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6:10 PM ET, October 23, 2008

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Amazon Web Services Blog:
Big Day for Amazon EC2: Production, SLA, Windows, and 4 New Capabilities  —  My colleagues and I have spent the week building up anticipation for this post on Twitter.  After you read this post I am sure that you will agree that the wait was worthwhile.  —  The hallways at Amazon have been buzzing with excitement of late.
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Werner Vogels / All Things Distributed:
Using the Cloud to build highly-efficient systems  —  These are times where many companies are focusing on the basics of their IT operations and are asking themselves how they can operate more efficiently to make sure that every dollar is spent wisely.  This is not the first time that we have gone through …
Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:
Amazon's Linux cloud computing out of beta, joined by Windows
Discussion: Andrea on Amazon … and CloudAve
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunchIT:
The Cloud Is Shaping Up. …
Nick / Rough Type:
And now for the enterprise ...  For Amazon.com's utility-computing …
Discussion: Business Wire
Derek Phillips / Google Mobile Blog:
Introducing Gmail for mobile 2.0  —  As an engineer on the Gmail for mobile team, I use the Gmail client on my mobile phone all the time.  Because of this, I'm always looking for ways to make it faster, more robust and easier to use.  Today, we're thrilled to introduce Gmail for mobile version 2 …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Reports Record First-Quarter Revenue  —  Revenue surpasses $15 billion with healthy sales of enterprise software and Xbox 360 consoles  —  Segment Revenue and Operating Income (Loss)  —  View the PowerPoint Earnings Release  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue …
Discussion: AllThingsDigital and Beyond Binary
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft's first quarter: Outlook light; Office shines; Online doesn't  —  Microsoft on Thursday handily topped its revenue targets and slid by Wall Street estimates with solid fiscal first quarter results, but cut its outlook for the December quarter.  —  For its first quarter ending Sept. 30 …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 - Critical  —  Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (958644)  —  Version: 1.0  —  General Information  —  Executive Summary  —  This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service.
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TechNet Blogs:
More detail about MS08-067, the out-of-band netapi32.dll security update  —  Today Microsoft released a security update that fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Server Service.  This is a serious vulnerability and we have seen targeted attacks using this vulnerability …
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Three Places To Shop For Android Apps?  How Confusing!  —  Yesterday, T-Mobile stocked their stores with G1 handset, the first smartphone to feature Google's mobile operating system “Android.”  Along with the device itself, the Google Android Market also went live.
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Alex Iskold / ReadWriteWeb:   Why Platforms Are Letting Us Down - And What They Should Do About It
Staska / Unwired View:
Apple looks forward to add RF communications to everything  —  Apple is well known for a very tight integration of it's various devices.  Your iMac, iPod, Apple TV, Airport and other Apple devices all work seamlessly within your home.  —  But what happens when you are outside your home?
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Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Apple proposes tiny RF modules for ever-present connectivity
Discussion: Macsimum News
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
New York Times (NYT) Running On Fumes  —  Not sure how it came to this so fast, but the New York Times (NYT) is approaching the point where it will have to manage its business primarily to conserve cash and avoid defaulting on its debt.  This situation will only get worse as advertising revenue continues …
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Intel unveils new cooling tech for ultrathin laptops  —  Intel wants a laptop to live up to its name.  —  A computer that sits comfortably, coolly on your lap.  The world's largest chipmaker expects a crush of ultrathin laptops from PC makers in 2009 and unveiled cooling technology this week …
Discussion: Electronista and The Tech Report
Robert Andrews / paidContent.org:
Google's Russian Ad Buy Blocked On Technicality; Putin's Spanner In The Works?  —  Russia's FAS anti-trust authority has blocked Google (NSDQ: GOOG) from gaining a foothold in the country's booming online advertising business.  Top-three portal Rambler in July agreed to sell …
Tom Steinert-Threlkeld / Between the Lines:
Sign of the Times: Should the ‘Gray Lady’ talk to a Yahoo?  —  The news has been unrelentingly bad for the news business, in the last two years as advertising keeps shifting to the Internet.  —  And there's no question that the great ‘Gray Lady’ of newspapering, The New York Times, is in a vise.
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Yahoo! Search Blog:
Inquisitor Expands to Firefox and IE  —  Earlier this year, we launched Inquisitor 3 for Safari.  Since then, users have been asking (demanding) that we make Inquisitor available on other browser platforms.  This evening, we're doing just that with the launch of Inquisitor Firefox 2 and 3 and Internet Explorer 7 and 8.
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Stephen Shankland / Webware.com:
Yahoo plug-in gives brains to browser search
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Video site Break.com lays off 11  —  Video site Break.com has laid off about 11 workers, according to CEO Keith Richman.  —  The site, which now bills itself as an online “entertainment destination for guys” is planning to hire the same number of people in the future, just “with different skill sets,” Richman said.
Samsung Mobile News Room:
SAMSUNG'S UNIQUE AND CUSTOMIZABLE TouchWiz ™ USER INTERFACE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE U.S. MARKET IN SEVERAL NEW AND POWERFUL TOUCHSCREEN PHONES  —  TouchWiz™ Offers Users One-Touch Access to Their Favorite Features  —  DALLAS, October 23, 2008 - Samsung Telecommunications America …
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Sun Loses Co-Founder to Start-Up  —  MENLO PARK, Calif. — Andreas von Bechtolsheim, a brilliant billionaire who has created some of the best-selling computer systems in the industry, is resigning as chief architect of Sun Microsystems to focus on a start-up that is challenging another industry giant, Cisco Systems.
Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple begins testing Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update  —  Apple this week began testing Mac OS X 10.5.6, the next in a running series of updates planned for the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which could prove to be the most extensive yet.  —  The first test build, which reportedly arrive Thursday …
Discussion: MacRumors
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Confirmed: Apple Can Enable Dual GPU and On-the-Fly Switching in MacBook Pro  —  Nvidia dropped by today to demo some of the awesome things that the GeForce 9400M in the new MacBooks can do that Intel's integrated graphics just can't touch, and to discuss a few technical points.
Business Wire:
Juniper Networks Reports Third Quarter 2008 Financial Results  — EPS: $0.27 (diluted, GAAP); $0.32 (diluted, non-GAAP), up 45% from Q3'07 resulting from strategic and operational execution  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR - News) …
 
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
“Dozens And Dozens” Of Ad Networks Will Die In 2009
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