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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Finally! Bloglines Blog Search — Ask.com, which owns the most popular stand alone web based feed reader, Bloglines, has just rolled out its long awaited new blog search engine. — Ask/Bloglines has been the subject of a considerable number of jokes over the last year, after promising a blog search engine last summer.
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Read/WriteWeb:
New Ask.com blog search and Bloglines upgrade (but no new UI) — Ask.com is releasing a new blog search feature on their search engine, as well as integrating search more into their leading web-based RSS Reader Bloglines. You'll recall that Ask.com (or Ask Jeeves as it was known then) …
Yahoo! Search blog:
The New Yahoo! Video - Discover, and Be Discovered! — Tonight we rolled out the new Yahoo! Video, an upgrade to our video search service that introduces more ways to find and share video programming, including the ability to upload your videos directly to Yahoo! — Here's a quick rundown of what's available to you:
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Battles YouTube, But Forgets to Bring Flickr — The new Yahoo Video product is launching tonight (Wednesday) at 9 pm PST. The big change? Yahoo Video is targeting YouTube by allowing user-generated videos on the site. The biggest disappointment? The product is not being integrated (yet) into Flickr.
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:Yahoo reprograms online video service
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Red Hat creates social networking site — Prominent Linux distributor Red Hat has revealed a new open source social networking service called Mugshot. Designed to facilitate integration of live social interactivity into the desktop computing experience, Mugshot emphasizes communication and entertainment.
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Reuters:
Vonage not giving customers a break — Internet phone company says it will not buy back shares from customers after stock purchased in unusual plan plummets in value. — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet telephone service provider Vonage said on Wednesday it was not buying back shares allocated …
Peter Wayner / New York Times:
PC's That Are a Lot Smaller Than a Breadbox — An OQO-01 PC running Windows XP weighs 14 ounces and is not much bigger than a BlackBerry. The OQO above is being used with a foldable keyboard. Chris DiBona carries his BlackBerry for phone calls, and as he put it, "the whole mobile dude look."
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Paul Kallender / BBC:
Fuel cells in laptops edge closer — Electronics companies are promoting fuel cells as an environmentally-friendly and convenient alternative to traditional lithium ion batteries. — The technology promises to supplement or replace today's batteries in laptops.
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Briefly: Intel-based Xserve due this summer — May 31, 2006 - Apple's Xserve may find Intel processors inside of it ahead of any Power Mac upgrade, sources report. Intel is currently on track to deliver Woodcrest, the code-named successor to its Xeon processor targeted at servers, in June …
Caroline E. Mayer / Washington Post:
Banks Honor Bogus Checks and Scam Victims Pay — Trying to sell his 1968 Mustang online, John Schaefer received what appeared to be a firm offer from an overseas classic-car dealer. The buyer sent Schaefer a check for $14,000 even though Schaefer was asking only $8,000.
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Evan Blass / Engadget:
iRex poised to take B2B orders for iLiad e-book reader — We've had our eye on Philips (that's Royal Philips Electronics to you) spinoff iRex Technologies ever since we heard that the company was developing a Sony Reader-like e-book device with some pretty compelling features …
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Skype software to ship on Dell laptops — Skype's voice over Internet Protocol software that allows people to talk for free over the Internet will ship on Dell's new XPS notebooks. — The Skype software will be offered as part of Dell's audio/video communications package on the new XPS M1210 …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice — Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have spotted what they believe is the first virus for OpenOffice, the open-source rival to Microsoft's Office productivity suite. — The virus, dubbed Stardust, is capable of infecting OpenOffice and StarOffice …
Reuters:
Segway in deal to beat scooter sticker shock — With an eye toward making its upright electric scooters easier for the average American to buy, Segway on Wednesday rolled out its first financing program. — The consumer financing arm of General Electric will manage the program …
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Tantek Çelik / Technorati Weblog:
Introducing Microformats Search and Pingerati — I'm very pleased to announce the technology preview of Technorati microformats search for contacts, events and reviews, and Pingerati, a microformats ping distributor to support and grow the microformats ecosystem.
