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Carlye Adler / Wired News:
The Man Behind the TheFunded.com's VC Slagfest Reveals Himself to Wired — The door swings open before I have a chance to knock, and I get my first glimpse of the man known to thousands only as Ted. At 6'5" in socks, he is squeezed into the door frame of his midtown Manhattan loft.
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Ryan Naraine / Ryan Naraine's Zero Day:
Apple admits to 'misleading' Leopard firewall settings — Apple has fessed up to at least three serious design weaknesses in the new application-based firewall that ships with Mac OS X Leopard. — The acknowledgment from Cupertino comes less than a month after independent researchers threw cold water …
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Matt / matthewbuckland.com:
Wikipedia boss Jimmy Wales to create Facebook competitor? — At a gathering of about 100 of some of South Africa's top geeks on Tuesday night, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales revealed what he said were some of the "first screenshots" of his new project on search.
Brendon Chase / CNET News.com:
U2 previews unreleased track on Facebook, snubs MySpace? — Bono has given the creators of Facebook app iLike a sneak preview of U2's upcoming re-release of the Joshua Tree, which will feature previously unreleased tracks. — Wearing his trademark sunglasses Bono, the lead singer of U2 …
Business Week:
Social Networking with the Elite — Tired of the Web masses? Now you can find your own gated communities on the Net—if they'll let you in — Are you on the digital A-list? It's no longer enough to get invited to exclusive conferences or be asked to join professional organizations …
CNET News.com:
Amazon to debut Kindle e-book reader Monday — Amazon is betting that e-books aren't a total e-bust. — On Monday, the online retail giant will unveil its Kindle e-book reader at a high-profile event in New York, an industry source told CNET News.com Thursday.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / Read/WriteWeb:
Amazon PR: Neither Open Nor Social — Is Amazon supporting Open Social? If they are, that would be big news. If they have decided not to, that would be big news too. We reported last night that Amazon was announcing support for the Google-led protocol, along with a number of other smaller announcements.
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Seiko High-Res Super-Thin EBook Reader [E-Ink] — Seiko High-Res Super-Thin EBook Reader — More E-Book News, this one a prototype from Seiko Epson, makers of the cool E-ink watch. The device's form factor is at least as thin as Sony's Reader, but it has a 1200x1600 display.
live.psu.edu:
Study shows Google favored over other search engines by webmasters — University Park, Pa. - Web site policy makers who use robots.txt files as gatekeepers to specify what is open and what is off limits to Web crawlers have a bias that favors Google over other search engines …
David Chartier / Infinite Loop:
WebKit 3's ten new tricks — As Apple's core rendering engine for Safari (and many third-party apps), WebKit has come quite a ways since its early days at Apple. Open sourced in 2005, its development has remained sure and steady, thanks to a reliable increase in Safari's adoption …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Blowtorch Raises $50 Million to Launch a New Hollywood Studio — Kelly Rodriques and Paul Schiff are creating a new Hollywood studio from scratch called Blowtorch Entertainment. The company is just launching with a $50 million investment from Ignition Partners, Hollywood individuals, and at least one (unnamed) hedge fund.
Wall Street Journal:
Google Has Even Bigger Plans for Mobile Phones — Google Inc. made a big splash last week with its new software for cellphones. But that's far from the limit of the Internet giant's wireless ambitions — which could include running its own mobile network.
Josh Catone / Read/WriteWeb:
Moola Opens "Massively Multiplayer Rewards Game" to Public — Toronto, Canada-based Moola has been operating an invite-only beta for a little over 18 months and will on Friday open their site to the public (they'll be officially launching at the TechCrunch Meetup in Boston).
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Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
Web Videos Stealing TV Viewers, and Marketers — WHY are fewer viewers watching the new fall television series? Perhaps because they are too busy watching video online. — As broadband service becomes more available at home, the growing prevalence of video programming on the Internet …
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