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David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
The biggest Web site you've never heard of — Photobucket has 38 million members, but unless you use MySpace or Facebook, you might not know them. Fortune's David Kirkpatrick provides a snapshot of the Web's hottest photo site. — NEW YORK (Fortune) — Photobucket is the most important site …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:How Much Is Photobucket Worth? — Silicon Valley/Colorado based photo …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (935423) — Vulnerability in Windows Animated Cursor Handling — Microsoft is investigating new public reports of targeted attacks exploiting a vulnerability in the way Microsoft Windows handles animated cursor (.ani) files. In order for this attack to be carried out …
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John C. Dvorak / MarketWatch:
Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone — BERKELEY (MarketWatch) — The hype over the unreleased iPhone has actually increased over the past month despite the fact that nobody has seen or used the device. This, if nothing else, proves the power of branding and especially the power of brand loyalty.
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Apple 2.0, Cult of Mac, Engadget, Gizmodo, Apple Gazette, Business Logs, Michael Gartenberg, Howard Lindzon, Urlocker On Disruption, CrunchGear and The Apple Blog
BBC:
Dell gives the go-ahead for Linux — Computer giant Dell will start to sell PCs preinstalled with open source Linux operating systems, the firm has said. — The second largest computer maker in the world said it had chosen to offer Linux in response to customer demand.
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Eisner: The Web Doesn't Change Content — Michael Eisner has demonstrated more than the idle curiosity or knee-jerk distrust in online video one might expect from a man with a long career of high-profile executive roles at ABC, Paramount Pictures, and Disney.
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TechCrunch, Variety, Digital Media Wire, Financial Times, GigaOM, IP Democracy, Mashable! and The Media Age
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Should Microsoft buy DoubleClick? Better double think that one — There is a lot of buzz in the financial press about Microsoft making a bid to acquire DoubleClick. Larry Dignan at ZDNet thinks Microsoft should do it. The Wall Street Journal says; … My Take? It could be a good deal, but;
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Jason Margolis / BBC:
Wi-fi buses drive rural web use — Buses equipped with wi-fi are being used to deliver web content to remote rural villages in the developing world. — In rural India and parts of Rwanda, Cambodia and Paraguay, the vehicles offer web content to computers with no internet connection.
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
The Real Scrapblog is Here... Finally — Scrapbook maker, Scrapblog strutted its stuff at the We Media conference last month, went off the grid, and finally came back online today. — Scrapblogs are Flash-based slide shows made up of pages of photo or video layouts you can jazz up with a myriad of designs and effects.
Brian Briggs / BBspot:
RIAA Lawsuit Decision Matrix — BBspot has obtained secret documents which RIAA lawyers use to determine whether to file a lawsuit against a copyright violator. These documents give insight into the RIAA's decision-making process, and could help people avoid lawsuits in the future.
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Searching for Ads Offline — If there was any doubt about the scope of Google's ambitions in the advertising world, one of its recent job postings should dispel them: It seeks a "head of national TV sales" to help build "a world-class national TV advertising sales team." — Then there is radio.
BBC:
US 'no longer technology king' — The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. — The US is now ranked seventh in the body's league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations.
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Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
YouTube adds remixing and real-time chat — YouTube went offline last night for updating. The new version is live now. Features include the capability to customize the colors and content on your personal profile page, and a new Google Labs-like feature, TestTube, where you can experiment with new YouTube features.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Redefining The Tag — The basic format for embedding images into a web page using the <img> tag has been around almost as long at HTML itself, since the first graphical web browser. It works, and it is used constantly. But can it be better? — Advertising network AdBrite …
Business Wire:
Dell Will Delay Form 10-K Filing Pending Completion of Investigation — ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dell (NASDAQ:DELL - News) announced today that it will delay the filing of the Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended February 2, 2007 beyond the prescribed due date of April 3 …
Dave Caolo / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
iTunes Complete My Album feature: No, thanks — Earlier today, Apple introduced a new "feature" to the US iTunes Store* called "Complete My Album." If you've got incomplete albums in your collection that you purchased from iTunes, you can buy the neglected tracks at a reduced price.
Wired News:
Public Library Geeks Take Web 2.0 to the Stacks — When the IT director at North Carolina's Charlotte & Mecklenburg County public library began training staff in the latest web technologies, she lured reluctant participants with bribes — a free MP3 player and the chance to win a laptop.
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Nokia:
Nokia 5700 XpressMusic: Adding a new twist to mobile music — 3G Smartphone can download and play tracks from range of Internet music stores — Espoo, Finland - Today, Nokia revealed the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic, an accessible 3G smartphone augmented by a dedicated audio chip for enhanced music performance.
