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Thai Tran / Google LatLong:
Google Maps Mashups 2.0 — When we were building the original Google Maps site, we envisioned that it would eventually become a platform for navigating all kinds of location-based information, such as home listings and travel information. Within weeks of the launch of Google Maps …
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Todd Haselton / Ars Technica:Google offers easy map customization with Mapplets
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Digital Trends
Zillow Blog:
New Today: Welcome to the Neighborhood! — After an unintended false start, we're happy to announce it's here! We just released a bunch of new features with the goal of making Zillow useful to you — more personalized, more local and more relevant. — We've made additions in a number …
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John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:
Zillow enters citizen journalism — On Monday, Zillow.com apologized for a company e-mail that inadvertently promoted a new neighborhood service that wasn't quite ready. — Now, after that minor dust-up, the mystery is over. The Seattle company this evening is taking the wraps off community Web pages …
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Nintendo Wii Balance Board gets you stepping in upcoming Wii Fit title — Nintendo's Wii Zapper and Wii Wheel are great and all, but what's really going to get those casual gamers flocking is this here Wii Fit game and its accompanying controller. A sort of Wii counterpart …
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Belkin News:
Belkin's New N1 Vision is the First Wireless Router with an Interactive Network Display … (Compton, CA) - July 11, 2007 - Belkin's new N1 Vision wireless router features an advanced interactive network display that allows you to view the activity of your network.
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Belkin News:
Wirelessly Print, Watch Movies, and Listen to Music with Belkin's New Wireless USB Hub … (Compton, CA) - July 11, 2007 - Belkin's 4-port Wireless USB Hub gives you wireless access to your USB devices without the clutter of cables. — Simply plug your USB devices, such as your printer and hard drive, into the Wireless USB Hub.
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PR Newswire:
Motorola Provides Preliminary Estimates of Second Quarter 2007 Results — SCHAUMBURG, Ill., July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced preliminary estimates of second quarter 2007 financial results. Although the company has not finalized …
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Microsoft:
The Walt Disney Studios to Offer Movie Rentals On Demand Through Xbox LIVE Starting Now — New partnership brings growing catalogue of current blockbuster and classic library titles to Xbox LIVE Marketplace. — Whether you want to find adventure in a blockbuster game or lose yourself …
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Joel Hruska / Ars Technica:
New URL highlighting feature in FireFox 3 aims to make phishing harder — When Firefox 2 and Internet Explorer 7 launched last year, both of them included anti-phishing technologies designed to block (or at least warn users away from) suspected phishing web sites and attacks.
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Ecamm Network News:
iPhoneDrive Released — Ecamm Network today announced the release of iPhoneDrive for Mac. — The new program allows iPhone owners to store files and data in the iPhone's flash memory. The iPhone can now be used for storage and backup, as well as moving files from Mac …
Adobe:
Security bulletin — Flash Player update available to address security vulnerabilities — Vulnerability identifier: APSB07-12 — CVE number: CVE-2007-3456, CVE-2007-3457, CVE-2007-2022 — Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe Flash Player that could allow an attacker …
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Sony's new PSP is slimmer, includes video output — It's not quite the PSP 2 some might've hoped for, but Sony is giving its handheld console a serious refresh in the form of a slimmer, lighter and faster "updated" PSP. The new unit still includes the 4.3-inch LCD and UMD, but is 33 percent lighter …
Bloomberg:
Yahoo Chief Yang May Fail in Ad Squeeze by Google — Yahoo! Inc. lost the battle with Google Inc. in searching the Internet and now may have jeopardized its lead in display advertisements. — Even a new chief executive officer and head of sales may not be able to prevent rival social …
Susie Pan / DigiTimes:
Wintek to ship touch screen panels for new Apple iPods — Taiwan-based Wintek will be the panel supplier of Apple's new iPod video, according to sources at upstream suppliers. Apple is set to launch a next-generation iPod video in August with the new products featuring a touch screen panel similar to the iPhone, the sources noted.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Scott Rafer is Facebooking, launching Lookery — Scott Rafer would be a dangerous fellow if he were running a hedge fund. He would make momentum bets that would either pay-off or fizzle out. He does precisely that in the start-up world, when he finds a hot trend.
Associated Press:
AOL to Pay $3 Million Settlement Over Cancellation Policy — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Averting a looming court battle over how it has handled the exodus from its Internet dial-up service, AOL has agreed to make it easier for its remaining customers to leave as part of a $3 million settlement with 48 states and the District of Columbia.
