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Paul Graham:
Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy — The economic situation is apparently so grim that some experts fear we may be in for a stretch as bad as the mid seventies. — When Microsoft and Apple were founded. — As those examples suggest, a recession may not be such a bad time to start a startup.
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broadstuff, TechCrunch, VC Ratings, Xconomy, Mark Evans, Furrier.org, About Mobility, uncov, Silicon Alley Insider, Feld Thoughts, Startup Chatter and Gabor's Blog
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Start a company in a recession? Absolutely! — Now is a great time to start a company. Why? Because great people are available to join you, VCs are loaded with cash, and office space is available cheap. Everything is cheap and readily available in a recession.
Brian Garrity / New York Post:
FRIENDS OF THE BAND — ZUCKERBERG PONDERS FACEBOOK MUSIC BIZ — Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is plotting a possible push into the digital-music business in the wake of MySpace's launch of MySpace Music last month. — The surging social-networking giant is talking to a number …
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paidContent.org, All Facebook, p2pnet, Mashable!, Valleywag, CrunchGear, WebProNews and MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer
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Kelly Fiveash / The Register:Zuckerberg flirts with record labels, eyes digital music biz
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Jobs responds to outrage over MacBook's missing FireWire [u] — In one of his characteristically terse email replies, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has reportedly told one Mac user that changes in video camera technology have reduced the need for FireWire on his company's 13-inch MacBooks.
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Edible Apple:
Steve Jobs email response re: lack of Firewire on MacBooks — Pictured below is a supposed email from Steve Jobs himself regarding the lack of Firewire on the newly introduced MacBooks. Jobs kind of dances around the issue and just mentions that USB 2 is a viable option instead.
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
RIM announcing BlackBerry Storm-alike for U.S. at WES 2009, more devices — Look, we really don't want to do this to you, (well, we kind of do) but we've just got the word from one of our RIM ninjas that there will be a BlackBerry Storm-type device announced at WES 2009.
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BlackBerryNews.com, IntoMobile, Gadgetell, Electronista, Gizmodo, BlackBerry Cool, CrackBerry.com blogs, BB Geeks, Engadget, SlashGear, I4U News, InformationWeek and CrunchGear
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Asking Their Advertisers To Publicly Support Yahoo Search Deal — A reader, Darrin (from ReverseMortgageGuides), who says he spends about $100,000/month on Google adwords received a voicemail from a Cleary Gottlieb lawyer named Donald Burke. Burke says he's representing Google in the Yahoo advertising deal.
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InfoWorld:
Ballmer: Windows 7 is Vista, just ‘a lot better’ — Windows 7 will be like Windows Vista , but more so, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday as he defended the first two years of Vista and claimed its successor will be a major release. — “[Windows 7], it's Windows Vista, a lot better …
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Ed Bott's Windows Expertise, Digital Daily, Microsoft Watch, Computerworld and Microsoft Pri0
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Desperate Google Will Now Take Gambling Ads — Google's Q3 growth rate in the UK is a sign of things to come elsewhere: a measly 17%. Why was growth so slow? In part because of the economy and in part because of market saturation. Google utterly dominates search in the UK, as it will soon do in the US and everywhere else.
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Tim Westergren / Pandora:
A Sad Day — This is a very sad day for Pandora, and for me personally. Today we reduced our staff from 140 to 120 employees. Like virtually every company, Pandora is not immune to the challenges presented by the current economic turmoil. We are trying to react quickly and responsibly to the new environment.
Ars Technica:
Benchmarking Flash Player 10 (Updated) — The web collectively got a bit shinier this week with Adobe's release of Flash Player 10. The new version offers designers a compelling set of new features including support for rich 3D visual effects, a new antialiasing engine, an improved drawing API …
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GamesIndustry.biz:
LittleBigPlanet release delayed worldwide — The release of Sony's highly anticipated PlayStation 3 title LittleBigPlanet has been delayed worldwide. — The title has been delayed due to references to the Qu'ran on the in-game soundtrack. — “During the review process prior to the release …
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Joystiq, Kotaku, bit-tech.net, Three Speech, Destructoid, videogaming247, DailyGamesNews.com and PS3 Fanboy
Clint Ecker / Infinite Loop:
New MacBook Pro's got game: compelling new gaming benchmarks — It has been a long-running joke amongst gamers that Mac users tend to wallow in a dearth of gaming options. While that perception may have been true in the past, the tides are definitely turning for the gaming Mac user.
Bhaskar / QIK:
Qik now available on mass marke... Qik now available on mass market J2ME phones — We are really excited that Qik is now the first mobile live streaming service on mass market phones - a.k.a feature phones, a.k.a non-smartphones a.k.a non-PDA phones. As of today, Qik is now live in alpha on the following phones.
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Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Vimeo Lanches Vimeo Plus Paid Service — As promised, the increasingly popular video sharing site Vimeo launched its premium paid service today, introducing a host of new features for those willing to pony up — and placing more restrictions on those who don't. — For a $59.95 annual subscription, Vimeo Plus offers:
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Google hedges against foreign currency swings — In recent months, financial analysts have expressed concern that Google's financial results could be hurt by foreign-exchange rate changes. But Google said Thursday that it has taken measures to insulate itself from the potential problem.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
MySpace on target to do $1B in sales this year, defies downturn — We're hearing from sources close to social networking company MySpace that it expects to hit $1 billion in revenue this year, or at worst be within a hair's breadth of that number. Meanwhile, MySpace executives …
Dylan Stableford / Folio:
Mygazines Folds — Controversial magazine sharing site shuttered. — RELATED POST: R.I.P. Mygazines, 2008-2008 — Just weeks after settling a lawsuit with dozens of publishers, Mygazines, the controversial Web site that allowed users to share digital copies of hundreds of magazines, has closed.
Devin Leonard / Fortune:
Shazam comes out of the shadows — The British tech firm can thank Steve Jobs. Its music search is one of the most popular apps for Apple's iPhone. — NEW YORK (Fortune) — Have you ever been out with friends at a bar and heard one of those seventies songs like “Play That Funky Music …
