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Nate Westheimer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google's App Engine: Aiming At Facebook, Not Amazon — There's no shortage of stories about Google's newly launched App Engine, but almost all of them get it wrong — because they compare the new service to Amazon's EC2 and S3 services (AMZN). — If the Silicon Valley echo chamber wants …
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Preston Gralla / Computerworld Blogs:
Five reasons why Vista beats Mac OS X — IT TOPICS:Desktop Applications, Enterprise Software & Services, Macintosh & Apple, Operating Systems, Software, Windows & Microsoft — The conventional wisdom, that Mac's OS X is superior to Windows Vista, is flat-out wrong.
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Tom Krazit / One More Thing:Mac security not so much about the Mac — SAN FRANCISCO …
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The Mac Observer
Bret Taylor / Bret Taylor's blog:
We need a Wikipedia for data — I just started blogging. I am not sure what I want to write about, but I think one theme will be “things I want but want someone else to build.” This article describes one of those things. — At Google, I worked on a number of projects that required data from third party data sources.
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Business Wire:
Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire IndexTools' Analytics Business — Acquisition intended to enhance platform for comprehensive Web — analytics and extend offerings for on-line marketers — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that it has entered …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day — Anyone who's been reading this blog for more than a few months knows I'm bullish on mobile social networking. — The space is wide open at this point - no one has created an application that has gotten enough traction to go mainstream.
BBC:
BBC announces Nintendo Wii deal — The BBC's iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii. — The video download and streaming service that lets people catch up with BBC programmes will soon be a channel on the hugely popular game console.
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Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Latest iPhone 2.0 beta reveals 3G chipset — Hidden away in the latest test firmware for iPhone developers is the mention of the chipset that will power third-generation cellular Internet access in Apple's next generation of the device. — Discovered by the creators of the popular ZiPhone jailbreak …
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VentureBeat, IntoMobile, Apple 2.0, Infinite Loop, CrunchGear, MacDailyNews, Geek.com and The Apple Core
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Report: U.S. ranked No. 4 for networked readiness — In an increasingly networked world, the United States moved up several notches in its global rankings this year, according to the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report released Wednesday by the World Economic Forum.
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John Markoff / New York Times:Study Gives High Marks to U.S. Internet
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Ars Technica, eWeek, Digital Daily, Save the Internet Blog, The Precursor Blog …, deal architect and Tech Watch
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
New RIAA Argument: Throwing A Promo CD In The Garbage = Unauthorized Distribution — from the next-up:-picking-your-nose=distribution dept — Last summer, the EFF sued Universal Music Group, after UMG had eBay takedown the sales of certain CDs. The CDs were promotional CDs …
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Life On the Wicked Stage
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Symbian Smart Phones World:
Exclusive: Latest update on the hotly anticipated Nokia Tube - The Rumours are over - Hands on the Nokia “Tube” — + Exclusive: latest update on the hotly anticipated Nokia Tube — Hands on the Nokia “Tube” — The Rumours are over! — Now whether the phone was inadvertently …
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CNET News.com, CrunchGear, Engadget, TG Daily, jkOnTheRun, Geek.com, Gizmodo, Cellpassion, Beet.TV and Tech Blog
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Former Yahoo Exec to OpenX; OpenX to L.A. — Former Yahoo Senior Vice President Tim Cadogan will take the CEO job at OpenX, the popular open-source ad server start-up, backed by Index Ventures, Accel Partners and others. — As part of the change, the company will move from its London HQ to Los Angeles.
Adobe:
Adobe Media Player Now Available — For immediate release — New Adobe AIR Application Redefines Next-Generation TV Experiences for Viewers and Broadcasters — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Media Player 1.0 software.
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Digital Media Wire, Podcasting News, TVover.net, last100, NewTeeVee, Contentinople, Digital Trends, TG Daily, eHomeUpgrade, paidContent.org, Mashable!, Beet.TV and Insanely Great Mac
Kevin J. Delaney / Wall Street Journal:
Legg Mason Wades Into the Yahoo Fray — Manager Says Shareholder Would Back Independence If Microsoft Lowers Its Bid — A major Yahoo Inc. shareholder said Microsoft Corp. “blundered” last weekend by threatening a hostile Yahoo takeover at a lower price.
New York Times:
Economy Has Become a Drag on Silicon Valley — SAN FRANCISCO — Housing prices in Silicon Valley remain defiantly high. New BMWs and Saabs cruise Highway 101. But for the first time there are signs that the current economic downturn is taking its toll on the country's cradle of technology and innovation.
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org:
Last.fm's Free Music ‘Boosts Sales’; Unlimited Services ‘To Kick In By 2012’ — Last.fm claims its 12-week-old free, full-track music streams have resulted in 119 percent more CD and download sales through its Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) click-through partnership.
