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5:30 PM ET, April 22, 2007

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James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
More information surfaces from Dell on Tablet PC rumors  —  Quite a few people have been hoping that PC maker Dell would come out with a Tablet PC.  Not only would a Dell Tablet PC help validate the platform it would also make it easier for companies who use Dell computers exclusively …
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Peter Rojas / Engadget:   Dell Tablet PC coming this Fall?
Jason Pontin / New York Times:
From Many Tweets, One Loud Voice on the Internet  —  "ONLY connect," the English novelist E. M. Forster admonished mankind.  I don't think, however, that he meant that we should connect exclusively, or continuously.  —  Habitual users of a new, free communications service called Twitter would disagree.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Doubleclick turned down Microsoft money?  —  John Battelle reports that Microsoft was actually offering more money than Google was for Doubleclick and that Doubleclick went with Google anyway.  —  I heard the same things about Flickr.  Rumors are that Flickr's owners turned down AOL's money …
Alex Galonsky / MacApper:
How To: Create Custom Icons for your Mac  —  Have you ever wanted a custom icon for a hard drive or folder?  I have, and I found out that it is easy to do, even if you can't make an icon from scratch.  For example, I got tired of seeing the default white removable drive icon whenever I plugged in my CompactFlash reader.
Discussion: digg
Miles Evans / MacApper:
Exclusive: Coda from Panic Software Reviewed  —  Nothing brightens up a Saturday morning hangover like toys I'm not supposed to have in my inbox.  An anonymous tipster (thanks Anonymous!) dished me a copy of Panic Software's new developer workflow application Coda today.
Discussion: PaulStamatiou.com and digg
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Exclusive: CNN.com Had Record-Breaking 11 Million Video Views on Day of Virginia Tech Schootings  —  CNN online video clips of news surrounding the Virginia Tech shootings totaled 11.4 million views on Monday, far more than the daily average of 2.1 million streams and exceeding the previous …
Discussion: Random Mumblings
Kdawson / Slashdot:
Safeguards For RIAA Hard Drive Inspection  —  it (a) permits the RIAA's own imaging person to make the initial mirror image  —  IANAL, but having RTFA, I'd say that statement's a bit misleading.  It actually states that an expert agreed upon by both parties will make two copies …
Geoffrey Lean / The Independent:
Wi-Fi: Children at risk from 'electronic smog'  —  ::: Revealed - radiation threat from new wireless computer networks  —  ::: Teachers demand inquiry to protect a generation of pupils  —  Britain's top health protection watchdog is pressing for a formal investigation into the hazards …
Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:
This is your life, according to Google  —  Google's latest project is called Web History, and it offers registered Google Account users a chance to peruse not just their account history with Google, but one's surfing history.  "Imagine being able to search over the full text …
BBC:
BA cuts Branson from Bond movie  —  British Airways has removed a shot of Virgin Atlantic boss Sir Richard Branson from the in-flight version of the James Bond movie Casino Royale.  —  Sir Richard was seen briefly in the original film, passing through an airport security scanner, but can only be seen from behind in the new edit.
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Middio: Music Video Search Engine For YouTube  —  Middio is a new site, still in private beta, that's indexing music videos from YouTube and tagging them properly with the artist and song name.  The search interface is good; finding a music video for a given artist takes just a moment …
Discussion: Podcasting News
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Mayor of Boston bans Boing Boing  —  Jake tried to access Boing Boing from Boston's free WiFi network and got this notice — topped by the seal of the Mayor of Boston no less!  Banned in Boston — first they came for the Mooninites, then they came for the Boingers.  —  Want to defeat censorware?
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Seth Finkelstein / Infothought:   WHY Boing Boing Is Censorware'd "Banned-In-Boston" from Dan's Guardian
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Generate a Contact Us Form With Your Email Address, No Scripting  —  Do you want to add a simple "Contact Me" page on your blog but fear of spam is holding you from sharing your personal email address on the webpage ?  No problem, check out Contactify.  —  Contactify creates …
Discussion: Office Evolution and UNEASYsilence
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google's privacy nightmare just starting  —  Nothing comes between my alogarithm and profits.  Or so thought Google when it made a decision to buy DoubleClick for $3.1 billion dollars.  Except they hadn't counted on pesky politicians and busy bodies who would make a stink about the privacy policies …
Discussion: IP Democracy and Digital Markets
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Web Startups and the Lying Liars that Lie About Them  —  Bloggers tell lies when they review startups?  No, no - they just stretch the truth a little.  OK, a lot.  Inspired in part by Paul Kedrosky's Top Ten VC Lies, I whipped up 10 semi-truths that we tend to use on Mashable for the sake of brevity, hyperbole or just plain laziness.
Discussion: Joe Duck and digg
 
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Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Goatse.cx domain is for sale
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Playing live on Monday, Kyte.TV
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DigiTimes:
Quanta to delay OLPC notebook shipments to 4Q07
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Anne Zelenka / Web Worker Daily:
EIGHT GOOGLE APPS IN YOUR FUTURE
Discussion: GigaOM and digg
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
First user-facing Twitter feature
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Abby Ellin / New York Times:
Auditioning in a Video Résumé
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Valleywag:
MODERN AND AWKWARD: The six things you can't say in Silicon Valley
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Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Women in Computer Science
GamePolitics.com:
Jacklash??  Mainstream Media Skeptical of Thompson Game Violence Claims
Discussion: Joystiq and digg
 

 
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