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Techmeme Leaderboard is live — The Techmeme Leaderboard, that much-leaked list of Techmeme's top 100 sources, including blogs, non-blogs, and everything in between, is now up. It ranks sites, every 20 minutes, simply by the amount of headline space they've occupied on Techmeme over the past month.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
TechMeme list heralds death of blogging? — I was just looking at the TechMeme Top 100 List and noticed that it has very few bloggers on it — I can only see about 12 real blogs on that list. Blogging being defined as "single voice of a person." Most of the things on the list are now done …
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
A new top 100? — 12PM: The TechMeme Leaderboard site is live. — Like almost everyone else, I keep track of who's pointing to me in Technorati, a service that was created in a Thanksgiving programming binge by David Sifry, based on the output of (my own labor of love) weblogs.com.
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:Techmeme Leaderboard Dominated By Media Companies
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
It's Finally Official: eBay's Skype Has Bombed — eBay has finally acknowledged what has been obvious to the rest of the world for at least three quarters: the Skype acquisition gamble has failed. Among the news today: — Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom officially gone (he's been virtually gone for months)
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Thomas Crampton / Media and Technology:
SCOOP: Zennstrom defends Skype while stepping down — October 1, 2007 - Niklas Zennstrom, CEO and co-founder of Skype, today stepped down from the company ahead of the scheduled work-through period for its acquisition by eBay. — Shortly before the public announcement of his departure …
Ed Oswald / BetaNews:
Microsoft to Debut Zune 2 on Tuesday — Microsoft will hold a event on Tuesday in Redmond to herald the second generation of Zune music players, BetaNews has learned. — According to sources close to the situation, both Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Design and Development chief J Allard will be on hand for the event.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Zune 2 leaks out in three flavors — Well, we'd heard new Zunes were coming tomorrow (or maybe October 16th) and it looks like retailers are starting to receive display units — everyone, say hello to the new Zunes. Barring some Photoshop trickeration, it looks like we're getting …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Zune 1 running firmware 2.1, Zune 2 coming Wednesday — Here it is, direct from a trusted source close to the situation — a Zune 1 running firmware 2.1, which will bring all the Zune 2 software goodies and UI tweaks with it when those bad boys are announced on Wednesday.
Kevin J. O'Brien / New York Times:
Nokia Buys Software Maker for $8.1 Billion — Nokia, the world's biggest cellphone maker, said today that it had agreed to pay $8.1 billion for Navteq, the maker of digital mapping and navigational software based in Chicago, as it seeks to migrate satellite-based location services onto its range of phones.
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Ed Gorman / Times of London:
Steve Ballmer stirs the technology pay row — The Microsoft chief executive has questioned the mammoth $74m pay-package taken home last year by Oracle's Larry Ellison — Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft chief executive, waded into the debate over executive pay today and questioned …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
FriendFeed To Aggregate Social Network Data Into A Single Feed — There has been an absolute flood of tech news this morning. Lost somewhere in the shuffle is the private beta launch of a new startup, founded by four ex-Googlers, called FriendFeed. And while it may not get a lot of attention today, keep an eye on them.
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John Markoff / New York Times:Service Helps Friends Share Their Online Discoveries
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Digital Joystick:
Bungie Leaving Microsoft!! You heard it here first folks — A friend of mine who has someone close that works at Bungie has just been dying to tell me a secret about their future. Since the NDA officially expire today the sent me and email with the details. I have full faith in this contact.
Grant Robertson / Download Squad:
Facebook banned in United Arab Emirates? — Users of Facebook in the United Arab Emirates have been left wondering if their access to the site will continue after major telco Etisalat appeared to have blocked the site today. Many Web sites are actively blocked in the Persian Gulf country …
Adobe:
Adobe Launches Flash Lite 3 — For immediate release — Flash Player for Mobile Devices Delivers High-Impact Video and Dynamic Web Content — ADOBE MAX 2007, CHICAGO - October 1, 2007 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq: ADBE) today announced the availability of Adobe® Flash® …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Microsoft's MSN: Still Sucking Wind After All These Years — Microsoft's Internet business (MSFT) got some good press this summer, when MSN's share of search queries briefly jumped (before dropping again), and the division's ad revenue continued to accelerate. The latter trend is truly good news.
