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Arn / MacRumors iPhone Blog:
Apple Rejecting Apps Based on ‘Limited Utility’ — One developer emailed this video and rejection letter for their app called Pull My Finger. Especially concerning is that Apple did not reject it due to it being offensive, but instead rejected it due to “limited utility”:
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Available Now: Windows XP $399, Ubuntu $349 — The way Dell introduced the Inspiron Mini 9 was pretty inspired, so it's almost been depressing watching the steady stream of leaks deflate it into a now familiar device, even though it's only being released today.
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Jay Pinkert / Your Blog:
Without Further Ado, Meet Your New Best Friend — The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 launches today - 8 a.m. Central - in the U.S., Japan and some European countries (check local listings). Starting price for the XP version - available now — is $399 USD. An Ubuntu Linux version will be available later, starting at $349 USD.
Mike Yang / The Official Google Blog:
Update to Google Chrome's terms of service — Whenever we release a product in beta as we just did with Google Chrome, we can always count on our users to come up with ways to improve it. This week's example: several eagle-eyed users and bloggers have expressed concern that Section 11 …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Analytics Now Tracks Chrome. Our Share: 6.23% — Until today Google was saying Google Analytics would not track Chrome usage for some time. Today they added Chrome tracking, allowing site owners to see how many of their users are coming to the site from the Chrome Browser.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Comcast to Appeal FCC Network Management Order — Updated: Comcast says it has filed an appeal against the Federal Communications Commission's Memorandum and Order on network management adopted August 1, 2008 and released August 20, 2008, in the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
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Todd Shields / Bloomberg:Comcast Seeks Reversal of FCC on Internet Management
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Joe Nocera / Executive Suite:
Does Windows Still Matter? … So writes John Gapper, the fine columnist for The Financial Times in today's paper. Chrome, of course, is Google's new browser, which is pretty explicitly designed to be a Windows killer. As Mr. Gapper notes, that precise fear — that an Internet browser …
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Chrome Tips — Here are some not-so-obvious things you can do in Google Chrome, the minimalistic browser launched on Tuesday. — 1. Show the list of recently visited pages from the current tab: right-click on the “Back” button. This also works for the “Forward” button.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:See Chrome's inner workings—and an Easter egg
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Nathan Halverson / Santa Rosa Press-Democrat:
He's giving you access, one document at a time — California's building codes, plumbing standards and criminal laws can be found online. — But if you want to download and save those laws to your computer, forget it. — The state claims copyright to those laws.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:California: We Charge People To Read Our Laws For The Benefit Of Californians
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Can Steve Jobs save the iPod? — One of the unintended consequences of the success of the iPhone is that it has rendered the classic iPod and its diminutive sisters — the nano and the shuffle — nearly irrelevant. What do you need a second MP3 player for if you've already got a few hundred tunes in your pocket?
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The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Storm goes into TA (technical acceptance) at Verizon, delayed 3-4 weeks — Here's our latest info on the BlackBerry Storm and the fate of the device on Verizon's network: it just went into technical acceptance at Verizon which usually takes around 3-4 weeks, and the device …
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IntoMobile, Electronista, Gizmodo, BerryReview.com, CrackBerry.com blogs and MobileCrunch
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Gap Widens in Online Advertising — Rivals Struggle to Catch Up to Google As Buyers Favor Search Ads Over Display — Spending on Internet advertising is climbing at a healthy clip — rising 20% in the U.S. in the second quarter — and growth forecasts are strong despite the weak economy.
Eric A. Taub / Bits:
New LG Blu-ray Player Streams Netflix — With Drawbacks — Netflix, the DVD rental company, has long spoken of its belief that its business would eventually move from the shipping of DVD discs to electronic downloads. The company offers 12,000 titles now for instant viewing on personal computer …
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Office 2.0: 10 new things you can do in the (Google) cloud — Business applications in the Internet cloud are improving at a phenomenal pace, says Matthew Glotzbach, a product management director with Google Enterprise. Glotzbach just finished giving a short talk at the Office 2. conference …
The Conference Board:
Online TV Grows in Popularity — For more detailed information, please visit www.consumerinternetbarometer.us — Online TV Grows in Popularity — Online TV viewing has been gaining in popularity. Nearly one-fifth of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online …
Jackie / QIK:
Qik now on HTC devices and more... Qik now on HTC devices and more — Not a day goes by that we don't get requests for Qik to support more devices beyond the several dozen on which our software already works. We have great teams in Russia and the US who are focused on just that: bringing Qik to as many handsets as possible.
