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Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.co.uk:
Macworld2008: Steve Jobs keynote speech leaked? — Apple CEO's stage notes appear on Wikipedia — We're used to seeing the online tech world go crazy with rumours and speculation in the days before Macworld, but this year a new element has been introduced to the mix.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Fake Apple Keynote “Leaked” on Wikipedia — What is Macworld without rampant speculation? This year, though, someone is going the extra mile and is using Wikipedia to spread what looks to be a fake outline for the Stevenote tomorrow. Many blogs and media are biting (see here and here) …
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Byte of the Apple, MediaShift, Portfolio.com, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs and VoIP Blog
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Purported Steve Jobs Keynote Leaked on Wikipedia — I have been an Apple watcher for years. I freelanced for Mac pubs in the mid 1990s. Now that doesn't make me more of an expert than anyone else. However, I am inclined to believe this alleged Steve Jobs keynote leak. It sounds real.
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TechCrunch, Gadget Lab, Forbes, mathewingram.com/work, Smalltalk Tidbits … and IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Giz Banned For Life and Loving It: On Pranks and Civil Disobedience at CES — A Gizmodo writer has been banned from CES for a prank. But when I see some fellow press damning us for the joke, I feel sorry for them: When did journalists become the protectors of corporations?
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Gizmodo on integrity... Brian Lam of Gizmodo does a great turnaround and questions his critics and their integrity. — Oh, excuse me, I've now gotta turn off all of the Apple monitors at MacWorld to prove I'm “independent” and “not part of Apple's PR machine.”
Brad Stone / Bits:
MySpace to Let Parents Block Their Kids From Joining — Representatives from MySpace and the attorneys general of 49 states are announcing a new partnership to fight sexual predators and clean up social networks. — Among the dozens of measures MySpace has agreed to take …
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Google:
Google announces faster, more customizable Google experience for iPhone Users — Today, the first day of Macworld, Google announced new improvements to the integrated Google experience on iPhone. The previous version, launched just over a month ago, brought together our suite of web applications …
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:Google betting big on mobile market—and Apple
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook buying Plaxo? — I've just heard from a source that Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo. This follows up on at least one previous rumor published by Valleywag, saying the same thing. — While these types of rumors should be taken with more than one grain of salt …
Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:
Breaking: Apple Insider Leaks Ultra-Portable Details — An Apple insider told Wired today that the company's new ultraportable, expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow, has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed — thicker at the top behind the screen …
Chris Silver Smith / Search Engine Land:
20 Awesome Images Found In Google Maps — The introduction of satellite images into map search interfaces has excited both virtual sightseers and local app developers. Further innovations like Google's Street View have caused consternation from privacy advocates while further pumping up the buzz about online mapping.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
HD DVD fires back, slashes hardware & software prices — HD DVD's response to being unceremoniously jilted by Warner going into CES was ... nothing. A canceled press conference, downtrodden Toshiba press conference and rumors of further losses left great doubt that red had anything left in 2008, but now HD DVD is firing back.
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DailyTech, PR Newswire, paidContent.org, CNET News.com, The Tech Report, Silicon Alley Insider and Digg
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: RBC Says Holiday Mac Sales Were “Ginormous;” Laptops With WiMax and 3G Coming? — Apple (AAPL) shares are up smartly heading into tomorrow morning keynote by CEO Steve Jobs at the Macworld trade show in San Francisco's Moscone Center. One week later, the company will report earnings for the fiscal first quarter ended December.
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Saul Hansell / Bits:
Facebook Is No Kingmaker — Yesterday's “60 Minutes” feature on Mark Zuckerberg, cheif executive of Facebook, hit all the logical bases: privacy, business model, the Beacon miscues and his youth. Only one section struck me as oddly off: the brief section on politics. — Leslie Stahl said:
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eMarketer:
3 Hidden Trends in 2008 — Business statistics can often reveal a great deal of information about a market or trend. A single number, like a picture, can be worth a thousand words. Take 9.3%. That figure represents eMarketer's prediction for the share of total US media spending …
Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
Music Industry, Souring on Apple, Embraces Amazon Service — LOS ANGELES — At the Super Bowl next month, the music industry will be switching teams — from Apple to Amazon.com. — The major record labels lined up with Pepsi-Cola and Apple four years ago to give away 100 million songs …
PR Newswire:
Netflix Now Offers Subscribers Unlimited Streaming of Movies and TV Shows on Their PCs for Same Monthly Fee — In 1999, Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX - News), the world's largest online movie rental service, pioneered unlimited DVD rentals for one, low monthly fee.
Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:
The ocean as watercooler: floating data centers stay cool — A new Silicon Valley startup called International Data Security (IDS) has sent some big waves through the data storage industry by announcing (PDF) its intent to set up a fleet of data-serving cargo ships.
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dailytechrag.com/news …
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
In Tech, It's All About Mega Caps — Bill Whyman, of International Strategy & Investment, wrote an eye-opening piece today about the huge concentration of tech market cap in just a handful of names. He notes that just six companies now account 50% of the market cap in the S&P technology index, and the top 10 account for 66%.
