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Amit / Digital Inspiration:
How Techmeme Homepage Changes Over Time - Video — It's amazing to see how blog stories make it to the Techmeme homepage, stay there for a couple of minutes (or hours) and then get replaced by fresh news. — The following video clip captures 50 hours of Techmeme activity and replays it in 50 seconds.
Dean Takahashi / Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi:
CES gadgets: Netgear shows 15 new networking products for an “all access” home — According to International Data Corp., there are 34.4 million homes with computer networks now. Of those, 12.4 million have Internet access for non-PC devices in the living room, such as game consoles.
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Information overload in the Facebook-ABC presidential debates? — MANCHESTER, N.H.—It sounded like a good idea at first: Let Internet users be part of, virtually speaking, the Democratic and Republican presidential debates on Saturday evening by posting comments on a special Facebook message board.
Andrew Moore / Bend Bulletin:
Unseen Internet — Area's wireless providers fill a variety of niches — Although invisible, Internet traffic crackles through the skies of Central Oregon. — The region is home to four local companies that have built separate networks to provide wireless, high-speed (also called broadband) …
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Peter Ha / CrunchGear:
Vizio announces 30 HDTV models — I'm going to save you the shenenigans and snark by just pasting what Vizio sent us. Essentially, they've got 32-inch plasmas for $689 and 50-inchers for $1,399 — 1080p, naturally — and a few new surround sound systems and LCDs.
BenQ Global:
Press Center — Products Events — BenQ Reveals its First Mobile Internet Device at 2008 CES — Giving users a full interactive Internet experience anytime, anywhere by combining the advantages of notebooks and smartphones — Taipei, Taiwan, January, 4th, 2008- Global digital lifestyle …
Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Fujitsu intros a handful of concept designs at CES 2008 — Fujitsu isn't just updating old laptops, you know. The company currently has scores of mad geniuses sweating away on new, bizarre, and possibly unnecessary concepts, too. For your viewing pleasure we present the “Card Viewer,” …
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Data And The Future Of The Web — After I asserted several times that data is the key to the future of the web, Umair Haque gave my head a good spin by asserting that data is in fact a commodity. Umair is half right — we are increasingly overrun by data, and SOME of it is a commodity.
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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Saddest Sight in the World: HD DVD Sponsored Bags at CES — Oh, poor HD DVD. Toshiba pays big bucks to stamp its name and the HD DVD logo on every journo bag they hand out at CES. But Warner's bitchslap has sent them home to cut their wrists and cry in the corner, so they're not even here!
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Business Wire:
Spin, Click, Groove: Logitech Squeezebox Duet Network Music System Delivers Access, Control of Digital Music Anywhere in the Home — Full-Color Controller, Wireless Receiver Allow People To Manage Digital Music from the Palm of Their Hand — LAS VEGAS—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Today Logitech …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
@twitcrit: instareviews — So here's what I'm trying — and I'm grateful for any help in doing it better: — The idea is that Twitter users can share instant reviews of what they're watching — TV shows, movies, concerts, anything — by twittering (is the verb form tweeting?) to @twitcrit.
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Marc Andreessen / blog.pmarca.com:
Porn, Ning, and the Internet — There's been a recent flurry of commentary about Ning and porn. While I appreciate everyone's thoughts on the topic, I wanted to post directly and tell you what we know and what we think. — Let's take the issues in order:
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The Boy Genius Report:
Vodafone Roadmap: Palm Drucker! — Been a Palm fan forever but feel you're getting quite shafted lately? We'd agree. So let's see if the Palm Drucker can change any of that! To start it off, the Palm Drucker is going to rock quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE with a tri-band UMTS/HSDPA radio!
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Howard Owens:
Journalists doing their jobs better is a competitive advantage — In a piece about data portability, John Battelle shifts into a discussion about the difference between a business that competes on price vs. a business that competes on service. He says:
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Christopher Grant / Engadget:
Magellan and Google buddy up for Maestro Elite 5340+GPRS — The GPS magicians at Magellan and the search wizards at Google have combined their relative (and also fantastical) talents to deliver the Maestro Elite 5340+GPRS, a GPS unit rocking some GPRS cellular capabilities.
