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Cisco Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Jabber — Jabber's Presence and Messaging Software to Enhance Cisco's Collaboration Portfolio — Cisco today announced its intent to acquire privately held Jabber, Inc., a provider of presence and messaging software.
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
With Microsoft in Sight, Cisco Buys Jabber — Cisco said this morning it would buy instant messaging service Jabber for an undisclosed amount. The deal is another move by the networking company into the collaboration space — this time highlighting the importance of presence awareness and interoperability in collaboration.
Maciej Stachowiak / Surfin' Safari:
Introducing SquirrelFish Extreme — Just three months ago, the WebKit team announced SquirrelFish, a major revamp of our JavaScript engine featuring a high-performance bytecode interpreter. Today we'd like to announce the next generation of our JavaScript engine - SquirrelFish Extreme (or SFX for short).
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Wilson Rothman / Gizmodo:
Microsoft's “I'm a PC” Ad Beats Seinfeld (But Not Hodgman) — Phase 2 of Microsoft's Windows ad campaign debuted tonight during The Office, and the latest work by ad agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky definitely beats the crap out of those (ill-fated?) Gates/Seinfeld ads when it comes to making a point.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Huh. Those Mac Ads Aren't As Funny Any More. — I sat down to write a post that highlights the really innovative new Apple ad running over two ad units on the New York Times (see video below). The ad unit came out today, the same day as Microsoft released their new set of “I'm a PC” …
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L.A. Times Tech Blog, Web Scout, Pulse 2.0, Download Squad, p2pnet and Thomas Hawk's Digital …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
That Was Fun, But Now Ebay's Selling Off StumbleUpon — In May 2007 eBay acquired website recommendation engine StumbleUpon for $75 million. Now, less than a year and a half later, they're trying to unload it according to a source with knowledge of the sale process.
Fred / A VC:
It's Time To Open Up The Feeds To Marketers — I wrote a post a week or two ago where I talked about the increasing importance of feeds as an interface to social media and media and information in general. I don't really mean “rss feeds” when I say feeds, although reading this blog's feed …
Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC's Web sites see surge in traffic — iTunes sells 1 mil since Sept. 9; news events draw visitors — The Peacock felt gale-force winds beneath its wings this week on the Internet. — A trio of unrelated events conspired to give NBC Universal record traffic at three Web locations: CNBC.com, NBC.com and iTunes.
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Google Android News Android Forums:
HTC Dream G1 In The Wild — Are these the first pics of the Android powered HTC Dream/G1 in the wild? — This image has surfaced on a personal blog from the Utterli.com network. Little detail is given surrounding the nature of the images. … Did you enjoy this post?
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Eric A. Taub / Bits:
Will This E-Reader Replace Papers? — The promise of an electronic device that can serve as an acceptable substitute for a daily newspaper should get a boost this Monday, when iRex Technologies releases its latest e-reader: the iRex Digital Reader 1000. — The new model, available …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Why the Yahoogle Deal Will Likely Launch-And Be Coming to an Internet Near You on October 9 — Yesterday, BoomTown took a rather strong stand against Google and its recent aggressive efforts to defend its outsourcing deal to sell some of Yahoo's search advertising.
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Tim Armstrong / Google Public Policy Blog:Facts about our Yahoo! ad deal and competition
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Dan Lyons: I'm sorry I'm not as funny as Fake Steve Jobs — Dan Lyons the former Forbes editor whose brilliant Web parodies of Apple's CEO entertained tech enthusiasts for two years, publicly apologized Friday to those who complain that he's not funny since he stopped writing as his alter ego, the Fake Steve Jobs.
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Symbian Smart Phones World:
ULTRA HOT: Two New Nokia Eseries Phones In The Works - Nokia E72 and E75 Leaked!!!!! — + ULTRA HOT: Two New Nokia Eseries Phones In The Works! — Nokia E72 and E75 Leaked!!!!! — Two New Nokia QWERTY Phones In The Works! — Leaking confidential information is the growing problem.
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Paul Keegan / Fortune:
Testing your iPhone coolness — Your iPhone applications say a lot about you. — (Fortune Magazine) — If you're still racking your brain trying to think of pre-meeting small talk - about the weather, say, or “The Game” - help has arrived. — Want to break the ice while demonstrating your coolness?
Al Sacco / CIO.com:
Mac BlackBerry Users Rejoice: RIM Promises New Mac Tools — The future is bright for Apple Mac users who love their RIM BlackBerrys. That's because new, Mac-compatible tools for BlackBerry users are expected within the first half of 2009. Wireless services that will address BlackBerry-related issues …
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Drop.io Launches Geo-Location File Sharing — NY-based private file sharing service Drop.io has announced the launch of geo-location based drops. The concept works like this — you upload files into your drop. Once uploaded you can tag the drop with a location.
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
If Best Buy walks Real's Rhapsody will hurt — Best Buy's acquisition of Napster is likely to mean RealNetwork's Rhapsody music service will wave goodbye to more than just one of its biggest partners. — Rhapsody of course powered Best Buy's digital music store.
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Parallels 4 to tout OS X Server VM, dual-core, new interface — Competition between virtualization software developers is about to kick into overdrive thanks to the ongoing development Parallels Desktop 4, which people familiar with the update say will significantly expand hardware …
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Deborah Yao / Associated Press:
Cable, led by Cablevision, mulls network DVR — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — If the nation's largest cable TV operators have their way, the home digital video recorder could soon become a relic. — Leading the way is Cablevision Systems Corp., which plans to roll out a system in early 2009 …
Mitch Wagner / InformationWeek:
Web 2.0 Expo: Zoho To Launch App Store, Support For Offline E-Mail — Developers will keep 100% of revenue from app sales, while Zoho will make its money by charging users to host large instantiations of the apps. — Zoho, which makes an online office suite of 18 apps including word processor …
John Leyden / The Register:
Mozilla plans mobile Firefox, plus ‘public resource’ usage data — Anonymous, of course - but isn't it always? — Mozilla's chief has set goals for the development of the open source project over the next two years, including the release of a mobile version of Firefox by 2010.
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Wall Street Journal:
EA Relaxes Rules on Installing ‘Spore’ — Videogame publisher Electronic Arts Inc. plans to allay complaints about copy-protection limits in its new “Spore” software by increasing the number of times the game can be installed. — “Spore,” a game based on evolution from “The Sims” …
Christina Warren / Download Squad:
Use Hulu, Pandora, or the BBC iPlayer from any country — Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. While using a proxy server might violate the usage license of your ISP or the site you are using, it is as far as I know, not illegal. Still, if you are cautious or in doubt, check with a real lawyer …
Harold Feld / Public Knowledge:
What Will Comcast Do Today? First Compliance Check On Comcast/BitTorrent Order. — Back on August 20, the FCC released its Order resolving the complaint against Comcast for blocking P2P protocols. As part of the remedy, the FCC ordered Comcast to provide a full report on its current …
Peter Cohen / Macworld:
net4mac social networking comes to iPhone — net4mac, a social network for Mac users, is now available on the iPhone. A native app is available for download from the App Store, for $4.99. — net4mac was created to help Mac users connect with one another.
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