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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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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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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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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Mempile's TeraDisc fits 1TB on a single optical disc — We've heard a lot of talk about the death of optical media, but for inexpensive high-capacity storage, it's pretty hard to beat — which is why the TeraDisc, from Israel's Mempile, look like it has such promise.
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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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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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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.
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Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Sony announces high-definition DVR for the PlayStation 3 in Europe — The Sony PlayStation 3 makes no excuses about what it wants: your entire living room. Sony wants you to watch Blu-ray movies in between playing your PS3 games and streaming content to your PSP.
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
SoundExchange drops DRM requirement, webcasters still oppose new deal — Small Internet broadcasters have the opportunity to stay around for another few years if they accept SoundExchange's official offer to pay a discounted royalty rate... with a few caveats.
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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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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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Cathy B. Almeida / Wired News:
IPhone Tantalizes, Frustrates Criminal Forensics Experts — Technophiles may love the iPhone, but you criminals? Watch out. The iPhone may reveal more about your misdeeds than you realize. — Derrick Donnelly, chief technology officer of Blackbag Technologies, a Silicon Valley-based …
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.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft kills its 'Get the Facts' anti-Linux site — It was a long time in coming. But Microsoft has finally acknowledged that its anti-Linux site had gone past the point of usefulness. — On August 23, Microsoft pulled plug on the "Get the Facts" site, replacing it with a new Windows Server "Compare" site.
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Man's XPS M1330 arrives sans OS, quality — We're not sure who or what is putting these XPS M1330 laptops together for Dell, but not only are they having a horrible time of it even getting the laptops out the door, but this particular man's shipment was just a little lacking in the quality department …
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