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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo: Poor, Alone and Sad — Six months ago Jerry Yang took the stage at the D Conference to talk about the state of his business. His painted a picture of a Yahoo that was spinning in circles with no clear future. — Fast forward six months and nothing has changed.
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Reuters:
Yahoo's Yang Says Microsoft Deal Still Best Option — Microsoft had offered to buy Yahoo's search business after withdrawing an offer for the whole company in May. — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - After nearly a year spent seeking alternatives to Microsoft Corp's buyout offer …
Caroline McCarthy / The Social:Jerry Yang: I'm a fighter
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Robert McMillan / PC World:
Once Thought Safe, WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Is Cracked — Security researchers say they've developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks. — The attack, described as the first practical attack on WPA …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Feature films coming to YouTube — YouTube will begin offering feature films produced by at least one of the biggest Hollywood movie studios possibly as early as next month, according to an executive with a major entertainment company. — For months, Google, YouTube's parent company …
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Activates Podcast Downloads in 2.2 Firmware — German blog Schimanke.com publishes new screenshots from the iPhone 2.2 firmware that reveal that Apple has activated iTunes and App Store features that will make their debut in the next iPhone update. Prior to this past week, these new features had not been fully enabled.
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Verizon:
BlackBerry Storm Connects Customers Around The Globe — New BlackBerry Storm - Available Exclusively in the U.S. to Verizon Wireless Customers - Makes Globetrotting a Breeze — Customer Inquiries — For customer inquiries, please call 800-922-0204 or go to
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Kelly Hodgkins / Boy Genius Report:
Best Buy to start pre-selling the Blackberry Storm — Well, the rumors were true! Want to reserve a Blackberry Storm and guarantee yourself one of hottest phones to hit Verizon? Don't call a Verizon Wireless store and put yourself on some waiting list that the manager may or may not even bother …
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
AT&T to acquire Wi-Fi network provider Wayport — AT&T announced plans on Thursday to acquire Wi-Fi network provider Wayport in a $275 million cash deal. — The acquisition will expand AT&T's network of free U.S. hot spots by an additional 20,000 locations, adding such select hotels as Wyndham …
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AT&T:
AT&T to Acquire Wayport; Combined Wi-Fi Networks to Provide Connectivity in More Places Millions of AT&T Customers to Get Free Wi-Fi Access at Nearly 20,000 U.S. Hotspots — AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today that it has agreed, through one of its subsidiaries, to acquire privately-held Wayport …
Claire Cain Miller / Bits:
John Doerr's Advice for Barack Obama: Hire Bill Joy — At the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco Wednesday, billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr was interviewed by John Heilemann, a contributing editor at New York magazine who came in from Chicago, fresh off the Obama campaign trail.
Margaret Kane / CNET News:
Obama names tech execs to transition team — President-elect Barack Obama has named tech executives from Google.org and InterActiveCorp to his transition team, according to reports. — Google.org's Sonal Shah and Julius Genchowski, a former IAC executive who also served as chief counsel …
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Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Italian Googlers Face Charges Over Video They Didn't Make — Four Google (GOOG) employees face charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data in Italy. Court proceedings begin February 3 in Milan. — Their crime: Not stopping someone from uploading a three minute video …
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Suzanne Tindal / CNET News:
Ballmer dismisses Google Android — Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer on Thursday dismissed the Android mobile operating system, saying he believed that building it was financially unsound for Google. — Speaking at Telstra's annual investment day, Ballmer said designing Android wasn't easy for Google.
Matthew Futterman / Wall Street Journal:
NFL Games Go Wireless — Sprint Will Kick Off a Series of Eight Football Phone-Casts — In the era of the 52-inch plasma television set, marketers at Sprint Nextel Corp. are banking on football fans to seek out a decidedly smaller viewing experience. — For the first time Thursday …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
News Corp.: Business Worse Than We Thought, Ad Weakness Catching Up to MySpace — Rupert Murdoch, who has been dour about the economy since last spring, now says things are worse than he thought. Three months ago, the News Corp. (NWS) CEO was predicting operating profits to increase four percent …
YouTube Blog:
New Features for the YouTube Embeddable Video — You don't have to be on the YouTube site to watch videos. The YouTube player can be added to virtually any website, giving website creators and web surfers infinite access to the YouTube library. With close to 44 percent …
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson takes mobile music into 2009 with the W705 Walkman™ phone and Wireless Home Audio System MBS-900 — Building on an array of innovative launches in 2008, Sony Ericsson announces two new products into its mobile music range looking beyond music into 2009 to offer the most state-of-the art mobile music experience.
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Walter S. Mossberg / Personal Technology:
Netbooks Come Into Their Own — Somewhere between the laptop and the smart phone, the computer industry has long believed there could be a small, low-cost device that would please consumers and sell well. — The device would be more versatile than, say, an iPhone, but much cheaper and more portable than, say, a ThinkPad.
Sarahintampa / Channel 10:
Photosynth Comes To Live Maps — There's a new feature now available on Live Maps: Photosynth! The Microsoft Live Labs technology, Photosynth, which launched publicly back in August, allows you take your photos and turn them into rich, 3-D experiences. Now, with the new Live Maps integration …
TheGoogleCache:
glync: Introducing Google Webmaster Tools External Link Tracker — Google Webmaster Tools was one of the greatest gifts Google ever offered the webmaster community. However, of the many things they did right, there were certainly shortcomings. The most noticeable shortcoming in my area of expertise was link tracking over time.
Lauren Rich Fine / paidContent.org:
Saving Newspapers By Pushing Readers Online — Over the last six months, we have noted several newspapers that have decided not to print one or two days a week. Then last week's news that the Christian Science Monitor would cease daily publication and become a weekly.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
PayPal Founder Peter Thiel's Hedge Fund Blows Up — PayPal founder Peter Thiel's Clarium was doing great though the summer, up 58% for the year. But since then? Whoops. — Clarium Capital Management LLC, the hedge-fund firm run by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, slumped 18 percent in October …
Business Wire:
Machinima.com Raises Millions to Drive Expansion — Advertisers Using Machinima.com to Launch Major Video Games and Movies — LOS ANGELES—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Machinima.com, the premier entertainment network for the video game generation, today announced it has received $3.85 million in capital …
Eric Krangel / Silicon Alley Insider:
Obama Victory Newspapers Going For More Than $100 On eBay — Dead-tree media has one thing going for it that the Internet never will: When historic news breaks, like Barack Obama's election, no one will take a screenshot of their RSS reader to keep as a memento.
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