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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Uh Oh, Gmail Just Got Perfect — Google quietly added a small feature to Gmail this week called Mail Fetcher. When that feature launched, Gmail became perfect. — Mail Fetcher allows users to access non-Gmail email accounts from within the Gmail interface.
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David Chartier / Download Squad:
Google enables POP checking for some Gmail users — Google's darling Gmail has just launched a new feature they're slowly rolling out to users: POP checking of other accounts. If you're one of the lucky few, under the Accounts tab in Gmail's settings, you can now add up to 5 other accounts …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
YouTube allows users to record directly to site — YouTube quietly added a new feature today to its popular user-generated video site today called Quick Capture, which allows users to record video directly to YouTube from webcams plugged into their computers.
Chikai Ohazama / Official Google Blog:
Opening my eyes to a whole new world — Every once in a while you come across a piece of technology that instantly grabs you and you can't stop saying "Oh my god!" When I bought my 12" Mac Powerbook, for instance, just opening the box was an experience. Each item was laid out perfectly …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
RIAA petitions to lower artist royalties, weakens piracy arguments — Sure, the RIAA hasn't exactly been on the good side of the general public since, oh, this century began, but it sure isn't doing itself any favors with this latest hint of persuasion. While the agency has fought grandmothers …
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Gerry Block / IGN:
RIAA Petitions Judges to Lower Artist Royalties — Aggressively litigious group has claimed to protect musicians in the past. Now believes musicians deserve less for "innovative" music distribution. — The RIAA rose to public prominence around the year 2000 when the growth …
Lifehacker:
Find a deal with WiiSeeker — Looking for a good Playstation 3 or Wii deal for the holidays? Check out PS3Seeker, a nifty map mashup that helps you locate the best game system deals not only in your local brick and mortar, but also on Amazon and eBay. — Updated about every five minutes …
Donna Bogatin / Digital Micro-Markets:
Microsoft vs. Google: Who wins? — Can "underdog" $290 billion market cap Microsoft "win" against $148 billion market cap Google? — Microsoft is already losing the PR battle, New York Times coverage illustrates, once again. An interview of Steve Berkowitz, online services group senior vice president …
Steve O'Hear / The Social Web:
Was I just censored by Digg? — After the recent discussion about companies offering bribes to Diggers, I thought it would be interesting to run a poll asking if it's time for the top users to be paid by the social news site itself. I was interested to hear the views of the wider Digg community so I 'dugg' the post too.
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Natali Del Conte / TechCrunch:
Webjam Lets Users Be Copycats — A European company called Webjam launches this weekend at the LeWeb3 conference in Paris. It is a personal Web aggregation tool with a heavy social networking component. — At first, I thought Webjam was like a fancier Spokeo in that it allows you to customize …
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Donna Bogatin / Digital Micro-Markets:
Google on Firefox 2.0: Get it now! — Google recommends "upgrading to the new, safer Firefox 2.0," Big time! The Firefox 2.0 "recommended," of course is "Optimized for Google," with the Google Toolbar. — I announced Google's new homepage self-promotional strategy last month in "Google defiles homepage?":
Kris Graft / Next Generation:
Nintendo Sued Over Controller Patent — [Update] A leading electronic interface company this week filed a suit against Nintendo in a Delaware court claiming that the Wii's trigger-happy controller infringes on existing patents. — In a court filing snagged by gaming blog Kotaku, Camarillo …
Tom Zeller Jr / The Lede:
Wii Have A Problem — Nintendo is highlighting some tips for using its Wii gaming console and its special remote. One tip for those in the same room as a Wii user: duck. — Seems customers are discovering that Nintendo's new Wii gaming console, which debuted last month …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
YouTube's Test Tube, Streams — Mashable covered the YouTube redesign, Quick Capture (record videos straight from your webcam) and the Verizon/mobile integration on Thursday. But it seems I missed one: just like Google has Google Labs, YouTube now has Test Tube, a place to test new ideas and features.
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Tom Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher:
Do journalists want a social media news release? — [This is from my comments section - from Kevin Murphy US Editor at Computerwire on the subject of the Social Media Press Release which I described in a late night post called Die! Press release! Die! Die! Die! Here also is the original graphic.
Lifehacker:
Search tags with TagBulb — Search through tags from multiple sources via TagBulb, a tag search aggregator. — You've got a lot of choices here: you can search through various categories such as Images, Jobs, Podcasts, etc., and within each of those categories, you've got …
