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Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
First Official Description of GDrive — Brian Ussery noticed an interesting reference to GDrive in a file used by Google Pack. The file includes “localized information which is sent to translators”. — The product category for GDrive is “online file backup and storage” and there are two lines that describe the application:
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Mark Evans, Obsessable, Electronista, Gadgetell, Tech Fragments and Pocket-lint.co.uk, Thanks:atul
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GDrive — by Brian Ussery — “Online file backup and storage... GDrive provides reliable storage for all of your files, including photos, music and documents... GDrive allows you to access your files from anywhere, anytime, and from any device - be it from your desktop, web browser or cellular phone”.
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
More Traces of GDrive in Script, Longer PDF File — Brian Ussery found the following code in a (Google Pack-related) JavaScript file by Google. The script mentions Google's GDrive ("Googe Drive") shared storage project (I highlighted the texts): — // Localized product category of GDrive
Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Sacrificing security for usability: UAC security flaw in Windows 7 beta (with proof of concept code) — This is dedicated to every ignorant “tech journalist” who cried wolf about UAC in Windows Vista. A change to User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 (beta) to make it “less annoying” …
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Within Windows, BetaNews, blogs.chron.com, GottaBeMobile.com, Neowin.net, CrunchGear, Hardware 2.0, Electronic Pulp, Windows Connected and Channel 10, Thanks:longzheng
Times of India:
Rs 500 laptop display on Feb 3 — Text: — NEW DELHI: A $10 laptop (Rs 500) prototype, with 2 GB RAM capacity, would be on display in Tirupati on February 3 when the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Techology is launched.
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Scobleizer:
Zuckerberg: Facebook's “intense” year — Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, in a tie? Oh my. — If you know Mark you know he's a pretty casual dresser. Usually seen in T-shirt, jeans, and sandals. — But not here at the World Economic Forum where we walked around downtown Davos …
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TechCrunch:
The Economy According To Mint — Aaron Patzer is the CEO and founder of Mint.com, a personal finance site that helps 900,000 consumers keep track of their spending. Mint's data is a snapshot of the consumer economy. In the guest post below, Aaron parses the data to tell us what the economy looks like from consumer's eyes.
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Paul Kedrosky's …
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
ABC Says Web Viewers Will Tolerate Twice the Ads — How Long Before an Online TiVo? — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The web is about to get a little more like TV — minus the ad-skipping. ABC.com has started to peddle research that shows online viewers will tolerate shows such as “Grey's Anatomy” …
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the Econsultancy blog, MarketingVOX, Obsessable, Online Video Watch and Hollywood Reporter
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Steve Jobs a music visionary? Judge for yourself — After reading Steve Jobs' 2003 interview with Rolling Stone, it's easy to see why one label boss called him the smartest man in music. — (Credit: Rolling Stone) — Home - News - Apple — Apple — January 30, 2009 4:00 AM PST
Daniel Ionescu / PC World:
Dell to Make Google and Microsoft Phones — Really? — Just when you thought there are enough not-so-good looking and overrated phones out there, Dell is expected to announce two iPhone and Blackberry competitors sometime next month. Code-named MePhone (hopefully not the final name) …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:Is Dell's Phone Called The MePhone? (DELL)
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Digital Daily, Engadget, Electronista, OSNews, Obsessable, GPS Obsessed, Boy Genius Report, I4U News, VentureBeat, GigaOM, Gizmodo, Telecompetitor, MacDailyNews, Newsome.Org, Electronic Pulp, wmpoweruser.com, Wall Street Journal, 9 to 5 Mac, Crave, Computerworld Blogs, Pocket PC Thoughts.com and Mobility Site
David Schlesinger / Full Disclosure:
Twittering away standards or tweeting the future of journalism? — I've been tweeting from the World Economic Forum, using the microblogging platform Twitter to discuss the mundane (describing crepuscular darkness of the Swiss Alps at 5 a.m.) or the interesting (live tweeting from presentations).
Geoffrey A. Fowler / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon's Sales Surge — Snapping the brutal retail slump, Amazon.com Inc. said profit rose 9% and sales surged 18% in the fourth quarter as the Internet giant used its pricing muscle to lure shoppers. — Chief Executive Jeff Bezos's goal of establishing Amazon as the Wal-Mart of the Internet …
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Engineering Windows 7:
Our Next Engineering Milestone — Many posts start with a thank you and I want to start this post with an extra special thank you on behalf of the entire Windows team for all the installs and usage we are seeing of the Windows 7 Beta. We've had millions of installations of Windows 7 …
Saul Hansell / Bits:
Verizon Could Get $1.6 Billion in Senate Stimulus Plan — Four words buried in a provision to help subsidize high-speed Internet service contained the latest Senate's version of the economic stimulus legislation could mean hundreds of millions of dollars a year in tax credits for Verizon Communications …
Mike Dolan / FierceWireless:
T-Mobile's Neville Ray: We will have more G series phones in 2009 — As the newly elected chairperson of the 3G Americas' Board of Governors, Neville Ray, senior vice president of engineering and operations at T-Mobile USA, will play a pivotal role in promoting and driving 3G growth …
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TmoNews, IntoMobile, Unwired View, AndroidGuys, Electronista, GPS Obsessed, Engadget, BetaNews, MobileBurn.com and Android Authority
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
A News Corp. Bull Throws in the Towel; Wall Street Journal Layoffs Coming? — Pali Research analyst Rich Greenfield loves to tear into media companies-just ask the managers at Time Warner (TWX) or Warner Music Group (WMG). But he's been a longtime advocate for News Corp. (NWS). — No more.
MediaShift:
Warning: Dependence on Facebook, Twitter Could Be Hazardous to Your Business — You've probably heard how much the micro-blogging service Twitter can help your business, or that being on social networking site Facebook can boost your company's profile. But what you might not have considered …
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Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable — It seems that the DRM on Gears of War came with a built-in shut off date: the digital certificate for the game was only good until January 28, 2009. Now that the game fails to work unless you adjust your system's clock, what's Epic's response?
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Techdirt, TorrentFreak, Ripten Video Game Blog, Electricpig.co.uk, Kotaku, TeleRead and Slashdot
Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Tech espionage? Microsoft claims former employee spied for startup — Microsoft says a startup founder took a job at the Redmond company under false pretenses, then used his inside access to download confidential documents for a patent complaint his company has since filed against major computer makers.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Eliot Van Buskirk / Epicenter:
LimeWire Creator Brings Open-Source Approach to Urban Planning — Entrepreneur Mark Gorton wants to do for people what he already helped do for files: move them from here to there in the most efficient way possible using open-source tools. — Gorton, whose LimeWire file sharing software …
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Once Again, You Don't Get To Use DMCA Takedowns To Remove Any Content You Don't Like — from the it-has-to-be-copyright-infringement- of-your-content dept — Michael Geist has the latest example of what appears to be a company abusing the DMCA takedown process to try to quiet the speech …
Nicholas Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
11 Business Plans For Twitter — Start the slideshow — Deadline for entry into our Create Twitter's Revenue Model contest is up and we thought we'd share some of the best entries. We haven't decided on a winner yet, so check them out and let us know what you think.
Thanks:indiatweets
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Marchex Cuts Staff, Shuffles Exec Posts — Local online media and ad firm Marchex is shedding 15 jobs—about 4 percent of it workforce—as it completes a company-wide reorg. The Seattle company said that it had been working to smooth out redundancies stemming from acquisitions over the past few years.
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Behind the OLPC layoffs: G1G1 failure and reduced sponsorship — OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte has revealed that the organization's recent layoffs were necessitated by poor results from the latest Give 1 Get 1 drive and by a steep decline in donations from corporate sponsors.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Alvarion Trims Outlook As Nortel Venture Collapses — Alvarion (ALVR) late yesterday said that Nortel Networks (NT) has decided to “repudiate” their WiMax joint venture. The deal, which had been announced in June 2008, covered the resale of Alviarion's WiMax gear by Nortel as well as funding …
