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Arn / MacRumors:
German iPhones Unlocked by iTunes — MacNotes.de (German) provides early notes and experiences from customers who have bought unlocked iPhones in Germany. — The first SIM-unlocked iPhones went on sale in Germany on November 21st with a considerable (600 euro) premium over the usual SIM-locked iPhones.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Apple's iTunes unlocks iPhones in Germany — By now you're all fully schooled in the black art of jailbreaking and unlocking your new iPhone, right? Did you know that the whole dirty business can be done via iTunes in just "seconds?" The catch: it requires a €999 (about $1,480) …
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Silicon Alley Insider
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Zoho Writer now lets you edit documents offline — Zoho, the online office software company, has just released the next iteration on its online word processor, Zoho Writer. Now, multiple users can go offline, work on a document, then go back online and sync their offline changes to that same document.
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Zoho Blogs, Download Squad, Techlog, GigaOM, CenterNetworks, Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi, jkOnTheRun, /Message and Compiler
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
While Live Documents Yaps, Zoho Delivers — While some startups issue boastful press releases promising the world, India and Silicon Valley based Zoho is actually doing the software thing. This morning they launched full offline access for Zoho writer, based on the Google Gears open source platform.
ABCNEWS:
ABC News Joins Forces With Facebook — New Facebook Application Includes 2008 Presidential Campaign Reporting, Forums — With just under a year until the 2008 presidential election, ABC News and Facebook have partnered to launch an online political initiative that will combine the latest news …
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J.A. Watson / ZDNet:
What's Going on at Skype? — What in the world is really going on at Skype? Have they just decided that they have too many toes, and are trying to shoot them off one at a time? The list of gaffes and blunders is impressive: — They are taking away SkypeIn numbers from paying customers …
Leo Lewis / Times of London:
The R4 chip is only small - but it looks like a giant pirate to Nintendo — The R4 looks like a simple piece of plastic. It is just a couple of centimetres square, a few millimetres thick and unbelievably easy to use. For Nintendo it is the Christmas stocking filler from hell.
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Tech design with thought — newsmaker If anyone knows a thing or two about designing for human-computer interaction, it's Don Norman, professor at Northwestern University, author of The Design of Future Things, and co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group. — In addition to his current consulting work …
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Blackfriars' Marketing
Marina Strauss / Globe and Mail:
Molson pulls plug on Facebook photo contest — In response to growing criticism from universities, Molson has pulled a controversial photo contest on Facebook, underlining the challenges that companies face in trying to pitch their products on new social media.
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Erik Hanson / Engadget:
TiVo comes to Canada, but lacks HD — Canuck TV lovers have something to look forward to this holiday season, as TiVo is officially launching in Canada with the 80-hour Series2 DVR. HDTV watchers will continue to wait patiently, though, as no plans for Canadian HD products were announced …
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chief Seeks Votes to Tighten Cable Rules — The head of the Federal Communications Commission is struggling to find enough support from a majority of the agency's commissioners to regulate cable television companies more tightly. — The five-member commission is set to vote on Tuesday on a report …
Charles Babcock / InformationWeek:
Torvalds On Where Linux Is Headed In 2008 — The creator of Linux is excited about solid-state drives, expects progress in graphics and wireless networking, and says the operating system is strong in virtualization despite his personal lack of interest in the area.
Tom Krazit / Crave: The gadget blog:
Fuzzy picture for Apple TV — This has been quite a year for Apple, but Steve Jobs' magic wand doesn't always work. — In March, Apple unveiled Apple TV, the company's attempt at tackling a question that has eluded the PC industry for years: how can we get people to watch content delivered …
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
A Gimmick Becomes a Real Trend — TWO years ago, Cyber Monday was a marketing gimmick in search of shoppers. This year, it seems to be a genuine trend that retailers have embraced. — In a survey of roughly 120 members of Shop.org, the trade group for online retailers …
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Screenwerk
Doc Searls Weblog:
Time to write our own rules — So I've been reading Dave Winer, Ethan Zuckerman, Jeff Jarvis, David Wienberger and Wendy Seltzer, all of whom have problems with what Facebook is doing with its members' data. — Dave in particular is looking for action:
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:The wonderful horrible life of Facebook users and their data …
