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Jonathan Schwartz / Jonathan Schwartz's Weblog:
The Rise of JAVA - The Retirement of SUNW — I've spoken before about the value of brand - this post is a good example. And I wanted to follow up with a few more thoughts, and an important shift in how Sun (NASDAQ:SUNW) presents itself to the world - and more importantly, how the world now presents itself to Sun.
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Ashlee Vance / The Register:
Sun boots workstation roots in favor of JAVA ticker — In a rather odd marketing ploy, Sun Microsystems will change its ticker symbol from SUNW to JAVA. — The ticker switch takes hold next Monday on the NASDAQ exchange. We're not sure what the flip gives Sun other than a constant reminder that it's the company behind Java.
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Stephen Lawson / PC World:
IBM Buys Web Conferencing Vendor — IBM Corp. has acquired a Web conferencing service provider, it announced as part of a flurry of unified communications moves on Wednesday.IBM will make WebDialogs Inc. part of its Lotus division and add its service to the Sametime family of products …
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple to usher in era of Mac OS X-based iPods — Apple Inc. will use a media event next month to unveil a new breed of iPod digital music players that have been injected with the company's most vital asset — the Mac OS. — The move will culminate a multi-year effort on the part …
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TFOT - The Future Of Things:
Mempile - Terabyte on a CD — Home >> Articles >> Storage — Revolutionary new optical-storage technology currently under development will allow the equivalent of 250,000 high-quality MP3s or more than 115 DVD-quality movies and about 40 HD movies on a single CD-size medium.
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Valleywag:
Rumormonger: Has Craig Newmark quit Craigslist? — Has Craig Newmark quit Craigslist? — A fascinating tidbit buried in a story about Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin's allegations of child prostitution on Craigslist: Susan MacTavish Best, Craigslist spokeswoman and girlfriend of CEO Jim Buckmaster …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Ok, Ok. All Of You (even YouTube) Invented Video Overlay Ads "First" — When I wrote a post earlier today suggesting that YouTube was not the first to use a Flash overlay advertisement for online video, I didn't realize I'd be getting so many emails and comments disputing exactly who first invented the unit.
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Dan Nystedt / Computerworld:YouTube fans rant, threaten to leave over new ads
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Jon Brodkin / InfoWorld:
Google Apps no match for MS Office, report says — (InfoWorld) - Deploying Google Apps could be a "career-limiting move for enterprise architects" if they expect too much from the software-as-a-service collaboration suite and its "rudimentary" feature set, the Burton Group research and consulting firm says in a new report.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Mary Meeker's YouTube Math — Morgan Stanley's Internet analyst Mary Meeker was a good deal more optimistic than we and others were about the revenue impact of YouTube's new overlay ads. Specifically, Mary concluded that the overlays could immediately add $4.8 billion of gross revenue …
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Xbox.com:
Free Retrofit for Wireless Racing Wheel — As a precautionary measure, Microsoft Corporation is voluntarily providing its customers with a free retrofit to the Xbox 360 Wireless Racing Wheel. The Wheels were manufactured during 2006 - 2007. A component in the Wheel chassis …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony achieves world's highest output from sugar battery — Another day, another fuel cell milestone. This time, it's sugar at the bio-electrical base. Unfortunately, the world's highest output they're touting is just 50mW per cell. Still, if you daisy chain a few together then you've got enough juice …
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Vauhini Vara / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Gets Personal With Ad Targeting Plan — Social-networking Web site Facebook Inc. is quietly working on a new advertising system that would let marketers target users with ads based on the massive amounts of information people reveal on the site about themselves.
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KathrynV / dslreports.com:
SoundExchange Gives Small Broadcasters A Break - At least for a couple more years ... but they don't want it — After much lobbying and media coverage about the negative effect of higher royalty rates on small Internet radio broadcasters, SoundExchange put a halt on realizing the rates until a better deal could be worked out.
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:SoundExchange drops DRM requirement, webcasters still oppose new deal
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Dean Takahashi / Mercury News:
Exclusive: What Microsoft's Falcon project is going to mean for when you should buy an Xbox 360 — Falcon is coming your way this fall. The first Xbox 360s with it are probably on ships coming from China. — Readers of this column will know that Falcon is the code name for a board …
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Crave at CNET UK:
LG KU990 Viewty: The YouTube phone is unveiled — LG isn't renowned for high-end camera phones but that doesn't mean that the company behind the fashion-centric Chocolate phone can't make one. In fact it can and it has — and no, we're not talking about the LG KG920.
USA Today:
Handcuffs chafe wireless users — To many, the Apple (AAPL) iPhone is the ultimate wireless device — a seductive blend of technology, function and dead-on cool, all wrapped into a sleek package. — To others, it's a glaring example of what's wrong with the U.S. wireless industry in general.
BBC:
Britain enjoying 'digital boom' — The net, mobile phones and MP3 players are revolutionising how Britons spend their time, says Ofcom's annual report. — It reveals that older media such as TV, radio and even DVDs are being abandoned in favour of more modern technology.
