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Ian Fette / Google Chrome Blog:
Google Chrome OS - FAQ — We've been getting a number of questions in reference to our ‘Introducing the Google Chrome OS’ blog post, and so here are a number of your most frequently asked Qs - along with our As. We'll be sure to add more to this list as popular questions come in.
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Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Let's all take a deep breath and get some perspective — So everyone is worked up about this new browser operating system from Google. Drudge apparently has gone off his meds again and calls it a “death blow” to the Borg. No spinning red light, but still, pretty over the top.
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David Coursey / LinuxWorld.com:
Five Reasons Google Chrome OS Will Fail — As smart and popular as Google may be, the success of Chrome OS is not a fait accompli. Sometimes the smartest and most popular kid at school simply falls on his face. Google Chrome OS could very well turn out to be that kid.
Tom Krazit / CNET News:
Mr. Schmidt, step down from that board — Dear Eric Schmidt: — It's time for you to go. — Not from Google; even your biggest detractor would give you credit for the technological marvel and prosperous business you have helped create in Mountain View.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Chrome OS Partners: Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments — Google is starting to respond to questions about the just announced Chrome operating system. In a short FAQ today they talked about cost and initial partners.
John Timmer / Ars Technica:Google's Chrome OS: what it means, why it matters
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Renai LeMay / ZDNET.com.au:No thanks Google, we've got Ubuntu
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Tom Warren / Neowin.net:Microsoft set to respond to Google OS next Monday?
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Windows boss named president as Microsoft reshuffles execs — Steven Sinofsky, the no-nonsense Microsoft executive credited with bringing new discipline to Windows engineering, will be named the company's newest divisional president today, according to multiple sources.
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David Pogue / New York Times:
Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better — For the last 15 years, Microsoft's master business plan seems to have been, “Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.” — I know that sounds mean, but come on — the list of commercial hits/Microsoft knockoffs is as long as your arm.
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Google's Marissa Mayer on the importance of real-time search — Google's Marissa Mayer believes real-time searching could change the way we navigate the internet — Don't let Marissa Mayer worry you, but she would like your camera, phone and surroundings to tell Google a bit …
Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Lazy Hacker and Little Worm Set Off Cyberwar Frenzy — Talk of cyberwar is in the air after more than two dozen high-level websites in the United States and South Korea were hit by denial-of-service attacks this week. But cooler heads are pointing to a pilfered five-year-old worm as the source …
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak — History has a way of repeating itself. Back in August 2006, Amazon Canada inadvertently published the price list for Windows Vista before it had been officially announced. In a distribution channel the size of Microsoft's, leaks are bound to happen.
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Bloomberg:
Sarah Palin's Twitter Impersonators Show Challenge of Controlling Tweets — Sarah Palin's clash with people impersonating her on Twitter has spotlighted the challenge celebrities face in managing what's Tweeted about them. — Palin, after resigning as governor of Alaska last week …
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Soon you'll be able to buy any top-level domain you want: .yourname, .america, .whatever. Don't do it. — In 1996, Microsoft bought the domain Slate.com from a guy named John Slate. Back in the early days of the Web, it paid to have a snazzy dot-com name to call your own.
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Zach Epstein / Boy Genius Report:
New images of Sony Ericsson Rachael and Kiki surface along with a Rachael UI video — Heads up SE fans! A tipster just dropped us a lead on some new shots (and a video) of the mouth watering Sony Ericsson Rachael and the plant watering Sony Ericsson Kiki — which means were dropping them on you.
Mark Kinsey / Facebook Blog:
Get Updates on Your Favorite Celebs and Organizations Across the Web — Facebook Pages make it easy to stay up-to-date with your favorite public figures and organizations. For example, after connecting with Lance Armstrong, I'll receive updates directly from him on my Facebook homepage …
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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Embedding a YouTube Video May Cost You a Bundle in ASCAP Bills — Fresh off a court victory against Google's YouTube, ASCAP tells us it is setting its sights on users of the video-sharing site. Welcome to the exciting world of copyright licensing, blogger; you may already owe gobs of money!
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Releases Safari 4.0.2 — Apple today released Safari 4.0.2, now available on Apple's Safari download page or through Software Update. According to the support document associated with the release, the update addresses two security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by maliciously crafted websites.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Google To Announce Major Identity Initiative for 1 Million+ Companies and Schools — Google plans to announce in coming weeks that it is turning each of the one million plus Google Apps customer domains into an OpenID provider, enabling millions of people to log in to OpenID-supporting websites …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Twitter Gets In Your Face About Upgrading to Firefox — Woah, this is weird. Twitter has apparently starting promoting Firefox 3.5, which was released last week, to some of its users. Judging by Twitter Search, the banner began popping up around eight hours ago, and given how few people …
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Best Buy and TiVo Are Forming an Alliance — SAN FRANCISCO — TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that popularized the digital video recorder, and Best Buy, the national electronics chain, are forging a broad partnership. — On Thursday, the companies plan to announce that Best Buy …
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Tarmo Virki / Reuters:
Apps a nail in coffin of broadcast mobile TV — HELSINKI (Reuters) - For years it was the talk of the wireless industry: beaming television to the world's four billion cellphones would be the icon of the digital age. Now, just three letters are hastening the demise of that vision. — App.
Dan / The Busted Loop Blog:
How Much Does It Cost To Buy Every iPhone App? — How much would it cost to buy all 55,732 apps in the app store as of yesterday (7/6/2009)? — $144,326.06 — .. or $2.59 per app ($3.34 if you don't include the free apps (12,538 of them) in the average) and which publishers stand to make the most from you?
Reuters:
News Corp won't buy Twitter, won't sell MySpace — SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - News Corp is not interested in buying popular microblogging site Twitter and will not sell its struggling social network MySpace, said the media conglomerate's chief executive, Rupert Murdoch.
DLA Piper:
Billions in US broadband funding finally available: act now to apply — The National Telecommunications Infrastructure Administration (NTIA) and the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) have issued a long-awaited joint Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) describing the evaluation criteria …
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Amazon's Kindle 2 gets a $60 price cut, now at $299 — Nearly five months to the day after Amazon introduced its Kindle 2 e-reader, the company has decided to hack a full $60 off of the price tag in order to offer it to US consumers for $299. Sneaking under that magical $300 mark could allow …
