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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Source: Digg hires bank, hoping to sell for $300 million or more — It's been a little more than a month since the last rumors surfaced about social news site Digg trying to sell itself for at least $300 million. — A reliable source just confirmed the company's plans …
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
For Sale: Used Social Voting Site, Asking Price $300 Million, Goes By The Name Of Digg — It seems like every other month rumors of Digg either being acquired or being shopped come up (see our November summary here). VentureBeat has word that Digg is getting serious about a sale …
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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com:Who Should Buy Digg? — Digg's founders and investors are looking …
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Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Google Android Prototype In the Wild — Here's the first gorgeous shot of an Google Android prototype in the wild. It looks HTC-ish in build, similar to the grainy versions we've seen in the official videos and the renderings in the SDK emulator. Our source, a Giz reader …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
MacWorld rumblings: Expect a 11- to 13-inch screen on Apple ultra-portable — With Apple expected to deliver a new ultra-portable Mac at its Macworld conference Jan. 15 prognosticators are busy handicapping the device's features. — In a research note Monday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster …
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Katie Marsal / AppleInsider:
Piper sees iTunes rentals, new breed of Apple touch games in 08 — For Apple, 2007 may in some ways represent the very beginning of a new standard in innovation, with 2008 likely giving way to a slew of new Mac models in addition to fresh initiatives like an iTunes movie rental service …
Lane Hartwell:
There is no lawsuit against the Richter Scales. — As previously mentioned, I will soon be releasing a statement in regard to the Here Comes Another Bubble video created by The Richter Scales. I've said very little publicly regarding the matter out of respect to all involved parties …
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Electronista:
NPD: Leopard Apple's best OS launch yet — The release of Mac OS X Leopard in late October was both Apple's strongest operating system release to date and evidence that the company may have a greater understanding of how to launch such software, according to a new study from NPD Group.
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Joseph Menn / Los Angeles Times:
Striking writers in talks to launch Web start-ups — MOVING TO NEW MEDIA: Aaron Mendelsohn, a Writers Guild board member known for the "Air Bud" franchise, is in a group that plans to produce programming for the Internet independently of Hollywood studios at odds with the union.
The Macalope:
With disappointments like these, who needs successes? — Will someone please page the lithesome yet strong-handed nymphs whose job it is to massage the furry one's scalp right between the antlers? The Macalope's got a headache again. — What's causing it this time?
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Can You Outbid Microsoft For The Microsoft Name In Portugal? — Microsoft is reasonably protective of its name — even to ridiculous levels at times. However, it surprised us to find out that a company other than the Redmond giant happens to have the trademark on Microsoft in Portugal.
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Can Blogs Do Journalism? — On the face of it, the question of whether blogs can do journalism is absurd — like asking whether sites published on Vignette can do journalism. A blog, after all, is just a content management system — revolutionary because it made web-native publishing free …
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Brian C / Wallstrip:
12-17-07 Facebook — Today, Lindsay gets poked into Facebook. … 19 RESPONSES SO FAR ↓ — You summed up perfectly why I've stayed off sites like FaceBook and MySpace - the stalker factor! — [...] Today, Lindsay pokes around . Trader Mike — The Dell's gone...how sad.
Christina Warren / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
QuickBooks users be cautious of recent update — At the risk of spreading unnecessary FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt),] It's not FUD, we want to caution Inuit's QuickBooks users of installing the most recent update, without proper back-ups - especially if you typically store lots of important files on the desktop.
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Former Russian Spies Are Now Prominent in Business — MOSCOW — At a venture capital conference in Silicon Valley, Oleg S. Shvartsman mixed easily among the titans of private equity. — "He didn't stand out from the crowd," said Evgeny Zaytsev, the organizer of the conference on Nov. 9.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Microsoft security update cripples IE — Last week's MS07-069 update crashes IE6, IE7 on Windows XP, Vista for some — Microsoft Corp. confirmed today that it is investigating reports that a security update for Internet Explorer issued last week has crippled some users' ability to get on the Web.
