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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Updates MacBooks to Santa Rosa, GMA X3100; 2.6GHz MacBook Pro — As rumored, Apple has quietly updated the MacBook tonight to the Santa Rosa architecture with mild speed bumps and the GMA X3100 integrated video. — White 13.3" — $1099.00 2.0GHz/1GB RAM/80GB/Combo/GMA X3100
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro quietly updated — The rumors were rampant about the pending upgrade; now the deal is done. The Apple MacBook has finally moved to the Santa Rosa architecture with a healthy GMA X3100 video bump from the lethargic GMA 950 of yore.
François Bancilhon / Mandriva Blog:
An open letter to Steve Ballmer — Hi, this is François, from Mandriva. — I'm sure we're way too small for you to know me. You know, we're one of these tiny Linux company working hard for our place on the market. We produce a Linux Distro, Mandriva Linux.
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PC Magazine:
Mandriva CEO Calls Out Microsoft's Ballmer — On Tuesday, Mandriva announced that it had won a hotly-contested contract to install its Linux distribution on top of 17,000 Intel-powered Classmate PCs in Nigeria. — On Wednesday, the Nigerian client told Mandriva that it would buy …
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The Open Road
Traci / Burning Questions:
AdSense Integrated with FeedBurner Site Ads — There's really nothing spookier than hollow, empty ad spaces rattling around your blog and/or web site, putting no cash in your pocket nor any extra hob- in your goblin. Before you banish these underperforming idlers to some distant house upon a lonely hill …
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Download Squad, Search Engine Journal, Search Engine Land and WebProBlog
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Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
Open Social: screencast and screenshots — In yesterday's post, I described the new Open Social API, sponsored by Google and supported by a wide range of Internet companies including my company Ning. — In this post, I present a screencast and a series of screenshots that show Open Social in action.
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Between the Lines, Bits, Epicenter, Insider Chatter, TechBizMedia, Master of 500 Hats, FactoryCity, Alexander van Elsas's Weblog …, broadstuff, A VC, MYBLOG by Ouriel, TechCrunch, The Social Customer Manifesto, Inside Facebook, Like It Matters, JD on EP, Hightouch, Spark Minute, Groundswell, Wikinomics, Techlog, Mashable!, Charles Hudson's Weblog, CenterNetworks, Tech~Surf~Blog and Reuters
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:Google OpenSocial Image Gallery
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All Facebook, Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life, Chad W Smith's Home online and VentureBeat
Rob Mead / Tech.co.uk:
Is Apple's Leopard still in beta? — Mac users are hitting problems galore in Mac OS X 10.5 — Even a casual glance across the Mac web in the last few days will reveal a litany of problems faced by users upgrading to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. — Problems range from application crashes to login problems …
Jon Swift:
Facebook Declares War on the Blogosphere — Just as in earlier times a man was only as good as his family name, today we are defined by the social networks we belong to. So imagine my horror when I learned that I have become a virtual bastard. Earlier this week I logged into Facebook …
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CNET News.com, Irregular Enterprise, franticindustries, Blogcosm, Scobleizer and robhyndman.com
Joe Fay / The Register:
Privacy advos demand 'do not track list' — As web marketeers tune up for FTC privacy meeting — Everything you need to know about Virtualization at The Register's eSymposium — A coalition of US privacy organisations have demanded the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) set up a "do not track" …
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John Biggs / New York Times:
A Computer That Works With Google, Not Microsoft — Advocates of Linux, the free open-source operating system, like to say that buying a standard-issue computer involves a Microsoft Tax, because you have no choice but to pay for Windows. New versions of Linux and inexpensive hardware …
Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Google's worst nightmare [Brad Fitzpatrick] — Google's worst nightmare — Our spy cameras have penetrated the inner sanctum of the Googleplex! Sneaking up on Brad Fitzpatrick from behind, we caught a picture of his "epic" Halloween costume. "He is dressed as one of Google's largest fears!" an informant whispers.
Phil Shapiro / Community Voices:
Book Review - Google SketchUp for Dummies — Chopra, Aidan, Wiley Publishing, Hoboken, NJ, 2007 — Remember when your high school English teacher explained that every word in the sentences you write needs to carry some meaning? While the rest of us missed that point, Aidan Chopra was paying attention.
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Google Blogoscoped
Erica Ogg / Crave: The gadget blog:
Samsung regains TV lead; Vizio back to No. 2 — A sense of order has been restored to the TV market this quarter. — A few months after newcomer Vizio stunned the flat-panel television industry by ranking No. 1 in market share for the second quarter of 2007, the old stalwarts have reclaimed their positions.
Reuters:
Wi-LAN files suit against 22 firms — OTTAWA (Reuters) - Wi-LAN Inc (WIN.TO: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it has initiated litigation against 22 technology companies in two actions claiming patent infringement. — Wi-LAN, which licenses patents for telecom products …
Tom Krazit / Webware.com:
MAC OS MALWARE TARGETS PORN SURFERS — There's a new piece of malware out there targeting Mac users that takes advantage of the inclination to watch porn. — Intego, a Mac security software company, issued an alert Wednesday warning Mac users of the OSX.RSPlug.A malware, which it describes as a Trojan horse.
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Shaun Nichols / vnunet:Phishing trojan targets OS X
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Sunnet Beskerming …, Computerworld, The Register, Neowin.net, SunbeltBLOG, Liquidmatrix Security Digest, ZDNet.com.au, Macsimum News, MacUser and Intego
