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Dick / Burning Questions:
It's True-gle! — Unlike the rumor that FeedBurner is nearly code-complete on a multiplayer Wii edition, the blog posts, phone calls and conjecture about our future as part of the Google family tree are now officially true. — FeedBurner has been acquired by Google.
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Karen / Official Google Blog:
Adding more flare — Posted by Susan Wojcicki, VP, Product Management — As you know, we're constantly looking for ways to identify and offer new tools for content creators and website publishers. Likewise, we constantly aim to give AdWords advertisers broader distribution to an even wider audience of users.
Reuters:
Google snaps up media distributor Feedburner — Terms of deal for RSS technology pioneer undisclosed; estimates range at about $100 million. — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Google Inc. said Friday it is acquiring Feedburner Inc., bolstering the Internet advertising leader's capacity …
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Dan Primack / PE HUB:
Slacker Snares $40 Million — If Last.fm was worth $280 million after raising just $5 million in venture capital, what about a social music company that's raised more than $50 million? We may soon find out with Slacker Inc. — peHUB has learned that San Diego-based Slacker recently raised $40 million …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
Kevin Rose: Digg May Expand to Images, Restaurant and Product Reviews — On Friday, Kevin Rose spoke via video link at TheNextWeb conference in Amsterdam, outlining Digg's plans for expansion. The good news is that they plan to add images - one of the most demanded features.
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Social Media Analytics' Keibi Raises $6M — Last year Keibi Technologies' Paul Remer was General Counsel at photo social network Piczo. He says that while users generated content Piczo was fantastic, it was hard to process. So Remer launched a startup to help companies understand and manage their communities.
David Lenehan / Read/WriteWeb:
The Next Web Conference happened today in Amsterdam. It was a one day event hosted by Scott Rafer of MyBlogLog fame and was a mix of presentations from startups and keynotes from various people in the industry. Marc Canter from Broadband Mechanics and Jeff Clavier a VC from the valley assumed the role of …
Valleywag:
Stats: Yahoo's disappearing management team — When we checked Yahoo's management page, we noticed yet another missing face: Lars Rabbe, the Sunnyvale internet company's chief information officer. Without much fanfare, he's moved over to Intuit, the financial software maker.
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Hasbro unveils Real Gear Transformers based on real life gadgets — Those of you not able to bust out your cardboard box Optimus Prime costume and make a scene at your local theaters next month when the new Transformers movie hits can at least comfort yourselves with the most amazing onslaught …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
For Pornographers, Internet's Virtues Turn to Vices — The Internet was supposed to be a tremendous boon for the pornography industry, creating a global market of images and videos accessible from the privacy of a home computer. For a time it worked, with wider distribution and social acceptance driving a steady increase in sales.
SecurityFocus:
Zero-day sales not "fair" — to researchers — Two years ago, Charles Miller found a remotely exploitable flaw in a common component of the Linux operating system, and as many enterprising vulnerability researchers are doing today, he decided to sell the information.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Polls Launches Tonight: Marketing Research Paradise — Facebook just launched a new product tonight called Facebook Polls - look for a link in the bottom navigation area next to "Advertising." — This is an advertising product that is designed to generate revenue.
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Will Sturgeon / ZDNet:
F-Secure CEO: There's more malware than ever — Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure, recently rejoined the antivirus vendor from fellow Finnish company Nokia. silicon.com recently caught up with Alkio to discuss the security landscape, how governments should handle hackers, the need for a dot-bank domain name …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Apple criticized for embedding names, e-mails in songs — It used to be that music fans believed cryptic messages about Satan or the death of a band member were hidden within rock albums. — Nowadays, the secrets buried in digital music are way too easy to find, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF).
