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12:35 AM ET, January 6, 2007

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DailyTech:
Seagate Confirms 1TB Hard Disk Drive  —  We should expect to see 1TB hard disk drive products within 6 months  —  Seagate Technology has just released information to DailyTech with regard to the company's upcoming highest capacity hard disk drive to date.  At 1TB, if no other hard disk …
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hitachigst.com:
Hitachi Shatters Capacity Record with World's First Terabyte Hard Drive
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Wii Sports Pack offers trio of Wiimote extensions  —  In what's likely to go down as the most heavily accessorized (and harmful) controller ever, Nintendo's Wiimote sure is garnering a lot of attention from accessory makers.  Sure, those Wii Gloves may keep butterfinger disasters from ever occurring …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Ubergizmo, CrunchGear, I4U News and digg
Warren Ellis / Reuters/Second Life:
Second Life Sketches: Two Worlds - Fame and Infamy  —  The following is an independent opinion column, and is not connected with Reuters News.  The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by Reuters.  —  It's the biggest digital art installation in the world …
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PR Newswire:
Cingular Makes First Wireless Video Share Call  —  Technology Demo Showcased in AT&T Booth at Consumer Electronics Show  —  ATLANTA, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ — As thousands of people stroll through the aisles of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week, those stopping by the AT&T booth …
wordpress.org:
WordPress 2.0.6  —  By Matt.  Filed under Releases, Security.  —  We have a pretty important release available for everyone, it includes an important security fix and it's recommended that everyone upgrade.  This is the latest release in our stable 2.0 line, which we've committed to maintaining for several more years.
GamePro.com:
E3 follow-up named: E for All Expo  —  IDG World Expo, which runs MacWorld among many other trade shows, has announced more details about the trade show formerly known as "GamePro Expo."  —  No longer going by the placeholder title of "GamePro Expo," the final name for the E3 follow …
David Barboza / New York Times:
Google Acquires Stake in Chinese Web Site  —  Google Inc., the Internet search giant, said today that it had acquired a small stake in a fast-growing Chinese Web site that allows users to download music and video clips from the Internet.  —  Google did not disclose the size of its investment …
Discussion: GigaOM and Computers.net
BBC:
Taiwanese firm plans to sue Apple  —  Luxpro, a Taiwanese electronics firm, has said it will sue computer maker Apple for $100m (£52m) in damages.  —  The move follows a legal battle Luxpro fought with Apple over some of the Taiwanese firm's digital music players.
Discussion: Techdirt
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Omar McFarlane / Engadget:   Luxpro wins Apple copycat suit, proceeds to copy again by countersuing
Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost Publications:
Google Poaches NBC Video Exec  —  CONTINUING TO RAMP UP ITS video hosting and syndication business, Google has poached Michael Steib, NBC Universal's general manager of strategic ventures.  —  Led by Steib's strategic ventures unit, NBC Universal in September created the National Broadband Company …
Discussion: SearchViews and HipMojo.com
Steve Poland / TechCrunch:
Amazon.com launches independent Endless.com  —  In a quirky move, Amazon.com has launched their own independent shoe and handbag niche website, Endless.com.  Shoes and handbags will still be available on Amazon.  —  Endless really hides the fact that Amazon owns them …
Andrew Lavallee / Wall Street Journal:
Lifehacker Draws Visitors With Time-Saving Tech Tips  —  Gina Trapani is always looking for a clever shortcut — from a better way to organize her email inbox to keeping track of her Web passwords.  So, it seems, are plenty of other computer users.  —  Ms. Trapani, 31 years old …
Chris Leckness / Mobility Site:
izenMobile Introduces Two New Pocket PC Phones  —  Wireless converged device brand launches handsets for the SMB market  —  izenMobile™, a San Diego-based converged device company, has launched its new phones for 2007: the KRMA™ and the KSMT™.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Pocket PC Thoughts
Michael Gartenberg:
CES will be evolutionary not revolutionary  —  I've been doing the CES thing for a while and more and more, it's looking like this show is going to be about evolution and not revolution.  Don't look for lots of new stuff to be introduced, look instead for products that are reaching maturation …
Discussion: Scripting News
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globelogger.com:
Technology: Whom to Blame When Your 2.0 Infrastructure Fails?  —  Web services are cheap, fast, and convenient.  But when they die, things can get ugly.  —  Yesterday Amazon's S3 service suffered an outage that lasted more than long enough to miss the company's self-imposed goal of 99.99% availability …
Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
iWork '07 nears release with new spreadsheet app  —  Apple's launch of iWork '07 next week is expected to be touted as one of the company's more significant product launches of the year, most notably due to the addition of a new spreadsheet application.  This third component will better enable Apple …
Alex Iskold / Read/WriteWeb:
Overview of Clustering and Clusty Search Engine  —  Earlier this week we wrote about The Race to beat Google.  In that article we discussed various approaches that startups are taking trying to unseat the web giant.  In this post we are going to zoom in on one of the companies - Clusty and their search clustering technology.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
The second Xbox 360 revealed: codename Zephyr  —  Ever wonder why Microsoft hasn't released an HDMI cable for the Xbox 360, or whether the AV port was really capable of digital out?  Well, here's your answer: we landed pictures of what appears to be the second Xbox 360 — the Xbox 360 v2, if you will — codenamed Zephyr.
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Will digg die the death of 1,000 cuts?  —  Someone speculates today that digg is going to take a hit from the hundreds of smaller sites that are going vertical in the social news market place.  They make a really nice long list of all the social news sites (let's not call them digg-clones …
Eliotvb / Listening Post:
Virgin Shutters U.S. Music Subscription Service  —  Virgin Digital has had enough of trying to convince U.S. music fans to sign onto its music subscription service and has announced it is ceasing U.S. operation.  The company contacted subscribers telling them to claim a free MP3 player …
Discussion: hypebot and Gizmodo
Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog:
Are you in the know?  Give us your local insights!  —  It's time to announce a new feature on Yahoo! Local which empowers you to add your favorite new local business, alert others when an old favorite has closed, and add or change business info quickly.  Now you can truly be our eyes and ears in your community!
 
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Richard Thurston / CNET News.com:
OpenOffice patches 'highly critical' flaw
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
i'coo offers up Pico-iPod stroller: will the madness ever end?
India / NVIDIA Press Room:
Windows Vista x86 RTM
Discussion: Hardware 2.0
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Dell prepping a SideShow-enabled MP3 player?
Karl / Techdirt:
Not All MySpace Teens Privacy Dimwits
Discussion: Associated Press
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Erik Hanson / Engadget:
Monster quad-HD LCD from Westinghouse to demo at CES
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Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Jack Biddle - VC Predictions 2007
Discussion: VC Ratings
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VAF Sound Wall
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hometoys.com:
LG ELECTRONICS UNVEILS NEW SUPER MULTI BLUE DUAL-FORMAT DRIVE AT INTERNATIONAL CES
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Wallstrip Video Show Raises Funding
Discussion: PaidContent
Stefan Constantinescu / Ring Nokia:
Nokia E65 Information and Pictures leak!
Kristina Dell / Time:
Welcome to Wi-Fi-Ville Pop. 300 towns and growing
Phil Gallo / Variety:
Digital sales boost music industry
Discussion: Lost Remote, Gizmodo and digg
Shoemoney:
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Katie Robertson / @katie_robertson:
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