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John Biggs / CrunchGear:
On Gizmodo's douchery and blogging — I didn't want to weigh in on this because I know all the parties involved, I used to run Gizmodo, and I understand the impetus behind this prank. This is a nasty hack performed by punchy, hungover kids that, as we see, got the CE world's attention.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Gizmodogate: Get a sense of humor folks — Gizmodo turns off a bunch of TVs at CES to liven the joint up and you'd think that their scribes lit Bill Gates on fire for the page views. — The angst over Gizmodo's hilarious prank is borderline ridiculous: — Judie Lipsett at Gear Diary calls the prank “total and utter crap.”
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Good Morning Silicon Valley, UNEASYsilence, CyberNet, Zoli's Blog, Global Neighbourhoods and deal architect
Judie Lipsett / Gear Diary:Total and Utter Crap: Gizmodo's Stupid CES Prank on Motorola and Us Bloggers
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George Ou, geeksugar, Venture Chronicles, The Praized Blog, Today @ PC World, GottaBeMobile and Mobility Site
Business Week:
Steve Jobs' Video Dreams — His magic has not extended to visual entertainment. Hollywood and cable companies aim to keep it that way — At last year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, most of the 140,000 attendees were buzzing about the future of the cell phone—and how Apple Inc. …
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
End Game — With CES over and the San Francisco Macworld Expo set to begin on Monday, we pundits are turning our attention to Apple, the big technology business success of not only 2007, but of the entire decade. Steve Jobs has his Macworld keynote address coming and will no doubt deliver …
Josh Quittner / Techland:
Will someone please start a Facebook group to save Scrabulous? — I can't tell if Hasbro (HAS), the maker of Scrabble, is the smartest company in the world or the dumbest. Over 100 million sets of the game have been sold in 121 countries, in 29 different languages, according to everyone's favorite source.
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Peter Sayer / InfoWorld:
UK gov't report: Don't upgrade to Vista — San Francisco - British schools should not upgrade to Microsoft's Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) said in a report on the software.
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Wall Street Journal:
Showdown Looms Over Pirated-Media Directory — Swedish Prosecutors Target Organizers of Pirate Bay, A Huge File-Sharing Guide — One of Hollywood's biggest foes is about to be called on the carpet. After years of steering Web surfers to free entertainment, the organizers of a massive directory …
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Yahoo's Core Value Is Falling — The market is taking stock of still more rumors that Microsoft is trying to buy Yahoo. (This would be a great deal, if it weren't for management, strategic and cultural differences that would probably sink any combination.)
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CBS News:
Facebook Founder Says “Beacon” Needs Work — Also Tells 60 Minutes It's Unlikely Company Will Go Public in 2008 — (CBS) The controversial advertising device many accused of invading the privacy of Facebook users will eventually be a good tool, says Facebook founder and chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Facebook - Why Not Let Sleeping Dogs Lie?
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Master of 500 Hats, Zoli's Blog, Insider Chatter, Computerworld and Silicon Alley Insider
Arn / MacRumors:
SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch? — ElectricPig.tv claims (via 9to5) they have an “extremely senior source” at Sling Media who says that an iPhone/iPod Touch version of their SlingPlayer client software is coming. — Sling Media sells the SlingBox which allows you to stream video …
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Charles Jade / Infinite Loop:
Macworld.Ars: First banner up at Moscone Center — Appleologists, train your furrowed brows on the first banners up at Macworld 2008. As the work crews set up this morning, Moscone South has the first hint of what is to come. — What could be in the air in 2008? A MacBook Pro so light it floats?
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Rumor: Microsoft to Buy Limelight Networks (LLNW/MSFT) — Lots of “Microsoft to buy...” rumors banging around these days, and here's another one: Microsoft is interested in buying content-delivery-network Limelight Networks. A CDN industry insider (not at Limelight) tells us he has heard …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Why Google, Yahoo and Microsoft should worry about Countrywide's takeover — Update: Countrywide Financial is being acquired by Bank of America and when the deal closes the second largest Web advertiser will disappear. It's highly unlikely that Bank of America will spend so lavishly on online advertising.
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Macworld leads tech out of the desert — Apple has the third week of January all to itself this year, and although it probably won't top last year's Macworld, the company will likely make everyone forget about the Consumer Electronics Show. — Trade shows are a necessary evil in the tech industry.
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Tech Check with Jim Goldman, Gear Diary, Telegraph Blogs, The Mac Observer and Technology Live
Anne Zelenka / GigaOM:
The Big Switch Is a Good Thing — In his new book “The Big Switch,” blogger and journalist Nick Carr says, “In the YouTube economy, everyone is free to play, but only a few reap the rewards." But the reason so many people play in the new economy is because the many can reap rewards …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Get A Free Link From Wired — Some SEOs were saddened when Wikipedia added nofollows to external links. Perhaps they'll perk up to discover that Wired's semi-Wikipedia challenger has no such blocking. — Today, a page came up in response to a regular blog search I do, and I found it odd — just a link to an SEO firm.
