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Verizon:
Verizon Redefines 'Fast' With Groundbreaking FiOS Internet Service Featuring 20 Mbps Download and Upload Speeds — Service Is First of Its Kind Available to Consumers on a Mass Scale — Super-Fast Symmetrical Speed Enables Today's Most Interactive Online Experiences and Encourages Future Web Innovations
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Mozilla banks Google bucks; Builds a portfolio — Mozilla has released its 2006 audited financials and that little Google search box in the top right of Firefox is the gift that keeps giving. — Mozilla's revenue, which includes Mozilla's foundation and corporation, came in at $66.8 million in 2006.
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Traci Hailpern / Inside AdSense:
Coming soon: Make ad changes without replacing code — We're very excited to let you know about an upcoming feature that lets you easily manage your ad units from within your AdSense account. It isn't live yet, but here's a sneak peek so you'll know what to expect in the coming weeks.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
OiNK.cd Servers Raided, Admin Arrested — The British and the Dutch police both contributed to the investigation that was initiated by the IFPI and the BPI, two well known anti-piracy organizations. The operation was supported by Interpol who coordinated the international cooperation.
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Read/WriteWeb, IFPI, TechWag, TechSpot News, Channel 9, Neowin.net, paidContent, Mashable! and Digg
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Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Report: 7 Out Of 10 Americans Experience 'Search Engine Fatigue' — A recent report issued by Autobytel, based on on findings from a poll of 1,001 US adults conduted by Kelton Research, examined "The State of Search" and how automobile shoppers interact with search engines in particular.
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Mapping The Southern California Fires — I'm back home (my original home) in Southern California for vacation, and to welcome me back, the Southland is on fire. Ah, just like old times. As I was keeping up with the news, I came across some maps online from Google Earth, Google Maps …
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Rev2.org, Computerworld, DSLreports, Bloggers Blog, dailywireless.org, New York Times and CenterNetworks
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
With FriendCSV, Data Sneaks Out Facebook's Back Door — As we've suggested before, there is an underlying problem with many proprietary systems - such as Facebook - because information inside of them tends to get trapped. Information flows in but not so easily back out.
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Another day, another key Googler departs — Salman Ullah, Google's director of corporate development, has left the company to found a venture firm called Copper River Partners, we've learned from a source. Ullah's LinkedIn profile confirms he is an "owner" of the firm.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Yang: Being Yahoo CEO is a 'lonely job' — HALF MOON BAY, Calif.—Being chief executive of Yahoo is "a lonely job," says Jerry Yang, who co-founded the company in 1994 and was promoted to the top job in June in a management shakeup. — "It is a lonely job in the sense …
Business Wire:
Amazon.com Announces Third Quarter Sales up 41% Year over Year - Raises Financial Guidance - Expects Record Holiday Season — SEATTLE—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN - News) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2007.
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
Update: Microsoft considering opening up device manager — San Francisco (IDGNS) - Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said on Tuesday. — Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft's mobile …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:Microsoft's sleeper smartphone announcement: Live ID from your phone
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Apple should start offering Windows-based Macs — Here's a question that I received from yesterday's mail bag: … Now, I have checked and I'm pretty sure that this email isn't from Steve Jobs, but it's an interesting question nonetheless. Apple is, without a doubt …
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The Macalope, ParisLemon, CNET News.com, eWEEK.com, MacDailyNews, The Mac Observer, CrunchGear, The Last Podcast and Channel 9
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Cisco buying WiMax start-up for $330 million — Cisco Systems is getting into the WiMax market. — The networking equipment maker said Tuesday that it will spend $330 million in cash and assumed options for Navini Networks, a Richardson, Texas-based start-up that makes mobile WiMax equipment.
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The Register, Cisco, VentureBeat, dailywireless.org, alarm:clock, Reuters, GigaOM, Digital Download, Tech Trader Daily and Valleywag
Doc Searls Weblog:
Too much face(book) time — Here's the problem. For me, anyway. — I believe the Net is an open place. Same with the Web. — I also believe private walled gardens on the Web are fine things. Nothing wrong with them. — My problem is when the former starts looking and acting like the latter.
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
BustedTees offers sales commission through Facebook app — BustedTees, the Web site responsible for that "Prose before Hos" t-shirt that you wore to your English 101 final exam, has announced a Facebook Platform application that offers to split cash revenue with users willing to install it.
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Ed Felten / Freedom to Tinker:
Comcast Blocks Some Traffic, Won't Explain Itself — Comcast's apparent policy of blocking some BitTorrent traffic, which has been discussed on tech sites [example] for months, has now broken out into the mainstream press. Comcast is making things worse by refusing to talk plainly about what they are doing and why.
