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Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhone and iPod touch v1.1.1 full jailbreak tested, confirmed! — We were invited by iPhone / iPod touch file system hacker Niacin (who you might also know for his PSP and MSN TV Linux cluster hacks, etc.) and Dre to test out their new v1.1.1 file system hack.
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DailyTech, localmobilesearch.net, Gadget Lab, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Slashdot, The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Digg
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BBC:
On the road with wi-fi and video — On test clockwise from top left: PSP Slim, Archos 605wifi, iPod touch, N800 — Gadget lovers are spoilt for choice when it comes to portable media players, with an increasing number offering web access through wi-fi connections.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
The truth about traffic on the Internet — Ahh, the Guardian got into a little dirty truth about traffic on TechMeme: there isn't many people there. — Every time I get on TechMeme I get 500 to 3,000 visits. That matches what the Guardian and what Nick Carr are seeing.
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Nick / Rough Type:
Techmeme's juicelessness — My name's Nick, and I'm a Techmeme junkie. — Even so, I have to admit that the Guardian's Bobbie Johnson is absolutely right when he says, "for all that Valley-centric news junkies claim Techmeme as a crucial aggregator, it simply doesn't refer much traffic."
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian Unlimited:Why we all overestimate Techmeme's influence
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The Bivings Report, mathewingram.com/work, The Last Podcast, Valleywag, TechCrunch and Scripting News
Schrep / schrep's blog:
Mozilla and Mobile — People ask us all the time about what Mozilla's going to do about the mobile web, and I'm very excited to announce that we plan to rock it. Here's some information about what we're planning to do with hiring, technology, partnerships, and products, and how you can get involved.
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Read/WriteWeb, Download Squad, WebProNews, mocoNews.net, Russell Beattie's Weblog, jkOnTheRun, Ajaxian, Mashable!, Phone Scoop and localmobilesearch.net
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
MySpace Platform To Launch Next Week — MySpace is gearing up to launch MySpace Platform, according to a number of third party developers who've been contacted for input on the product. While this has been rumored since June, this is the first indication that the service is preparing to actually launch.
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WebProNews, The Boy Genius Report, Read/WriteWeb, ParisLemon, All Facebook, Aswath Weblog, Snipperoo, ProgrammableWeb, Mashable!, contentSutra.com and BoomTown
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Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com:REPORT: MYSPACE TO LAUNCH DEVELOPER PLATFORM
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David Gainer / Microsoft Excel:
Calculation Issue Update (Fix Available) — Two weeks ago, we posted about an issue involving the calculation of numbers around 65,535 and 65,536. As of today, fixes for this issue in Excel 2007 and Excel Services 2007 are available for download from the following locations:
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Download Squad, Computerworld, Channel 9, All about Microsoft, Compiler, Hardware 2.0 and Digital Inspiration
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Rachel Konrad / Associated Press:
EBay launches "Neighborhoods" feature — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hoping to woo shoppers who say eBay Inc. has lost its folksy appeal, the world's largest online auction plans to launch its own version of a social networking service Wednesday and is promising other customer-friendly features by year's end.
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Verne Kopytoff / The Technology Chronicles:Becoming more social on eBay
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Download Squad, WebProNews, The Social Web, TechCrunch, Skype-watch.com …, All Facebook, Lifehacker, Mashable! and CNET News.com
Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Briefly: redesigned MacBook Pro power adapters on the way — Apple Inc. has halted shipments of MagSafe power adapters for its MacBook Pro notebook line as a result of quality design issues and is presently working on a fix, AppleInsider has been told. — Several people familiar with the matter …
Elinor Mills / Webware.com:
BLINKX OFFERS AD-SUPPORTED VIDEO — Bloggers are getting more and more options to make money off their Web sites. — Video search engine blinkx is launching on Wednesday a service that allows people to make money when they embed video clips on their Web sites— regardless of where the video comes from.
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Victoria Shannon / New York Times:Internet Company to Let Consumers Profit From Posted Videos
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Rachel Aviv / New York Times:
File-Sharing Students Fight Copyright Constraints — When Zachary McCune, a student at Brown, received an e-mail message from the university telling him he might have broken the law by downloading copyrighted songs, his eyes glazed over the warning and he quickly forgot about it.
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Rough Type
Steve Lohr / Bits:
Free the Avatars — Virtual worlds may be freewheeling environments where cyber-behavior is unconstrained by many terrestrial mores. But they are also gated communities, and the gates keep the digital denizens locked inside. — IBM and Linden Lab, the creator of Second Life, think it's time to free the avatars.
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Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
Co-Founder of Skype Defends Its Value — In his first public remarks since quitting last week as chief executive of the Internet phone company Skype, Niklas Zennstrom said Tuesday that he had no regrets about his handling of the company but conceded that he might have tried to squeeze money out of it too quickly.
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Bands Rushing To Ditch Labels And Embrace Free; Are The Floodgates Opening? — We've only been predicting that music would eventually go free for about a dozen years, but it feels like we may be nearing a tipping point among musicians recognizing this simple truth as well, kicked off by last week's Radiohead announcement.
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The Register, Virtual Economics, Guardian Unlimited, Mark Evans, Smalltalk Tidbits …, TechWag, chartreuse, Byte of the Apple, WebProNews and Valleywag
New York Post:
B'KLYN GETS APPLE, BARNEYS — RETAILERS IN TALKS WITH WILLIAMSBURG CONDO THE EDGE — APPLE and Barneys Co-op are both negotiating for their first stores in Brooklyn. — Sources said the two retailers have been in ongoing discussions to locate to the new residential property The Edge in Williamsburg …
BBC:
Net firms quizzed on speed limits — Bosses at six of the UK's top net providers are being asked to explain why consumers do not get the broadband speeds firms advertise. — The six executives are being questioned by Ofcom's Consumer Panel which acts as the regulator's customer champion.
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org:
@ Mipcom: Broadband Content Bits: Joost To Do Live TV; Other Distributors Scale Up — Joost plans to add test live TV shows to its on-demand content in the first quarter of 2008. In an interview with paidContent:UK, content strategy and acquisition EVP Yvette Alberdingkthijm said the programming …
AppleInsider:
Sources: Leopard finalized, 10.4.11 inching closer [updated] — Apple Inc. this week is believed to have wrapped up development of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard while simultaneously pushing out yet another pre-release copy of its final maintenance and security update for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users.
