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2:30 PM ET, September 10, 2008

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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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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
VideoSurf Launches Way Cool Visual Video Search
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GamesIndustry.biz:
Phil Spencer: Ensemble closure is “right thing for our business”  —  Phil Spencer, head of Microsoft Game Studios, has told staff that the closure of Ensemble Studios - the team behind the Age of Empires titles and the forthcoming Halo Wars - was a difficult decision, but “the right thing for our business at this time”.
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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 …
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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Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Apple's iPod event: 800-pound gorillas don't need buzz
Discussion: Between the Lines and Crave
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Mark Cuban: “When I die, I want to come back as me”  —  To round out the day's schedule at TechCrunch50, Jason Calacanis interviewed Mark Cuban, the founder Broadcast.com, HDNet, and several other companies.  He has also been an angel investor for several startups including SlideShare …
Discussion: Valleywag
Bonnie Cha / CNET News:
Sprint first to offer HTC Touch Pro  —  Unlike last week's slip up, Sprint managed to keep this bit of news under wraps and announced on the opening day of CTIA Fall 2008 that it will offer the HTC Touch Pro starting in October (exact date is TBA).  The ultimate replacement for the Sprint HTC Mogul …
Discussion: Electronista, Gearlog and Gizmodo
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
StackOverlow: A Teeming Beehive of Programming Q&A  —  Digg for programming questions?  Joel on Software and Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror start letting users into their well built site.  —  The highly anticipated general release of StackOverflow, the social site for programming questions developed …
Elaine Chow / Gizmodo:
iTunes 8 Causing Huge Problems, BSOD for Vista Users  —  Looks like iTunes 8 is really not playing so well with Windows.  Users of both 32-bit and 64-bit Vista are reporting getting the blue screen of death whenever they plug in an iPod or iPhone.  Downgrading back down to 7.7 appears to solve the problem …
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Blogger's Arrest Resulted In Much More Downloading Of GNR Music  —  Last month, of course, there was a big story around the FBI arresting a blogger who was accused of posting the music files from Guns N' Roses latest album.  He now faces many years in jail, despite simply being a fan helping to promote GNR.
Discussion: AppScout
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.
Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny!:
SlingCatcher and Slingbox PRO-HD Available for Pre-Order  —  Well lookee here, both Sling Media's SlingCatcher and Slingbox PRO-HD are now available for pre-order (!) from Amazon and SlingMedia.com at $299.99 each.  While there's no shipping date, I presume either would arrive in time for a holiday a delivery.
Discussion: Crave and Boy Genius Report
The Official Google Blog:
More eye candy for iGoogle  —  In case you're looking for some more personality to add to your iGoogle page, we've just launched a fresh collection of iGoogle artist themes — an ongoing project we launched in April for which we invited world-class artists to design dynamic themes for your iGoogle homepage.
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
AOL rolls out one-stop e-mail service  —  AOL on Wednesday unveiled a new e-mail feature designed to allow users to access multiple e-mail services from one location on the site.  —  The e-mail service is part of AOL's plans to debut new features to the site over the coming weeks …
Discussion: AppScout
 
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Canadian Press:
Air Canada partners with U.S. Aircell to offer some inflight Internet services
Discussion: Engadget and TechSpot
Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter:
Boomers Get Hip to This Crazy ‘Internet Video’ Stuff
Discussion: Feeds
Nicole Lee / CNET News:
Virgin Mobile Shuttle is the carrier's first 3G handset
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Chippy / UMPCPortal:
Amilo Mini Netbook. Coffee Shop Encounter And Hands-On.
Discussion: Liliputing
Kevin Young / BBC:
New Marillion album free to share
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Revolution Health in Merger Talks
Discussion: paidContent.org and Valleywag
Arn / MacRumors:
iPod Touch Gets an External Microphone?
AMD:
AMD Introduces the ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series Graphics Cards …
 Earlier Items: 
Fawn Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
Text-Messaging Rates Come Under Scrutiny
Joanna Stern / LAPTOP Magazine:
HP Shows Off 10-inch Netbook. The Next Mini-Note?
Emily Steel / Wall Street Journal:
AOL Pushes to Win Back Lost Subscribers
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
iPhone 2.1 software update announced (update: $10 for some iPod touch owners)
Mohsin / Newlaunches.com:
T9 inventor now brings us Swype - simply slide to type
Discussion: TeleRead, Gadget Lab and Gizmodo
Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
What do CIOs Think About Social Media?
Discussion: chrisbrogan.com
Deborah Gage / San Francisco Chronicle:
State looks at antitrust in Google-Yahoo deal
Joe Keiser / Edge Online:
Censors Force Fallout 3 Changes
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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