Top Items:
Paul Miller / Engadget:
AT&T ‘hits’ back at Verizon's Map for That campaign with an ‘ad’ of its own — Boy, AT&T sure isn't taking Verizon's Map for That campaign too well. After losing a request for an injunction (for now), the company seems to have decided that the only thing to do in the short term is to start advertising right back at Verizon.
RELATED:
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads — AT&T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon's coverage. — A federal judge in Atlanta Wednesday declined …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Google Phone May Be Data Only, VoIP Driven Device — Yesterday we wrote about the soon to launch Google Phone, a Google branded Android phone that we believe will hit the market in early 2010. — Lots of people are saying there's no way Google will enter the phone market directly …
Discussion:
PC World, mocoNews, MobileContentToday, jkOnTheRun, InformationWeek, Android Central, DisplayBlog, PMP Today, Gizmodo, Erictric, Gadget Lab, Maximum PC, Pocketables, CNET News, Electronista, Daring Fireball, VentureBeat, Gadgetell, Edible Apple, Sidecut Reports, Android and Me, TechFlash, AndroidOS.in, MacDailyNews, 9 to 5 Mac, Fast Company, AppleInsider, Technologizer, CrunchGear and Search Engine Land
RELATED:
Dean Hachamovitch / MSDN Blogs:
An Early Look At IE9 for Developers — We're just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some of the work underway on Internet Explorer 9. — At the PDC today, in addition to demonstrating some of the progress on performance and interoperable standards …
Discussion:
Channel 9, ReadWriteWeb, The Microsoft Blog, istartedsomething, The Windows Blog, The Open Road, Ajaxian, CNET News, Redmond Pie, eWeek, Computerworld, All about Microsoft, Silicon Alley Insider and geeksmack.net, Thanks:atul
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
MySpace Signs Agreement To Acquire iMeem — On Monday we broke the news that MySpace was in late stage negotiations to acquire music service iMeem. Those negotiations are now concluded, we've heard from multiple sources, and an agreement has been signed. MySpace will acquire most of the assets …
RELATED:
Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint.com:
Next-gen Flip camcorder to boast Wi-Fi — EXCLUSIVE: Cisco buy-out sees networking functionality added to popular range — Cisco will launch a new Wi-Fi-enabled Flip digital camcorder to go on sale in the early half of 2010, Pocket-lint has learnt. — The new model will be the first …
Discussion:
9 to 5 Mac, Mashable!, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Forever Geek, Engadget, 1001 Noisy Cameras, Electronista and Gizmodo
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Condé Nast's Offering for Apple's Mystery Tablet: Wired Magazine — Here's yet another content creator convinced that Apple has a tablet device in the works: Condé Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired magazine ready for the rumored gadget by the middle of next year …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TweetPhoto CEO Says Too Much In Interview, Gets Fired. And That's Just The Beginning... This story just screams amateur hour, although I can't figure out exactly who's the amateur. Maybe everyone. A CEO says too much in an interview and gets fired. Lawyers go after the blogger to get content removed.
Gillian Reagan / New York Observer:
Dash to D.C.! Tech Guru Will Head Gov't Incubator, Digitize Democracy — Last February, Anil Dash; the co-founder and “chief evangelist” for Six Apart, the company that creates the most popular blogging software in the world; was visiting his family in India for the first time in 25 years, explaining what he does for a living.
Anthony Ha / VentureBeat:
Salesforce.com's Marc Benioff: Don't call Chatter a social network — Salesforce.com announced a new product today called Chatter, which it describes as Facebook and Twitter for enterprises. But during a press and analyst session at the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco …
RELATED:
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
The Latest News From Bing — Remember the flurry of new features Bing rolled out last week? Bing announced Wolfram Alpha results for nutrition searches, more in-depth weather results, enhanced hover previews, better maps, and turned MSN Video into Bing Videos.
Ina Fried / CNET News:
Livescribe pen gets an app store — It took a little bit longer than the company had hoped, but the Livescribe digital pen now has its own app store. — The store, which requires pen owners to upgrade their desktop software to the new version 2., offers a mixed bag of new applications …
Discussion:
VentureBeat
Jolie O'Dell / ReadWriteWeb:
Microsoft Launches Pivot, A Radically New Visualization of Online Objects — It always gives us joy to tell our readers that Microsoft is actually doing cool things. The company's Live Labs has been the source of a few interesting projects: a 3D photo-stitcher called PhotoSynth …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download — Microsoft released on November 18 the public beta of Office 2010. It can be downloaded by anyone for free, as of 1 pm ET today. — Microsoft is making available several different versions of Office …
Discussion:
Microsoft, CNET News, PC World, Technologizer, Ed Bott's Windows Expertise, paidContent, eWeek, Microsoft Office 2010 …, Network World, Microsoft SMB Community Blog, VatorNews, The Register, LiveSide, internetnews.com, CIO.com, Newsome.Org, Electronista, Computerworld, SEO and Tech Daily and jkOnTheRun
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Techmeme Doubles Down On Its Staff — About a year ago, tech news aggregator Techmeme hired Megan McCarthy as its first dedicated human editor. Founder Gabe Rivera clearly liked the idea; he's now added three more, doubling the size of the staff. — Rich DeMuro (formerly of CNET) …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Silverlight 4 In Beta. Supports Google Chrome. (Plus, Screenshots of Facebook Desktop App). — Microsoft announced the availability of Silverlight 4 in beta at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) today. Some of the new features include more fluid animations, Webcam …
Discussion:
Method, The Silverlight Blog, Ars Technica, The Microsoft Blog, Erictric, Mashable!, The Register, Computerworld, Port 25, BetaNews, Download Squad, InfoWorld and Electronista
Nick O'Neill / All Facebook:
Facebook Upgrades Their Photo Uploader Tool — This evening Chris Putnam of Facebook announced that the company is launching an upgraded version of their photo uploader, immediately available for testing as on of Facebook's Prototype applications. Over time Facebook has had issues …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Exclusive: AOL Hires Bankers to Sell Off ICQ, as Internet Service Starts to Shed Non-Core Assets — AOL has hired a pair of New York investment bankers, Morgan Stanley and Allen & Co., to manage the sale of its ICQ instant-messaging unit. — Sources familiar with the situation said interest …
Discussion:
paidContent
Scott Gilbertson / The Register:
Fedora 12 - it's a horse, not a camel — Design by committee makes good — Review The Fedora Project has announced the latest version of its popular open source Linux distribution. Nicknamed Constantine, Fedora 12 has quite a few impressive new features and demonstrates that the project has gained a renewed sense of direction.
Discussion:
Erictric
Mathew Kumar / Edge Online:
MIGS: Publishers “Cheat” Age Ratings — Some publishers deceive the Entertainment Software Ratings Board to get lower age ratings on their games, claims A2M CEO. — As part of a panel at the Montreal International Game Summit, the Quebec development scene's key players discussed the importance …
Brian Caulfield / Velocity:
New Twitter Feature Used To Trash Itself — Well that didn't take long. Twitter users are already complaining about a new feature that makes it easier to repeat or ‘retweet’ a particularly snappy comment, or tweet, to their friends. The irony? The new feature is being used to air complaints about the new feature.
MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Android Creep: Gmail Chat Starts Showing Which Contacts Use Android Phones — Google is powerful. We all know this, and live with it. But that brings up some interesting concerns when they break into new businesses — will they use that power to give them an unfair advantage?
Elliotshmukler / The LinkedIn Blog:
Coming Soon: Your Professional Network within Microsoft Outlook — Today, Microsoft announces an exciting new addition to the upcoming Microsoft Office 2010 - the Outlook Social Connector. The Outlook Social Connector is designed to seamlessly bring communications history as well as business …
Discussion:
Microsoft Office Outlook …, TechCrunch, Download Squad, Collaborative Thinking, VentureBeat, WebProNews, TechFlash and Neowin.net, Thanks:atul
Taylor Wimberly / Android and Me:
Yikes! Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to cost $879 — Can you say sticker shock? A report out of the Wall Street Journal is reporting the highly anticipated Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will cost around 6,000 Swedish kronor (or $879) in stores. I'm aware the United States Dollar is sinking …
Phil Villarreal / Consumerist:
Warner Bros. Offers Discount Blu-ray Upgrade Program — Warner Bros. has thought of a way to boost sagging Blu-ray sales. The DVD2Blu program lets you mail up to 25 DVDs (discs only), with a prepaid shipping label, to a processing plant — after having paid $8 to $10 online for each film …
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
Up to 60% of Apple suppliers violate company's conduct codes — Apple spends time and money policing its manufacturing partners to ensure they maintain a strict code of conduct, but the reality for many involved in manufacturing consumer electronic products is very different from anything most of us would tolerate.
Discussion:
Gadget Lab
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
Nielsen: Facebook Now the No. 3 Video Site — Looks like the sleeping online video giant that is Facebook may finally have awoken. According to Nielsen's latest VideoCensus numbers, Facebook jumped to No. 3 behind established video powerhouses YouTube and Hulu in terms of total streams.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Zynga To Launch Smash Hit FarmVille On FarmVille.com — Zynga is planning to bring FarmVille, the mega-hit Facebook game that currently has over 65 million monthly active users, to its own web portal at Farmville.com, according to sources familiar with the launch.
Discussion:
Inside Social Games
Jolie O'Dell / ReadWriteWeb:
Are Smart Grids Undermining User Privacy? — A subject of interest to us ReadWriteWeb folks this year has been smart grids - a method of delivering electricity to users' homes in a way that has been the cause of many green technologists for some time. — Smart grid tech uses digital means …
