly — from the bad-bad-plan dept — Over the past couple of years, a bunch of ISPs have started (usually quietly) applying traffic shaping efforts to slow down your high bandwidth applications like BitTorrent.
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Shoemoney:
How Hackers Are Using Google To Pwn Your Site — No People have had something to add to this What Do you think? — Tell ShoeMoney — As most of you know a few months back my site was hacked. What many people dont know is that was actually the first of 2 times the box was hacked.
Clay Shirky / Many-to-Many:
Linden's Second Life numbers and the press's desire to believe — "Here at KingsRUs.com, we call our website our Kingdom, and any time our webservers serve up a copy of the home page, we record that as a Loyal Subject. We're very pleased to announce that in the last two months …
Tony Long / Wired News:
2006 Foot-in-Mouth Awards — Welcome to Wired News' 2006 Foot-in-Mouth Awards program. You, the readers, have sent us your picks for the lamest quotes from or about the world of technology during this eventful year. We have selected the "best" of those and present them to you now.
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Scott Beale / Laughing Squid:
Microsoft Sent A Free Laptop With Windows Vista — Ok, so yeah, I've been blogging about Microsoft quite a bit lately. I guess their marketing people are doing their job well, since the launch of Windows Vista is next month. Speaking of which, last week I received an email from Edelman …
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Skype Subverts T-Mobile — Many a writer, analyst and blogger have put the label of "disruptive" on Skype. — I think NOT. — The proper term, as I have said before is "subversive" and what the following will prove and point to that exact claim. Now for those who don't see the fine points …
Computerworld:
How I nuked mobile spam — Here's how to keep spam off your phone — Mike Elgan Today's Top Stories or Other Mobile/Wireless Stories — On Jan. 24, 2004, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates famously announced that by 2006, "spam will be solved." He was right.
Karen J. Bannan / New York Times:
Online Chat Is a Grapevine That Yields Precious Fruit — When MD Moms was introduced to market baby skin-care products a year ago, it had plenty going for it. The founders are pediatricians who are also mothers. The company has a strong distribution strategy and the baby products are cleverly packaged.
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
65nm Xbox 360 CPUs delayed until mid-2007 — According to industry sources, plans to produce CPUs for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console on 65nm at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will be pushed back until the middle of 2007, at least one quarter behind the original schedule.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Rush at End, but Holiday Sales Fall Short — There is always next year. — Shoppers swarmed discount stores and mobbed suburban malls over the crucial holiday weekend, but the final burst of buying is expected to fall short of retailers' expectations. — Visa USA, the credit card company …
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Comscore Clings to a Page View World — I have no reason to pick on the fine folks at comScore Media Metrix. However, despite some recent indications that they want to change, it seems as though they are clinging to the days of yore when hits were all that ruled.
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Joshua Freed / Associated Press:
Star Tribune to Be Sold to Private Group — McClatchy Co. Flagship Newspaper Star Tribune Sold to Private Equity Group for $530 Million — MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Newspaper publisher The McClatchy Co. said on Tuesday that it will sell its flagship Star Tribune to the private equity firm Avista Capital Partners …
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Alan Sipress / Washington Post:
Where Real Money Meets Virtual Reality, The Jury Is Still Out — Veronica Brown is a hot fashion designer, making a living off the virtual lingerie and formalwear she sells inside the online fantasy world Second Life. She expects to have earned about $60,000 this year from people who buy …
