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Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
Craigslist grapples with competitor on board — Craigslist, the pioneering online classified Web site, is facing a large new competitor, one that has accumulated insider knowledge of Craigslist's business. — On Friday, eBay's online classified service, Kijiji, made its U.S. debut.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:eBay To Craigslist: Game On With US Version Of Kijiji
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Stace / Unwired View:
HTC OMNI PICS AND SPECS — The rumors about the upcoming HTC OMNI communicator have been flying around the Web for a few months now. And from some leaked details and specs, HTC Omni sounded like a very interesting mobile gadget. — Well, they were true.
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Peter Griffiths / Reuters:
Gadget boom to drive up energy demand: report — LONDON (Reuters) - Flat-screen televisions, computers and other hi-tech gadgets will use nearly half of a typical British household's total electricity by 2020, an energy conservation body said in a report on Wednesday.
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Steorn's Orbo "free-energy" machine demonstrated! — Here we go, after months of doubt over claims of a magnetic machine promising "infinite clean energy," Steorn will be putting their wares on display for public scrutiny in London. A physics defying perpetual machine, if you will.
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Hugh Macleod / gapingvoid:
THE TIME OF THE A-LIST IS DEAD — From Robert Scoble: … For once I disagree with Robert. I DO want to talk about it. Because I actually concur with Robert. And I am utterly delighted to do so. — In the past, say, from the late 'nineties until the last six-twelve months or so …
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Web Sheriff DMCA's Scouta Over YouTube Content Uploaded By Warner Music — Online music recommendation and sharing site Scouta has received a DMCA notice from IP enforcement group Web Sheriff, demanding that a White Stripes video hosted on YouTube and displayed on Scouta, be removed from Scouta due to copyright infringement.
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt: Is It Copyright Infringement To Embed An Infringing YouTube Video On Your Blog?
Ronald Lewis / 24/7 with Ronald Lewis:Lawyer Wrongly Accuses Me in YouTube Spat
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Chris Kohler / Game | Life:
Nintendo Announces DS Camera, Face Training — Having already trained the brains of the Japanese and begun work on training their eyes, Nintendo now wants to train... their faces. — Otona No DS Kao Training, or Face Training, includes a camera that plugs into the Game Boy Advance slot …
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Kent / Newsome.Org:
Declaration of Blogging Independence — When in the Course of online events it becomes necessary for alienated and isolated bloggers to dissolve the existing blogging hierarchy and exclusionary behavior which have disconnected them from the A-List and made them feel even more nerdy …
Jen Gerson / Toronto Star:
WiFi revolution hits a snag — Fee for Internet service brings drop in number of Toronto subscribers — Long lauded as the technology that would turn cities into techie meccas, WiFi continues to creep across metropolises. — Years after North American cities began to plan for the WiFi revolution …
Jesus / Gizmodo:
Zhiny: Motorola Zante Looks Even Shinier than You Know Who, Also Runs on EDGE — Here's the Zante, up close and lustrously yours. Today we got plenty of fresh technical information about this Motorola-flavored Sidekick plus two new pretty pics. One of them above, the other after the jump, showing its funky purple sliding keyboard.
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RU Sirius / 10 Zen Monkeys:
Steve Wozniak v. Stephen Colbert — and Other Pranks — Steve Wozniak showed up at our San Francisco studio riding in fine style... on a Segway. He had told me via email that he would just park anywhere in the city, and I imagined this multimillionaire going to some exclusive garage …
Nokia:
Honey, we need to talk - with my Nokia Speakerphone HF-300 — Espoo, Finland - Having a conversation in and out of the car is about as simple as talking to yourself, thanks to Nokia's first speakerphone, the stylish Nokia Speakerphone HF-300. This detachable Bluetooth speakerphone hosts a powerful speaker and microphone.
Forbes:
If Trust Is Lost, Google Will Crumble — Google in the past has been able to fend off criticism of its increasing dominance of the online market and remain highly profitable. However, increasing criticism of its powerful position could harm its business perspective and future profits.
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
10 Richest People in Tech — Ah, the memories. Bill Gates, known for so many years to be (by far) the wealthiest person in the world, now has to settle for second place, because a Mexican tycoon came in first (and not by a small margin; Carlos Slim Helú beats him by over $8 billion).
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BBC:
Warning of data ticking time bomb — Microsoft UK Managing Director Gordon Frazer running Windows 3.1 on a Vista PC — The growing problem of accessing old digital file formats is a "ticking time bomb", the chief executive of the UK National Archives has warned.
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