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Tariq Krim / Netvibes.com Blog:
Facebook Meet Netvibes: Netvibes Introduces the Facebook Widget — Well you've all been asking for it, and it's finally here. — The new Netvibes Facebook Widget will allow users to view their Facebook notifications and friends. You can now access your Facebook info on Netvibes, and keep up to date on what your friends are doing!
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Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Netvibes Launches Facebook Widget, Challenges Lock-In — There's a war being fought over ownership of your identity. Today Netvibes launches the Facebook Widget, which lets you view your Facebook notifications and friends within Netvibes. — Data displayed includes links to your profile …
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Ben Ames / Computerworld:
Report: Google shows phone prototype to vendors — Analysts disagree about its potential for success — Google Inc. has developed a prototype cell phone that could reach markets within a year, and plans to offer consumers free subscriptions by bundling advertisements with its search engine …
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Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Not one, but many "gPhones" in the works: report — We've known for some time that Google has research and development resources dedicated to mobile phone technology, but the question has always been: will Google strike out on its own, or will it embrace partners in its quest to tackle the mobile world?
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Engadget, Valleywag, The Register, Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog, Good Morning Silicon Valley and digg
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
The Pirate Bay About To Relaunch Suprnova.org — The Pirate Bay crew has been working on this secret project for quite some time now. Back in April they wrote a cryptic post on their blog announcing that something was coming. In a response to this announcement TPB admin Brokep told TorrentFreak …
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Thomas Mennecke / Slyck.com File-Sharing News …:SuprNova.org Transferred to The Pirate Bay
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Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Out of the Theater, Into the Courtroom — Jhannet Sejas and her boyfriend were celebrating her 19th birthday by taking in a matinee showing of the hit movie "Transformers" at the theater at Ballston Common mall. — Sejas was enjoying the movie so much that she decided to film a short clip …
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p2pnet, CyberNet Technology News, Smalltalk Tidbits …, Public Knowledge, TIME: Nerd World, TorrentFreak and digg
MikeG / Mike Grehan says:
A guaranteed number one listing at Google! — I've been burning up my keyboard for the past two weeks none stop writing. So I've had little time to read any of the latest news around the various other blogs, forums etc. So, maybe this has been covered in great detail elsewhere.
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Search Engine Land, Google Blogoscoped, Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog, Googlified and Google Operating System
Austin Modine / The Register:
Spammer gets 30 years in the slammer — Suddenly wishes Viagra was harder to come by — Notorious spammer Christopher "Rizler" Smith was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday. — US District Judge Michael Davis called Smith a "drug kingpin" before throwing the book at him.
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CraigE / Mac Mojo:
Office 2008 Coming January 2008 — We announced today that Office 2008 for Mac will be released to manufacturing ("RTM") this December, which will allow for retail availability in the US in mid-January (planning for Macworld), and allow us to deliver Office 2008 to our volume license customers …
Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar:
Google Uses Crowdsourcing To Create Maps In India — Google has been sending GPS kits to India that enable locals to make more detailed maps of their area. After the data has been uploaded and then verified against other participant's data it becomes a part of the map.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
HandHeld To Acquire eBaum's World For $15 Million Cash; Other Payouts Possible — Another deal from HandHeld Entertainment, which continues to roll up traffic and content. This time the company is picking up user-gen site eBaum'sWorld for $15 million in cash at closing and a possible total …
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Techdirt, Business Wire, NewTeeVee, Profy.Com, Mashable!, Contentinople, Valleywag, The Technology Chronicles, HipMojo.com and Silicon Alley Insider
Anita Hamilton / Time:
Online Snooping Gets Creepy — When Nazira Sacasa sent me a press release for a new clothing boutique late last month, she didn't know that I would launch a full-scale web search to learn everything I could about her. But I needed a victim to test out the new breed of people-search services on the web …
ir.take2games.com:
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Provides Financial Update — Launch of Grand Theft Auto IV Now Planned for Fiscal 2008 — Conference Call Set for 5:30 pm ET Today — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today announced revised revenue and earnings guidance for fiscal 2007.
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Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun:
070829: viral campaign for new mobile phone? Update: looks like Nokia's N81 8GB phone — I'll admit I have no idea what this is. I started to notice contextual Google Ads on our site for 070829 and since the ads are contextual, this likely has to do with mobile tech.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yelp API Released — Local review site Yelp quietly released an API today to allow third parties to access much of the content and features of the service. — The API allows a number of input requests. Applications can retrieve business review and rating information …
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