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Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Google's Latest Ambition: A Universal Commenting System For The Web — A new feature on the toolbar—which is installed on millions of computers around the world—lets users comment about the content of any web page they visit; the comments are then visible to other toolbar owners when they visit that site (see screenshot to the left).
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GigaOM, Ars Technica, The Web Life, TechCrunch, Google Watch, BetaNews, ReadWriteWeb, Bits, CNET News, The Next Web and John Battelle's Searchblog
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The Official Google Blog:
Help and learn from others as you browse the web: Google Sidewiki — As you browse the web, it's easy to forget how many people visit the same pages and look for the same information. Whether you're researching advice on heart disease prevention or looking for museums to visit in New York City …
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Lifehacker, Mashable!, VentureBeat, Macworld, Google Operating System, Search Engine Watch, Technologizer, Google Blogoscoped, tinyComb, InformationWeek, Softpedia News and AppScout, Thanks:atul
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site — Google Sidewiki is a new feature being added today to the Google Toolbar that allows anyone to leave comments about pages as they surf the web. Love something you're reading? Hate it? You can share your views with others who visit …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Google Sidewiki: Danger — Google just introduced Sidewiki, which enables anyone to comment on a page using Google's toolbar. — I see danger. — Google is trying to take interactivity away from the source and centralize it. This isn't like Disqus, which enables me to add comment functionality on my blog.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Nokia To Acquire UK Startup Dopplr — Nokia has been on an acquisition tear lately, albeit mostly small deals (Plum, Cellity and Bit-Side all this year). A source close to the deal says that they've just made one more acquisition: boutique travel social network Dopplr, headquartered in London.
The Paperboy / Gizmodo:
Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet — It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet. But maybe we've all been dreaming about the wrong device. This is Courier, Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet. — Courier is a real device …
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Macworld, eWeek, Robert X. Cringely's blog, PC World, The Microsoft Blog, Digits, Computerworld, CNET News, Ars Technica, Open Sources's blog, PhoneDog.com, The Seattle Times, TheAppleBlog, Engadget, Obsessable, Silicon Alley Insider, Fast Company, TECH.BLORGE.com, DailyTech, Media Decoder, Newlaunches.com, WMExperts, I4U News, Liliputing, Gadgetell, jkOnTheRun, T3.com News, Microsoft News Tracker, Boy Genius Report, Telegraph, MobileTechWorld, ChannelWeb and Beyond Binary
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Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Confused Justine Bateman Attacks ‘Human Waste’ on Tumblr — The internet continues to baffle and comically anger Justine Bateman. The Family Ties star and manic blogger is calling people “s**thead” and “human waste” for spamming her Twitter homepage, unaware she's seeing a new feature announced over a month ago.
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray — The budding market for electronic reading devices is about to get two powerful new entrants: Best Buy and Verizon. — On Wednesday, iRex Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics that already makes one of Europe's best-known e-readers …
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PC World, ReadWriteWeb, Engadget, TechFlash, Technologizer, Digits, Macworld, Computerworld, TeleRead, Between the Lines, The Forrester Blog …, CNET News, paidContent, CrunchGear, TechCrunch, dailywireless.org, The Register, GigaOM, Gadgetell, FierceWireless, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Gearlog, Silicon Alley Insider and GMSV
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Wii price drop confirmed: $199 starting this weekend — The rumors were true, and Nintendo's knight in shining armor is finally about to see its first-ever price drop. For nearly three years now, the console has sold briskly at $249.99, but beginning on September 27th at Best Buy …
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Reuters, L.A. Times Tech Blog, Technologizer, Joystiq, DailyTech, I4U News, CrunchGear, Electronista and Ars Technica
Wall Street Journal:
South Korea to Allow iPhone Entry — SEOUL — South Korea's communications regulator decided Wednesday to allow the sale of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, amending a technical ban that had blocked the product, a spokesman said. — The Korea Communications Commission made an exception in a rule …
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mocoNews, Macworld, Phone Arena, CNET News, MobileCrunch, Electronista, AppleInsider, Digital Daily, 24/7 Wall St. and DisplayBlog, Thanks:mrinaldesai
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
USB-IF Sides With Apple, Spanks Palm in iTunes Synch Spat — The USB Implementers Forum, the industry group that oversees the universal serial bus standard, has finally responded to Palm's claim that Apple is “hampering competition” by repeatedly disabling the Palm Pre's ability to synch with iTunes-and it's not looking good for Palm.
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New York Times, internetnews.com, Between the Lines, Tech Check with Jim Goldman, CNET News, 9 to 5 Mac, Technologizer, Macworld, BusinessWeek, TechSpot, Techgeist, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, TheAppleBlog, TUAW, AppleInsider, iLounge, Macsimum News, Ars Technica, Gizmodo and WebOS Arena
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Daniel Shen / DigiTimes:
Over 30 Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones to be launched before year-end, says Microsoft executive — More than 30 smartphones running on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 from a total of over 15 handset vendors are to be launched before the end of 2009, according to Benjamin Tan, senior director, GCR Mobile Team Unit at Microsoft China.
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CNET News, SlashGear, Internet2Go, InformationWeek, WMPoweruser.com, Electronista, MobileCrunch, Mashable!, IntoMobile and Engadget Mobile
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Fincher Makes Facebook Connections — Columbia Pictures and director David Fincher have set its core cast for “The Social Network,” the Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama about the formation of Facebook. — Jesse Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker …
Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
Starbucks Unveils Its First iPhone Apps — Starbucks is launching a store-finding and menu-information application for the iPhone, and is testing a second app that will let customers use the phone as their Starbucks card. … The two apps are the coffee chain's first for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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blogs.ft.com, CNET News, MacRumors iPhone Blog, The Seattle Times, MobileCrunch, TUAW, AppScout and Mobile Marketing Watch
Om Malik / GigaOM:
How Skype Plans to Dominate Business Telephony — Skype, a division of eBay, is likely to announce tomorrow that the beta version of its Skype for SIP offering will interoperate with Cisco Systems' Unified Communications 500 system. This follows closely on the heels of similar arrangements struck …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Intel announces quad-core Core i7 Extreme and Core i7 for laptops (update: now with reviews!) — As expected, Intel just announced its Clarksfield laptop chips, bringing Core i7 to the laptop form factor. There'll be three chips, two regular quad-cores and a Core i7 Extreme that can run …
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CNET News, Computerworld, Intel, Legit Reviews Hardware News, dailywireless.org, LAPTOP Mag, geeksmack.net, DisplayBlog and SlashGear
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:Dell leaks revamped Alienware m15x, Core i7 confirmed
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PC Magazine, Computerworld, eWeek, VentureBeat, CNET News, Between the Lines, Direct2Dell, Softpedia News, Electronista, Gizmodo, Electricpig.co.uk and I4U News
Reuters:
Google CEO sees one small acquisition a month — PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said acquisitions are “turned on again” at the Internet company and expects to do one small deal a month instead of hiring new staff. — Schmidt also reiterated his view …
Cecilia Kang / Post I.T.:
Senate Republicans Scrap Anti-Net Neutrality Push — Senate Republicans have stopped their push to prevent funding for the Federal Communication Commission as a protest of proposed net neutrality rules. — “While we are still generally opposed to net neutrality regulations …
MacNN:
Eminem lawsuit against Apple set to begin trial — Eminem's lawsuit against Apple and Aftermath Records, filed by the rapper's publisher Eight Mile Style, is set to begin trial on Thursday. Each party has yet to agree on a settlement since the proceedings were initiated in 2007.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
A Really Nasty Ad Slips Past Google — Generally you can trust the ads on Google to at least be safe. But that's not the case right now for the top ad being served on the query “Firefox.” — The top ad says it is linking to “Firefox ® OfficiaI Sit” at the URL www.mozilla.com/firefox/.
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Karl Bode / DSLreports:
AT&T Nervous About Smooth iPhone MMS Launch - Source says that 10AM Eastern on Friday is the magic hour... Insiders involved with AT&T's belated launch of iPhone MMS support tell us that everybody's highly anxious about the launch, as the carrier rushes to beef up infrastructure in order …
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MacRumors
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Why Did Apple Approve Spotify? — AdAge has a long article trying to puzzle out why Apple potentially “sacrificed iTunes” in approving Spotify's streaming music app. Oddly, while the article touches on a few of the reasons, I don't think it clearly highlights what seems like the most obvious reasons:
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Accounting rule changes in favor of Apple — A change to the rules on how companies must report their earnings was made official Wednesday, a move that is expected to benefit Apple's publicly stated iPhone profits. — The Financial Accounting Standards Board certified the change …
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Brainstorm Tech, Dow Jones Newswires, MacRumors, 9 to 5 Mac, CNET News, Bloomberg and MacNN
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
One-fifth of buyers interested in Apple's unseen tablet — Despite the fact that no one has seen it, a new survey says that 21 percent of buyers are interested in purchasing an Apple tablet device. That demand, along with strong Mac and iPhone sales, is expected to propel the company's stock.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Can We Please Have Jerry Back? — Last November we all knew Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang would be stepping down after a disastrous tenure as CEO. He spurned Microsoft without realizing the consequences, and he had no ability to describe an alternate path for the company.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux — To date, whenever anyone asked Microsoft officials when the company will deliver a version of Silverlight running on mobile phones, the answers range from a flat-out no comment, to a “real soon now/stay tuned.”
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
A Slippery Slope — Now that Google launched a Chrome plug-in for Internet Explorer, users will see dialogs that suggest to install the plug-in. The first Google service that will show this message is Google Wave. — “To use Google Wave in Internet Explorer you need to install the Google Chrome Frame browser plugin.
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