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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
$100 Million Payday For Feedburner - This Deal Is Confirmed — Rumors about Google acquiring RSS management company Feedburner from last week, started by ex-TechCrunch UK editor Sam Sethi, are accurate and are now confirmed according to a source close to the deal.
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Dave Sifry / The Technorati Weblog:
Come check out the refreshed www.technorati.com! — I've got some wonderful news, six month's hard work of our entire team has just gone out the door. http://www.technorati.com/ — We just launched a major refresh to www.technorati.com. Some of the changes are subtle, some are big …
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Inside AdSense:
AdSense coming to a video near you — You've heard the expression "Content is king." We completely agree, and we also realize that these days website content is much more than just text — it's also video. That's why we're excited to announce that this week, we're launching a pilot …
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Holly M. Sanders / New York Post:
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES PURGE OF AD-HEAVY WEB SITES — Google is trying to clean up its search results by cracking down on dubious Web sites that contain little content but lots of ads. — The search giant has notified a number of Web publishers in the last few days that they will be dropped from its popular …
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David Ulevitch / OpenDNS Blog:
Google turns the page... in a bad way. — This is a long post but it's worth the read. In short, Google and Dell have teamed up to install some software on Dell computers that borders on being spyware. I say spyware because it's hard to figure out what it is and is even harder to remove.
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:Google & Dell's Revenue-Generating URL Error Pages Drawing Fire
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BBC:
Sony handheld to offer net calls — Owners of Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console will soon be able to make voice and video calls over a wireless internet connection. — Using a soon-to be-released camera and microphone, gamers will be able to call other PSP owners and some BT phones.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Anarchy, Discontent Plague Second Life — Linden Labs may soon be delivering better clouds to Second Life, yet there are clouds of another kind on the horizon for the much hyped service. — An update to Second Life's client server will coincide with a 6 hour outage from 6am-12 noon PST Wednesday and Second Life users are not happy.
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Polly Graham / News of the World:
POD IT AWAY! — COMPUTER giants Apple are really worked up—over an Ann Summers sex toy that hooks up to your iPod. — Women all over Britain are saying yes, yes, yes to the £30 iGasm that plugs into a music player and delivers good vibrations that pulse to the beat.
Jeff Barr / Jeff Barr's Blog:
Google Can't Google? — Last year Google tried to convince me to join their ranks. I had a nice trip to Mountain View, a pleasant day of interviews, and a glimpse inside of their campus. All pretty cool. I ended up shutting down the process between the "we really want to hire you" …
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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Is the Google Video PlusBox Fair? — There's an interesting imbalance being created by Google's recent integration of videos right into their search results in the form of a PlusBox. For instance, when I search for finger flip flop video, a Google Blogoscoped blog entry containing …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Focuses on Interoperability for the Identity Metasystem — Leading an industrywide effort to develop increased identity assurances online, Microsoft announces the development of several projects. — Microsoft Corp. today announced a series of offerings that foster improved interoperability for online identity management.
Anoop Gantayat / IGN:
No FFXIII This Year — Just in case you were still hoping. — Did that updated Final Fantasy XIII trailer (you know, the one you weren't able to see because filming was not allowed) from the Square Enix Party get you even more excited about Japan's most anticipated PS3 title?
Paperghost / The SpywareGuide Greynets Blog:
Skype Worm Variant Targets Other Instant Messaging Clients — Background: In recent months, there have been a number of so-called "Skype Worms" that have been spread in a similar fashion as an Instant Messaging infection - user is sent malicious link, user clicks link and becomes infected assuming …
Andrew Yoon / PS3 Fanboy:
Firmware 1.80 to include 1080p upscaling for games and movies — Sony has officially unveiled plans for PS3 firmware 1.80. This update looks to be the most significant yet. Here's a breakdown of what to expect: — Full 1080p upscaling for DVDs, PS2 and PS1 games.
Robert McMillan / InfoWorld:
GPL author: Google must share code — (InfoWorld) - Companies like Google that build their business on software such as Linux have a moral imperative to contribute back to the free software community, a prominent open-source advocate said Tuesday. — That's a good thing because it doesn't look …
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Clive Thompson / Wired News:
The Visible Man: An FBI Target Puts His Whole Life Online — Hasan Elahi whips out his Samsung Pocket PC phone and shows me how he's keeping himself out of Guantanamo. He swivels the camera lens around and snaps a picture of the Manhattan Starbucks where we're dinking coffee.
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