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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Netflix Shares Higher On Rumors Of Amazon.com Bid — Netflix (NFLX) shares are higher today on rumors that Amazon.com (AMZN) might make offer to buy the company. In a research note, Bank of America analyst Brian Pitz writes that there is speculation of a $34 a share bid "circulating in the press."
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Associated Press:
Netflix Up on Rumor of Buyout by Amazon — Netflix Up on Rumor of Possible Buyout by Amazon; Analyst Reckons Deal Could Be $1.5B or More — NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Netflix Inc. jumped Wednesday amid a rumor the online video rental company could be acquired by Web retailer Amazon.com Inc.
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Finding a Date — on the Spot — Internet Matchmakers Migrate — To Cellphones, Promising — More-Immediate Results — Earlier this week, Jeff Blum was out buying a sandwich when his mind wandered toward his social life. So he got out his cellphone and sent a text message …
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Reuters:
If it's not tennis elbow, it may be 'Wiiitis' … BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) — When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately. — Then he remembered his new Wii.
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Reuters:
Sony game unit says plans to cut jobs in U.S. — TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp.'s (6758.T) game unit said on Thursday it planned to cut jobs in the United States and was eyeing restructuring steps in Japan as it struggles to keep up with industry rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. (7974.OS).
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Rick Green / Hartford Courant:
Amero Granted New Trial — NEW LONDON — A Superior Court judge Wednesday granted a new trial for Julie Amero, 40, a Norwich substitute teacher whose faulty computer spewed pornographic images in her seventh grade classroom. — "A great weight has been lifted off my back," said a tearful Amero.
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Norwich Bulletin, SecurityFocus, Security Fix, Threat Level, Vitalsecurity.org, Techdirt and Boing Boing
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Longofest / MacRumors:
ZFS To Become Default File System In Leopard — Perhaps overcome with excitement (and forgetting that Apple doesn't like such pre-emptive disclosures), Sun's Jonathan Schwartz announced today at Sun event in Washington D.C. that Apple would be making ZFS "the file system" in Mac OS 10.5 Leopard (video link, requires RealPlayer).
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Google: Foreign workers are key to our success — WASHINGTON—A Google executive on Wednesday credited the company's phenomenal success to the United States' openness to immigrants and called on Congress to let in more foreign workers. — Laszlo Bock, the search giant's vice president …
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Sony:
SONY ADDS NINE MODELS TO BRAVIA® FLAT-PANEL LCD LINE — Models Compatible with BRAVIA Internet Video Link and Feature XMB Menu System — Sony today introduced nine new BRAVIA® flat-panel LCD high-definition televisions with advanced features. — The new models all feature 1920 …
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Jeremyliew / Lightspeed Venture Partners Blog:
Ecommerce 2.0 is happening now — I just spent the last two days at the Internet Retailer conference, and emerged convinced more than ever that we've just scratching the tip of the iceberg with ecommerce opportunities. There are still many more $500m+ revenue ecommerce companies to be built …
Between the Lines:
iPhonomics and the post-PC era — My friend Steve Gillmor is known for his very occasional cryptic and sometimes prescient posts that attempt to connect the dots and unpack the logic between seemingly unrelated events. — This week he focused his attention on the iPhone …
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Phil Windley's Technometria, 25hoursaday.com, Scobleizer, The John Furrier Show and InsideGoogle
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Windows Vista SP1 confirmed again by loud-mouth Microsoft Downloads — Microsoft Downloads can never keep a good secret, always spilling the beans no matter how many times you point at it (keep it up team!). After all the lies Microsoft had to endure to keep Windows Vista Service Pack 1 …
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Windows-Now.com
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Releases Calendar Directory — Google Calendar went live with a directory of public calendars, so you can quickly add calendars of interest (you could search for shared calendars before, but to be able to browse them too is a nice addition). The gallery includes categories like …
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
VATOR.TV LAUNCHING TONIGHT: YOUTUBE FOR START-UPS — Bambi Francisco, formerly of MarketWatch, is taking the wraps off her own business tonight: Vator.tv. It's a YouTube for entrepreneurs, a place where people looking for funding or partners for their business ideas can display their …
Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter:
Craigslist's Craig Newmark: 'My life is a sitcom' — Craig Newmark, of Craigslist fame, shared with me today that sometimes it feels that his life is just like a "sitcom." — Craig is on an extended New York City sojurn. He addressed the Social Media Club last Thursday and is speaking …
