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Prem Ramaswami / The Official Google Blog:
Introducing Google Public DNS — When you type www.wikipedia.org into your browser's address bar, you expect nothing less than to be taken to Wikipedia. Chances are you're not giving much thought to the work being done in the background by the Domain Name System, or DNS.
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David Ulevitch / OpenDNS Blog:
Some thoughts on Google DNS — Google launched a DNS service today, almost exactly four years after I started OpenDNS. This comes as no surprise as it was only a matter of time before one of the Internet giants realized the strategic importance of DNS. I've received a lot of questions from bloggers …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Gets Into The DNS Business. Here's What That Means — Google just announced Google Public DNS, a new service that lets consumers use Google as their DNS service provider. The benefits to users are a theoretically faster and more stable browsing experience, and some additional security against malware type sites.
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Leland / Twitter Blog:
Takeout dogfood — Hi all, this is @leland, user experience lead on the @twittermobile team. I wanted to share a little bit of what we've been working on and thinking about. — It's probably no secret that Twitter has an active developer community, using our APIs to create fantastically innovative apps.
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Eric Schmidt / Wall Street Journal:
How Google Can Help Newspapers — Video didn't kill the radio star, and the Internet won't destroy news organizations. It will foster a new, digital business model. — Printer — Friendly — It's the year 2015. The compact device in my hand delivers me the world, one news story at a time.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Meet the new Comcast-NBCU: Content meets conduit everywhere; Will it work? — Comcast said Thursday that it has officially acquired a controlling stake in NBC Universal in a deal valued at $30 billion. Comcast will have an arsenal of cable channels, a huge distribution network …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV
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Kelly Hodgkins / Boy Genius Report:
New Motorola Android handset spotted, photographed — Posted up in our comments under our Motorola Sholes Tablet article is supposedly another never-yet-seen Motorola Android handset. This is also apparently a full touchscreen device that features an 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and dual LED flash …
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Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
YouTube beta testing stripped down “Feather” design — They just put the Google homepage on a diet, and now they're looking at ways to trim the fat from YouTube as well. — Google has introduced an opt-in beta for Feather, a new layout which strips away a lot of the excess from the standard page layout.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Chrome For Mac Beta Launch Is Imminent — Sometime in the past few hours, the Mac Detailed Status page on Chromium's website has been changed to the “Mac OS X Roadmap.” Why? Because the team has wiped out the bugs that were blocking a beta release of Chrome for Mac, and it is on the verge of launching.
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Facebook notifies members about Beacon settlement — An e-mail was sent on Thursday to Facebook users who were members at the time that its controversial, now-defunct Beacon advertising program was operated: it's the official notice about the proposed settlement for the class-action lawsuit against Beacon.
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Mac sales projected to grow 26% in 2010, outpacing PC market — Apple is predicted to continue its gains on the rest of the PC market in 2010, with Mac sales projected to grow by 26 percent while the industry is forecast to see a 16 percent year-over-year increase.
Amit / Digital Inspiration:
“15 Google Users Tried Bing for a Week and 10 of them Switched” — Bing is good and it has definitely helped Microsoft improve its market share in the search engine market this year but most people here would have problems agreeing with the findings of a study that was recently posted on YouTube.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia offers sneak peek at improved 2010 Symbian user interface — You know that new Symbian user experience promised by Nokia for next year? Want a sneak peak? Although Nokia's downloadable slide-deck from its Capital Market Day event leaves out all the new UI visuals, fortunately the webcast has 'em all.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Yes, We Can Write Our Opinions Without Contacting The Company We're Writing About First — This happens all too frequently. I recently wrote a short post about something that was apparently happening with YouTube and soon after received an angry email from a PR person at the company …
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Owen Fletcher / PC World:
Two Weeks, 5 IPhones Sold in Chinese Online Store — China Unicom has sold just five iPhones through a big online retail site in the two weeks since it opened the virtual store, the latest sign that the handset is suffering in China from its high price and lack of Wi-Fi.
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Paul Boutin / VentureBeat:
3 ways Bing is ahead of Google — This morning, Microsoft employees demonstrated a long list of enhancements to their Bing search engine at a press event at the company's San Francisco office. — That office is next door to the city's newest, splashiest, most expensive shopping center …
Melanie Lee / Reuters:
Friendster to be sold by month's end -source — * To be sold to an Asian buyer end-Dec for at least $100 mln — * More than half of Friendster's 100 mln users from Asia — * Industry blog values Friendster at $210 million (Adds background, details) — Friendster, one of the world's …
Jonny Evans / 9 to 5 Mac:
World's first iPhone orchestra performs live on December 9 — Given that the iPhone offers more processing power than the original iMac, this next story had to happen: December 9 will see a live performance by an orchestra, each and every one of whom will be using an iPhone to make the music happen.
Kim Hart / Hillicon Valley:
Klobuchar bill would limit cellphone cancellation fees — Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced a bill to set limits on the early termination fees cellphone carriers charge consumers who want to get out of their cellphone contracts early. — Last week, Hillicon Valley reported that she was working on the bill.
Tom Warren / Neowin.net:
Bing back online after hour long outage — Microsoft's search and decision engine, Bing, experienced what appears to have been nearly an hour long worldwide outage this evening. — Reports of Bing's unavailability first surfaced on Twitter where hundreds of people commented on the issues.
Matthew Rivera / Digits:
Coke Tries Facial-Recognition on Facebook — Coca-Cola wants you to know that Coke Zero is a lot like Coca-Cola Classic. It believes this so strongly that it's willing to do something unusual to drive the point home, like introducing you to your own doppelganger. … Enter the Facial Profiler.
Brian Garner / AppleInsider:
Publisher Hearst releases plans for digital magazine, newspaper service — Hearst Corp. plans to launch a service sometime in 2010 to sell digital subscriptions of magazines and newspapers intended to be viewed on e-readers, cell phones, and tablets. — Dubbed Skiff, Hearst Corp.'s planned …
Tim Stevens / Engadget:
HTC's Touch.B gets demonstrated, featurephone status confirmed (video) — This isn't going to be fun, so we'll just say it and get it over with: the HTC Touch.B isn't the updated Android smartphone we'd been hoping for. As it turns out it isn't even a smartphone, relegated to the realm …
Matt Asay / CNET News:
Open source: The money is in the cloud — For those entrepreneurs looking to make a living from open-source software, Index Ventures general partner Bernard Dallé has some advice: get thee to a cloud strategy. — Why? At a time when enterprises may be less willing to spend on software …
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Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft launches attack on pirates, counterfeiters — Microsoft has launched a coordinated attack of “enforcement actions” and “education initiatives” in 70 countries to thwart software piracy and counterfeiting. — Steve Ballmer is going John Connor on their butts.
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Kermit Pattison / New York Times:
A 20-Something Makes a Mint (and Sells It to Intuit) — Two years ago, Aaron Patzer took on the giants, introducing Mint.com, an online personal finance tool designed to be easier to use than Intuit's Quicken and Microsoft Money. Mr. Patzer said his quest was born from his personal frustration …
Michael Learmonth / AdAge:
Online Ad Industry: Advertising Is ‘Creepy’ — PSAs Play on Scary Vintage Imagery to Convince Otherwise — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — “Hey, This Banner Ad Can Tell Where You Live. Mind If I Come Over and Sell You Some Stuff?” — That's some of the ad copy that will start popping …
Mike Cassidy / Mercury News:
More than business for Adobe's founders — I can't imagine there is any more room for awards on the mantels at John Warnock's and Chuck Geschke's homes. — The Adobe co-founders have been honored by trade groups, engineering societies, magazines and universities. But the awards just keep coming.
