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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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Download Squad, Insider Chatter, Search Engine Land, ProgrammableWeb, Compiler and WebProNews
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Hack Days spawn new Yahoo travel, shopping features
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Search Engine Journal, theory.isthereason, Rev2.org, Searchviews, Reuters and The Technology Chronicles
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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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Does copyright create $2.2 trillion in value? No, but fair use does
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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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Gadget Lab, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, CrunchGear, Tech.co.uk, Apple Gazette, Macsimum News and MacDailyNews
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Cancelled TV show goes to MySpace — The award-winning producers of TV shows Thirtysomething and My So-Called Life are taking their latest project online, citing "frustration" at US TV networks. — Quarterlife, a drama about a group of recent graduates in Chicago, started as a pilot for ABC in 2005 …
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MySpace, 'thirtysomething' Team Pair Up For New 'Network-Quality …
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Microsoft updates Windows without users' consent — Microsoft has begun patching files on Windows XP and Vista without users' knowledge, even when the users have turned off auto-updates. — Many companies require testing of patches before they are widely installed, and businesses …
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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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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! and New York Times
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Reverting Back to Original "Average Time on Site" Calculation Today — We recently introduced a new way of calculating "Average Time on Site" that removed visitors who "bounce" from your website (people who hit one page of your site and then leave). This updated calculation attempted to give …
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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.
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Want to 'converse' with advertisers? Me neither — reporter's notebook SAN FRANCISCO—I admit it; I'm cynical when it comes to advertising and marketing. I believe that the sole purpose of advertising is to convince me to part with my well-earned and limited supply of money and persuade …
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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 …
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MACWORLD MARKETPLACE — At Ciao you can read consumer reviews on computers and components for laptops, towers, PDAs and Compare prices of many more computer products. — zCover — zCover is a pioneer and trend-setter in the fashionable silicone products market. zCover iSA silicone cases …
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Revver Reaches One Year, $1 Million — Video-sharing site Revver is celebrating its first anniversary since dropping the 'beta' tag on Sept. 13th of last year, and in a happy coincidence, is also announcing that it's paid out $1 million to video creators and syndicators.
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O2 finds Apple revenue-sharing to its taste — O2, the mobile phone company, laid the groundwork yesterday for an announcement of a tie-up with Apple to sell the US firm's iPhone handset. — Peter Erskine, the O2 chief executive, defended Apple's insistence that it receives a share of revenues from calls made on iPhones.
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Company vows to deliver big cuts in data center costs — XSIGO REDUCES CABLE EXPENSES, ENERGY NEEDS — A company backed by Kleiner Perkins emerged from three years of secrecy Wednesday, unveiling technology designed to dramatically reduce the costs of running large data centers.
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Virgin America Announce In-flight Broadband Details — Virgin America has partnered with AirCell to bring Wi-Fi to VA's entire fleet in early 2008. American Airlines inked a deal earlier this year with AirCell to bring Wi-Fi, but VA seems to be a bit more proactive.
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