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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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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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Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Google Video Now a Video Search Engine — Google Video went through many reincarnations in the past. It allegedly started out as one of those 20% side projects within Google, and Larry Page admitted, "We're not quite sure what we're going to get, but we decided we'd try this experiment."
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, Insider Chatter, techPresident, IP Democracy, Mashable!, Profy.Com, Jim Kukral, Techdirt, The Next Net, Daily Feed, The Politico and parislemon
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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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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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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 …
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, Epicenter, Tech Confidential Blog, All About Nortel, dailywireless.org and broadbandreports.com
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BBC:
FBI tries to fight zombie hordes — The FBI is contacting more than one million PC owners who have had their computers hijacked by cyber criminals. — The initiative is part of an ongoing project to thwart the use of hijacked home computers, or zombies, as launch platforms for hi-tech crimes.
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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.
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.
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?
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.
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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Sprint:
Customers Get High Speed Multimedia and Industry-Leading Walkie Talkie Services With Newest Sprint PowerSource Phone — The Motorola Deluxe™ ic902 provides customers with industry-leading Nextel® Walkie-Talkie services, powerful Sprint Power Vision(SM) voice and data services …
