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Sarah Radwanick / comScore Voices:
Twitter Traffic Explodes...And Not Being Driven by the Usual Suspects! — Twitter seems to be just about everywhere these days, infiltrating pop culture and challenging traditional communication channels as people answer the simple Twitter question, “What are you doing?”
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Don Dodge on The Next …, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, GMSV, broadstuff, RotorBlog.com, Twitterrati, Joe Duck, AppScout, RyanSpoon.com and Steve Clayton
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Live From Google Campfire '09: Java Support Launches — For the rest of the videos, visit the archive here. — We're here at the Google campfire event, where Google is celebrating the first birthday of App Engine and is planning planning to unveil new developer-related features.
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The Official Google Blog:
New features and an early look at Java for App Engine — Scarcity brings clarity, and many companies are taking important steps to adjust to today's economic climate. At Google, we've started changing the way we build and release products. — In the past six months alone we've launched nearly 50 projects …
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Google Blogoscoped, Regular Geek, ProgrammableWeb, VentureBeat, ZDNET.com.au, TechCrunch and GigaOM, Thanks:atul
Google App Engine Blog:
Seriously this time, the new language on App Engine: Java™ — Today, we're very excited to announce the availability of a new programming language for Google App Engine. Please welcome the Java runtime! — When the two of us first heard the promise of Google App Engine …
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
First screenshots of build Windows 7 build 7077 leak — As you can see above, screenshots of Windows 7 build 7077 have started to appear around the Web. There are also reports that the 32-bit version has been leaked and is readily available on various websites.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Poll reveals user love for Windows 7 — 44% ‘very satisfied’ with beta, says research firm; just 10% of early Vista users said the same — Computerworld) Beta testers of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows 7 are four times more likely to be happy with what they're seeing than were early users of Windows Vista …
Engineering Windows 7:Delivering a quality upgrade experience
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The Register, Softpedia News, HotHardware.com News, iTnews Australia, Teching It Easy, TechSpot, ChannelWeb, ITworld.com, Maximum PC all and Full of I.T.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Google Insists It's a Friend to Newspapers — SAN DIEGO — It had the makings of a high-tension face-off: Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive, spoke Tuesday at a convention of newspaper executives at a time when a growing chorus in the struggling industry is accusing Google of succeeding, in part, at their expense.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
BumpTop gives Windows desktop a much-needed makeover — Microsoft's Windows desktop isn't nearly as efficient at using space as a real desktop. That's what Anand Agarawala concluded more than five years ago, when he began to study ways to create a better user interface for the screen that computer users stare at all day long.
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Yet another Googler leaves: Singh Cassidy joins Accel Partners — The exodus from Google continues at a torrid pace. — Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Google's president for Asia-Pacific (APAC) & Latin American Operations, has left the company to join Accel Partners, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm …
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Cisco Cheng / PC Magazine:
Massive Acer Launch Includes New Timeline Laptop Line — It's rare when a company can launch over twenty new products on a single night. Acer did just that Tuesday night at an event held in New Jersey, unleashing a bevy of new systems that include a new line of laptops, two netbooks …
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Google Mobile Blog:
Gmail gets a new engine for iPhone and Android-powered devices — Today, we're thrilled to tell you about the improvements we've made to Gmail for mobile, running in the iPhone and Android web browser. First, you'll notice that it's a lot faster when performing actions like opening an email, navigating, or searching.
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Google Watch, Gmail Blog, Unwired View, The iPhone Blog, The Toybox, Electronic Pulp, Softpedia News, MobileContentToday, Macworld, ReadWriteWeb, NEWSFACTOR, TechSpot, 9 to 5 Mac, Android Phone Fans, Engadget, The Register, MobileCrunch, webmonkey, Google Operating System, Ajaxian, Lifehacker, InformationWeek, RyanSpoon.com, mocoNews, Technologizer, Local Mobile Search, CNET News and Download Squad, Thanks:atul
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Intel:
Intel Developer Forum: 1-Year Intel® Atom™ Processor Anniversary Brings New Chips, Demonstration of Next-Generation Device — Intel Executives Share Vision, Updates at Beijing Tech Event — Celebrating the 1-year anniversary of Intel Corporation's introduction …
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Between the Lines, Gadget Lab, SlashGear, LinuxWorld.com, dailywireless.org, Engadget and GottaBeMobile.com
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Brooke Crothers / CNET News:Acer PC joins Nvidia's ‘Ion’ with Intel's Atom
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eWeek, Newlaunches.com, Electronista, Softpedia News, Gizmodo, iTech News Net, Brier Dudley's blog, Digits and Crave
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Twhirl goes into a user feedback cocoon and is reborn as Seesmic Desktop — I'm here at headquarters of San Francisco video blogging company Seesmic for the launch of Seesmic Desktop, the next step in the company's product offering. — The product is a revaming of the popular Twhirl …
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Jonathan Adams / New York Times:
Taiwanese Firm Sues Apple Over Touch-Screen Technology — TAIPEI — Taiwanese firm Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple Computer alleging infringement of two of its touch-screen patents, a company spokesman said Wednesday. — The suit was filed late Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court …
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Rory Cellan-Jones / dot.life blog:
The battle over content — It's a month since the row between YouTube and songwriters saw all professional music videos withdrawn from the video-sharing service in the UK. And there's no sign of peace breaking out - indeed the row appears to be getting more heated.
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Image Search Color Filter — The option that lets you filter images by the predominant color has been added to Google Image Search's interface. Just click on “All colors” above the search results and you can choose one of the 12 available colors. — Until the new feature propagates …
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Dictionary.com Launches Free iPhone App — Dictionary.com, part of the Ask.com network, has launched a free iPhone app that delivers lets you look up definitions and synonyms from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, reaching into a database of more than 275,000 definitions and 80,000 synonyms.
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University of San Francisco (USF):
The Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index (Bloomberg ticker: USFSVVCI) — First Quarter - 2009 … The quarterly Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index™ (Bloomberg ticker symbol: USFSVVCI) is based on an on-going survey of San Francisco Bay Area/Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
