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Scott Gu / ScottGu's Blog:
Releasing the Source Code for the .NET Framework Libraries — One of the things my team has been working to enable has been the ability for .NET developers to download and browse the source code of the .NET Framework libraries, and to easily enable debugging support in them.
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Webware.com, Read/WriteWeb, BetaNews, Bink.nu, The Universal Desktop, Dan Fernandez's Blog, WinBeta, John Furrier, Scobleizer, Incremental Blogger, SitePoint Blogs and Digg
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft's Open-Source Trap for Mono — Opinion: Microsoft wants to destroy open-source by opening its code for examination, but not for use. — Microsoft is claiming that releasing the .NET Framework reference source code under the Microsoft Reference License will give developers the opportunity to understand more about .NET.
Dave Rosenberg / InfoWorld:A patent trolling dream—Microsoft lets you look but not touch .NET libraries
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Joanna Stern / Mobile Technology News:
Exclusive: Zune Tattoo Guy Sounds Off on New Players — The biggest Zune fan, displaying three Zune tattoos, tells us what he loves about the new devices, and also lets us in on his upcoming ass ink for Apple. — There may be only one man who can really impart the significance of the new Zune launch.
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:Wireless: What the new Zunes will and won't do
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Berlind's Testbed
Christoph Oehler / Google LatLong:
Google Transit Graduates from Labs — It may be back-to-school season, but Google Transit has just graduated from Google Labs! We're excited to say it's now a fully integrated feature in Google Maps. This means that when you look up directions for areas where we have transit coverage you'll …
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Download Squad, TechCrunch, Googlified, Mashable!, webmapper, Demo Girl and The Map Room
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Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:PUBLIC TRANSIT ARRIVES (LATE) ON GOOGLE MAPS
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Between the Lines
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Judge bars RIAA president from testifying in Capitol Records v. Thomas — Duluth, Minnesota — Testimony in Capitol Records v. Jammie Thomas wrapped up today after Judge Michael J. Davis decided against allowing RIAA president Cary Sherman to testify in the case.
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:RIAA anti-P2P campaign a real money pit, according to testimony
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p2pnet, TechSpot News, hypebot, Valleywag, AppScout, Smalltalk Tidbits …, Recording Industry vs …, Boing Boing, MarketingVOX, RSS and Digg
Greg Sandoval / Webware.com:
UC BERKELEY FIRST TO POST FULL LECTURES TO YOUTUBE — YouTube is now an important teaching tool at UC Berkeley. — The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web's No.1 video-sharing site. — Berkeley officials claimed in a statement …
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TechCrunch, blognation, NewTeeVee, Download Squad, Valleywag, Podcasting News and Mashable!
Drew Cullen / The Register:
Vista Business sales soar like leaping dachshund — August numbers are in from Context, the European PC market watcher, and they show that the Vista is anything but Buena for Microsoft. Vista Business, the, um, business version of Vista, Microsoft's new operating system, slowed during the month …
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Long Zheng / istartedsomething:Microsoft posts more Vista pre-SP1 'wonder patches'
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blognation, Computerworld, CyberNet, jkOnTheRun, Microsoft Help and Support, GottaBeMobile.com and WinExtra
Ashlee Vance / The Register:
ARM to bash 'non-issue' Intel with multi-core chip — ARM's big reveal today of its latest processor design came with the clear message that the company will use its market weight and mobile heritage to fend off challenges from Intel. — Speaking here at the ARM Developers Conference …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
TechCrunch to Sell to CNET for $100+ Million? — Analyst Doug McIntyre at 24/7 Wall St doesn't have specific thoughts on the valuation, but he makes a persuasive case about why TechCrunch and other big blogs will eventually be bought for big numbers by big media.
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Business Week, mathewingram.com/work, CrunchNotes, 24/7 Wall St., Good Morning Silicon Valley, Scobleizer, point being, How To Split An Atom, IP Democracy, michael parekh on IT, John Furrier, Bloggers Blog, rexduffdixon.com, Texas Startup Blog, Susan Mernit's Blog, Insider Chatter, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, BoomTown, TechCrunch and blackrimglasses.com
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Sinead Carew / Reuters:
Verizon unveils iPhone rival — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless unveiled three new cell phones on Wednesday for the holiday season, including a high-end handset named Voyager that will compete with Apple Inc's iPhone. — The Voyager, made by LG Electronics, trumps the iPhone by offering faster wireless Web access.
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InformationWeek, WebProNews, BloggingStocks, Digital Daily, 24/7 Wall St., I4U News and Yahoo! News
The Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry 9000 whispers in our ear — No, it doesn't have the amount of hype and speculation an iPhone did before its release, but we don't think there has even been this much anticipation for a BlackBerry, ever. The hidden-in-a-dark-secret-underground- lab BlackBerry 9xxx has sent …
Dave McClure / TechCrunch:
Seven Steps to Graphing Your Facebook Strategy — This guest post is written by Dave McClure: startup advisor, angel investor, PayPal alumnus, and Master of 500 Hats. Dave is organizing next week's Graphing Social Patterns conference on Facebook, covering many of the topics and companies mentioned below.
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Apple reportedly considering Intel platform for iPhone — Apple reportedly is considering adopting Intel's Moorestown MID (mobile Internet device) platform processor in a new iPhone, according to OEM sources. — Intel revealed a Moorestown-based MID product with functions similar …
BlogStorm:
Top websites ranked by Digg saturation — Tracking the number of times a particular blog hits the Digg homepage isn't really a great indicator of popularity. Some Digg stories get a couple of hundred Diggs while others are far more popular and attract several thousand.
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Stephen Lawson / InfoWorld:
Microsoft gears up for OCS launch — San Francisco (IDGNS) - Microsoft will launch a frontal assault on enterprise telephony when it launches OCS (Office Communications Server) 2007 later this month but plans to win over most customers bit by bit over the next few years.
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
NBC chief urges all-hands assault on piracy — WASHINGTON—Copyright holders are "losing the battle" against piracy, at the expense of economic security and public health, and will never prevail unless a wide swath of governments and industries gets proactive, NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker said Wednesday.
