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Mathew Ingram / GigaOM:
Like It or Not, WikiLeaks is a Media Entity — The past week has seen plenty of ink spilled — virtual and otherwise — about WikiLeaks and its mercurial front-man, Julian Assange, and the pressure they have come under from the U.S. government and companies such as Amazon and PayPal …
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broadstuff, New York Times, Salon and Scripting News, more at Mediagazer »
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Richard Waters / FT Tech Blog:
Twitter fails to jump to Dept of State's defence — That famous love-in between Hillary Clinton's state department and the world's favourite micro-blogging service must be wearing a bit thin this weekend. — As other internet services have acted to cut Wikileaks off over its massive dump …
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Dan York / Disruptive Telephony:
Skype and the Incredible Power of Persistent Group Chats — What is one reason why many people continue using Skype for chat / instant messaging when so many other solutions are out there? Particularly when Skype chat is a closed, proprietary “walled garden” that doesn't interact with IM networks?
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
More Details On Skype's Big Move To The Web — Earlier today we broke the news that Skype was ramping up in preparation for new web-based products — a big shift for the company, which has historically offered its extremely popular service via native desktop clients.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Skype Staffing Up For A Big Push To The Cloud
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GigaOM, VoIP Watch and BGR
New York Times:
Cables Discuss Vast Hacking by a China That Fears the Web — As China ratcheted up the pressure on Google to censor its Internet searches last year, the American Embassy sent a secret cable to Washington detailing why top Chinese leaders had become so obsessed with the Internet search company: they were Googling themselves.
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eWeek, CNET News, Search Engine Land, Mashable!, Guardian, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Network World and Runnin' Scared
Fred / A VC:
Invest In The Mess — There's a front page story in the NY Times today about the hyperactivity in web startupland. They quote from a few posts I've made on this blog and I think Jenna and Evelyn did a nice job with the story. The thing that's clear from reading the story is the hyperactivity …
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Howard Lindzon and Newsweek
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DealBook:
A Silicon Bubble Shows Signs Of Reinflating
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New York Times, VentureBeat, SAI, DailyFinance, msnbc.com and Pitos Blog
Vivek Wadhwa / TechCrunch:
Shortage of Engineers or a Glut: No Simple Answer — Ask a child if there is a shortage of ice cream in the world, and no doubt, the response will be an emphatic yes—there certainly is. And ask a tech CEO if there is a shortage of engineers, and you will get the exact same answer.
Clint Boulton / eWeek:
Samsung Galaxy Tab Tops 1 Million Units Sold — Samsung confirmed it has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy Tab tablet computers worldwide, up from 600,000 just two weeks ago. The holiday rush helped sales. — Samsung has sold more than 1 million Apple iPad rival Galaxy …
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Internet2Go and BlogsDNA
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Twitter Goes After Twittersearch.com — Twitter late last week filed a UDRP complaint, notably its first ever since the company was founded, in an effort to obtain ownership over the (currently parked) domain name twittersearch.com - as you can see here. — Obviously, Twitter is right to do this …
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Startup Meme
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Lufthansa launches in-flight WiFi on intercontinental flights, ushers in ‘the future’ — There's just no two ways about it: what Lufthansa has managed to accomplish here is nothing short of incredible. While avid jetsetters have been enjoying in-flight WiFi on (select) …
Amit Klein / Trusteer blogs:
The Golden Hour of Phishing Attacks — We recently conducted research into the attack potency and time-to-infection of email phishing attacks. One of our findings was eye-popping, namely, that 50 per cent of phishing victims' credentials are harvested by cyber criminals within the first 60 minutes of phishing emails being received.
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Mark Suster / TechCrunch:
Social Networking: The Future — Editor's note: This is the third of a three-part guest post by venture capitalist Mark Suster of GRP Partners on “Social Networking: The Past, Present, And Future.” Read Part I and Part II first. This series is an adaptaion of a recent talk Suster gave …
