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Macworld UK:
Beatles iTunes deal is reached, report claims — Will music from the Beatles soon be available on iTunes? — Jonny Evans — With the iPhone announced, the Mac news and rumour machine is taking new steps to get ahead of the curve. — This week's leading rumour relates to The Beatles …
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TechBlog, MacUser, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, The Apple Blog, Rex Hammock's weblog and digg
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google No Longer Linking To Yahoo, MapQuest Maps — Search Engine Land got an email this morning from Another Blogger alerting us to the apparent fact that Google had removed links to Yahoo and MapQuest maps. — Previously, a search for "541 Lexington Avenue New York" (W Hotel), for example …
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Sprint:
Sprint Joins Strength of Its Two Networks To Offer Customers Industry-First Phones, Power To Do More — Nextel's professional-grade walkie-talkie service and Sprint's voice and data service come together in a single handset giving customers the power to instantly communicate — Media Contact:
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Netflix Online: return to sender — Today just might be the happiest day for all my friends who worked for networking and telecom companies at the turn of the century, but lost their gigs thanks to the greedy machinations of Broadbandits. — They are soon going to find new employment …
Carlo / Techdirt:
Has EMI Had A Change Of Heart In China? — from the if-you-can't-beat-em dept — Chinese search engine Baidu's been involved in an ongoing legal battle against major record labels, which assert its MP3 searching functionality represents copyright infringement.
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
'24' hitting the shelves in half that — The day-after release of the DVD underscores the speed at which studios must operate. — In one of the quickest turnarounds ever for a television show to appear on DVD, Twentieth Century Fox Television today is expected to release the season premiere episodes of …
Agence France Presse:
Singapore teen first to be sentenced for wireless piggybacking — SINGAPORE (AFP) - A Singapore teen has became the first in the city-state to be sentenced for piggybacking on someone else's wireless Internet connection. — Garyl Tan Jia Luo, 17, could have been sentenced to jail …
Iyaz Akhtar / The Apple Blog:
Apple TV vs. Mac mini - Which one is right for you? — A Mac mini is more than double the price of an Apple TV - is it worth the money? Here's a handy table comparing the two products (information on the Apple TV was found at Ars Technica citing AppleInsider). — Apple TV — Mac mini
Mike / Techdirt:
Why Competing Successfully Is About A Lot More Than Just Copying The Technology — from the not-quite-so-easy dept — Last week, we kicked off quite the discussion following my post suggesting that Apple's iPhone patents weren't necessary. One of the commonly used arguments …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
AOL phisher faces up to 101 years in prison — A California man faces up to 101 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of sending out e-mail scams as well as related crimes. — Jeffrey Brett Goodin, 45, of Azusa, was convicted Friday on multiple counts by a jury …
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Ted Patrick / Ted On Flex:
Mashup University - Introducing Apollo — I presented Apollo at Mashup University at MIT today. I covered a mindmap that I made on Apollo, created simple apps in Flex and Apollo live, and ran some demos apps in 40 minutes. My presentation went well and I got some great feedback.
Charles Moldow / VentureBeat:
VC to Aspiring Entrepreneur: "Are You Sure You Want our Money?" — VC money doesn't make sense in every situation; start-ups are not "one size fits all" and nor should they be funded that way. Am I advocating entrepreneurs shouldn't drop by for a talk with VC's? Hardly.
Oliver / MobileCrunch:
Nimbuzz Talk Goes Live! — Nimbuzz, the mobile application funded by Mangrove Capital Partners(the same smart guys that provided the initial funding for Skype) has just launched their new "talk" application into beta. I'd previously profiled Nimbuzz last August and in the post had suggested …
Discussion:
GigaOM, VoIP Watch, Office Evolution, TechCrunch, StartupSquad, Thoughts on VoIP, technology and digg
Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent:
MTVN Invests In TagWorld; Eager For Social Networking Tools — You're reading this here first ... According to multiple sources, Viacom has invested in social networking company TagWorld for MTV Networks—not for the site but for access to the company's tools and technology.
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Hey Suburbia / WiiNintendo.net:
Wii Sports Experiment, Results! — Six weeks ago, I began what has become a huge obsession of mine. It is called the "Wii Sports Experiment" (Read my original announcement of this from Early December '06). I outlined a 6 week game plan for myself, the idea being that I would continue …
Jimmy Guterman / PaidContent:
Local TV News Leaps to YouTube — KZSW, a local TV station in Temecula, Calif., has begun posting news and sports coverage to YouTube. The station started last month, and when we check there were 42 clips. That station has limited coverage, according to the Press Enterprise , with a potential audience of 30,000 homes.
Business Wire:
Intel Fourth-Quarter Revenue $9.7 Billion — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Intel Corporation today announced fourth-quarter revenue of $9.7 billion, operating income of $1.5 billion, net income of $1.5 billion and earnings per share (EPS) of 26 cents.
