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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg Acquires Kevin Rose Side Project WeFollow — Digg founder Kevin Rose launched a side project called WeFollow, a Twitter directory, earlier this year. Twitter users can go to the site and add themselves under a specific category. Without much in the way of marketing …
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Dong Ngo / CNET News:
Performance showdown: Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard — As someone who uses both platforms for work and personal entertainment, I've been wanting to do a performance comparison between Windows 7 and Mac OS X since I first got my hands on the Windows 7 RTM (the final build of the OS) …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode” — During Google's third quarter earnings conference call today, one message came out loud and clear: Google's mobile strategy is starting to pay off. “Android adoption is about to explode,” declared CEO Eric Schmidt, explaining that all the …
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Twitter Expands Lists Beta Testing. A Great New Feature. — Twitter has rolled out its new Lists feature to a larger portion of its user base right now. The feature allows you to group users you follow together and then lets you share those for others to also follow. — Setting up a list is simple.
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Stuart Dredge / Music Ally:
Comes With Music: 107k users worldwide — Music Ally has been passed details of the global uptake of Nokia's Comes With Music service, which suggest it is struggling to make headway. As of July, Nokia had just over 107,000 active users of CWM in nine markets around the world.
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
YouTube Launches Real-Time Discussion Search and Tracking — Real-time information is red hot all around the web but it made a surprise appearance on YouTube tonight in the form of real-time search for comments, of all things. YouTube comments are notoriously not worth reading, but now you can search their full text...in real time.
BBC:
ISP in file-sharing wi-fi theft — TalkTalk security expert Matt Roxburgh demonstrates the problem to Rory Cellan-Jones — UK ISP TalkTalk has staged a wireless stunt, aimed at illustrating why it thinks Lord Mandelson's plans to disconnect filesharers is “naive”.
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk — An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped into Mozilla's Firefox last February leaves that browser open to attack, Microsoft's security engineers acknowledged earlier this week. — An add-on that Microsoft silently slipped …
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Apple gets best spot in EU browser ‘ballot screen,’ Mozilla says — Safari for Windows shouldn't get first place on Microsoft's proposed ballot, Firefox maker argues — Computerworld - Mozilla again slammed the browser “ballot screen” proposal that Microsoft's made to European antitrust regulators …
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Wall Street Journal:
Wal-Mart Strafes Amazon in Book War — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. launched a brash price war against Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, saying it would sell 10 hotly anticipated new books for just $10 apiece through its online site, Walmart.com. — That was just the beginning.
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Dan Ratner / The Official Google Blog:
Street View: We can trike wherever you like — With Street View on Google Maps, you can take a virtual drive over the Golden Gate Bridge or see the bustle of Times Square from the comfort of your own home. But some of the country's most interesting and fun places aren't accessible with our Street View car.
Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Apple Opens Up ‘In App Purchasing’ for Free iPhone Applications — Apple has just sent out an e-mail to registered iPhone developers informing them that In App Purchasing, previously restricted to paid applications, is now also permitted in free applications.
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Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson reports third quarter results — Q3 highlights: — The consolidated financial summary for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (Sony Ericsson) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009 is as follows: — Q3 2008 — Q2 2009 — Number of units shipped (million) — 25.7
Kim-Mai Cutler / VentureBeat:
The future of online video: Q & A with Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire — Jeremy Allaire, who behind the success of Flash as CTO of Macromedia, started Brightcove five years ago to offer media companies an online video publishing platform. While YouTube was a consumer play …
Emil Protalinski / Ars Technica:
Microsoft giving away another 777 copies of Windows 7 — Microsoft Netherlands is giving away 777 copies of Windows 7 to people who live in the small town of Zevenhuizen, which literally translates to “Seven Houses.” They will be getting an English-language copy of Windows 7 Ultimate with a license code valid for one Windows PC.
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Unwiring Wired — For a digital bible, Wired has been turning surprisingly analog over the past year. The latest regressions: The publication just fired two top editors from Wired.com and may soon lose the founders of Reddit.com. — Wired.com managing editor Marty Cortinas …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Microsoft store opening October 22nd, insides revealed? — Imagine for a second that you're Microsoft: unimaginably rich, a bit bloated after years on the Office hog, and worried about a few big projects you've been meaning to finish if only you could find the time.
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Google Investor Relations:
GOOGLE ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER 2009 RESULTS — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009. — “Google had a strong quarter—we saw 7% year-over-year revenue growth despite the tough economic conditions,” said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google.
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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Sometrics Raises $4 Million For Social Analytics And Advertising Platform — LA-based Sometrics has secured a Series B round of venture capital, led by Walt Disney Company-affiliated Steamboat Ventures and joined by previous investors The Mail Room Fund and Greycroft Partners.
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John Ozimek / The Register:
Landmark ISP piracy case could kick thousands offline — Global copyright ripples ahead as Aussies set to fall off net — A landmark Australian court case could see thousands of Australians losing their internet connection, and has major implications worldwide for the law on copyright.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Big Changes at Twitterfeed; Real-Time Publishing Rolling Out Now — What does your blog have in common with CNN, the Wall St. Journal and the White House? You probably publish your updates to Twitter using Twitterfeed, just like those organizations do. Starting today if you publish on Blogger …
Robert Roy Britt / LiveScience:
High-Speed ‘Other’ Internet Goes Global — A super high-speed global Internet devoted solely to science and education has just expanded to include half the countries of the world, and yes, you at home can be jealous. — The Taj network, funded by the National Science Foundation …
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Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Use TownMe's data to build your own Foursquare (or other location-based app) — TownMe is trying to carve out a place for itself among the Yelps of the world with a smarter approach to how it collects location-based data. And it's not just keeping that data for itself …
Kelly Reeves / Urlesque:
Balloon Boy - Quickest Meme Ever? — The web exploded today with the news of six-year-old Falcon Heene from Fort Collins, Colorado who was flying across the Centennial State while (alledgedly) trapped in a giant, mushroom-shaped helium balloon. Everyone was chained to online live streaming video to see how the story would unfold.
