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Ashlee Vance / The Register:
Google shivs server crowd with PeakStream buy — Exclusive Google has stunned the server world by acquiring superstar start-up PeakStream, The Register can confirm. — PeakStream's website and phone lines mysteriously crashed yesterday, indicating that the software maker was struggling to pay its bill or had been gobbled.
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
WordPress vs. Movable Type: Open Source Blogging Software Showdown — Movable Type has just released version 4.0 and reversed a decision that nearly killed MT 3.0 and led to the rise of WordPress — MT 4.0, currently in beta, will be released in open source later this year. (See Read/WriteWeb coverage.)
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Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear:
HTC Touch At A Glance — Just got back from an HTC Touch event at the Bryant Park Hotel here in NYC. Had a chance to go into the phone a bit, learn about what it can do, and went home with one. The video above should give you a general feel of how it looks and interacts with touch.
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Niels Provos / Google Online Security Blog:
Web Server Software and Malware — In this post, we investigate the distribution of web server software to provide insight into how server software is correlated to servers hosting malware binaries or engaging in drive-by-downloads. — We determine server operating system by examining the 'Server …
Alex Iskold / Read/WriteWeb:
Clearspring Lands Major Deal With NBC — Clearspring is going to annouce tomorrow that it was chosen by NBC to be its exclusive widget platform for the next year. This is a major deal for Clearspring, and for NBC as well. The specific terms of this business arrangement have not been disclosed.
Will Watts / The Register:
Microsoft threatens its Most Valuable Professional — Who said you could improve our software? — What's the best way to attract a pile of threatening lawyers' letters from Microsoft? Sell pirate copies of Windows? Write a DRM-busting program? — Londoner Jamie Cansdale has just discovered a new approach.
Red Sweater Blog:
MarsEdit 1.2: Growl, Picasa and Vox! — MarsEdit 1.2 is now available for download (or just "Check for Updates" from the app). This is a free update for all registered MarsEdit users. — Three relatively big changes in this release: — Growl support.
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Business Wire:
EA Appoints Kathy Vrabeck to Lead EA Casual Entertainment — New Group to Focus on Lighter Games for Family and New Consumers — REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS - News) today announced the formation of EA Casual Entertainment …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ask.com Commercial: Now on YouTube — Ok, we got a copy of the actual Ask.com TV ad we mentioned earlier today and uploaded it to YouTube. This will supposedly be broadcast on TV tonight for the first time. The basic idea of the ad is a guy singing "I got what I was looking for," …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
MacBook Pros updated: Santa Rosa, LED backlighting, and 1920x1200 display — Right on cue, we've got MacBook Pro updates for you to love or hate depending upon your fanboy affiliation. First the 17-inch which now features new NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics and a new 1920 x 1200 pixel display (for $100 extra)... at last.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Party at August Capital on July 27 — Update: Ok, tickets are selling faster than we thought. We've sold 300 in about 45 minutes. We are going to shut down the list for now and re-open it in a few days. — After a long hiatus of old-fashioned social networking (a.k.a parties) …
Fareastgizmos.com:
Porsche Design Mobile Phone P'9521 presented — Stephane Bret, director of Porsche Design Mobile Group, holds a Porsche Design Mobile Phone P'9521 in Essen June 4, 2007. The Porsche Design Group and Sagem Communication are presenting the first Porsche Design Mobile Phone, the P'9521, at the Red Dot Design Museum in Essen.
Inside AdSense:
Policy updates — and it's not even Thursday! — After our many weeks of policy posts on Thursdays, you're probably intimately familiar with all of our program policies. So we can imagine your surprise when you woke up today, got your morning coffee, and settled in for your daily re-read of the policies …
John Timmer / Ars Technica:
Product loyalty: consumers mistake familiarity with superiority — Anyone who has followed consumer electronics and online services knows that once a product reaches dominance, it becomes very hard for it to be dethroned (hello, iPod, Google, and Windows). Economists have argued …
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Valleywag:
Anthropology: Facebook frenzy — "How come you're not at All Things Digital?" I asked James Hong. The Hot or Not founder's distracted answer: "I'm too busy working on Facebook apps. It's the new internet." The excitement around Facebook's new 'platform' — a set of rules for third parties …
Tony Long / Wired News:
June 5, 1977: From a Little Apple a Mighty Industry Grows — 1977: The Apple II, the world's first "practical" personal computer, goes on sale. — The Apple II is the computer that made Apple a driving force in a new industry. The company's original computer bore little resemblance …
Mark Hachman / PC Magazine:
Intel, Asus Announce $199 'Eee PC' — TAIPEI — Asus and Intel have teamed up to develop a $199 notebook PC, the companies announced here on Tuesday. — In a keynote address given by Sean Maloney, an executive vice president at Intel and chief marketing and sales officer, Jonney Shih …
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