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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.
Ross Miller / Engadget:
Google names Chrome OS compatriots, Dell noticeably absent — Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments — according to the latest Chrome OS update from Google, you're looking at the company's initial ragtag team of co-conspirators for its entry into the operating system business.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Chrome OS Partners: Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard …
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Tom Krazit / CNET News:Mr. Schmidt, step down from that board
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John Timmer / Ars Technica:Google's Chrome OS: what it means, why it matters
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Julia Angwin / Digits:
Sun Valley: Diller and Malone Pessimistic on Twitter — Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, media fest got off to a gloomy start Wednesday, with downbeat panel discussions on the economy (getting worse) and the digital future (looking murky). — Bloomberg News
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Twitter Gets In Your Face About Upgrading to Firefox 3.5 — 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 …
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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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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Pre-order Your .CM Domain Now, Start Making Money Off Domain Typos Soon! — I distinctly remember reading this Business 2.0 Magazine piece published back in May 2007 about Kevin Ham, 'the most powerful dotcom mogul you've never heard of'. If you're interested in the domain name business …
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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 …
Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Releases New “Fan Box” Widget to Turn Website Visitors into Facebook Fans — In a move to increase the power of Facebook Pages, Facebook has just released a new widget that allows brands and businesses to share status updates from their Facebook Page - and get new Facebook fans - on any website.
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Mark Kinsey / Facebook Blog:Get Updates on Your Favorite Celebs and Organizations Across the Web
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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.
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 …
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 …
Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Bing Now Bigger Than Digg, Twitter and CNN — With the headlines that Microsoft's new search engine Bing has been grabbing, it's easy to forget that it only went live about a month ago. Since its launch at the beginning of June, it has given Google pause and even had its own web infomercial.
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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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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 …
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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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.
