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Karen / Official Google Blog:
The CNN/YouTube debates — Posted by Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, YouTube — Back in March we kicked off our You Choose '08 program, a hub of political channels on YouTube designed to educate, empower, and connect voters and presidential candidates through the power of online video.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
YouTube Passes Debates to a New Generation — The quadrennial ritual of presidential debates has long followed a tried and true format. — A guy in a suit asks mostly predictable questions of other people in suits. The voter is a fixture in the audience, motionless until he or she gets to address the candidate, respectfully.
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NewTeeVee, techPresident, IP Democracy, Mashable!, Insider Chatter, Jim Kukral, The Next Net, Profy.Com, Techdirt, Daily Feed, The Politico and parislemon
Valleywag:
Housekeeping: Owen Thomas is the Valleywag — Owen Thomas, the Business 2.0 editor whom we've lured to run Valleywag, is all smiles. But don't be deceived. This Silicon Valley gossip rag, after he takes over in July as managing editor, will remain as obnoxious as ever.
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mathewingram.com/work, Insider Chatter, Paul Kedrosky's …, The Next Net and Laughing Squid
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Frames a Video Search Engine — Google Video, now a video search engine, shows a frame similar to the one from Image Search when you click on a search result. The frame lets you rate the video, share it, and watch related videos. You can also watch the previous or the next search result …
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Dan Primack / PE HUB:
Veoh Hosts $26 Million Round — Updated Veoh may no longer host popular adult videos, but that hasn't stopped venture capitalists from backing up the Brink's truck. peHUB has learned that the San Diego-based company recently raised around $26 million in Series C funding …
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VentureBeat, NewTeeVee, alarm:clock, TechCrunch, paidContent.org, Mashable!, bub.blicio.us and HipMojo.com
Robert Vamosi / CNET News.com:
Apple updates Safari with version 3.0.1 for Windows (beta) — Stung by the harsh reception to Safari for Windows (beta), Apple today released Safari 3.0.1 for Windows (beta), addressing three flaws. The updated version patches CVE-2007-3186, a command-injection vulnerability that may lead …
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Apple:
Safari for Windows Public Beta Downloads Top 1 Million in First 48 Hours — Apple® today announced that more than 1 million copies of Safari™ for Windows were downloaded in the first 48 hours since the free public beta was made available on Monday.
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Macsimum News, Apple Gazette, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, MacSlash and Information Overlord
Microsoft Connect:
We have just reached a new milestone, Release Candidate 1! — Welcome to the Windows Home Server page on Microsoft Connect - Microsoft's community destination for downloading beta products. — If you wish to participate in Windows Home Server evaluation program and/or to participate …
John's Blog:
A Picture's Worth 100M Users??? — Steve Job's keynote at WWDC this year inspired some and was disappointing to others — but, as usual, it was interesting & entertaining. I've always liked Apple's products, and spend an embarrassing amount of my own money on them. So I'm interested in what he's got to say.
Wall Street Journal:
Sprint Explores Options for WiMax — Sprint Nextel Corp. is exploring new options for financing its ambitious plan to build a wireless broadband network known as WiMax, including forming a partnership or joint venture with cellphone pioneer Craig McCaw and seeking an infusion of cash from cable providers …
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GigaOM, Tech Trader Daily, Tech Confidential Blog, All About Nortel, Epicenter, dailywireless.org and broadbandreports.com
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The Boy Genius Report:
Apple iPhone sighting? — Looks like they're out there, and no, we don't just mean in Walt and David's hands...we mean out there. Check out this flick of someone using what almost definitely appears to be an iPhone. He's all listening to Journey probably, reminiscing about The Sopranos season finale.
BBC:
The Tech Lab: Dave Winer — Dave Winer, considered by many to be the father of blogging and a pioneer of RSS feeds, offers his personal view on technologies he would like to see in existence one day. — I'm a blogger, therefore I like to write short two or three paragraph essays on things I care about.
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Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram — An astute Windows user was intrigued by the holographic image on the face of the Windows Vista Business DVD and decided to take a much closer look, discovering in the margin a microscopic photograph of three men. Just who they could be?
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Xing integrates with ZoomInfo, in move to overtake LinkedIn — (Updated with initial LinkedIn response) — Xing, the Hamburg, Germany social networking site for business contacts, has just signed a deal that makes its network larger than it U.S. competitor LinkedIn.
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Search Engine Journal, Mashable!, Vecosys, WebProNews, Between the Lines and Social Degree
Vanessa Fox. Nude.:
a few changes — For the last two years, I have had a fantastic time helping to build Google Webmaster Central. I have loved working with the (ever-expanding!) team, writing about search on the blog and for the help center, and designing features for the webmaster community.
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Boston U student fights RIAA attempt to discover names behind IP addresses — As part of its stepped-up efforts against file-sharing on college campuses, the RIAA has begun filing lawsuits against college students who don't take advantage of the group's discounted settlement offer.
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Karen / Official Google Blog:
The state of our video ID tools — Recent speculation and stories like this Wall Street Journal piece by Kevin Delaney, "YouTube to Test Software To Ease Licensing Fights," or this Reuters report on YouTube's use of video identification tools made us think it would be useful to clarify what we're doing.
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