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Chris Messina / FactoryCity:
Thoughts on Mozilla — You can now directly download the video or the audio. — Spurred by a conversation I had today, I thought I'd post some wide-ranging and very rough thoughts on Mozilla. They're pretty raw and uncensored, and I go for about 50 minutes, but it might be somewhat thought-provoking.
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
On Mozilla and The Evolution of the Browser — Interesting posts recently from two people who have an important role in defining the future of the browser. Firstly, I missed it while I was in transit in the US, but Mozilla developer Alex Faaborg posted the slides of his presentation at the recent Web 2.0 Expo.
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Chris Messina, Firefox, and the Curse of Expert Ennui — Chris Messina provides some raw thoughts on Mozilla in the form of a really long video (50 minutes!) and the notes he worked off of. You can get an idea of the content from his notes, but there's a whole lot of extra detail in the video.
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Facebook to Offer Free Classifieds — Facebook, the social networking Web site, is adding free classified ad listings, putting it into competition with dozens of established companies like Craigslist and many newspapers. — Facebook, which has 22 million active users …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008 — To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008." And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles.
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WindowsServer / Windows Server Division WebLog:VIRIDIAN FEATURES UPDATE; BETA PLANNED FOR LONGHORN RTM
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Matt / Photo Matt:
Meaningful Overnight Relationship — One thing I've noticed about talking to certain types of press, particularly mainstream, is that they have a pattern in mind before they write about something, and the better you conform to the pattern the more coverage you get.
Jill Whalen / Search Engine Land:
Don't Sweat the Small SEO Stuff — Among clients, forum members, newsletter subscribers, and seminar attendees, many hours of my day are spent answering questions about organic SEO. One thing I've noticed is that newbies and oldies alike are paralyzed when it comes to optimizing their websites …
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Ricky Cadden / Symbian-Guru.com:
Nokia N82 Imaging KING — The second juicy bit of information from my friend Blue Blazer Regular today is of the Nokia N82. This is a candybar device to followup the N73. Similar to the N81, it has quad-band GSM and 2100 HSDPA, BT 2.0 (w/ A2DP), WiFi (b/g w/ uPnP), but also adds built-in GPS, TV-out, FM Radio, and a MicroSD slot.
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Gizmodo:
Incorruptible Editor McCracken Resigns from PC World — 4,689 Views — In case you weren't aware from coverage at our sister sites Valleywag and Gawker, PC World Editor in Chief Harry McCracken has resigned. The reason he resigned—the company's CEO killing a story entitled …
Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple filing reveals multi-sided iPod with touch screen interface — Apple Inc. is looking to patent a design for a handheld device (or iPod) that displays its output on a small front-side display screen but receives input through a larger touch- and force-sensitive back-side interface, AppleInsider has discovered.
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Riva Richmond / Wall Street Journal:
Web TV Start-Up Joost Raises $45 Million — Companies Featured in This Article: CBS, Viacom, Google, Hutchison Whampoa, Cheung Kong Holdings, eBay, Time Warner, Warner Music Group — Upstart Internet TV platform Joost, the latest project from the creators of Skype and Kazaa …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
See Who's Reading Your LinkedIn Profile — LinkedIn added a new feature this week called "Who's Viewed My Profile" that shows the last twenty people who've looked at your profile and the company or industry they are in. — In the last week, visitors to my profile included a student …
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Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
Has Overuse of Bayesian Analysis Screwed Google Search? — A few years ago Joel Spolsky wrote a widely quoted blog post which stated … This morning I fired up my favorite RSS reader and saw the danah boyd's entry entitled quality of Google searches? where she pointed out
Erik Larkin / PC World:
Google Shareholders Vote Against Anti-Censorship Proposal — The failed shareholder proposal would have stopped Google from engaging in self-censorship. — A majority of Google shareholders today voted against an anti-censorship proposal that took aim at the way the search giant conducts …
Nate Whitehill / Nate Whitehill dot Com:
7 Ways To Get Readers to Stick — A while back I talked about "steroid traffic" versus natural traffic. Steroid traffic is a term I coined to mean quick surges of traffic that don't necessarily average more than 1.1 pageviews per visitor. Steroid traffic has short term benefits and the visitors rarely stick around.
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Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Why I love patents and copyrights — perspective Keith Richards in a near-death experience. Does TV get any better? — Ocean Tomo, a Chicago-based company that holds auctions for patents, copyrights and other intellectual property, will put a gem on the block …
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