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Dave Foulser / The Official Google Blog:
Search and find magazines on Google Book Search — The word “magazine” is derived from the Arabic word “makhazin,” meaning storehouse. Since Daniel Defoe published the world's first English magazine back in 1704, millions of magazines catering to nearly every imaginable taste have been created …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Book Search Puts Magazines Online — First Google digitized books, then newspapers, then historic Time-Life photos and now — magazines. Today through Google Book Search, people can search the full-text of millions of articles from more than 10 magazine with hundreds more to come.
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Live: Facebook Announces $250,000 fbFund Grant Winners — 5:30pm We're here at Facebook for the announcemet of the Round II fbFund $250,000 grant recipients. 25 entrepreneurs who won $25,000 in Round I of the fbFund competition are here demo'ing their apps for the press and developer community, vying for another $225,000.
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Facebook's fbFund Names Winners of $225,000 Grants — Facebook has just named the five winners of $225,000 cash grants from the second round of its fbFund, a joint venture between Facebook, Accel, and Founders Fund meant to cultivate and reward excellent applications on Facebook Platform.
iwf.org.uk:
IWF statement regarding Wikipedia webpage — A Wikipedia webpage was reported through the IWF's online reporting mechanism on 4 December 2008. As with all potentially illegal online child sexual abuse reports we receive, the image was assessed according to current UK legislation and in accordance …
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Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Better Off Without Yahoo! — So, you just got laid off from the struggling portal. Congratulations. — Ten years from now Steve Jobs' iPhone will be just another obsolete gadget. Rob Bailey's vitamin vodka, however, will still refresh. — It never would have happened if Bailey …
Austin Modine / The Register:
Amazon Elastic Cloud service storms Europe — EC2 instances go international — Amazon's Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) service has finally extended to Europe. — The online bookseller announced it will spin up EC2 virtual server instances in two “availability zones” in Europe …
Gavin Clarke / The Register:
Sun closes ‘future’ pay-per-use utility computing service — From flagship to flag maker — Sun Microsystems has killed it's once high-profile utility computing experiment, Network.com, which let customers buy computing power by the hour. — The company revealed it's no longer accepting …
comScore:
YouTube Attracts 100 Million U.S. Online Video Viewers in October 2008 — Hulu Continues Ascent, Ranks #6 in Online Video Market Share — comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released October 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-073 - Critical — Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (958215) — Version: 1.0 — General Information — Executive Summary — This security update resolves four privately reported vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities …
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Open Handset Alliance:
Open Handset Alliance announces 14 new members — The Open Handset Alliance, a group of technology and mobile players, is pleased to announce the membership of 14 additional companies. By joining the founding members of the Open Handset Alliance, the following companies demonstrate …
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Jeremy Kaplan / Gearlog:
It's Official: The DirecTV HDPC-20 Tuner Is Canceled — Tags: — DirecTV, Media Center, television, TV tuner — DirecTV fans have been holding their breath in anticipation of a new tuner to link the service to Windows Media Center. Announced at CES way back in 2006 …
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Mike / Understanding Google Maps & Yahoo Local Search:
Local Search: How not to succeed in business without really trying — PromoterLocal.com appears to be a local search firm like many others. They offer a Google Maps listing service for $49.95/mo with a one time setup charge of $249.95. Unlike some local search firms …
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Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Dark Knight Blu-ray scratches surface of BD-Live potential — The Dark Knight was a huge theatrical release, and Warner Bros. is hoping it's just as large a success on DVD and Blu-ray. The disc release is special for Warner as well: this is the first Blu-ray disc the studio has released …
Marissa Mayer / The Official Google Blog:
The global Zeitgeist — Google's users are intrinsically curious. Why else would you search? And, since we at Google are pretty curious ourselves, we wondered which of our users' queries might be truly global and which may be unique to certain cultures.
Stephen Chau / The Official Google Blog:
Street View: A year in review, and what's new — With just 22 days left in the year, I can't help but think back to where Street View was at the beginning of 2008. At that time, we had imagery for 23 cities in the United States, and we had just released embeddable panoramas.
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Savio Rodrigues / Open Sources:
Is Cisco an open source leech? — While the answer may in fact be yes, don't jump to the conclusion that Cisco customers have derived few benefits from Cisco's use of open source. — I recently read a post by Dave Roberts, vice president of strategy at Vyatta, titled “Cisco …
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Andrew Noyes / Tech Daily Dose:
Photos From Google's New Virginia Digs — Some images of Google's new office in Reston, Va. See related blog post here and additional photos after the jump.
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Craig Hockenberry / furbo.org:
Ringtone apps — As an iPhone developer who's been in the App Store since its launch, I'm starting to see a trend that concerns me: developers are lowering prices to the lowest possible level in order to get favorable placement in iTunes. This proliferation of 99¢ “ringtone apps” is affecting our product development.
Financial Times:
Sarin considers Yahoo option — Arun Sarin, former head of Vodafone, the world's largest mobile operator by revenue, has been approached about taking on the role of chief executive at Yahoo. — People close to Mr Sarin said he was mulling the strong interest expressed by the Silicon Valley internet company to succeed Jerry Yang.
Martin LaMonica / CNET News:
HP laptops to sport long-lasting ‘Enviro’ batteries — Hewlett-Packard early next year will begin offering a new line of “Enviro” batteries for laptop users who want to upgrade to longer-lasting and more sustainably designed batteries. — HP and Boston Power have been testing the Sonata lithium-ion batteries for three years.
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab:
Why Apple Won't Sell a $100 iPhone, a Netbook or a Tablet — Apple fans love speculating about imaginary new products almost as much as they love getting their hands on a brand-new MacBook Air. — But it's easy to get carried away and take these speculative flights of fancy as true, or even as somewhat credible rumors.
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Robert Vamosi / CNET News:
Study: Cybercriminals cashing in on economic slide — Amid the global downturn in the economy, cybercrminals appear to be winning in the war against law enforcement. That's the sobering conclusion drawn by a panel of experts in a report from McAfee released Tuesday.
Associated Press:
AT&T to test in-home cell phone boosters next year — NEW YORK - AT&T Inc., the country's largest wireless carrier, is testing a technology that can improve the signal available to cell phones in subscribers' homes, and plans to make it available in a trial market next year.
Kyle Orland / Joystiq:
Exclusive: UGO in high-level talks to buy 1UP; EGM not part of deal — Multiple sources in and around Ziff Davis Media have told Joystiq that UGO Entertainment is on the verge of finalizing a deal to buy parts of Ziff's 1UP Network, including 1up.com, GameVideos.com and MyCheats.com.
