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Leslie Katz / CNET News.com:
James Kim found deceased — just in The body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located, authorities announced Wednesday. — Arrangements are being made to transport Kim to an undisclosed location, according to police. Kim had been missing in the remote southwestern Oregon wilderness for 11 days.
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CNN:
Trail of clothing led searchers to lost father's body … MERLIN, Oregon (CNN) — The body of a man who had walked into the Oregon wilderness Saturday to summon help for his stranded family was found Wednesday in a steep ravine. — Officials confirmed that James Kim, 35, an editor at the Web site CNET, had been found dead.
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Mathew Ingram, CrunchGear, Mad Techie Woman, Windows-Now.com, Podcasting News, Listening Post and CNET News.com
Robert Hof / Business Week:
Yahoo's Shakeup — In the wake of criticism that the Internet portal is spread too thin, CEO Semel is revamping operations and putting more on Sue Decker's plate — Growing strife inside Yahoo! (YHOO) at last has erupted into a sweeping management and organizational shakeup.
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Valleywag:
DRAFT OBIT: Terry Semel — Terry Semel never won much respect from Silicon Valley insiders. — He was a consummate Hollywood power politician, schooled in Time-Warner power games when he ran the group's Warner Brother studio. And he is, by all accounts, relatively unflappable, a low-pulse guy, says one confidante.
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Tom Foremski: IMHO, Los Angeles Times, Seeking Alpha, The Blogging Times, CNNMoney.com and PaidContent
Dan Fost / San Francisco Chronicle:
Valley's 'Mr. Web 2.0' seeks next big thing — TechCrunch blog ruffles feathers on the Internet beat — Michael Arrington's influential blog TechCrunch — where startups get pimped and big news sometimes breaks first — has vaulted him into the post of "Mr. Web 2.0," …
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Amazon takes major stake in Wikia — Wikia, a San Mateo company that allows groups to share information about their interests with wiki technology, has raised a second round of funding — all of it coming from Amazon.com. — It is not clear how much traction Wikia company has gained.
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Business Wire:
Amazon Invests in Wikia Series B Financing: Amazon's Value-Added Capital Key to Wikia's Expanding Product Plans — SAN MATEO, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Wikia, Inc., the leading wiki site for information on thousands of topics written by a community of contributors, today announced …
Matt Haughey / PVRblog:
Wild rumor: Apple & TiVo partner for iTV — I'm going to disclaim this upfront as a wild rumor that just landed in my inbox. I'd wager it's got about a 25% chance of being true but hey, I'd love to be wrong on it and see what launches next month at Macworld SF. Here's the rumor:
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Michele Gershberg / Reuters:
Oz to bring social networking to mobile phones — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Privately-held Oz Communications, a maker of wireless messaging technologies, will announce on Wednesday a new product allowing people to access social network sites over their cellphones.
blog.centraldesktop.com:
Google's Silent Monopoly (Or How Much Does Google Pay For It's Own AdWords?) — What does the future of start-ups look like when they spend a majority of their advertising budget with one company - and its your competitor? … - Right? — The history of business is filled with examples …
Ryan / CyberNet Technology News:
CyberNotes: 200 Firefox Extensions Installed At One Time! — Web Browser Wednesday — Earlier this year a guy installed 100 Firefox extensions without any problems. Well...I decided to try and top that. I picked the nice round number of 200 for a few different reasons.
Inside AdWords:
Advertise online - even if you don't have a website — AdWords advertisers know that online advertising is an effective way to promote their businesses. What do you do, however, if you want to advertise online, but you don't have a website? Does this sound familiar? Now we can help.
USA Today:
Google offer takes on PayPal — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is offering merchants free use of its online payment service as it squares off against eBay's market-leading PayPal. — The Internet search giant introduced Google Checkout in June, with sweeteners such as free ad credits for merchants.
BBC:
Copyright pirates face crackdown — Copyright criminals must face far tougher regulation to protect the entertainment industry, a report says. — The Gowers Report was commissioned by the government to look at modernising UK copyright laws for the digital age.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
IBM plans Power6 blades for next year — Beginning with its Power6 dual-core chip, IBM will build its high-end Power processors into blade servers for the first time in 2007, marking a significant expansion of blade abilities. — Today, IBM's blade servers are available with the company's PowerPC 970 processors.
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself — Hearing from a lot of new friends lately? You know, the ones that write "It's me, Esmeralda," and tip you off to an obscure stock that is "poised to explode" or a great deal on prescription drugs. — You're not the only one.
