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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Attention Wal-Mart customers, Skype now in aisle voice — Wal-Mart is going to start selling nine Skype-certified hardware devices (and by extension the Skype service) in 1800 (or roughly half) of its stores. The deal also includes Skype pre-paid cards. Wal-Mart is the first retailer …
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USA Today:
Wal-Mart pumps up the volume on electronics — Wal-Mart will expand its selection of electronics products today, a move sure to ignite more competition in the battle for market share in that retail segment. — "This is not good news for other people and is great news for Wal-Mart," …
Brooks Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Can CBS Put the Net Into Network? — Broadcaster Launches Plan — Syndicating Shows on Web, — Admits Old Strategy Failed — A year ago, CBS Corp. announced the creation of Innertube, an entertainment channel on CBS.com designed to make the company a player in online video.
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Jossip:
CBS News Acquiring Wallstrip, New Headache in Eeking Out Online Profits — Wallstrip - the Wall Street web video program featuring Lindsay Campbell trying to make the Nasdaq hilarious - is being snapped up by CBS News, we're told, for something in the $5 million range.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
GPLv3 the impetus for Microsoft's latest Linux attack campaign — With one stroke, Microsoft has ended any illusion that it planned to try to build bridges with the open-source community. And it appears the primary reason for Microsoft's decision to go back on the public attack against Linux …
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Associated Press:
Military puts MySpace, other sites off limits … DENVER, Colorado (AP) — Soldiers serving overseas will lose some of their online links to friends and loved ones back home under a Department of Defense policy that a high-ranking Army official said would take effect Monday.
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enthusiast.hardocp.com:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT — ATI's DirectX 10 capable GPU is finally here in the form of the Radeon HD 2900 XT. Does this $399 video card have what it takes to compete with NVIDIA's 8800 series? We explore the architecture, image quality, and real world gaming that shows a different experience than canned benchmarks.
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DigiTimes:
LG.Philips LCD claims first flexible color A4-size e-paper — LG.Philips LCD announced yesterday it has developed the world's first 14.1-inch flexible color electronic paper (e-paper) display, equivalent in size to an A4 sheet of paper. This is a second breakthrough in e-paper for LG.Philips LCD …
Digital Photography Review:
Amazon.com acquires dpreview.com — We're proud and excited to announce that Dpreview has been acquired by the worlds leading online retailer, Amazon.com. Started as hobby site in 1998, dpreview.com has grown to be the number one destination for anyone interested in digital cameras and digital photography.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Understanding Apollo — During my recent visit to the US, I popped into the Adobe office in San Francisco to find out more about Apollo - the company's new RIA (Rich Internet Application) runtime and development platform. I sat down with Mike Chambers - Apollo Senior Product Manager …
DaniWeb IT Discussion Community:
Battle of the botnets — Tech Talk - For the average user spam has always been an annoyance. For the average spammer it has always been about making money. For the criminal gangs that have muscled in on this lucrative industry during the last few years it is now about territory and control.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Apple iPhones on eBay for $1,000 to $10,000 — A bidding war has broken out on eBay for Apple (AAPL) iPhones. — Prices for at least two of the $500-$600 devices have been driven past the $1,000 mark. One sale that closes today had 38 bids as of this morning. Last best offer: $1,025 plus $10 shipping.
Kenneth Li / Reuters:
iTunes-like video services have no future: study — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Online video sites that sell shows and movies such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes will likely peak this year as more programming is made available on free outlets supported by advertising, according to a study released on Monday.
Clive Thompson / New York Times:
Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog — Jonathan Coulton sat in Gorilla Coffee in Brooklyn, his Apple PowerBook open before him, and began slogging through the day's e-mail. Coulton is 36 and shaggily handsome. In September 2005, he quit his job as a computer programmer and …
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BBC:
Web 2.0 'distracts good design' — Hype about Web 2.0 is making web firms neglect the basics of good design, web usability guru Jakob Nielsen has said. — He warned that the rush to make webpages more dynamic often meant users were badly served. — He said sites peppered …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google v. Yahoo: Who Cares The Most About The Environment? — SouthPark dedicated an entire episode to the smugness of hybrid car drivers and San Francisco residents in general. The episode is funny because its largely true - Silicon Valley is well known for having a left-leaning …
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Source: Apple may build 3G wireless into future notebook model — Apple Inc.'s next big step into wireless may well be an integrated cellular broadband module, says one source — but would have a unique spin on an established formula. — An unproven but seemingly credible source …
