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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
SpaceShipOne Mystery Solved — Late last night I posted on a rumor that Google had acquired SpaceShipOne and was putting it in building 43 at Google HQ in Mountain View. More information started coming in immediately from commenters. One reader emailed to tell me Larry Page is on the Board …
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Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Building a 'Googley' Workforce — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — To understand the corporate culture at Google Inc., take a look at the toilets. — Every bathroom stall on the company campus holds a Japanese high-tech commode with a heated seat. If a flush is not enough, a wireless button on the door activates a bidet and drying.
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Randall Stross / New York Times:
It's Not the People You Know. It's Where You Are. — FIBER networks cross the world. Data bits move at light speed. The globe has been flattened, and national boundaries obliterated. Yet in Silicon Valley, the one place that is responsible more than any other for creating …
Sam Harrelson:
Google Checkout Drops ZeFrank's "GimmeSomeCandy" Micro-Promotion — Published October 20th, 2006 web2.0 , Google AdSense , YouTube , Affiliate Marketing , User Generated content , Online Marketing tips and tricks , Google Checkout 7 Comments — You know by now that I'm a self-professed …
New York Times:
A Student's Video Résumé Gets Attention (Some of It Unwanted) — With his name and image on Web sites and his appearance on the "Today" show, Aleksey Vayner may be the most famous investment-banking job applicant in recent memory. — Mr. Vayner's curious celebrity came …
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Joi Ito's Web:
Is YouTube "Web 2.0"? — Lawrence Lessig has a thoughtful post about something that I've been mentioning in recent talks I've given, but haven't blogged much about. — I'm often asked to speak about "Web 2.0". I personally think that people are trying to build Bubble 2.0 on top of Web 2.0.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Getting Down To Business: YesNoMayB — We've covered the best new dating sites, and even the most popular gay male dating sites, here on TechCrunch. But none of these sites capture the speed and simplicity of speed dating, where you meet a bunch of potential mates in a short period of time.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
If You Use PhotoShop, Check Out Paint.net — If you use Photoshop regularly, check out the just released version 3.0 of Paint.NET (download it here). It is 3.6 MB download that handles most of the basic (and many of the advanced) functions of Photoshop. It's free, and even better it loads …
Luca Filigheddu / Thoughts on VoIP, technology:
3G Mobile Video Calls: success or failure ? — I'm really happy to see that the discussion on 3G mobile video calling became hot more and more. — After my first "provocatory" post "Why 3G video calls are useless", I've asked for comments to bloggers and professionals …
David Chartier / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Steve Jobs declares 2007 to be "one of the most exciting" in Apple's history — During last week's conference call in which Apple announced preliminary 4th Q earnings, Mr. J apparently also declared 2007 to be "one of the most exciting new product years in Apple's history."
Smaran / Torrentfreak:
University to teach students to implement BitTorrent and Web 2.0 in business — With the help of IBM, the University of Arizona will put together a course designed to essentially teach people how to apply Web 2.0 services like BitTorrent, blogs, wiki's and social networks in a business setting.
Michael White / Bloomberg:
Sony May Not Meet PlayStation 3 Shipment Targets (Update3) — Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) — Sony Corp., which slashed its profit forecast yesterday, said it may not reach this year's shipment target for the PlayStation 3 game console because of a parts shortage in the Blu-ray high-definition disc drive.
Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Arcade: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 — Xbox Live Members can now download 'Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3' demo from the Xbox Live Arcade. The full version of the game can be purchased for 800 points. — Here are some game details: — Enter the world of ULTIMATE Mortal Kombat 3 …
SunbeltBLOG:
Walmart gets slammed for sneaky blogging...but this is only the tip of the icebeerg — There's revelations coming out that mega PR firm Edelman created three "independent" blogs for WalMart (called "flogs"). The first one that was outed was "Wal-Marting Across America" …
Robert Sinke / dapreview.net:
Meizu M6 SP = the same thing, only cheaper — Meizu has found a way to make their kick-ass M6 (Mini Player) a little bit more affordable. The company fit in a new chipset of some kind (supporting advanced DSP functionality, or something like that) as well as a different brand of screen …
kottke.org:
PopTech, day 1 wrap-up — Since my internet access has been somewhat spotty at the conference (I'm trying to pay attention and power is hard to come by here so the laptop is closed most of the time), I'm going to do rolling wrap-ups as I go, skipping around and filling in the blanks when I can.
