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6:10 AM ET, November 2, 2007

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Checkmate?  MySpace, Bebo and SixApart To Join Google OpenSocial (confirmed)  —  Google may have just come out of nowhere and checkmated Facebook in the social networking power struggle.  —  MySpace and Six Apart will announce that they are joining Google's OpenSocial initiative.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Facebook, Your Move  —  Not so fast, Mike.  The anti-Facebook coalition piling onto Google's OpenSocial platform does not constitute checkmate for Google just quite yet.  These are developer announcements.  No actual consumers have changed their social networking habits because of OpenSocial.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook: "We Have Not Been Briefed On OpenSocial"  —  When Google was asked during the press conference earlier today if they had invited Facebook into OpenSocial, the answer was "yes," and then changed to "we can't comment, followed by "we have reached out to virtually everyone in this space" …
Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Google to open Orkut OpenSocial developer sandbox tonight  —  The campfire is burning tonight on the Google campus as the company prepares to launch an Orkut sandbox for working with the OpenSocial APIs.  Developers will be able register, get the docs and try out their code on the Orkut "container."
Discussion: Scobleizer
Dani Dudeck / Google:
MySpace and Google Join Forces to Launch Open Platform for Social Application Development  —  Collaboration on "OpenSocial" to Spark and Simplify Web Innovation  —  MySpace, the world's largest social network, and Google, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced that they are joining forces …
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Facebook=Apple, Google=Microsoft  —  And no, by the title on this post I don't mean that Facebook is good and Google is bad (please see my previous post), or that Facebook is well-designed and Google is bloated and buggy.  Instead, I'm thinking about a line in Erick Schonfeld's post at TechCrunch …
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Michael Krigsman / IT Project Failures:
The hidden OpenSocial press conference (future of information sharing)  —  Google's OpenSocial announcement today suggests changes that may improve the future of social networking (click here for Dan Farber's coverage).  Hidden from view during the press conference, an improvised parallel …
Discussion: Scobleizer and AccMan Pro
Jemima Kiss / PDA:
Bebo and MySpace join Google Open Social
Rob Hof / Business Week:   Confirmed: MySpace Joining Google's OpenSocial
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
MySpace Joining Google's OpenSocial
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The New York Times' Blogrunner—A Techmeme Killer?  —  Last night, the New York Times quietly launched Blogrunner on the technology section of its main site.  Blogrunner was one of many techmeme copycat sites, until the New York Times bought it last year.  Like Techmeme, Blogrunner is a service …
Discussion: Mashable! and Deep Jive Interests
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The New York Times Company:
NYTimes.com Launches Enhanced Technology Section  —  Redesigned Section Includes Content From Around the Web  —  NYTimes.com today launched an expanded and enhanced version of its technology section (www.nytimes.com/technology) with a different look, further aggregation of top publications …
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
New York Times Adds Techmeme-like Feature to Tech Section  —  NYTimes.com has today launched a new version of its technology section, which includes more aggregation of news from around the Web.  Of most interest perhaps is that its Techmeme-like news aggregator, Blogrunner, has been fully integrated into the Tech frontpage.
Saul Hansell / Bits:
The Robot in the Newsroom  —  I've written about technology for longer than I want to admit and blogged here since June, but one of the most fun tasks I've had in a long time has been working on improvements to the technology section of nytimes.com.  Some of them went live this morning.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Bug Labs BUGbase and BUGmodules hands-on  —  There's no doubt Bug Labs is getting closer to launching its open source modular gadget kits, but for those wondering when we'd see some physical hardware, today's your lucky day.  We got a chance to check out an early BUGbase unit and the full complement of BUGmodules.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
First Pics of Bug Labs Open-Source Hardware
David Karp / Davidville:
Third time's a charm  —  Over 400 new features, fixes, and improvements.  Introducing Tumblr 3.0  —  It's been six months since we launched Tumblr 2.0.  We've spent a lot of time looking at the ways you've been using Tumblr, want to be using it, and could be using it.
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Sean Ammirati / Read/WriteWeb:
New Release: Tumblr 3.0 & Interview with Founder on Read/WriteTalk
Discussion: ParisLemon, Compiler and Epicenter
Joseph Smarr / Plaxo's Personal Card:
OpenSocial is now live on Plaxo Pulse  —  I just got back from Google's Campfire One event, where they officially launched the OpenSocial project.  As long-time advocates of the Open Social Web, we're thrilled that Google is leading this initiative, and even more thrilled that it's been received so positively!
Discussion: TechCrunch and Mashable!
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
IBM offers 'green' certificates to data center power misers  —  IBM is launching an initiative to give its corporate customers a way to measure and potentially monetize energy-efficiency measures in their data centers using an emerging form of currency.  —  The computing giant on Friday detailed …
Discussion: Computerworld
 
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Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab:
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Amol Sharma / Wall Street Journal:
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Wilson Rothman / Gizmodo:
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Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Time names iPhone 'invention of the year'
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Living the Life on the New York City 'Scene'
Reuters:
Carphone sees 10,000 iPhones sold 1st day
Discussion: Macsimum News
Elsa Wenzel / CNET News.com:
Microsoft upgrades its Office for Mac upgrade offer
Discussion: MacUser, Infinite Loop and WinBeta
Verizon:
Verizon Plans Fivefold Increase in HD Channels on FiOS TV …
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HD DVD players hit $99 at Wal-Mart, Best Buy
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