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Ian Fette / Google Chrome Blog:
Google Chrome OS - FAQ — We've been getting a number of questions in reference to our ‘Introducing the Google Chrome OS’ blog post, and so here are a number of your most frequently asked Qs - along with our As. We'll be sure to add more to this list as popular questions come in.
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Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Let's all take a deep breath and get some perspective — So everyone is worked up about this new browser operating system from Google. Drudge apparently has gone off his meds again and calls it a “death blow” to the Borg. No spinning red light, but still, pretty over the top.
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Chromeosleak / chromeosleak.wordpress.com:
THE FIRST PICS OF THE CHROME OS BETA FOR DEVS!!! — Hi there. I work for a company (Sorry to be secretive, but what I am about to post could get me in big trouble) that supplies parts for Acer laptops. Today, a Google Rep visited the Acer team to install and quickly show off some of the features of the Google OS in development.
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Long Zheng / istartedsomething:
Putting together the pieces of Microsoft's “big announcement” next Monday — It might have been the day the Chrome OS is finally announced, but according to Robert Scoble, this was actually a timely stunt by Google in an attempt to steal some of the spotlight before what he claims to be a …
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Ross Miller / Engadget:Google names Chrome OS compatriots, Dell noticeably absent
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Chrome OS Partners: Acer, Adobe, ASUS, Freescale, Hewlett-Packard …
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Tom Krazit / CNET News:Mr. Schmidt, step down from that board
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Ben Parr / Mashable!:
Bing Now Bigger Than Digg, Twitter and CNN — With the headlines that Microsoft's new search engine Bing has been grabbing, it's easy to forget that it only went live about a month ago. Since its launch at the beginning of June, it has given Google pause and even had its own web infomercial.
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Best Buy and TiVo Are Forming an Alliance — SAN FRANCISCO — TiVo, the Silicon Valley company that popularized the digital video recorder, and Best Buy, the national electronics chain, are forging a broad partnership. — On Thursday, the companies plan to announce that Best Buy …
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Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Twitter Gets In Your Face About Upgrading to Firefox 3.5 — Woah, this is weird. Twitter has apparently starting promoting Firefox 3.5, which was released last week, to some of its users. Judging by Twitter Search, the banner began popping up around eight hours ago …
Julia Angwin / Digits:
Sun Valley: Diller and Malone Pessimistic on Twitter — Allen & Co.'s Sun Valley, Idaho, media fest got off to a gloomy start Wednesday, with downbeat panel discussions on the economy (getting worse) and the digital future (looking murky). — Bloomberg News
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Lazy Hacker and Little Worm Set Off Cyberwar Frenzy — Talk of cyberwar is in the air after more than two dozen high-level websites in the United States and South Korea were hit by denial-of-service attacks this week. But cooler heads are pointing to a pilfered five-year-old worm as the source …
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:No sign of N. Korean backing in bot attacks on U.S. sites, says researcher
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Windows 7 Family Pack, Anytime Upgrade prices leak — History has a way of repeating itself. Back in August 2006, Amazon Canada inadvertently published the price list for Windows Vista before it had been officially announced. In a distribution channel the size of Microsoft's, leaks are bound to happen.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Facebook Releases New “Fan Box” Widget to Turn Website Visitors into Facebook Fans — In a move to increase the power of Facebook Pages, Facebook has just released a new widget that allows brands and businesses to share status updates from their Facebook Page - and get new Facebook fans - on any website.
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Google's Marissa Mayer on the importance of real-time search — Google's Marissa Mayer believes real-time searching could change the way we navigate the internet — Don't let Marissa Mayer worry you, but she would like your camera, phone and surroundings to tell Google a bit …
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Netflix Streaming Coming To Sony TVs, Not Yet The PS3 — Another new movie-streaming partnership for Netflix: Sony (SNE) will offer Netflix (NFLX) streaming on Internet-capable Bravia hi-def TVs, and older TVs compatible with its $200 “Internet video link” module.
Bloomberg:
Amazon.com $9.99 Kindle Books Have Publishers Nervous About Price Squeeze — Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle, which accelerated the adoption of electronic books, may shrink publishers' profit margins if the online retailer gets tougher about prices it pays for digital titles.
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
Web-based Productivity Suite Zoho Now Integrated With Microsoft Access — Zoho Suite, a web-based software suite comprised of document, project and invoicing management tools, has rolled out another plug-in that allows integration with a Microsoft product. A few weeks ago Zoho launched …
Nick Davies / Guardian:
Murdoch papers paid £1m to gag phone-hacking victims — • News of the World bugging led to £700,000 payout to PFA chief executive Gordon Taylor — • Sun editor Rebekah Wade and Conservative communications chief Andy Coulson - both ex-NoW editors - involved
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Nikon Rumors:
Nikon roadmap leaked? — This was posted by a NR reader in the comment section. Here is the original source and the English translation: — It appears Nikons 2009-10 schedule for release of cameras and lenses has been leaked. At least that is the claim.
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Bloomberg:
Sarah Palin's Twitter Impersonators Show Challenge of Controlling Tweets — Sarah Palin's clash with people impersonating her on Twitter has spotlighted the challenge celebrities face in managing what's Tweeted about them. — Palin, after resigning as governor of Alaska last week …
David Pogue / New York Times:
Bing, the Imitator, Often Goes Google One Better — For the last 15 years, Microsoft's master business plan seems to have been, “Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it.” — I know that sounds mean, but come on — the list of commercial hits/Microsoft knockoffs is as long as your arm.
