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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Rumor: Google about to sign ad deal with Dish Networks — Google is about to sign a deal with Dish Network, the nation's second largest satellite TV company, to deliver ads for Dish's network, VentureBeat is hearing. — We haven't been able to confirm the rumor (Google has not yet responded to a request for comment).
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Drumsnwhistles / odd time signatures:
Twitter THIS! — After a week in a very mellow groove where I only read friends' feeds, I'm catching up. It really doesn't take much to catch up on the geek feeds because the only topic I see over and over and over again is Twitter. Marshall Kirkpatrick has a "Twitter Top Ten" …
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The Blog Herald, michael parekh on IT, mathewingram.com/work, Brandon Live!, Mashable! and Ross Mayfield's Weblog
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USA Today:
Eisner to take on the Internet — NEW YORK — Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner built his career trying to identify and shape hit movies and TV shows. Now he's at it again, this time on the Internet. — His investment firm, The Tornante Co., will announce Monday the formation of a studio …
gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine:
The first universal mobile phone charger — March 12, 2007 The world's first universal mobile phone charger is being introduced at CEBIT this week. Designed by Professor Luigi Colani, a nearly 80-year-old legend in the field of industrial design, the Anyfix can recharge more than 80% …
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times:
Media's focus narrowing, report warns — Splintering audiences in the online age are driving risky trends like 'hyper-local ism,' the Project for Excellence in Journalism says. — News organizations confronted with declining revenue and increased competition are entering an era …
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Reuters:
European consumer chief takes aim at iTunes — EU official complains that Apple locks users into using iPod player. — BERLIN (Reuters) — European Union consumer chief Meglena Kuneva has hit out at Apple Inc.'s bundling of its popular iPod music players and its iTunes online music store, according to German weekly magazine Focus.
Jonathan Schwartz / Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog:
Moving A Petabyte of Data — I made a speech last week at which I asserted it was faster to send a petabyte of data from San Francisco to Hong Kong by sailboat, than by the internet. — I got quite a few "how can that possibly be true" kinds of questions, so here's the math.
Rex Dixon / VentureBeat:
Useful local search sites, Boorah and SuggestLocal — Boorah and SuggestLocal are two new useful local search sites worth a look. — Boorah provides a clean, elegant search for restaurants by city, ranking them by the quality of reviews and other mentions they get from around the web.
Jonathan Thaw / Bloomberg:
Wikia plans editable Web search engine — Wikia Inc., the San Mateo company co-founded by Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales, plans to challenge Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. with a search engine that lets users edit and fine-tune its results. — The goal for the project is to get 5 percent of the search market …
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2007.sxsw.com:
Finalists Announced in 10th Annual Competition — We are pleased to reveal the 10th Annual SXSW Web Awards Finalists. Hundreds and hundreds of innovative web designers and developers from across the globe submitted websites in this year's competition, all sites that have been launched or completely redesigned in 2006.
Jason Pontin / New York Times:
A New Battery Takes Off in a Race to Electric Cars — VROOOOM! Or, rather, much more softly: brmmm. — A123Systems, a start-up in Watertown, Mass., says it has created a powerful, safe, long-lived battery. If the cell fulfills the ambitions of its maker, that softer sound will be the future of automobiles.
Consumerist:
Dell: Absolutely Free Vista Upgrade 70% Off — Brad bought his Dell on October 25th, the day before Dell announced that all future purchases would be eligible for a free upgrade to Vista. Brad called to cancel his order so he could reorder it and be eligible for Vista.
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Susan Wu:
SXSW Panel: Virtual Worlds and Avatars — Today I was on a panel about avatars with some very fascinating folks, each of whom has followed a very nonlinear path through life. For example, I learned that Mark Stephen Meadows hitchhiked from Kuwait to Baghdad a few years ago …
Business Week:
The Trouble With India — Crumbling roads, jammed airports, and power blackouts could hobble growth — When foreigners say Bangalore is India's version of Silicon Valley, the high-tech office park called Electronics City is what they're often thinking of.
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