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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple Allows 3rd Party Web Browsers into App Store — Over the past 24 hours, Apple has begun to approve 3rd party web browsing applications for the iPhone. A number of new web browsing apps have suddenly appeared with original submission dates ranging as far back as October.
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John Herrman / Gizmodo:Apple Approves New Browsers in App Store, As Long As They're Based On Safari
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Globe and Mail:
Nortel to file for bankruptcy protection — Facing $107-million interest on debts, former telecom giant will likely be broken up and sold to foreign rivals — Former technology titan Nortel Networks Corp. is expected to file for bankruptcy protection as early as today, sources say …
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NORTEL COMMENCES COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL RESTRUCTURING — Company to Utilize CCAA and Chapter 11 Processes — Operations Expected to Continue Without Interruption — Sufficient Cash on Hand to Fund Ongoing Operations — Affiliates in Asia, including LG Nortel …
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Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
YouTube Now Mutes Videos With Unauthorized Copyrighted Music — Perhaps this has been going on for a while, but I've never noticed it before. YouTube users often create an original video using their favorite popular song as the audio. I'm afraid that they won't be able to do that much longer …
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Nick Farrell / Inquirer:
Windows 7 is enough to kill Linux on the desktop — First INQpressions Should damage Apple too — FOR THE PAST three years I have been a Linux fan-boy using Ubuntu most of the time and Windows XP when I needed to play games or run CS desktop lay out stuff.
Cade Metz / The Register:
Brit porn filter censors 13 years of net history — Demon blacklist muzzles Wayback Machine — Four weeks after birthing a nationwide Wikipedia edit ban, Britain's child porn blacklist has led at least one ISP to muzzle the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine - an 85-billion-page web history dating back to 1996.
Google Webmaster Central Blog:
A new Google Sitemap Generator for your website — It's been well over three years since we initially announced the Python Sitemap generator in June 2005. In this time, we've seen lots of people create great third-party Sitemap generators to help webmasters create better Sitemap files.
Mike / Nokia Conversations:
Nokia N79 Active bears Polar heart monitoring skills — ESPOO, Finland - The new Nokia N79 Active has jogged into view with a kit bag stuffed full of sports related talents. This healthy twist on Nokia's smallest Nseries sees the N79 Active launch paired with a Polar Bluetooth WearLink heart rate belt.
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
A Text Arrives. Oh, It's Just an ‘Idol’ Ad. — Some AT&T Wireless customers have voted an emphatic no on a promotion for “American Idol” that popped up on their phones this week. — AT&T, a sponsor of the show, said it sent text messages to a “significant number” of its 75 million customers …
Matt Casamassina / IGN:
Rumor: DSi U.S. Launch Date, Price Revealed — Nintendo's next-generation handheld may be coming to America sooner than you think. — Multiple sources close to Nintendo tell IGN that the company is gearing up to debut the anticipated successor to its DS Lite handheld during the first half of this year in America.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Snow Leopard to Bring Unifying ‘Marble’ User Interface? — Last year, Apple announced that they will be releasing the next major revision of Mac OS X (10.6 Snow Leopard) in 2009. The focus of Snow Leopard has been on performance and quality of the underlying codebase rather than introducing new end-user features.
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Priya Ganapati / Gadget Lab:
Dell Plans Its Own Smartphone, Analysts Say — The new Palm Pre may be the most-anticipated new phone since the iPhone 3G, but there's yet another new player on the way: PC maker Dell may be readying its own smartphone, to arrive as early as next month. — Dell could make an announcement …
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Flora Graham / BBC:
Gaza crisis spills onto the web — A propaganda war between supporters of Israel and Palestine is being waged on the internet. — Activists have turned to defacing websites, taking over computers, and shutting down Facebook groups. — US Military sites, Nato, and an Israeli Bank have all been targeted in recent days.
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John P. Falcone / Crave: The gadget blog:
Control your TiVo via text message with Kwiry — We already knew that text messaging service Kwiry could do some cool tricks via text messaging—things like adding products to your Amazon wish list or adding movies to your Netflix queue. But now the service is adding rudimentary TiVo control to the list.
Steven Musil / CNET News:
Blockbuster to offer video downloads — In an effort to keep pace with rival Netflix, Blockbuster announced a partnership Wednesday to offer instant access to its video library through various home and portable devices. — The movie rental company has partnered with Sonic Solutions to offer …
Dan Primack / PE Hub Blog:
Kleiner Perkins Re-Raising Multiple Funds — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is very concerned about the lack of liquidity options for current portfolio companies, and peHUB has learned that it is taking steps to ensure an abundance of dry powder. — The landmark VC firm …
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Paul Miller / The Semantic Web:
Thomson Reuters bets on Content remaining King with Calais 4.0 — Global information behemoth Thomson Reuters today announces the latest version of its Calais web service, delivering on earlier promises with respect to ‘Linked Data’ and firmly staking out the company's intention …
Amanda Kelly / Inside AdWords:
New Features for your Local Business Ads — Since 2006, AdWords local business ads have been connecting your business with local customers. Today, we're excited to announce some upcoming new features for local business ads, making it faster and easier for potential customers to find your business.
Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Major Safari security flaw discovered in RSS handler — Like a real safari, Apple's web browser may be fraught with danger. While you may not be gored or catch sleeping sickness, your privacy and data are vulnerable. — If you're using Safari as your default browser, you may want to change your RSS feed handler.
Colin Barras / New Scientist:
Why the Mediterranean is the Achilles' heel of the web — Internet users in the Middle East and India might be glad to see the back of 2008 - it was bookended by cable breaks under the Mediterranean Sea that disrupted access across the region. — Repairs to damage caused in the most recent incident …
Sandisk:
SANDISK AND LG ELECTRONICS FIRST TO DEMONSTRATE NEXT-GENERATION STORAGE-BASED SERVICES FOR MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS — SanDisk's Innovative Storage Solution, Together With LG's Implementation of — Smart Card Web Server Technology, Enables Network Operators to — Effectively Manage Handset Content Distribution
Tim Ferguson / ZDNet:
Gartner CIO advice: The good, the bad and the plain odd — It seems CIOs are being told what to do in the New Year by every analyst, industry watcher and publication (ours included). Gartner recently joined the throng with its annual recommendations - with mixed results.
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Sell Google Apps through Google's reseller program — Ever wanted to be a salesperson for Google? Well, now you may get your chance through the Google Apps Reseller program, which allows companies to sell their own versions of Google Apps, the business offering that bundles products like Gmail, Google Docs, and more.
Nathan Eddy / eWeek:
United Airlines to Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi — Resource Library: — United Airlines follows Delta and American Airlines in announcing in-flight Wi-Fi, through AirCell's Gogo Inflight Internet service, on select transcontinental flights. — Many small business owners regard flying as lost time …
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Michael McWhertor / Kotaku:
Rumor: EA Shuts Down Pandemic Studios Down Under — Electronics Arts has shuffled off Pandemic Studios' Brisbane office, a reliable source tells Kotaku. The Australian developer was best known for Destroy All Humans! and its rumored development of an ill-fated Batman game.
