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Steve Dowling / Apple:
Apple Files 10-Q and 10-K — Apple to Record Non-Cash Charge of $84 Million — Apple® today filed its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2006 and its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").
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New York Times:
Apple Filing to Tell All on Options — Apple Computer and its charismatic chief executive, Steven P. Jobs, are expected to make a big announcement about a new product at the Macworld conference next month. Before that, however, the company has some other highly anticipated information to share.
May Wong / Business Week:
Apple says options probe clears execs — Apple Computer Inc. restated past earnings Friday and acknowledged the backdating of thousands of stock option grants. But the company cleared current management and Chief Executive Steve Jobs of misconduct, saying it has "complete confidence" in the executive team.
Mike / Techdirt:
And By The Time Anyone Reads The Sneaky Fine Print On AT&T's Concessions, The Merger Will Be Done — from the fooled-ya dept — A few hours ago, we wrote about the concessions AT&T agreed to in order to get their merger with BellSouth approved — possibly today.
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Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
AT&T Knows When to Fold 'em — Updated, Friday 9 AM. Look, we told you the AT&T-BellSouth deal would get done. And with all its lawyers and lobbyists, it's no surprise that AT&T made the smart political move, suggesting a few minor concessions that should grease the wheels at the FCC and help make Ma Bell bigger, sooner.
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Guba CEO steps down, says more execs may follow — Guba CEO Thomas McInerney has stepped down from the video-sharing site, marking the second executive shuffle within the sector in a week. — McInerney told CNET News.com that two other Guba executives are likely to follow him.
Paul Hampel / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cartographers hit the road to bring updated online maps — In an SUV crammed with high-tech gear, Dan Donovan and Ben Woodley trolled last week through a new and virtually treeless subdivision in Troy, Ill. — A green arrow on a dashboard monitor connected to a roof-mounted Global Positioning …
Michael Fahey / Kotaku:
Feature: The Decline of the PS3 Grey Market — The rise and fall of the PlayStation 3 on eBay is one of the most talked about gaming stories of the year. In order to paint a broader picture, I've tracked pricing trends from preorders to Christmas Eve and surveyed retailers to determine just how hard the PS3 grey market has crashed.
PJ Doland / The Frosty Mug Revolution:
Genius Grant Please, or The NSFW HTML Attribute — UPDATE: The idea expressed below has been significantly improved and a brief spec document and example is now available. You might, however, still want to read what follows before proceeding to the aforementioned link.
Chris Thilk / Open The Dialogue:
Microsoft sows anger and confusion — In the past I've been hesitant on this blog to criticize the actions of other agencies and how they handle blog programs, even egregious examples like fake blogs being setup and other clear violations of the playground rules.
Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
The HDTV Dilemma: Pay for TiVo's Recorder Or Settle for Cable's? — If you just got a high-definition television, one of the best things you can buy to complement it is a digital video recorder, or DVR, the tapeless gadgets that save programs so you can watch them when you choose.
Google:
More about the Google Zeitgeist — Pulling together interesting search trends and patterns requires Google's human and computing power together. Search statistics are automatically generated based on the millions of searches conducted on Google over a given period of time - weekly, monthly, and annually.
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Jeff / The Jeff Pulver Blog:
First John Edwards announces on YouTube. What Happens Next? — During my flight back to the States yesterday, a Washington, D.C. policy reporter who was covering the John Edwards YouTube announcement emailed me a request to do an interview. While I would have been happy to talk using Skype …
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Gizmodo:
DIY Wii Media Center — Wii owners listen up. The developers at Red Kawa are giving you (and a few PS3 owners) a reason to rejoice. They've created an app that lets you stream pictures, music, and videos from your Mac or PC straight to your Wii. The software is in alpha and only certain files …
The Bad Astronomer / Bad Astronomy Blog:
The Top Ten Astronomy Images of 2006 — This past year has been — like most are — up and down for science in general and astronomy in particular. We've had stunning successes and heartbreaking setbacks, all of which seem huge when dealing with them at the time.
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Bebo Launching Ad Widgets — Mashable was the first to cover the launch of Bebo Widgets, the service that lets Bebo users put content from Photobucket, RockYou and Slide.com on their profiles. But now there's a development to that story that's worth mentioning: next year …
Siva Vaidhyanathan / MSNBC:
Me, 'Person of the Year'? No thanks — For some reason I just don't feel as empowered as you think I feel — Consider this: the flagship publication of one of the most powerful media conglomerates in the world declares that flagship publications and powerful media conglomerates …
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Social Media is No Mo — As we conclude 2006 and head into the new year it is my conviction that the phrase "social media" is moot. — Social media, according to Wikipedia, includes "the online tools and platforms that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences and perspectives with each other."
