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Donna Bogatin / Digital Micro-Markets:
Google CEO on click fraud: 'let it happen' is perfect economic solution — Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes there is a "perfect economic solution" to click fraud: "let it happen." — Schmidt discussed how the pay-per-click advertising model is inherently "self-correcting" …
MSNBC:
Spyware developers net huge profits, outrage — With annual revenues of $2 billion, pop-up ads are a high-stakes game — Consumers have strong opinions about Direct Revenue's software. "If I ever meet anyone from your company, I will kill you," a person who identified himself as James Chang …
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J. LeRoy's Evolving Web, Boing Boing, Threat Chaos, Google Operating System and @ Alex Moskalyuk Online
Richard Gray / Scotsman:
Apple pips its rivals with the iPod that talks — FROM Walkman to Talkman. Not content with changing the world's music-listening habits, Apple has come up with another innovation: the talking iPod. — A new generation of machines will use sophisticated software to convert the names of bands …
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Why I support Rocketboom — It's pretty simple. — Rocketboom is bigger than two people. — It plays the role this weblog played in the early days of blogging. It distributes attention to all kinds of creative people doing coooool stuff. Lots of chuckles and lots of bings!
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Peter Cooper / Ruby Inside:
19 Rails Tricks Most Rails Coders Don't Know — When looking at my own Rails code and that of the community as a whole, I often see places where certain Rails techniques could have been used, but weren't. As much for my own memory as yours, I thought I'd list down some Rails tricks and tips …
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Randy Holloway Unfiltered
Rafat / paidContent.org:
Football World Cup: Some Online Numbers — The final tally on online and mobile viewers might take some time to compile by the research firms, but some revenues and other numbers from around the world: — In China, portal Sina.com generated 70 million Yuan ($8.7 million) …
Robert Sinke / dapreview.net:
Venzero adds lilOne to the "One" collective — So you think the 8GB Venzero One is too bulky and/or expensive (289 Euro)? Not quite satisfied with the MiniOne's price point (119-169 Euro) or capacity range (1 and 2GB)? Well, apparently Venzero has you covered on this one too.
Neil Kjeldsen / TechCrunch:
Whither Television Programming? — As a follow up to our previous post on TV network activity on the Internet and through iTunes, we've further explored television programming and how it's playing out on the web beyond the major networks. — I will steer clear of yahoo, google, youtube …
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles — The surprise death of Kenneth L. Lay last week did more than throw a monkey wrench into the government's plans to jail and fine the Enron Corp. founder. It further exposed the critical weakness of Wikipedia that prevents it from becoming …
Yoshiko Hara / EE Times:
Optical device could help read most disk formats — TOKYO — Trying to bridge the gap between next-generation optical disk formats, Ricoh said it has developed an optical component that reads and writes all disk formats—Blu-ray Disc and HD-DVD, as well as DVD and CD—with one pickup and one objective lens.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
dotMAC, Time For A Makeover? — Google, Yahoo, Microsoft... most technology companies are using newer technologies (collectively called Web 2.0) to enhance the consumer experience inside the browser. Apple, however, is yet to incorporate these technologies and enhance the user experience …
Frank Gruber / TechCrunch:
Nine Chicago Startups Present at Tech Cocktail — The first TECH cocktail event took place on July 6 in Chicago at STATE Restaurant and Café. The event featured Stormhoek South African wine and united over 225 Midwest participants — including venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, developers and tech enthusiasts.
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Chris Anderson / The Long Tail:
ON MEDIA ELITISM AND THE "DERIVATIVE" MYTH — I am, in full disclosure, a member of the Media Elite. I'm a Conde Nast editor, run a glossy mainstream magazine, spent much of my career at The Economist and consort with known journalists. But nothing annoys me more than the oft-heard …
David Chartier / Download Squad:
Yahoo! updates My Web with new look, more social features — Yahoo! has updated their del.icio.us-like My Web bookmarking service with a fresh new look (pleasantly devoid of the over-used web 2.0 pastel palette) and more social tools geared towards helping you find new contacts, as well as what they're bookmarking.
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The Age:
Ten signs you're tech obsessed — Most of us have a love-hate relationship with technology, but for some it goes beyond healthy admiration, writes Harriet Alexander. — Funny to think now how it all started so innocently. Then suddenly, phones became mobile, CD players gave way to MP3s …
