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7:10 AM ET, January 5, 2007

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PayPerPost:
Performancing Deal is Off  —  After much discussion and heartache we have decided to walk away from the Performancing deal.  We listened to our Posties and other Metrics users, dug into the Metrics platform and regretfully found that it wasn't what we were looking for right now.
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Dick / blogs.feedburner.com:
A 360 Degree View of Audience Engagement  —  As promised, site statistics are now live.  Our architecture conversion work after the BlogBeat acquisition is complete, and our free StandardStats service now enables any of our publishers to track both feed and site audience, all from the comfort of your FeedBurner account.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Daylife Launches, Starts Very Long Uphill Climb  —  New York based Daylife, a news aggregation site I invested in long, long ago, has finally launched.  We first mentioned the company back in July.  After quickly reviewing the launch product, I am unhappy to report that I am underwhelmed by what Daylife has to offer.
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Daylife dawns  —  I'm excited to report that Daylife, the news startup I've been helping on, has launched its site today.  Take the tour here.  —  Actually, Daylife launched its platform a few weeks ago, without fanfare and trumpet, powering the new exportable, embedable NewsTracker …
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Daylife Establishes a New Way to View News
Discussion: craigblog and CenterNetworks
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Studios okay users burning CSS-encrypted movies, but special media is required  —  Movie download services have been hamstrung, kneecapped, and hobbled (choose your favorite leg-related metaphor) by their general inability to burn movies to DVD.  It's hard to believe that this is such a big deal in 2007 …
Discussion: Gizmodo and MacUser
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GameDaily:
Microsoft's Achievement Points Yield 'Nerd Cred'  —  The concept of Achievement Points and a Gamerscore has become more popular than Microsoft ever imagined.  Group Product Manager Aaron Greenberg and Epic Games lead designer CliffyB chime in on why gamers are seemingly obsessed with these points.
Discussion: Kotaku, Scobleizer and Joystiq
axiotron.web7.serverlogistics.com:
First Tablet Mac Solution to be Unveiled at Macworld by Axiotron and OWC  —  El Segundo, CA - Solution hardware manufacturer Axiotron, Inc. and technology solutions provider Other World Computing (OWC) today announced that they will be unveiling the ModBook™, the first ever Mac® …
Guy Kawasaki / How to Change the World:
Ten Ways to Use LinkedIn  —  The average number of LinkedIn connections for people who work at Google is forty-seven.  —  The average number for Harvard Business School grads is fifty-eight, so you could skip the MBA, work at Google, and probably get most of the connections you need.
Discussion: Pronet Advertising and Manthan
Business Wire:
Mobile Phones to Adopt New, Smaller USB Connector  —  Micro-series USB technology will replace Mini-series USB in OTG products  —  BEAVERTON, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—The USB Implementers Forum, Inc. (USB-IF) today announced the completion of the Micro-USB specification …
Discussion: Engadget and Phone Scoop
Bink / Bink.nu:
Next week Microsoft will Release 8 Security Patches  —  Next week Microsoft will Release 8 Security Patches, 4 for Windows.  —  On 9 January 2007 Microsoft is planning to release:  —  Security Updates  —  •  —  Three Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows.
Yoav / Windows Live OneCare Team Blog:
Windows Live OneCare (v1.5) is released to manufacturing  —  Welcome back to all those that were on vacation, and a happy new year.  As you may have noticed from relative inactivity in my blogging, it's been quite a hectic time here on the product development team.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Vista testers get unexpected holiday gift: No TV  —  Some people testing Microsoft's Windows Vista got an unexpected holiday surprise: their TVs stopped working.  —  Media Center, which is included in the Home Premium and Ultimate versions of the Vista operating system …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google "Tips" Pulled?  —  The controversial Google "Tips," where Google promoted certain of their own products over organic search results, have been quietly pulled down.  —  Until recently, Google searches for Calendar, Blogging, Photo Sharing and others returned "tips" …
Timothy Noah / Slate:
Amazon's Secret Price Guarantee  —  THE ONLINE RETAILER'S ZEN CUSTOMER BENEFIT.  —  Of the many responsibilities shouldered by this column, none is more solemn than its mandate to compel Web-based retailers to take phone calls from the public.  But suppose you finally get one of these …
Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
The silliest, and most destructive, debate in journalism  —  Commentary: Let's quit arguing the merits of "mainstream" versus "citizen" journalism and instead work together on "better" journalism.  —  Welcome back.  I hope that the New Year finds you in good health and resolved to do whatever …
Discussion: Techdirt and Uninstalled
Nik Cubrilovic / New Web Order:
Lies, Damn Lies and Subscriber Counts  —  Since being back at work, I have been steadily catching up with emails and news.  A story that caught my attention was BoingBoing reporting on a very large spike in their Feedburner subscription stats.  Techcrunch also reported the story.
Discussion: Read/WriteWeb
 
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Samsung prepping RFID-enabled refrigerator
Discussion: Trends and textually.org
Ryan Freebern / Uber-Review:
Microvision Unveils Tiny Digital Projector
Ryan Freebern / Uber-Review:
Garmin: GPS Is For The Dogs
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
Robert Young / GigaOM:
For Social Networks, 2007 is about MONEY
David Kaplan / PaidContent:
Merrill Issues Pessimistic Ad Outlook Overall; Online Still Looking Up
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
WriteRoom 2.0 released for OS X
Maniacal Rage:
You might remember a post I wrote back in August about selling xPad.
Greg Linden / Geeking with Greg:
Findory API expanded
Discussion: InsideGoogle
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Apple seen launching new iPod, iTV and iPhone at Macworld
Discussion: What Is New
Mike / Techdirt:
Sneaking The Question Of Software Patents Into The Supreme Court
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
70 cents per track is "in the correct range," says UMG attorney
Discussion: Neowin.net, digg and Slashdot
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Valley networker Auren Hoffman's reputation on the line
Discussion: Marc's Voice and Valleywag
PR Newswire:
Napster Adds 48,000 Subscribers During Its Third Quarter and Will …
Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Is Steve Jobs Untouchable?
Stephen Shankland / ZDNet:
A peek at faster Power6, Cell chips
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Internet Explorer Unsafe for 284 Days in 2006
 

 
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