Top Items:
Lars Rasmussen / The Official Google Blog:
Surf's up Wednesday: Google Wave update — Starting Wednesday, September 30 we'll be sending out more than 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave to: — Developers who have been active in the developer preview we started back in June — The first users who signed up and offered to give feedback on wave.google.com
RELATED:
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft's Courier tablet: A Franklin Covey planner on steroids? — Since the first video and photo leaks went public last week of Microsoft's alleged second-generation Tablet PC, tipsters have been working overtime. — Since Microsoft isn't commenting at all on Courier (the official statement is …
Discussion:
Gizmodo, Engadget, CrunchGear, The Microsoft Blog, Ars Technica, Electronista, MobileTechWorld, SlashGear, Liliputing, Fast Company, The Seattle Times and 9 to 5 Mac
RELATED:
The Paperboy / Gizmodo:
The Courier Files: How Microsoft Thinks We'll Use Their Secret Tablet — Microsoft's Courier booklet was surprising, mostly because it was so far outside of what everybody now expects from a tablet. This internal video shows how Microsoft thinks we'll use Courier.
Discussion:
WMPoweruser.com, DisplayBlog, SlashGear, Mobility Site, eHomeUpgrade, I4U News, GottaBeMobile.com and BestTabletReview.com
Jeremy Horwitz / iLounge:
Ten New Details on the Apple Tablet — Want to know some more about Apple's upcoming tablet device? You're in luck. We've received the scoop from our reliable source—who correctly called the iPod nano 5G, iPhone 3GS and Chinese iPhone 3G months ago. — Apple has created …
Discussion:
Gizmodo, Gadget Lab, Technologizer, Mashable!, SlashGear, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, TheAppleBlog, Telegraph, Tech Trader Daily, I4U News, TUAW, everwas, Mobile Roar, DVICE, BestTabletReview.com, CrunchGear, Brainstorm Tech, Edible Apple, Silicon Alley Insider, Engadget, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, Pocket-lint.com, The iPhone Blog, BusinessWeek and 9 to 5 Mac
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:
Palm Pre's New Strategy: Forget iTunes, Hello Wireless Amazon Downloads — When the Palm Pre debuted, one of its most useful features was its ability to sync with Apple's iTunes software. Unfortunately, how it went about doing this was a little bit underhanded: it pretended to be an iPhone.
Discussion:
Maximum PC, The Web Life, internetnews.com, fiercemobileit.com, Techgeist, I4U News and Pocket-lint.com
RELATED:
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
First look: Microsoft Security Essentials impresses — After a short three-month beta program, Microsoft is officially releasing Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), its free, real-time consumer antimalware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojans.
Discussion:
Computerworld, internetnews.com, The Windows Blog, Gadgetwise, Geek In Disguise, Techgeist, The Register, Help Net Security, Engadget and Hardware 2.0
RELATED:
Steve Ballmer / Microsoft Corporation:
The New Efficiency — In all the talk about the economy, one term that comes up more and more frequently is something called “the new normal.” I like this phrase because it speaks to the fact that economic reality has undergone a fundamental shift over the course of the past 12 months.
RELATED:
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple warns of near-term iMac, Mac mini constraints [u] — Apple this week began informing its direct sales channels that several of its desktop-based Mac offerings have entered a period of constraint, further hinting that Mac hardware updates are on the horizon. [Updated with additional info on Mac mini.]
Discussion:
Ars Technica, 9 to 5 Mac, CrunchGear, Tech Trader Daily, Electronista, TheAppleBlog, Engadget and MacRumors
Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Microsoft's Top Executives Get A Paycut — Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) just completed the worst fiscal year in its history, with revenue down three percent; the first decline in sales in its history. And its executives did not get off easy. All of Microsoft's top executives …
Mia / YouTube Blog:
Warner Music Comes Back to YouTube — Music Licensing: It's complicated. Let's face it. But today all of that is beside the point: we are happy to announce that Warner Music Group (WMG)'s artists are returning home to YouTube. Under this new, multi-year global agreement …
Discussion:
DailyFinance, Tech Beat, TechCrunch, PC World, ReadWriteWeb, AppScout, NewTeeVee, paidContent, Wall Street Journal and Reuters
Electronista:
Moto Cliq to ship Nov. 2, match iPhone's price — T-Mobile this afternoon set out official launch details for the Motorola Cliq, its newest Android phone and Motorola's first touchscreen smartphone. Pre-orders for existing users should start on October 19th while the phone should ultimately arrive …
Discussion:
home.leakdroid.com, IntoMobile, PC World, mocoNews, eWeek, MobileCrunch, Motorola Media Center, Gearlog and Engadget
RELATED:
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
DoubleTwist Remakes Apple's Classic 1984 Ad With A New Dictator: Steve Jobs — On January 22, 1984 during the third quarter of the SuperBowl, Apple broadcast one of the most famous television commercials of all time. Based on a dystopian future George Orwell described in his novel 1984 …
Tameka Kee / paidContent:
Akamai Rolls Out HD Video Network For Flash, Silverlight And iPhone — People continue to increase the amount of time they spend watching full-length movies and other premium content online—so shouldn't they be able to watch more of it in HD quality? That's the premise behind the launch …
Discussion:
The Business Of Online Video, Contentinople, Akamai, PC World, NewTeeVee and Electronista
Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:
Metered Broadband Is the Future: Verizon CTO — Verizon Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch said today that in the coming years, wired broadband will likely be sold in packages based on the amount of data a person wants to consume, much like wireless broadband is sold today.
Discussion:
CNET News, TELEPHONY Magazine, DSLreports, Digital Daily and Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:atul
Chris Dannen / Fast Company:
Data Mining the Mint.com Demographic — Last week we reported on Intuit's acquisition of personal finance site Mint.com. Now Mint Founder Aaron Patzer is lifting the curtain on a few fantastic new features—for businesses. — The most significant: Mint is now aggregating data …
Sarah Lacy / TechCrunch:
Dogster and ICanHazCheezburger Join Ad Forces — Dogster has never been a Web 2.0 darling. At first glance a social network for pets isn't the most innovative idea, and its audience is limited to the kinds of wackos who make name tags for their dogs at conferences or create elaborate fictional personalities for their cats.
Discussion:
TechFlash
Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Intel to offer dual-core CPUs for ultra-thin notebook platform — Intel plans to upgrade its ultra-thin notebook platform to include dual-core CPUs in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to sources at notebook makers. — Intel will replace the Core 2 Solo SU3000 with the Core 2 Duo SU7000 …
Discussion:
internetnews.com, jkOnTheRun, TechSpot, Liliputing, SlashGear, The Tech Report, Fudzilla and PCLaunches.com
Boy Genius Report:
Apple working on a touchscreen remote for upcoming Apple TV? — Our Apple tipster (who accurately predicted organizable iPhone homescreens in iTunes as well as integrated social networking components) is back at it again! This time we've been sent an image that we're told is a …
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
AOL's Google Reunion Grows Yet Again: Former YouTube Ad Guy Shashi Seth Joins Up — Of course, Time Warner's (TWX) AOL has hired yet another Google (GOOG) veteran. That's what the company does under the Tim Armstrong regime. — Today's example: Shashi Seth, the one-time “monetization” …
Discussion:
Bits, Business Wire, Search Engine Land, paidContent, GigaOM and Silicon Alley Insider, Thanks:atul
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Garmin-Asus nuvifone G60 finally ready for AT&T: $300 on October 4? — Let's just be brutally honest here: Garmin-Asus' nuvifone G60 is basically the Duke Nukem of phones. We've been following it since before Garmin and ASUS formed their joint venture, since before we we had an inkling …
Discussion:
AT&T, Electronista, NEWSFACTOR, BetaNews, Gearlog, Boy Genius Report, Digits, dailywireless.org, Tech Trader Daily, GPS Tracklog and I4U News
Daniel Brusilovsky / TechCrunch:
Dropbox Meets The iPhone; Access Files On The Go — Dropbox, the easy to use file access manager which syncs your files across all your computers and the web, has introduced an iPhone application to make it even easier to access your files anywhere in the world.
