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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
In Web World, Rich Now Envy the Superrich — James Hong, a co-founder of the dating site Hotornot.com, said that for him, the site's success meant "freedom money." He is making a symbolic switch in cars, from a Porsche Boxster, right, to a Toyota Prius. — Almost anywhere else, Reid Hoffman would be considered a major success.
Andy Fixmer / Bloomberg:
Sony May Have Missed PlayStation 3 Goal, Analysts Say (Update2) — Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — Sony Corp. may have missed its goal of having 400,000 PlayStation 3 consoles in U.S. stores for the video-game player's Nov. 17 debut, analysts said. — The number of machines available was ``even lower than expected,'' Kaufman Bros.
Reuters:
Microsoft to face challenge over Linux licenses — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Supporters of PC operating system Linux are preparing to counter a recent deal penned by Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news) which establishes for the first time the principle of paying the software giant for the operating system …
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Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Flickr Blows up Market Research Biz — My friends at Flickr have just rolled out something very, very smart — and potentially game-changing. They have released live meta-data about trends in the camera market based on what they are seeing in pictures uploaded at that popular photo-sharing site.
Google:
Google Checkout Makes Holiday Shopping Even Faster and Easier This Year — New Survey Says Forty Percent of Americans Expected to Shop Online From Work This Holiday Season — The Monday after Thanksgiving - Cyber Monday - is expected to draw another record crowd of online shoppers this year …
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Choices = Headaches — I'm sure there's a whole team of UI designers, programmers, and testers who worked very hard on the OFF button in Windows Vista, but seriously, is this the best you could come up with? — Every time you want to leave your computer, you have to choose between nine …
Chris Suellentrop / Slate:
Wii Is the Champion — NINTENDO'S NEW CONSOLE BESTS THE PS3 AND THE XBOX 360. — In a great video game, the narrative is secondary to the game's central appeal: satisfying my desire to be an NFL quarterback, a Jedi Knight, and a martial-arts wizard (though not—yet—all at once).
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Erik Sofge / Slate:THE CASE AGAINST THE WII. — I'll admit it—I was in love …
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Katie Fehrenbacher / GigaOM:
Berggi, Mobile Messaging for the Masses — Now that the average cell phone user is coming to terms with text messaging (last I checked around 36% have texted in the U.S.) startups and carriers are hoping that more people will start using mobile email and mobile IM.
mobile-review.com:
Review of Windows Mobile 6.0 for PPC (Crossbow) operating system — Before starting the review, we have to make a short note in order to prevent an avalanche of letters similar to what we experienced after publishing the article on Windows Mobile 5.0. The crew working for Mobile-Review.com …
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SecurityFocus:
Vista's EULA Product Activation Worries — Mark Rasch looks at the license agreement for Windows Vista and how its product activation component, which can disable operation of the computer, may be like walking on thin ice. — The terms of Microsoft's End User License Agreement (EULA) …
New York Times:
Google Mapping an Offline Course — Major Internet sites are showing a strong and growing interest in the advertising business, and traditional ad firms are starting to get worried. — Google has been leading the way, building on its online ad strength by striking deals to sell advertising …
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Andy Golding / Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Introducing Sitemaps for Google News — Good news for webmasters of English-language news sites: If your site is currently included in Google News, you can now create News Sitemaps that tell us exactly which articles to crawl for inclusion in Google News. In addition, you can access crawl errors …
Davis / Davis Freeberg's Digital Connection:
Why Is Netflix Supporting A Penny Stock Touter? — Last year, I saw that Steve Swasey, Netflix's Director of Corporate Communications, granted an interview with an investment website named WallSt.net. At the time, the site had erroneously claimed that Netflix was planning on unveiling …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Missing From Internet: Avid Shoppers' Sharp Elbows — How do you get to be first in line when there is no line? — That Internet-era conundrum flummoxed many hopeful buyers of the new Nintendo Wii video game system over the weekend. The e-commerce giant Amazon.com had said it would begin selling …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Google Pulls Click-to-Call — Update: Some time after I made this post it appears the feature is available again, apparently with no more safeguards than before. — Just five days after adding a new click-to-call function to local map search, Google appears to have removed the feature …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Yahoo seeks geek credibility — Never before have small friends been so important to big companies. — Yahoo, best known as an Internet portal welcoming millions of consumers, is undergoing a transition to appeal to a different audience: software developers.
Tom Grubisich / Online Journalism Review:
'Potemkin Village' Redux — Commentary: Are there really a thriving communities to justify the hype about hyperlocal journalism? Web editor Tom Grubisich peeks behind the curtains of grassroots news sites. … A year ago I toured 10 geographical community websites that were pioneering in grassroots journalism.
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