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Bradley Horowitz / Yodel Anecdotal:
Hacks come to life — By now, hopefully you're familiar with our Hack@Yahoo! program, where developers build cool tools or functionality on top of Yahoo! products. Maybe you attended or read about our "Open Hack Day" last September (does a free Beck concert on the Yahoo! lawn ring a bell?).
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Hack Days spawn new Yahoo travel, shopping features — Yahoo may be outwardly struggling to redefine itself after being eclipsed by Google in search and online ads, but internally the coding and innovation continues apace, according to Bradley Horowitz, vice president of Yahoo's advanced development division.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hacks Make Their Way Into Yahoo Products — Yahoo Hack days are a lot of fun, and some pretty interesting stuff comes out of them. But a persistent question is whether or not they are much more than fun - and if any of these hacks ever make their way into actual products. — The answer, apparently, is yes.
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Google Founders' Ultimate Perk: A NASA Runway — In the annals of perks enjoyed by America's corporate executives, the founders of Google may have set a new standard: an uncrowded, federally managed runway for their private jet that is only a few minutes' drive from their offices.
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Search Engine Land, WebProNews, Smart Mobs, TECH.BLORGE.com, Lauren Weinstein's Blog and The Boy Genius Report
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Google founders pay NASA $1.3 million to land at Moffett Airfield — (09-12) 12:31 PDT MOUNTAIN VIEW — Google Inc.'s founders will carry scientific equipment for NASA on their private Boeing 767 as part of a deal that grants them landing rights at Moffett Federal Airfield, near Mountain View, NASA and local officials said.
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says — Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to the Computer and Communications Industry Association. — Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account …
Robert Buderi / Xconomy:
Eons Announces Big Layoffs as Company Refocuses on Social Networking: "It Was Kind of Like Survivor." — Robert Buderi wrote: — It was a dramatic, sobering, but ultimately healthy and air-clearing scene on Monday when Eons founder Jeff Taylor called together his remaining staff and engaged …
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WebProNews, /Message, Epicenter, Techomical, Bloggers Blog, Mashable!, New York Times and muhammad.saleem
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Apparently Old People Aren't Dying To Use Eons — The take up of social networking services among over 50's would appear to be not booming at nearly the same level as the birthrate of the United States in the 50's and 60's, with news that Eons has shed 24 staff members.
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Sun Opens a Door, Sells Windows — As CEO Schwartz moves further away from former CEO McNealy's stance on Microsoft, the two companies announce an expanded partnership — It can now be stated plainly: Sun Microsystems (JAVA) has officially lost its old-time religion.
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Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:Sun to sell Windows Server boxes
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Tech.co.uk, Computerworld Blogs blogs, Geek News Central, Microsoft Watch, Epicenter, The Register, CNET News.com and Digg
Eric Lai / Computerworld:Update: Sun to install Windows Server OS on its hardware
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Christopher Phin / MacFormat:
Mum is no longer the word — OK, folks, what does this cryptic invite mean? Suggestions in the comments! — Just to quell any conspiracy theories, the blanked out text is just the RSVP email address and phone number; we thought it only polite to hide them.
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
MySpace, 'thirtysomething' Team Pair Up For New 'Network-Quality' Series; Rival Social Net? — Another Hollywood broadband endeavor ... Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, creators of thirtysomething and My So-Called Life, are bringing new series quarterlife online via MySpace (NYSE: NWS).
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iPhone now software unlocked in 32 countries and 69 carriers — With the European and Asian iPhone rollouts still months away, is it any wonder to find the little guy venturing out on the mean, GSM streets all on his own? According to that list above compiled by the iPhone Dev Team …
Reuters:
Court stays ban on handset imports — An appellate court has granted a stay on a U.S. trade agency ban on imports by third parties of some mobile phones using chips that are at the center of a patent dispute, Qualcomm said Wednesday. — The wireless chip supplier said the U.S. Court …
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Computerworld, The Register, InfoWorld, jkOnTheRun, Tech Trader Daily, Inquirer and Engadget
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Will The Ad Slowdown Reach The Web? — The housing boom hasn't turned into a bust quite yet, but it is losing steam fast. In the meantime, the impact of the credit crunch is being felt in other areas of the U.S. economy, including advertising. A new report released today …
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MarketingVOX, Blackfriars' Marketing, ReveNews Online Revenue …, Media Biz and Venture Itch
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Matt Richtel / Bits:
Web Video's Audience Likes 2.7 Minutes at a Time — The Miss Teen USA candidate from South Carolina has problems with the Q&A portion of the program. And that zombie kid likes turtles. — Now this programming break: Get back to work! — ComScore, which measures consumer Internet habits …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Project E helps you communicate, make friends — We'll be honest, we see nothing wrong with just phoning someone up and venting your frustrations, but for those looking to insert yet another layer in their relationship, Project E could apparently help. This interesting prototype consists …
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Does Social Media Make You Dumb? — The "Mainstream Media" has had somewhat of an antagonistic relationship with "New Media". Journalists have bemoaned blogging on several occasions, stating simply that "Journalism requires journalists". Once again journalists are gracing us …
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