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Apple:
MobileMe: Supplemental 60-day extension eligibility and details — Learn about the 60-day extension to MobileMe subscriptions that Apple is providing to eligible members free of charge. — Note: This article will be updated when all 60-day extensions have been made available.
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Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
Yahoo Buzz opens to everyone — Yahoo's Digg-a-like Buzz is opening up to the world tonight. Until now, while anyone could see stories that had been Buzzed and vote them up or down, only about 400 publishers could contribute new links to the service. — A Yahoo spokesperson confirmed …
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Tapan Bhat / Yodel Anecdotal:
See it. Love it. Buzz it. — In February, we introduced Yahoo! Buzz as a new way for you to discover, vote for, and share the content and stories that matter most to you. You also got a say in what stories might be read by millions, with the voting power to potentially get your favorite content on the Yahoo! Front Page.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Yahoo! Opens Buzz Submissions to All - But is It Democratic? — Yahoo! Buzz, the social news service that launched in February and delivered giant piles of traffic to the lucky few websites that were indexed by the site, is tonight opening up to submissions from any site across the web.
Android Developers Blog:
Announcing a beta release of the Android SDK — I'm pretty happy today, for two reasons. First, I'm happy because I get to let everyone know that we're releasing a beta SDK. You can read about the new Android 0.9 SDK beta at the Android Developers' Site, or if you want to get straight to the bits, you can visit the download page.
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Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Is Linking to Yourself the Future of the Web? — Last year, Bill Janeway really got my attention (pdf) when he noted that “over time, Wall Street 'firms began to trade against their clients for their own account, such that now, the direct investment activities of a firm like Goldman Sachs dwarf …
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Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
The RIAA shuts down Muxtape — Free music mixtape service Muxtape has temporarily been shut down due to pressure from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). There's not much more information about downtime besides a small note on the front page of Muxtape.com saying that …
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Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
RIAA “problem” shutters online-music startup Muxtape — Muxtape, a New York-based online-music startup much favored by the Tumblr set, has shut down its website, citing a “problem” with the RIAA, a music-industry organization which polices copyright. Could it have anything to do with the ease …
Brenda Stokes / iPhone Buzz:
iPhone 2.0.2 Beats 2.0.1 on 3G performance — The iPhone 2.0.2 software update came out today and though its intent was unspecific ("bug fixes") it looks as if the results are truly impressive. Vincent tested OS 2.0.1 and 2.0.2 side by side in a series of speed tests using Mobile Safari and the results speak for themselves.
SportsBusiness Journal:
NBA shoots for local streaming of live games — The NBA is poised to become the first major U.S. sports league to stream live games in local markets, an aggressive offering that will set up a showdown between cable operators and regional sports networks. — The move marks the latest evolution …
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Tim Anderson / The Register:
Microsoft Silverlight: 10 reasons to love it, 10 reasons to hate it — A year or so ago I wrote a post called Adobe AIR: 10 reasons to love it, 10 reasons to hate it. Here's the same kind of list for Microsoft's Silverlight, based on the forthcoming Silverlight 2.0 rather than the current version.
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo:
Leaked: Dell Inspiron 910 (Mini Note) Specs and Release Date — A few weeks ago we ran some rumored specs of Dell's answer to the Eee, the Dell Inspiron 910 (aka Mini Inspiron and Inspiron Mini). Now we've gotten our hands on the full (internal) 910 web documentation.
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Michelle Thatcher / Crave:
Logitech unveils ergonomic Cordless Desktop Wave Pro — It's the end of the workday, and my hands hurt from typing. I suspect I'm not alone on this one—thus the proliferation of ergonomic keybords and mice. On Tuesday, Logitech announced its latest contribution to the genre, the Cordless Desktop Wave Pro.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
EngrishFunny Is Newest Site In Lolcats Empire — The company behind the popular ICanHasCheezburger site has launched a new website, EngrishFunny, which makes fun of grammatically incorrect variations of English (often found in Asia). Users send in photos of poorly translated or written products, signs, instructions, etc. to the site.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Friendster Launches Support For OpenSocial Apps — Friendster, the social network that has seen explosive growth in Asia but continues to lag behind Facebook and MySpace elsewhere, has launched support for OpenSocial apps on its development platform. Friendster initially launched its platform …
