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10:05 PM ET, May 10, 2007

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Stace / Unwired View:
NEXT GEN IPOD AND IPHONE NANO: FULL SCREEN WITH TOUCHPANEL AT THE BOTTOM  —  With introduction of an iPhone, Apple opened our eyes to the possibilities of full screen touch interfaces.  But such interfaces have one drawback - there's a limit how small you can make it.
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Slash Lane / AppleInsider:
Apple filing reveals multi-sided iPod with touch screen interface  —  Apple Inc. is looking to patent a design for a handheld device (or iPod) that displays its output on a small front-side display screen but receives input through a larger touch- and force-sensitive back-side interface, AppleInsider has discovered.
Gizmodo:
Apple: Next Gen iPod Patent Has "Touch Surface" On Back
Discussion: Apple Gazette and Forever Geek
Mike Neil / TechNet Blogs:
Viridian features update; beta planned for Longhorn RTM  —  Here we are on the eve of WinHEC 2007.  This show is always a fun industry event for me to engage with a broad spectrum of partners.  Perhaps none better than last year, when we demo'd Windows Server virtualization (codename Viridian) …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Longhorn Server to be christened Windows Server 2008  —  To next to no one's surprise, Microsoft is going to christen Longhorn Server "Windows Server 2008."  And it might do so as early as next week to coincide with the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Los Angeles.
Discussion: Microsoft News Tracker and Bink.nu
Microsoft:   Microsoft WinHEC Virtual Pressroom
Matt / Photo Matt:
Meaningful Overnight Relationship  —  One thing I've noticed about talking to certain types of press, particularly mainstream, is that they have a pattern in mind before they write about something, and the better you conform to the pattern the more coverage you get.
Chris Messina / FactoryCity:
Thoughts on Mozilla  —  You can now directly download the video or the audio.  —  Spurred by a conversation I had today, I thought I'd post some wide-ranging and very rough thoughts on Mozilla.  They're pretty raw and uncensored, and I go for about 50 minutes, but it might be somewhat thought-provoking.
Discussion: Read/WriteWeb
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Anne 2.1:
Chris Messina, Firefox, and the Curse of Expert Ennui  —  Chris Messina provides some raw thoughts on Mozilla in the form of a really long video (50 minutes!) and the notes he worked off of.  You can get an idea of the content from his notes, but there's a whole lot of extra detail in the video.
Discussion: Global Nerdy
Adario Strange / Epicenter:
Joost Raises $45 Million, But Still Not Quite Right  —  My intention was to simply tell you about the $45 million Joost just raised from Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Li Ka-shing, and CBS.  Along with this promising news I wanted to tell you that the service was fixed …
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Business Wire:
Joost Closes $45 Million in Financing
Riva Richmond / Wall Street Journal:   Web TV Start-Up Joost Raises $45 Million
Jill Whalen / Search Engine Land:
Don't Sweat the Small SEO Stuff  —  Among clients, forum members, newsletter subscribers, and seminar attendees, many hours of my day are spent answering questions about organic SEO.  One thing I've noticed is that newbies and oldies alike are paralyzed when it comes to optimizing their websites …
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Lisa Barone / Bruce Clay, Inc. Blog:
Sweat The Small Stuff: Search Engine Optimization Is In The Details
Discussion: johnon.com
Ricky Cadden / Symbian-Guru.com:
Nokia N82 Imaging KING  —  The second juicy bit of information from my friend Blue Blazer Regular today is of the Nokia N82.  This is a candybar device to followup the N73.  Similar to the N81, it has quad-band GSM and 2100 HSDPA, BT 2.0 (w/ A2DP), WiFi (b/g w/ uPnP), but also adds built-in GPS, TV-out, FM Radio, and a MicroSD slot.
Discussion: Gizmodo
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Ricky Cadden / Symbian-Guru.com:
Nokia N81 8GB Slider
Discussion: Darla Mack and Ring Nokia
Nokia:
Nokia becomes the first phone maker to add energy saving alerts to mobiles  —  Espoo, Finland - Nokia has launched the first mobile phones to include alerts encouraging people to unplug the charger once the battery is full, a move that could save enough electricity to power 85,000 homes a year.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Zune to get wireless downloads, version 2 hardware, flash player  —  Sometimes you can never know for sure, but we've got some pretty convincing material from a Zune source which shows a beta build of firmware v1.4 (shown as 2.1.4, perhaps as an internal designation).
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Samwers bankrolled Facebook clone, now Twitter clone  —  The Samwer brothers, the well-known European trio of entrepreneurs, have invested in Frazr, an exact duplicate of Twitter.  —  They have thus embarked on a reputation of backing blatant rip-offs of successful U.S. companies.
Discussion: Valleywag, TechCrunch and Harold Jarche
Glen Dickson / Broadcasting & Cable:
NCTA: HBO's Zitter Says DRM Is Misnomer  —  Digital rights management (DRM) is the wrong term for technology that secures programmers' content as it moves to new digital platforms says HBO Chief Technology Officer Bob Zitter, since it emphasized restrictions instead of opportunities.
Discussion: Epicenter, Digital Daily and Slashdot
Lifehacker:
Gadgets: Add Outlook to your Google homepage … A new gadget provides easy access to Outlook—your inbox, calendar and more—from within iGoogle (formerly Google Personalized Homepage).  —  The aptly named Microsoft Outlook gadget (which requires Office XP) lets you view and interact with your calendar …
Discussion: Compiler
Jackson West / NewTeeVee:
SonicMountain's Odeo Plans Include Video  —  Yesterday the news broke that podcasting community Odeo was purchased by little-known SonicMountain, a New York-based startup, for "a little over $1 million" according to TechCrunch.  Since then, I had a chance to chat with SonicMountain president Rick Arturo …
Discussion: Download Squad and Profy.Com
 
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