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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Odeo Releases Twttr — Odeo released a new service today called Twttr, which is a sort of "group send" SMS application. Each person controls their own network of friends. When any of them send a text message to "40404," all of his or her friends see the message via sms.
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Biz / Biz Stone, Genius:
Let There Be Twttr — Twttr is a new mobile service that helps groups of friends bounce random thoughts around with SMS. When we showed it to Jason Goldman (product manager of Blogger) he called it "present tense blogging." That's a great way to describe it.
BBC:
Call for 'illegal' MP3 site talks — The UK recording industry is urging the foreign secretary to raise the issue of Russian bargain music download website allofmp3.com at the G8 summit. — The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) trade group wants Margaret Beckett to discuss the site …
Stacy Collett / Computerworld:
What's Hot, What's Not: IT Skills You'll Need in 2010 — The IT worker of 2010 won't be a technology guru but rather a 'versatilist.' — July 17, 2006 (Computerworld) — The most sought-after corporate IT workers in 2010 may be those with no deep-seated technical skills at all.
Google Blogoscoped:
Browse Sites to Target in Google AdWords — When you create a Google AdWords campaign, you can decide to advertise on specific domains only (if the domain owner allows this via their AdSense settings). Now, you can also browse sites by category, as the Google AdWords blog announces.
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Inside AdWords crew / Inside AdWords:Browse sites by category in the site tool
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SEO Consultant Esoos Bobnar
Squirrelbait / core77.com:
Sao Tome e Principe works with technology — I know, I know - enough USB stuff already, but this is a little different: — Sao Tome e Principe is a West African country with a population of about 150.000, located on the Guinea Gulf along the Equator. SEED 2006, a Design …
Christian Zappone / CNNMoney.com:
e-Passports: Ready or not here they come — The State Department expresses confidence in "e-Passports" while technologists fret about their security risks. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Imagine being overseas and your identity being available for the taking - your nationality, your name, your passport number.
Robert X. Cringely / I, Cringely:
The Skype is Falling: — Even Viral Networks Have to Function in a Real World — Last week I responded to Intel's investment in the Clearwire Corp. WiMax wireless national ISP by trying to put in perspective what WiMax can and can't do. Specifically, it can't be a very viable competitor to DSL …
PR Newswire:
New SANYO High-Definition Digital Media Camera Features Optimized Recording for Portable Video Players and 16:9 Still Mode Ideal for Widescreen Viewing — SANYO Xacti HD1a Offers In-Camera Editing, 2.2-inch LCD Display and $699.99 MSRP — CHATSWORTH, Calif., July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall …
Nat / O'Reilly Radar:
A Week in the Valley: GData — I spent the week before Where 2.0 visiting companies between San Francisco and San Jose. I've already written about my trips to Ning and Meebo. Next is an account of a meeting with Mark Lucovsky, who was architect of the HailStorm web services product from Microsoft.
Tim / Hawk Wings:
Ten Mac tools for Getting Things Done — Tools to help Mac users with Getting Things Done (or "GTD"), David Allen's work-smart philosophy, fall into three camps: — Email clients, where most of the stuff that needs to get done arrives in the first place, tweaked to do the job.
netomer.de:
flickrInspector 0.1.1.2 — About flickrInspector — what is flickrInspector — flickrInspector is a non-commercial website, that displays publicly available data about single flickr users. flickr itself is probably the most amazing photo sharing site. this is by no means an official tool …
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Microsoft shutters Windows private folders — Following an outcry from corporate customers, Microsoft is removing an add-on feature to Windows that allowed users to create password-protected folders. — The feature was introduced as a free download last week.
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CyberNet Technology News, Digital Inspiration, Better Living through Software and Slashdot
Om Malik / GigaOM:
SIPphone brings Voice to Nokia 770 — SIPphone, the company behind Gizmo Project has released a new version of its client that works with Nokia 770 Internet tablet, giving users ability to IM and make phone calls using high speed Internet connections. — This is the second IM client now available for Nokia 770.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Ultraportable Acer Ferrari 1000 reviewed — Acer's Ferrari 1000 is likely to be nominated for sexiest ultraportable, but even if not, this 12.1-inch widescreen machine looks pretty impressive; not too far back we announced that this thing was hitting the street, and now it's been properly test-driven.
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