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Loïc Le Meur / Loic Le Meur Blog:
20 reasons why Seesmic acquired Twhirl — As TechCrunch just announced, Seesmic just acquired Twhirl. And here are 20 ways it will benefit the Seesmic community —Staying in touch with your friends using microblogging is much easier using a client than through your browser
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
21st (and Real) Reason Why Seesmic Bought Twhirl — Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur outlines 20 reasons why his company bought Twhirl, an Adobe AIR-based Twitter client that is preferred by the self-obsessed net-set (including yours truly). Some see it as a future-of-the-web move.
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Seesmic Acquires Popular Twitter AIR Client Twhirl — San Francisco video/chat startup Seesmic has acquired Twhirl, a popular application created by German developer Marco Kaiser that allows users to access the Twitter service directly from their desktop, and also cross post to other services like Pownce and Jaiku.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
AT&T's 700 MHz Strategy: LTE — The open access restrictions mandated by the Federal Communications Commission on portions of the recently auctioned 700 MHz spectrum were among the main reasons AT&T chose not to bid for that spectrum but opted instead to pay more for that of the B-Block …
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Verizon's spectrum plans: Speedier wireless broadband — Verizon executives on Friday said that a valuable chunk of newly purchased analog TV spectrum is a “transformative opportunity” that's expected to allow for delivery of vastly speedier wireless broadband service within the next three years.
Google Public Policy Blog:Cone of silence (finally) lifts on the spectrum auction
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
A SaaSy SAP vs. Salesforce debate: Is Benioff overestimating his platform? — Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and SAP Chairman Hasso Plattner dueled at the Churchill Club in a debate about the future of software and the generation gap couldn't be larger. — Benioff brought the bluster …
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Fred / A VC:
Something Important Is On The Horizon In The Music Business — Having ceded the file based music opportunity (mp3s and drm'd file formats) to Apple, the recorded labels are now getting hip to the much bigger opportunity, streaming music. — Yes, it's true that listeners will still want to own files for a few more years.
Ashish Thapliyal / Ashish Thapliyal's Blog:
Silverlight Roadmap questions — Silverlight is about 7 month old kid but it is already making such a big buzz. One of my colleague Rahul did excellent job in terms of putting up a FAQ regarding the roadmap — 1. When exactly will Silverlight support all the codecs that a standard Windows Media Player support?
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Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Mobile Phone Industry Takes Aim at the iPhone — LAS VEGAS — Last year, the wireless industry obsessed over the iPhone. This year, the industry is buzzing about how to beat it. — Touch screens, the mobile Internet and devices packed with multimedia capabilities dominated the discussion …
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:
Craigslist to fan blog: Give us your domain, now — You don't mess with Craigslist, apparently. — A fan-run blog called Craigslist Blog has been served a takedown notice from the massive classifieds site, according to a post from blogger Tim White on Thursday.
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
The Vista license “loophole” that isn't — Software licensing is often hard to understand. But that's no excuse for so-called Windows experts to deliberately publish sensational stories that turn the facts upside-down. — I'm talking about the fuss that Scott Dunn and Brian Livingston kicked …
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Ed Bott's Windows Expertise, GottaBeMobile, One Microsoft Way, InfoWorld and Windows Secrets Newsletter
Jason Hill / Screen Play:
GTA IV edited for Australia — Rockstar has produced an edited version of Grand Theft Auto IV for Australia in order to obtain an MA15+ rating. — The Office of Film and Literature Classification awarded the game an MA15+ rating on December 11 last year, advising consumers that the game contains …
Yi-Wyn Yen / Techland:
Microsoft and Yahoo meet again, then walk away — Yahoo and Microsoft executives have reached an impasse. Executives from both sides met this week near Yahoo's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., but failed to reach an agreement, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Xssniper / Billy (BK) Rios:
Insecure Content Ownership — Taking ownership of someone else's content is always a tricky deal. Nate McFeters and I spoke about some of the issues related to taking “ownership” of someone else's content last year at Defcon, but we continue to see more and more places willingly accepting …
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