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Joosep / Heartbeat:
Problems with Skype login — UPDATED 14:02 GMT: Some of you may be having problems logging into Skype. Our engineering team has determined that it's a software issue. We expect this to be resolved within 12 to 24 hours. Meanwhile, you can simply leave your Skype client running and as soon …
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VoIP & Gadgets Blog:
Skype Outage — Skype is experiencing a major outage. My fellow TMC co-workers noticed it late Wednesday when they couldn't IM fellow co-workers. TMC's Dave Rodrqiguez told me that he went home for the day, signed into Skype from home and was bombarded with a ton of Skype IM messages that didn't go through earlier.
Dsifry / Sifry's Alerts:
A Change in Seasons — If there's one thing I've learned during my time as CEO here at Technorati is that making tough choices is a daily reality. But some choices are tougher than others, particularly when they involve one's own self. — You see, I've made the tough decision to turn …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Technorati Loses A "Great Leader." PodTech Also Loses CEO — We've all known that blog search engine Technorati and videocasting site PodTech weren't doing particularly well: that both companies were conducting CEO searches. But today the bloodletting became real. — PodTech CEO John Furrier is out.
Sprint:
Sprint Nextel Demonstrates Key Technologies For Mobility Strategy — Product branding and WiMAX business plans showcased — Media Contact: — James Fisher, 703-433-8677 — Investor Relations Contact: — Kurt Fawkes, 800-259-3755 investor.relations@sprint.com
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
HP firing on all cylinders — Hewlett-Packard on Thursday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $2.1 billion, or 66 a share, and revenue of $25.4 billion. Overall, HP delivered a solid performance across all of its business units. — Excluding one-time items, HP reported earnings of 71 cents a share.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
USAToday's Social Network Experiment May Not Be Paying Off — When USAToday relaunched its site in March as a social network around news, I and others thought it was big news. — They integrated Pluck's new Social Media Suite, a group of social networking products that a number of high profile news sites have adopted.
PR Newswire:
USATODAY.com Reports 20% Year-Over-Year Increase in Traffic — MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ — USA TODAY announces that its website, USATODAY.com, recorded a 20% year-over year increase in traffic for the month of July 2007 and a month-over-month growth of 24% according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
OMG! Study finds iPhone texting 2x slower than QWERTY — Updated below: A study has determined that iPhone's touchscreen is two times slower than QWERTY phones when it comes to texting. — OMG! — This study was conducted by User Centric, a Chicago-based usability consultant. User Centric concludes:
Podtech / John Furrier:
Taking it to the Next Level - PodTech Has a New CEO — Today the company, which I founded two years ago, is announcing a new CEO - James McCormick. James has been the Chief Operating Officer for the past 9 months. In his role he has been setting up the business and operating infrastucture for PodTech.
Business Wire:
Dell Independent Investigation Completed; Will Restate Financials — Remedial Action Under Way to Correct Control Deficiencies — ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dell (NASDAQ:DELL - News) today announced that its Audit Committee has completed its independent investigation into certain accounting and financial reporting matters.
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
AOL's Truveo Introduces New Video Search Site And Consumer Destination — AOL acquired video search engine Truveo in January, 2006 and has used it primarily as a technology platform to power AOL video since that time. Simultaneously, the company has been supporting video search on third party sites.
Grant Gross / InfoWorld:
Knowledge Networks pays $300,000 to settle internal copyright complaint — (InfoWorld) - Analyst firm Knowledge Networks has agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a complaint that it distributed news articles to its employees without permission of the copyright owners, a trade group announced Thursday.
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Darren Rowse / ProBlogger Blog Tips:
Secret AdSense Online Advisory Council Revealed — It seems that AdSense is forming (or has formed) a secret new group made up of some of it's most successful publishers. — An email was sent to an unknown number of publishers in the last 24 hours inviting them to join it with the following email …
Walt Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Apple's iWork Package Is Elegant but Wimpy Compared With Office — When you hear that Apple has released a new product, you think of a sleek Macintosh laptop, or perhaps a beautiful program for editing videos. But a spreadsheet? Not a spreadsheet. After all, expertise with spreadsheets …
Stace / Unwired View:
NEW SAMSUNG PHONES TO HELP YOU PRATICE SAFE SEX — Yep. You've read the headline right. Samsung has just filed the patent application for a mobile phone that will help you practice safe sex Well, almost. — The phone in question will not protect you from various STD's, you'll have to use your own discretion for that.
