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Sony:
SONY UNVEILS FIRST U.S. WALKMAN VIDEO PLAYERS — Sony today took the wraps off two new Walkman® players that not only support audio - but for the first time in the United States - video. — The new NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 series of Walkman digital music players will support an open platform …
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Sony eSupport:
CONNECT™ Music Service Phase Out FAQ — When is the store closing? — Specific timing will vary by region depending on market demand, but it will not be before March 2008. Connect customers will be informed of relevant details in advance. — Why is the store closing?
Matt Moore / Associated Press:
Sony to unplug Connect music service — FRANKFURT, Germany - Acknowledging its proprietary audio technology was a marketplace flop, Sony Corp. is shuttering its Connect digital music store and will open its portable media players to other formats. — The moves were announced Thursday …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony's NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 now really, really official and ATRAC free — So long ATRAC, hello NWZ-A810 and NWZ-S610 Sony Walkmans. The A810 we've seen before, twice in fact, but this is the first time the S610 (pictured) has wiggled free from the rumor mill all dolled-up in full specs and pricing.
Chris Knight / The Knight Shift:
Viacom hits me with copyright infringement for posting on YouTube a video that Viacom made by infringing on my own copyright! — "Chutzpah" is a Yiddish word meaning "unbelievable gall or audacity". An example of it would be the story of the kid who murders both of his parents …
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
More on Yahoo Reorg: Sue Decker's Memo — We got the full internal memo Sue Decker sent this afternoon to the team, on Yahoo's (Nsdq: YHOO) reorg..the full memo is here. See our earlier post on the reorg. Salient points from the memo: — Jerry and I and the rest of the management team …
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:Yahoo's New President Oversees a Shake-Up
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Kelly Fiveash / The Register:
Microsoft to buy chinwag platform Parlano — Reaching out to bag a chunk of the enterprise social [cough] networking market share, software mammoth Microsoft has acquired corporate group chat provider Parlano. — Chicago-based Parlano, a firm spun off from Swiss bank UBS …
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BBC:
Bloggers battered by viral storm — Google's Blogger site is being used by malicious hackers who are posting fake entries to some blogs. — The fake entries contain weblinks that lead to booby-trapped downloads that could infect a Windows PC. — Infected computers are being hijacked …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hulu Translates To "Cease" and "Desist" in Swahili. Oops. — Congratulations are in order to YouTube-competitor Hulu, which took just five months to come up with a name after announcing itself in March. CEO Jason Kilar says the name "captures the spirit of the service we're building" in an open letter published today.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Speculation: Facebook adding Friend Lists; implications for Top Friends, LinkedIn? — We knew it would happen, we just didn't know it might happen this soon. — I just received a tip from top application developer Trey Philips that Facebook has added two new undocumented functions …
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Tim Smalley / bit-tech.net:
BioShock: Gameplay, Graphics & Performance — Joe and I have both had a chance to play the Xbox 360 and PC versions of BioShock extensively at various stages of the game's development. Last month, we both voiced concerns about how the PC and 360 versions played so differently in the early builds.
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Inquirer
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear:
Windows Vista SP1 Gets Officially Announced — Microsoft recently made some postings over at the official Windows Vista Blog concerning Windows Vista Service Pack 1. A beta has now been announced and once SP1 Beta is completed, it will be released so that everyone who has a grudge against Vista can now have less of a grudge.
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Pat Phelan / Roam4free:
Our first press release — CORK, IRELAND, AUGUST 29, 2007 - Cubic Telecom, the innovative international telecommunications operator, today announced plans to become the world's first truly global mobile service provider. Cubic Telecom's service aims to eliminate the high cost …
Kurt / VersionTracker:
VersionTracker joins the CNET family — A little over ten years ago, when I started VersionTracker, my intentions were both modest and personal. I wanted something to track software updates, to help me in my position as a systems administrator. Some friends of mine took interest in what I did …
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
BUSINESSWEEK EXEC DODGE OUT — The publisher of BusinessWeek is bailing to join Salesforce.com, a fast-growing software developer. — BusinessWeek Publisher Geoffrey Dodge leaves three months after he was passed over for the job of BusinessWeek president.
Reuters:
CNN to stop using Reuters news service — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The CNN cable television news network said on Thursday it would stop using the Reuters news service, ending a 27-year relationship, to cut costs and invest in its own news gathering operations. — The global television news network owned …
Reuters:
Intel Urged to Give More Data on Flash Unit Deal — Intel said it plans to respond promptly to the request. — NEW YORK—Intel Corp said on Aug. 30 that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has requested additional information on the company's deal with STMicroelectronics to spin off and combine their flash memory units.
