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rizzn.com v11.1:
GPhone - It's Confirmed — I'm going to talk about this on the show today, so don't miss Episode 116 of RizWords. — I talked to one of my inside sources at Google today. He spoke on conditions of anonymity, but the guy is someone I trust implicitly. He said that he was baffled …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Phone An Attempt To Take On $100 PC? — Google Phone has been a subject of many rumors lately. Mark Hopkins, a technology podcaster, says he got the confirmation of the Gphone after talking to an insider Google (GOOG). … If that indeed is the case, then it makes sense for Google …
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
TorrentSpy Blocks Searches From US Visitors — This service denial seems to be a preventative measure to protect their users, when US users try to search on TorrentSpy they now get this message: … The search redirect will be permanent, TorrentSpy owner Justin Bunnell told TorrentFreak …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S. — TorrentSpy.com, the BitTorrent tracking site facing a copyright lawsuit from the motion picture industry, is shutting down access to users in the United States, the company said in a statement late Sunday night. — The barring of U.S. residents …
John Kremer / Yodel Anecdotal:
Introducing the all-new Yahoo! Mail — My kids, like most, love text messaging. But while their nimble fingers can easily navigate cell phone keypads at lightening speeds, I definitely prefer a full keyboard, and am much more inclined to use email than text messaging.
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The Register, The Technology Chronicles, VentureBeat, Geek Speaker, Reuters, CyberNet Technology News, Digital Trends, Internet Marketing Monitor, Ted On Flex, Search Engine Land, BetaNews, /Message, Digital Daily, 901am, WebProNews, Read/WriteWeb, Mobile Messaging 2.0, localmobilesearch.net, TechCrunch and Download Squad
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Business Wire:
Hi-Media Group Enters into Agreement to Acquire Fotolog, Creating One of Europe's Largest Publicly-Traded "Pure-Play" Internet Companies — Would Combine One of the World's Largest Global Social Networks and a Leading Online Publisher with Hi-Media's Extensive Ad Network
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alarm:clock, THINK / Musings, BeyondVC, blogging.vc, Tech Confidential Blog and Mashable!
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
I Want This In Photoshop Immediately — This image resizing and manipulation demonstration is sort of jaw dropping, particularly as the video goes on. The related paper, written by Dr. Ariel Shamir and Dr. Shai Avidan is available here. — Sphere It -
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Guardian Unlimited, How To Split An Atom, Zatz Not Funny!, Compiler, Tom Raftery's Social Media and Cathode Tan
Om Malik / GigaOM:
PC Maker Gateway Sold For $710 Million To Acer — Taiwan-based Acer has acquired the once high-flying Gateway Computer for a mere $710 million, in what could be the last significant deal in the PC hardware business, reports the Wall Street Journal. Acer also acquired the parent of Packard Bell …
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Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
Vint Cerf, aka the godfather of the net, predicts the end of TV as we know it — Web guru foresees download revolution — Thirty years ago he helped create a technology that has revolutionised millions of lives around the world. But yesterday the man known as the "godfather of the net" …
Nick / Rough Type:
Google's friend-to-friend ad network — If Google has its way, web advertising is about to get a whole lot friendlier - and the definition of spam a whole lot fuzzier. — Recently, the search giant has, as noted by Bill Slawski, filed a series of patent applications that point to a new …
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SEO Book.com, Insider Chatter, HipMojo.com, WebProNews, Mashable! and Oliver Thylmann's Thoughts
Grant Gross / InfoWorld:
Unlocking the iPhone could invite DMCA suit — San Francisco (IDGNS) - Hackers who unlock Apple's iPhone from the AT&T network and share the method with 10 million of their closest Internet friends are inviting a lawsuit from the two companies, several intellectual property (IP) lawyers said Monday.
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Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:AT&T legal hits the brakes on (commercial) iPhone unlocks
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Intel:
New Intel® vPro™ Processor Technology Fortifies Security for Business PCs — Next Generation Product Offers New Features and Broader Vendor Support — Intel Corporation today further reinforced desktop PC security by unveiling the newest generation of Intel® vPro™ processor technology …
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Computerworld, Digital Trends, DailyTech, The Tech Report, Alice Hill's Real Tech News, Gadget Lab, Paul Mooney and Engadget
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
FotoFlexer Raises The Bar On Online Photo Editing — Online photo editors keep getting better and better. For hardcore image manipulation, desktop software like Photoshop or Gimp will always have its place, but online editors are free, easy to use and a lot of fun.
New York Times:
Unauthorized Enjoyment of Song Irks Law Firm — It sounds like the setup for a joke: a law firm picks a fight with a legal blogger over the leak of an internal song celebrating — well, itself. — First, the song: after the law firm Nixon Peabody was named to Fortune magazine's 2007 list …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Judge sides with RIAA: file-sharing apps lead to direct infringement — One of the arguments the RIAA has made in every file-sharing lawsuit it has ever filed is that making a song available on a P2P network is the same as distributing it, therefore violating the record label's copyright on the song.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
For Earthlink Black Tuesday Looms: Job cuts, restructuring — EarthLink (ELNK), the Atlanta-based Internet Service Provider that has been taking it on the chin in the stock market for the past few months, is in for some major bloodletting, perhaps as soon as tomorrow.
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IP Democracy
Markrussinovich / Mark's Blog:
Vista Multimedia Playback and Network Throughput — A few weeks ago a poster with the handle dloneranger reported in the 2CPU forums that he experienced reduced network throughput on his Vista system when he played audio or video. Other posters chimed in with similar results …
gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine:
World Record 304km Wi-Fi connection — A new world record distance for a 5 GHz Wi-Fi link has been achieved by the Italian Center for Radio Activities (C.I.S.A.R), and Ubiquiti Networks, a leading innovator in outdoor wireless broadband solutions. The distance of 304km (188.89 miles) …
