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Mike Nash / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Introducing Windows 7 — Hi there, Mike Nash here. — For me, one of the most exciting times in the release of a new product is right before we show it to the world for the first time. And that time is right now. — In a few weeks we are going to be talking about the details of this release at the PDC and at WinHEC.
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Mr. Blurrycam reveals the updated MacBook Pro, $899 laptop model shows up in Apple inventory systems — Well, maybe — we're not calling it official until Steve pulls the cloth off himself tomorrow morning . Still, there's no denying the similarities between this image …
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VentureBeat, Infinite Loop, MacRumors, Boy Genius Report, LOOPRumors, Josh Bancroft's …, Edible Apple, Gizmodo and Ars Technica
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AppleInsider:
New photo reveals MacBook Pro, new display also possible — A new photo showing a fully assembled next-generation 15-inch MacBook Pro with a black display bezel has surfaced, which AppleInsider can confirm is legitimate. Separately, Apple is believed to be readying a new breed of display.
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:Supposed Best Buy Listings for New MacBooks Show No Price Drop
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Stephanie Condon / CNET News:
Bush signs RIAA-backed intellectual-property law — Updated at 12:45 p.m. PDT with quotes. — President Bush on Monday signed into law an intellectual-property enforcement bill that would consolidate federal efforts to combat copyright infringement under a new White House cabinet position.
Amy Schatz / Wall Street Journal:
FCC Clears Free Wireless Web — A proposal to create a free, national wireless Internet service got a boost as Federal Communications Commission engineers concluded that concerns are overblown about such service interfering with other carriers. — The report clears the way for the FCC …
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GMSV, Digital Daily, VentureBeat, WebProNews, WinExtra, Broadband Wireless …, WebGuild, The Register and BloggingStocks
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:America May Get Broadband for Free, But Porn Will Cost You
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Releases Silverlight 2, Already Reaching One in Four Consumers Worldwide — Microsoft announces new rich Internet applications development and streaming media features; company outlines plans for supporting Windows, Mac and Linux tools for developing Silverlight applications.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:Silverlight 2: Google Chrome support, yes; iPhone, no
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eWeek, AppScout, Electronista, InfoWorld, The Register, The Microsoft Blog, Tim Anderson's ITWriting and Beet.TV
Karin Matussek / Bloomberg:
Google Loses German Copyright Cases Over Image-Search Previews — Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc., owner of the world's most popular Internet-search engine, lost two copyright lawsuits in Germany over displaying photos and artworks as thumbnails in a preview of search results.
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Ars Technica, Search Engine Journal, paidContent.org, Google Blogoscoped, Bits, GMSV, CNET News, Epicenter, ReadWriteWeb and Search Engine Land
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft: Mac buyers pay Apple tax — Apple may offer lower-priced machines on Tuesday, but one top Microsoft official said Monday that Mac buyers will still be paying an “Apple tax.” — In a lengthy interview, Brad Brooks, vice president of Windows Consumer Product Marketing …
Wagner James Au / GigaOM:
Confirmed: Obama Is Campaigning on Xbox 360! — Last week we noted unconfirmed sightings of an “Obama for President” billboard in the Xbox 360 racing game Burnout Paradise. Today we're able to report that it is, in fact, an official advertisement placed by the senator's campaign team.
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Chris Morrison / VentureBeat:
Shadowy government project spins off Siri to help direct your affairs — Conspiracy theorists will love this one: A computerized assistant that can help you manage your day to day life, built atop an artificial intelligence platform developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency …
Nate Lanxon / Crave at CNET UK:
Doomed tech: Calacanis talks ‘Recession 2.0’ — Despite the vast recession the US and UK is fast plummeting into, Yahoo, whose stock this week hit a five-year low of little over $12 per share, is rumoured to be looking not to shed unprofitable little companies from its portfolio …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Meebo announces more partners for its new white-label IM service — Instant message aggregator Meebo is now providing its technology to other sites. Called CommunityIM, the unlaunched service has been racking up an increasingly long list of large and small new partners.
Miguel Helft / Bits:
An Elephant Backs Up Google's Library — Google often says that it likes to take the long-term view of things. But Google's idea of long term does not appear to be long enough for some librarians, who tend to equate long term with forever, at least when it comes to preserving books.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
What the MacBook means to Apple — Steve Jobs likes to talk about Apple's business model as a stool that rests on three legs: the Mac, the iPod and the iPhone. But the iPhone leg is still pretty short, thanks in part to deferred revenues. And while the iPod's sales are still growing …
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Digital Daily, L.A. Times Tech Blog, CNET News, ChannelWeb Complete Feed, TUAW, The Mac Observer and John Nack on Adobe
Alex Weprin / Broadcasting & Cable:
NBC, Lorne Michaels Plotting ‘SNL’ Video Site — On-demand video Website may feature mix of classic Saturday Night Live sketches and never-before-seen rehearsal footage — NBC and Saturday Night Live executive producer Lorne Michaels are in talks to develop a new on-demand video Website …
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Dion Almaer / techno.blog:
Joining Mozilla to create new developer tools for the Web; Hoping to create a new chapter in the book of Mozilla — I just announced that Ben and I are joining Mozilla. Alongside Ben, I will be leading a brand spanking new developer tools group. — To say that I am excited is a huge understatement.
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Cbeard / Mozilla Labs:Developer Tools and the Open Web
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InfoWorld, ReadWriteWeb, Mozilla Links, Ben Galbraith's Blog, Ajaxian, OStatic blogs and Webware.com
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear:
Pure Digital teams up with CafePress to offer free custom Flip Mino camcorder designs — Pure Digital, the company behind the insanely popular series of easy to use “Flip” digital camcorders, is about to get even more insanely popular - especially with the customization crowd.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Joost Turns On Its All-Flash Website. Is Anybody Watching? — Without much fanfare, Joost has finally turned on the browser version of its Web video service, as we noted it would last month. The new site is all based on Flash, and lets you watch old Bruce Lee flicks …
John Casasanta / tap tap tap:
Severance / new beginnings — It's been a pretty long time since our last post. For good reason... I'm just going to get to the point and let everyone know that we're in the process of splitting up tap tap tap. — A few weeks ago, I was about to announce the addition of a couple of new members to our team.
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
Even Search Not Immune to Financial Malaise — Google Preps for Worst as Ad Budgets Get Cut but Might Actually Benefit — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — How bad is the economy getting? Bad enough that even Google is learning to cinch its purse strings. — The online-advertising giant …
MediaShift:
Google Blocks Chrome Browser Use in Syria, Iran — Recently, I learned from Joshua Landis' Syria Comment, my main source for news and analysis concerning Lebanon's eastern neighbor, that Google has blocked the use of its new web browser, Chrome, in Syria. — A quick Google search turned …
Sound & Vision Magazine:
Satellite vs. Blu-ray: DISHing up 1080p — After seeing about 1,080 ads for DISH Network's new 1080p video-on-demand service, we just had to know: Does the satellite provider really deliver on its promise of “Blu-ray quality?” — TOOLS — Audio and video often seem like nothing more than numbers games.
John Cox / Network World:
iPhones go to front of the class at Texas university — Apple devices at heart of Abilene Christian mobile learning project — When almost 1,000 freshman students showed up at Abilene Christian University on Aug. 16, they got something more than the usual medical release forms, parking permits and Welcome Week t-shirts.
