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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Early notes on GoogleApps — The last few years when something new hits the tech blogosphere, I usually kick back and think while so many others scramble for position on Techmeme. I find that by doing this I can usually find the nugget that they're all missing, assuming it's an area I'm interested in …
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Paul McDonald / Google App Engine Blog:
Introducing Google App Engine + our new blog — At tonight's Campfire One we launched a preview release of Google App Engine — a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure. The goal is to make it easy to get started with a new web app …
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Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
HuddleChat: Did Google Just Rip Off 37Signals? — Blogs are abuzz this morning about HuddleChat, a real-time chat application that a team of three Google developers created to show off Google's new App Engine platform. The chat software bears a striking resemblance to the popular Campfire app from 37Signals.
Jackson West / Valleywag:
GOOGLE APP ENGINE CAN'T HANDLE DEMAND FOR GOOGLE APP ENGINE The sign-in page for Google's new App Engine platform apparently runs on App Engine — and ran out of it's server allocation this morning, triggering the error message above when a tipster tried to sign up.
Kevin Heisler / Search Engine Watch Blog:Is Google App Engine HuddleChat a Campfire Rip-Off?
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:Google App Engine: History's Next Step or Monopolistic Boondoggle?
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:Google App Engine: Cloud Control to Major Tom
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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Mossberg: I Have No Idea When 3G iPhone Is Coming, And I Don't Care — That Walt Mossberg prediction about a 3G iPhone in June? Hold off on that, says Walt Mossberg. The Wall Street Journal's personal tech guru tells us he has no idea when Apple (AAPL) is releasing its next phone.
James Sherwood / The Register:
Nokia confirms ‘iPhone killer’ handset in pipeline — Nokia has confirmed that it's developing a touchscreen-equipped handset to take on the Apple iPhone, and has shown off pictures of the upcoming phone to drooling onlookers. — The Finnish giant's handset is codenamed ‘Tube’ …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-021 - Critical — Vulnerabilities in GDI Could Allow Remote Code Execution (948590) — Version: 1.0 — General Information — Executive Summary — This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in GDI.
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Therese Poletti / MarketWatch:
Yahoo seems headed the way of PeopleSoft — Commentary: Yang's fight against Microsoft seems futile at this point — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang has not resorted to boorish tactics like calling Steve Ballmer a sociopath or comparing him to Genghis Khan …
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Wal-Mart Ditches DRM... And Lots Of Major Label Music With It — Over the last few months, the meme has taken hold that the big record labels had finally come to terms with the fact that DRM didn't help and only frustrated users — and was finally okay with getting rid of it entirely.
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
EMC Buys 90s High Flyer Iomega For $213 Million — Storage giant EMC is buying Iomega for $213 million in cash, a slight premium above its $200 million market cap at the close of trading today. Iomega, which makes portable hard drives and Zip drives, will become the core of EMC's consumer and small business storage device business.
Dennis O'Reilly / CNET News.com:
Put a finer point on your Gmail searches — The first application I open and the last one I close each workday is Gmail. — Even though I use the service's labels and filters to sort my mail, I often found myself scrolling through the 600-plus messages in my Gmail in-box to find the one I need.
Newlaunches.com:
iBig Box, the world's largest iPod dock — Presenting the world's largest iPod dock the iBig Box. It is inflatable and comes with complete with two speakers, iPod dock, and fabric controls similar to the ones you find on iPod jackets. Other MP3 players and audio devices can be connected to it as well.
Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
iPhone Developer Lockdown reportedly iPinkBricks all dev units — Readers report that update 5A240d is now available on the Dev Portal — Reports are streaming into TUAW that official iPhone developers have been hit this morning by the Pink Screen of Expired Release.
PC World:
Blu-ray Tech Advance Integrates iPhone, iPod Touch — Jonny Evans, Macworld.co.uk — The iPod touch and iPhone seem set to enter a special relationship with Blu-ray discs and players, with the imminent launch of new software that networks Apple's devices with Blu-ray technology.
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Rodney Rumford / FaceReviews:
Want to Expand Your Twitter Friends? Try Twubble — Twubble: Rating: — Want to Expand Your Twitter Friends? Try Twubble. If you want to follow more people and listen more effectively then this is a great twitter tool for you. Twubble will actually look at your friends list …
Google Android News Android Forums:
Nokia N810 Running Google Android — First it was the Sharp Zaurus and the Armadillo 500, now it's the turn of the Nokia N810. Yup, Google Android has been successfully installed on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet and it works too. — The Wiki page at elinux.org details the install guide …
Jon Fortt / Big Tech:
HP's mini laptop packs a punch — The HP Mini laptop is aimed at the education market, but it could appeal to road warriors as well. Image: HP — Pick up HP's new $500 mini-laptop, and the first thing you notice is the aluminum casing. Though the thing weighs only about 2.5 pounds …
