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Paul Buchheit:
Should Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail block Facebook? — Apparently Facebook will ban you (or at least Robert Scoble) if you attempt to extract your friend's email addresses from the service. — Automated access is a difficult issue for any web service, so I won't argue with their decision — it's their service and they own you.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Facebook lets me back in... I just received this email. — I answer Mike Arrington and several others in a video that now is up at http://www.mogulus.com/robertscoble. — UPDATE: In the video I cover a whole bunch of topics and take questions from the live audience that was there when filmed.
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Global Neighbourhoods, FactoryCity, Valleywag, rexblog.com, Between the Lines, Techmamas, Facebook Applications … and Mashable!
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Plaxo Flubs It — News leaked prematurely today about a new Plaxo Pulse feature that allows users to match Facebook contacts to Pulse contacts, and then import contact data about the matches into Pulse. — Plaxo has been testing the feature with a number of journalists and bloggers.
Nick / Rough Type:Scoble: freedom fighter or data thief?
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Marc's Voice, Between the Lines, The Net-Savvy Executive, Guardian Unlimited, larry borsato, TechCrunch, BoomTown, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Technovia, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, WinExtra, CenterNetworks, BuzzMachine, Things That, TechCrunch UK, chrisbrogan.com, O'Reilly Radar, Scobleizer, Bits and Maple Leaf 2.0
Om Malik / GigaOM:
A Heart-to-Heart with GigaOM Readers — Happy New Year. As you may have noticed, my byline hasn't been up on the site for a few days. That's because the holidays weren't exactly my most jolly. — I had a heart attack on Dec. 28. I was able to walk into the hospital for treatment …
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, THE BLOGGING JOURNALIST, Geek Speaker, Loic Le Meur Blog, IP Democracy, BoomTown, FoundRead, WebProNews, WebMetricsGuru, Between the Lines, Valleywag, Epicenter, The Jason Calacanis Weblog, Silicon Alley Insider, atmaspheric, Digital Common Sense, Scripting News, bub.blicio.us, Paul Kedrosky's …, Disruptive Telephony, Venture Chronicles, The Stalwart, Marketing.fm, Kevin Burton's NEW FeedBlog and Furrier.org
Scott Hillis / Reuters:
“Major Nelson” emerges as face of Xbox — REDMOND, Washington (Reuters) - Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sporting unkempt graying hair, Larry Hryb looks like just another guy in Microsoft's corporate headquarters. — But Xbox 360 players know Hryb by his alter ego, “Major Nelson,” …
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Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
CES gadgets: Sling Media unveils new Slingbox PRO-HD for moving HD video around the home — Sling Media, the local outfit recently acquired by Echostar, is benefiting from our urge to watch videos anytime, anywhere, and to sling it around the house so we can watch it in whatever room, except maybe the bathroom.
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
CES: Echostar's Sling To Offer SlingPlayer For Blackberry — Getting a jump on the 16 bazillion product announcements planned for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, Echostar Holding (SATS) unit Sling Media announced plans to offer a version of its SlingPlayer Mobile software …
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
Intel pulls out of One Laptop Per Child group — Here's another turn in a soap opera. I'm sure that kids in developing countries are not going to benefit from this internecine squabble. — Intel has decided to pull out of the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit organization after a dispute with its chairman, Nicholas Negroponte.
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Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Mac's market share growth is “nothing short of spectacular,” suggests analyst — Apple has been on a tear of late, but it's not just a story of iPods. Indeed, web analyst Net Applications now puts the Mac's market share at 8%, up from 5.3% in early 2007. That is stunning growth by any measure …
Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Antitrust Lawsuit Charges Apple With Monopolizing Online Music — The complaint takes issue with Apple's refusal to support the Windows Media Audio format. — An antitrust lawsuit filed against Apple on Dec. 31 charges the company with maintaining an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Veoh adds Hulu content, has no official relationship with Hulu — Online video sharing site/portal Veoh has added full length television episodes to its lineup. Selected Fox and NBC shows including Family Guy, 24, and Heroes are available. But Veoh hasn't made any deals with Fox or NBC.
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Brian Heater / AppScout:
Microsoft Office 2003 Abandons Support for Older File Formats — So much for rolling out new features. Microsoft isn't exactly going around advertising it, but if you've downloaded Service Pack 3 for your copy of Office 2003, you might have noticed that the latest release actually features decreased compatibility with old file types.
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Security Watch, eWEEK.com, Christopher Null, Download Squad, Blackfriars' Marketing and Zoli's Blog
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
iSteamy Converts iPhone in Handheld Porn Powerhouse (Extremely NSFW) — Here's our Extremely Not Safe For Work video review of iSteamy, a software program designed to easily browse porn on your iPhone, complete with category-based picture, video and audio navigation and a “steamy room” …
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Jonathan M. Gitlin / Ars Technica:
First Look: Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 — Introduction — The subject of Microsoft Office for Mac has the potential to be a touchy one with Apple fans. There is a contingent of Mac users for whom Microsoft is the enemy, and any alternative to their products is the right choice.
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
China Clamps Down On Internet Video — Enjoy your streaming videos while you can, Chinese YouTube fans. The Chinese government announced new rules Thursday that could block all but a few video sites from reaching Chinese viewers. The regulations, posted to Web sites of China's State Administration …
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NPR:
Rip This, and Sue That? — Rip This, and Sue That? — Listen to this ‘Talk of the Nation’ topic — Tell me this isn't confusing... Marc Fisher writes in the Washington Post that the recording industry is suing an Arizona man for copying a CD he bought LEGALLY to his own computer.
Dion Hinchcliffe / Enterprise Web 2.0:
12 predictions for Enterprise Web 2.0 in 2008 — The worlds of SOA, SaaS, and Web 2.0 have been swirling around each other for a couple of years now and in 2008 we'll finally see these gel into a practical, modern vision of next generation enterprises. And a variety of forces are coming together …
