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New York Times:
Google Pushes for Rules to Aid Wireless Plans — If Google succeeds with federal regulators, it could change the way millions of Americans use their cellphones and how they connect to the Internet on their wireless devices. — In the Internet giant's view of the future …
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Imaging America — I'm pleased to announce that we have acquired ImageAmerica, a company that builds high resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery. — Google Maps and Earth users are no strangers to ImageAmerica's work — the company provided high resolution black …
One Laptop Per Child News:
One Pornographic Image Per Nigerian Child — While I've discounted the OLPC child pornography fears of others and we've explored adult OLPC XO uses, I haven't spoken about the potent mix of Internet access and the natural curiosity of children, especially those reaching puberty, to go looking for images others may not want them to see.
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Reuters:
Nigerian pupils browse porn on donated laptops — ABUJA, July 19 (Reuters Life!) - Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organisation have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Thursday.
Harriet Rubin / New York Times:
C.E.O. Libraries Reveal Keys to Success — Michael Moritz, the venture capitalist who built a personal $1.5 billion fortune discovering the likes of Google, YouTube, Yahoo and PayPal, and taking them public, may seem preternaturally in tune with new media. But it is the imprint of old media …
Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft confirms 'Windows 7' due in 3 years — At an internal meeting for its sales force this week, Microsoft confirmed the code name and approximate timing for Windows Vista's successor. The details, such as they are, aren't a huge surprise, but given the dearth of information …
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Mike Ricciuti / CNET News.com:Next version of Windows: Call it 7
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Should Newspapers Become Local Blog Networks? — Chicago Tribune just relaunched its website with, of course, more blogs — A LOT more blogs — news, entertainment, sports, living, business travel, with multiple blogs in each category. It struck me that this is more than a "me too" step …
Alden DeSoto / Google Analytics Blog:
More features. One interface. — Last month, we added the first batch of feature enhancements to the new Google Analytics. Today, we're excited to announce that we're adding a few more of your most requested features. The following improvements are available in your account now:
Network World:
UPDATE: Cisco confirms its network caused Duke's iPhone flooding — 5:54 p.m. ET update: Cisco confirmed that the networking problem Duke University experienced involving Cisco's wireless network and Apple's iPhone was caused by a Cisco network issue. Cisco says it has worked closely …
Craig Pringle:
Getting through the night with an LS800 — A while ago I blogged about my friend Lee - who gave up smoking so he could buy an LS800. Last night Lee found a creative new use for his tablet that possibly saved his skin. There is a bit of a story behind it... You see, we had a few drinks after work to celebrate a customer win.
Daniel Goldman / Opera Watch:
Blog tag: 5 things I'd like to see in Opera — Here at Opera we take our user's feedback very seriously. We scour the blogosphere and read the Opera Forums in search for feedback and suggestions from both existing and potential Opera users. — We're busy with some pretty exciting stuff right now.
Miel / MicroMiel:
Bye Bye Bill Gates — Today was a very remarkable day. We attended the last demo Bill Gates ever gave as a chairman on MGX. It was actually his best demo I ever saw. It was very touching, a standing ovation of minutes and minutes before he even said a word, and a great talk about vision …
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The Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry 8820 launching on AT&T next week? — July, or August? There have mumblings for a while, heck even an official press release, but now our good ole' insider information starts to surface again. It has been told to us that there is a high possibility of the BlackBerry 8820 launching …
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Nick Bradbury:
Conserving Your Limited Attention — I couldn't agree more with Jeremy Zawodny: … When I hear someone complaining about all the feeds competing for their attention, I have to wonder why they don't just unsubscribe from most of them. Are their aggregators not helping them find …
Light Reading:
Google Invests in 3G Startup — The femtocell market is hot. Following weeks of major carrier RFP news and vendor product and partnership announcements, the 3G home base station market stepped up another gear today as Google (Nasdaq: GOOG - message board) emerged as an investor …
PR Newswire:
Journal Investment Group's Brad Greenspan Issues Open Letter to Dow Jones Shareholders Detailing Valuation Assumptions and New Structure of Proposed Investment — LOS ANGELES, July 20 /PRNewswire/ — Internet Entrepreneur and MySpace Founder Brad Greenspan today issued the following open letter …
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:Greenspan's Still Trying on Dow Jones; Proposes New Plans For Digital Dominance
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