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Chris Sherman / Search Engine Land:
VideoSurf: New, Genuinely Radical Video Search — I'm generally not given to hyperbole or breathless enthusiasm when writing about a new search service. Quite the opposite, in fact—over the decade I've covered search I've seen so many so-called “radically new” approaches that are simply updates …
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Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Apple Event Fails to Dazzle — The new iPods feature cosmetic changes and lower prices, but Steve Jobs didn't announce any game-changing innovations many have come to expect — Apple watchers have high expectations for the company's signature events. There's always a palpable buzz …
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Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman:
Steve Jobs Talks New iPods, Health: My One On One — Steve Jobs is healthy, was taken by surprise by all the speculation about his health swirling around him after his last public appearance in June, and says while he could “stand to gain 10 or 15 pounds,” he's doing just fine.
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Mark Evans, iPhone Savior, Apple 2.0, CNET News, Silicon Alley Insider, The iPhone Blog, Crave, Mark Sigal's Blog, Todd Watson and VentureBeat
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:Apple yields to NBC Universal on price, packaging
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Profy, CrunchGear, mathewingram.com/work, TomsTechBlog.com, Reel Pop, Engadget, Portfolio, TG Daily, PC World, VentureBeat and GMSV
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson announces launch dates for Xperia™ X1 — Sony Ericsson today announces 30 September 2008 as the official launch date for the highly anticipated Xperia™ X1 - initially available to consumers in the UK, Germany and Sweden. The handset will be available …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Unveils World's Most Advanced Tracking Technology — Microsoft's proprietary BlueTrack Technology sets new industry standard, surpasses optical and laser to track on virtually any surface. — REDMOND, Wash. Sept. 9, 2008 Microsoft Corp. today unveiled the world's …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Microsoft's BlueTrack mice are here — laser bids a tearful goodbye — It's not all BlueTrack hysteria for Microsoft today — the company's hardware division also took the wraps off that Arc Mouse we spotted back in July and the new Wireless Mobile Mouse 3000.
Nokia:
Nokia brings Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync corporate mobile email solution to 80 million mobile devices — 43 Nokia S60 3rd Edition devices - the largest range from any device manufacturer to enable Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync - now feature the latest version of Mail for Exchange with fast and easy email set-up
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Research in Motion:
RIM Introduces the First BlackBerry Flip Phone — New BlackBerry Pearl Flip Brings The Industry's Leading Mobile Messaging Solution To Consumers Who Prefer Flip Phones — Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM, TSX: RIM) today unveiled the BlackBerry® Pearl™ Flip 8220 smartphone …
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BerryReview.com, IntoMobile, Engadget, TmoNews, mobilesyrup.com, Gizmodo and CrackBerry.com blogs
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
We hate success — The Justice Department has hired a litigator to look at going after Google and its growing dominance in advertising. — This isn't surprising, of course. It's the yin-yang of American business: we love success stories but we hate too much success.
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Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Facebook unveils new look with a new approach — SAN FRANCISCO - Since he started Facebook in college 4 1/2 years ago, Mark Zuckerberg has learned — sometimes painfully — that he can't make significant changes to the popular online hangout without triggering an uproar among indignant users who preferred the status quo.
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Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
“Funnest” iPod ever: photos of the new iPod touch — You've seen the nano pictures, so here are the new iPod touch photos. The device is indeed more iPhone-like with a more curved back. The volume controls are in the same place as the iPhone and work well, and the speakers sound …
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Joe Keiser / Edge Online:
Censors Force Fallout 3 Changes — Speaking to Edge, Bethesda has explained what it calls a “misconception” regarding the classification of Fallout 3 in the Australian region. Edge has also learned that due to concerns and issues raised in the process of international classification …
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GamePolitics News, Destructoid, *Shacknews* Games, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Kotaku and Blue's News
Nick Breckon / *Shacknews* Games:
Rumor: Halo Wars Dev Ensemble Shutting Down, Non-essential Employees Already Axed (Updated) — Update: Microsoft has confirmed its plans to close Ensemble. — Original Story: Shacknews has learned via multiple independent reports that developer Ensemble Studios (Age of Empires) …
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Kotaku, CrunchGear, Maximum PC all, Destructoid, Xbox 360 Fanboy, videogaming247, Joystiq and Blue's News
Kevin Michaluk / CrackBerry.com blogs:
BlackBerry Thunder / Storm CAUGHT ON VIDEO! — GEEBUS. Just saw this. SKIP AHEAD TO Minute 2:55 of the Video above to see RIM's Touchscreen in Action!! I'm not sure how recent the hardware/OS build is of the pre-release device featured in the video, but this is the first hands-on video look …
Gmail Blog:
New in Labs: 3 experiments with labels — Since launching our first batch of 13 Gmail Labs features, we've received a lot of suggestions for more experimental features you'd like to see — plus, we've had some of our own ideas. Today, there's a new batch of labs features to play with.
