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12:00 PM ET, December 31, 2007

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Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
BlackBerry 9000 revealed, major disappointment?  —  It appears the rumored touchscreen BB is just a myth if you believe what first time poster Cooper over at BB Forums has to say.  This photo was purportedly taken in Waterloo at the RIM campus.  The 9xxx line won't see a touchscreen for a long …
Discussion: Electronista and Engadget
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
New Blackberry 9000 in iPhone Black?  —  A picture of what may or may not be the next-generation Blackberry 9000 popped up in an online forum.  The device does not appear to have a touchscreen, but it does sport a black iPhone-like sheen.  Again, this could be the real deal, a hoax, or some unrelated prototype.
Discussion: Silicon Alley Insider
The Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry 9000 surfaces?  —  Who knows at this point, honestly.  From our own mock-up, to many other ones online, it's going to take a lot to convince us.  That said friends, this does look pretty legit if it turns out to be true.  We'll let you all debate whether you like or not.
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Australia Joins China In Censoring The Internet  —  The Australian Government has announced that they will be joining China as one of the few countries globally that broadly censor the internet.  —  The Labor Party's policy was announced prior to the Australian Election in November …
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ABC News:
Conroy announces mandatory internet filters to protect children  —  Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy says new measures are being put in place to provide greater protection to children from online pornography and violent websites.  —  Senator Conroy says it will be mandatory …
Electronista:
LG preps 52, 84-inch multi-touch LCDs, more  —  LG Phillips LCD has today revealed some of its first multi-touch displays and is targeting them at users who want to bring the technology to large rooms and public spaces.  At 52 and 84 inches, the two new displays are the largest yet to allow …
Discussion: PC World and GottaBeMobile
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lgphilips-lcd.com:
LG.Philips LCD Unveils its Newest LCDs for Public Displays at CES 2008  —  52-inch Multi-touch Screen, 42-inch Transflective LCD, 47-inch Double Sided LCD and Multi-vision Display Among Company's CES Public Display Technology Zone Highlights  —  LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (NYSE: LPL, KRX …
Discussion: CrunchGear and Gizmodo
Bill Ray / The Register:
Vonage shakes off patent disputes  —  Annus horribilis ends with Nortel agreement  —  Vonage and Nortel have agreed to settle their patent differences with an exchange of licenses, and no money changing hands, ending a year of litigation for Vonage and clearing the decks before 2008.
Discussion: Computerworld
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Reuters:
Vonage and Nortel settle patent dispute  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet-based calling company Vonage Holdings Corp (VG.N) said it has agreed to settle a patent dispute with Nortel Networks (NT.TO) (NT.N) with no payment of damages, sending its share up more than 8 percent.
Podcasting News:
High Definition DVD Formats Going Nowhere Fast  —  Despite the fact that prices have plummeted for next-generation high-definition DVD players, the two systems — Blu-ray, developed by Sony, and HD DVD, from Toshiba, have sold only about one million stand-alone players combined.
Discussion: Gizmodo
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Conrad Longmore / Dynamoo's Blog:
Js/snz.a - likely false positive in eTrust / Vet Anti-Virus  —  It appears that CA's eTrust Anti-Virus product (also known as Vet Anti-Virus, often bundled with other security applications such as ZoneAlarm) is coming up with a false positive for js/snz.a for several complex javascript applications.
Susan Kinzie / Washington Post:
Internet Access Is Only Prerequisite For More and More College Classes  —  Berkeley's on YouTube.  American University's hoping to get on iTunes.  George Mason professors have created an online research tool, a virtual filing cabinet for scholars.  And with a few clicks on Yale's Web site …
Discussion: Digg
Evan Blass / Engadget:
iPhone firmware 1.1.3 video walkthrough posted  —  It seems pretty clear by now that the images and videos floating around of an iPhone running firmware 1.1.3 are legit, but if you still have doubts as to their veracity, a new walkthrough that's been posted should put those to rest.
Dion Almaer / techno.blog:
Steve Souders is no longer Chief Performance Yahoo! Instead, a Googler  —  Steve Souders is known for:  — Chief Performance Yahoo!  — Creator of YSlow  — Some book on Web Performance  — Blood nice guy  —  The last point is the most important of course.
 
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Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Top Google Apps in 2007
Pew Internet:
Information Searches That Solve Problems
Stowe Boyd / /Message:
The Cult Of The CEO Gene
Discussion: broadstuff and New York Times
Richard Gray / Telegraph:
Mobile phone you can use in the shower
Discussion: Gizmodo
BBC:
Video games make history in 2007
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Cloudy visions of the future
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Bloggers question the way reporters are paid
 Earlier Items: 
Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
Global Market for Cellphone Ring Tones Is Shrinking
Discussion: mocoNews.net
Josh McHugh / Wired News:
Should Web Giants Let Startups Use the Information They Have About You?
Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
iPod Touch does VoIP
Discussion: ParisLemon
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Does Vista's stunted growth hint at the death of the desktop?
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Web Playgrounds of the Very Young
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Cell phones quickly becoming portable entertainment devices
Discussion: Voices
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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