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Thai Tran / Google LatLong:
Google Maps Mashups 2.0 — When we were building the original Google Maps site, we envisioned that it would eventually become a platform for navigating all kinds of location-based information, such as home listings and travel information. Within weeks of the launch of Google Maps …
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Todd Haselton / Ars Technica:Google offers easy map customization with Mapplets
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Zillow Blog:
New Today: Welcome to the Neighborhood! — After an unintended false start, we're happy to announce it's here! We just released a bunch of new features with the goal of making Zillow useful to you — more personalized, more local and more relevant. — We've made additions in a number …
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John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:Zillow enters citizen journalism
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Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter:Zillow: Can We Talk? Real Estate Gets Social
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Nintendo: Wii soon to be No. 1 worldwide (Updated) — Posting from Santa Monica: Following its yearlong head start, Microsoft has the cumulative lead in current-generation console sales in the U.S. — 5.6 million Xbox 360s to 2.8 million Nintendo Wiis and 1.4 million PlayStation 3s, according to NPD Group data as of May.
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Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
New URL highlighting feature in FireFox 3 aims to make phishing harder — When Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 launched last year, both of them included anti-phishing technologies designed to block (or at least warn users away from) suspected phishing web sites and attacks.
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Belkin News:
Wirelessly Print, Watch Movies, and Listen to Music with Belkin's New Wireless USB Hub … (Compton, CA) - July 11, 2007 - Belkin's 4-port Wireless USB Hub gives you wireless access to your USB devices without the clutter of cables. — Simply plug your USB devices, such as your printer and hard drive, into the Wireless USB Hub.
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Belkin News:
Belkin's New N1 Vision is the First Wireless Router with an Interactive Network Display … (Compton, CA) - July 11, 2007 - Belkin's new N1 Vision wireless router features an advanced interactive network display that allows you to view the activity of your network.
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Sony's new PSP is slimmer, includes video output — It's not quite the PSP 2 some might've hoped for, but Sony is giving its handheld console a serious refresh in the form of a slimmer, lighter and faster "updated" PSP. The new unit still includes the 4.3-inch LCD and UMD, but is 33 percent lighter …
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Ecamm Network News:
iPhoneDrive Released — Ecamm Network today announced the release of iPhoneDrive for Mac. — The new program allows iPhone owners to store files and data in the iPhone's flash memory. The iPhone can now be used for storage and backup, as well as moving files from Mac …
Microsoft:
The Walt Disney Studios to Offer Movie Rentals On Demand Through Xbox LIVE Starting Now — New partnership brings growing catalogue of current blockbuster and classic library titles to Xbox LIVE Marketplace. — Whether you want to find adventure in a blockbuster game or lose yourself …
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Susie Pan / DigiTimes:
Wintek to ship touch screen panels for new Apple iPods — Taiwan-based Wintek will be the panel supplier of Apple's new iPod video, according to sources at upstream suppliers. Apple is set to launch a next-generation iPod video in August with the new products featuring a touch screen panel similar to the iPhone, the sources noted.
Bloomberg:
Yahoo Chief Yang May Fail in Ad Squeeze by Google — Yahoo! Inc. lost the battle with Google Inc. in searching the Internet and now may have jeopardized its lead in display advertisements. — Even a new chief executive officer and head of sales may not be able to prevent rival social …
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Scott Rafer is Facebooking, launching Lookery — Scott Rafer would be a dangerous fellow if he were running a hedge fund. He would make momentum bets that would either pay-off or fizzle out. He does precisely that in the start-up world, when he finds a hot trend.
Matthew Broersma / PC World:
Synchronica Evades iPhone Corporate E-Mail Barrier — Synchronica has updated its Mobile Gateway 3.0 middleware to let iPhone users synchronize email with Microsoft Exchange, the company said. — The iPhone, launched last month in the U.S. and due in the U.K. by the end of this year …
CNET News.com:
Democrats criticize AT&T's exclusive iPhone deal — Blog: AT&T's deal to sell the iPhone drew criticism from Democrats, and a defense from Republicans. The arrangement might led to an open access requirement for a 700 MHz spectrum auction next year.
Robert Vamosi / Webware.com:
APPLE UPDATES QUICKTIME 7.2 WITH EIGHT SECURITY FIXES — In addition to providing full-screen viewing and various iPhone options, the latest version of Quicktime 7.2 includes eight important security fixes. This update affects users of Mac OS X v10.3.9, Mac OS X v10.4.9, as well as users of Windows XP and Windows Vista.
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