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Charlie Demerjian / Inquirer:
Iphone to go x86 — Moorestown is fruity — THE IPHONE IS going to go x86 in a year or two, and Moorestown is set to be the lead vehicle. A year of whispers was finally nailed down a few days ago with a comment and a slide. — First let me say that the rumour mill has been running amok since …
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Mike Schramm / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Rumor: iPhone may get x86 processor, and pigs might fly — The Inquirer isn't just counting their chickens before they hatch — they're counting all the feathers, the chicken feet, and even the eggs of those chickens, too. When we first heard that the slide you see above …
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Disney: $123 Million From iTunes Since 2006 (AAPL) — Disney CEO Bob Iger tells the audience at the Digital Hollywood Media Summit that he's sold 4 million movies and “40 to 50” million videos through iTunes since he launched the service in 2006. What does that mean in terms of dollars? Not much.
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Michael Malone / Broadcasting & Cable:
Iger: Computer Replacing TV as Primary Entertainment Source — Disney President and CEO: Social Media Not a Fad, Broadband ‘Will Be the Primary Source of Entertainment’ — Disney president and CEO Bob Iger expressed a very bullish take on new media at the McGraw-Hill Media Summit Wednesday morning …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
YouTube: The Platform — (Update: Comment from YouTube added below). In case there was still any doubt that Google wants to use YouTube to host all the video on the Web, it's announcement earlier today to broaden its APIs makes it clear that is its goal. Once again, instead of making …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:YouTube's Could Be the Best New Platform Yet
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Crgslst: The Endangered, Sexy Craigslist Search Tool — Denver, Colorado based Superhero.es has built crgslst, a very slick multi-city search tool for Craigslist. Craigslist itself doesn't offer a multi-search service. By combining the publicly available RSS feeds from Craigslist with AJAX …
Mark Raby / Tom's Hardware Guide:
Blu-ray Player Prices Hit 2008 Highs As Competition Dwindles — Pricewatch - Blu-ray Disc players from Samsung, Sony and Sharp are now the most expensive they have been all year, presumably because HD DVD's exit from the high-def disc arena has removed some of Blu-ray's pricing pressure.
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Video Road Hogs Stir Fear of Internet Traffic Jam — Caution: Heavy Internet traffic ahead. Delays possible. — For months there has been a rising chorus of alarm about the surging growth in the amount of data flying across the Internet. The threat, according to some industry groups …
Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
Google could be superseded, says web inventor — The next generation of web technology is likely to be far more powerful than the current crop, Tim Berners-Lee said — Google may eventually be displaced as the pre-eminent brand on the internet by a company that harnesses the power …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Amazon's Latest Product Launch is a Couple of Facebook Apps — Amazon has now officially joined the Facebook craze. It has launched two of its own Facebook applications: Amazon Giver and Amazon Grapevine. — Amazon Giver shows your Amazon wishlist on your Facebook page.
New York Times:
Woman at the Center of Governor's Downfall — She left a broken home on the Jersey Shore at 17 and came to New York City to work the nightclubs as a rhythm and blues singer. Now, at 22, she is the unwitting, and as yet unseen, star of the seamy drama that is the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York.
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Jason Lee Miller / WebProNews:Spitzer Scandal Sheds Light On Web Prostitution
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Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Hulu Is a Good Site For Online Shows, But Fare Is Thin — The major television networks and movie studios, tired of seeing their programming pirated online, have been gradually moving to offer it via legal Web sites and download services. — There are two models for this legal Internet distribution.
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Note to self: stop promoting, start thinking again (or “Scoble's Law") — It's really hard when you're excited about what you're working on to not talk about it. Especially on your personal channels like your blog, Twitter account, and Facebook page. Over the past month I've tried …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Yahoo To Join OpenSocial in April, Microsoft Groans. — Following previous reports that Yahoo is talking to Google about joining OpenSocial, we are now hearing that the decision has been made and that it will be announced in April. OpenSocial is Google's social-networking platform that is a response to Facebook.
Cade Metz / The Register:
Skype blames eBay for killing ‘our innovation buzz’ — $10,000 Panda Challenge - are you really protected? — eComm Skype has admitted that eBay put a cramp in its style. But it also wants you to know that those days are over. — Today at eComm2008, a Silicon Valley geek gathering dedicated to …
Paul Krill / InfoWorld:
IBM moves on secure mashups — San Francisco - IBM is unveiling technology to secure mashups Thursday and is donating it to the OpenAjax Alliance, an organization promoting AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) interoperability. — Through IBM's SMash (secure mashup) technology …
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Microsoft:
Bill Gates Asks Congress to Act Now to Maintain U.S. Innovation Lead — In House testimony, Gates urges improvements in country's math and science education, reform of immigration policies, and increased investment in basic research. — Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates will testify …
