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Reto / The Radioactive Yak:
Cricket Subscription Links and Google Coop: A How and Why Guide — The Short Version — Cricket ground details and fixtures in a Google onebox, now available via my Google Coop subscription links. — The Long Version (Including the 'How' and 'Why') — Google had a big day Wednesday …
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Measuring PFF Against the Darknet — Today the Progress & Freedom Foundation (PFF), a DC-based "market-oriented think tank that studies the digital revolution and its implications for public policy," released a report entitled "The DMCA Dialectic: Towards Constructive Criticism."
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Josh / Redeye VC:
53,651 — One of the few benefits to being a technology investor based outside of Silicon Valley is that I don't spend all my time in the valley. While I'm out in California every few weeks, I get to spend most of my time in the "real world." — Over the last several weeks …
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Feld Thoughts:
Web 2.0: The First 25,000 Users Are Irrelevant — For the past few months, whenever I talk to someone about a Web 2.0 application and hear that they already have "10,000 users", I've been telling that them the first 25,000 users are irrelevant. — Josh Kopelman has a perfect post up today called 53,651.
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Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
In Our Post-PC Era, Apple's Device Model Beats the PC Way — For many years, there have been two models of how to make computers and other digital devices. One is the component model, championed by Microsoft. The other is the end-to-end model, championed by Apple.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google sticks with dual-class structure — As expected, Google shareholders rejected on Thursday a proposal made by a pension fund holder of stock to eliminate the company's dual-class stock ownership structure. — Google's annual shareholder meeting also featured executives fielding questions …
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Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable:
Dynamic Implementation of Google Co-op for Search Engine Roundtable — This morning I described what is Google Co-op, but I also promised I would try to implement an example for this site. Well, we have implemented phase one of Google Co-op subscription links for this site.
Jfriend / Joe Friend:
BLOGGING FROM WORD 2007 — Word is a great tool for writing stuff, right? Blogging is all about communicating with words (and pictures, too). So, why not use Word to write your blog posts? — Stop, don't jump to the end of this post to push the comment button yet. I'm not an idiot.
LAPD Blog:
Chief William J. Bratton's Welcome Message — Welcome to the LAPD Blog. Our online journal is an interactive tool that we use to deliver real-time, unfiltered information. We invite you to take a look inside the Department to learn more about the men and women in blue who have sworn to protect and to serve you.
Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: Google wants special treatment in IE — update SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Google seems to want special treatment on Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. — His remarks centered on the default search engine in the Web browser. Right now, when people update …
Staci D. Kramer / MocoNews.net:
Interview: Paul Scanlan, CTO, MobiTV — Interview: Paul Scanlan, COO, MobiTV — It took two years for MobiTV to sign up its first 500,000 customers — and just six months for the next 500,000. The growth has been aided by the availability of more video-capable handsets and increasing access …
Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Report Claims Very Serious Diebold Voting Machine Flaws — [This entry was written by Avi Rubin and Ed Felten.] — A report by Harri Hursti, released today at BlackBoxVoting, describes some very serious security flaws in Diebold voting machines. These are easily the most serious voting machine flaws …
James Moore / Jim Moore's Journal:
Share OPML, View OPML — Viewing lists of sites, blogs, podcasts and other rss sources is a powerful way to learn of new sources, to explore new realms of sources, and to engage new people and points of view. Viewing lists is a terrific way to discover! — For example, check out the Open Irish Directory!
Paul / rogueamoeba.com:
Hell Froze Over. Again. — We here at Rogue Amoeba are happy and more than a little frightened to be unveiling the Airfoil for Windows Public Beta, available for download right now. — Introducing Airfoil For Windows — If you're not familiar with Airfoil, it enables any audio …
Guardian:
'We have a lot on our plate and we prioritise' — Fresh from settling an anti-trust suit with Microsoft, the chief executive of Real Networks, Rob Glaser, outlines the company's strategy for success in the digital downloading market — Interview by Kate Bulkley
Mark Peters / Lets Go Digital:
Sony Alpha unveiled — Sony Alpha : Thanks to Kai Thon from DigIT we can inform you about Sony's latest hot digital imaging product; the Sony Alpha digital SLR camera. Toru Katsumoto, Senior General Manager of AMC Division, Digital Imaging Business Group of Sony Corporation …
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nttdocomo.com:
DoCoMo to Unveil New Eight FOMA "9 Series" Phones — NTT DoCoMo, Inc. and its eight regional subsidiaries today unveiled the new lineup of eight FOMA "9 Series" handsets. All 9 Series phones are preinstalled with i-appli™ software required to use DoCoMo's DCMX™ credit card.
Search Engine / siteadvisor.com:
% of Red1 and Yellow2 Sites... Key Findings — All the major search engines returned risky sites in their search results for popular keywords. — Overall, MSN search results had the lowest percentage (3.9%) of dangerous sites while Ask search results had the highest percentage (6.1%).
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Lawsuit seeks to block Google settlement — Lawyers representing Internet search advertisers filed a lawsuit this week in an attempt to block a proposed $90 million settlement to a class-action click fraud suit against Google, a lawyer and the lead plaintiff said Thursday.
