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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.
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Search Engine Journal, Rev2.org, theory.isthereason, Searchviews and The Technology Chronicles
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 …
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Matt Asay / CNET News.com:
Does copyright create $2.2 trillion in value? No, but fair use does — The Computer and Communications Industry Association—a Washington D.C.-based think tank and lobbying group—has issued a report [PDF] that dispels some common mythology around the value of intellectual property to the U.S. economy.
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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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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.
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Engadget, CrunchGear, Tech.co.uk, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Gadget Lab, Apple Gazette, MacDailyNews and Digg
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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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).
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Show Series to Originate on MySpace — Hollywood has been dipping its toe in original online content. Two seasoned producers are about to take a full plunge. — Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick — who have made films like "Blood Diamond" and "The Last Samurai" and whose ABC series …
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Revver Pays $1 Million to Independent Video Content Producers — OK, it might not be time to quit the day job, but cash is starting to flow to independent content creators through advertising splits with video sharing sites. — Revver, one of the first sites to share revenue …
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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 …
David Ljunggren / Reuters:
Google map could break privacy law — OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protecting individual privacy, officials said on Wednesday.
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Carly Weeks / National Post:Google's detailed streetscapes raise privacy concerns
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Tony Smith / The Register:
Apple invite brings UK hacks out in iPhone fever — Editors' Blog UK hacks have begun receiving invites to an Apple event scheduled to be held at the Mac maker's Regent Street, London store on 18 September. Headed "Mum is no longer the word", the email has already got journos forecasting the UK debut of the iPhone.
Reuters:
Apple calls on UK press as iPhone talk swirls — LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.
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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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Study: 4.68 million UMPC units by 2012 — Ultra Mobile PCs will take the slow lane to critical mass, according to a study by ABI Research. — In a report, ABI is projecting that the UMPC market will ship 4.68 million units in 2012. Considering the iPhone shipped 1 million units in 74 days UMPC adoption seems downright glacial.
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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Tech Trader Daily, The Register, InfoWorld, jkOnTheRun, Computerworld, 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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