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Walt Mossberg / Mossblog:
Super-Slim ThinkPad Sneak Peek — Only a month or so after Apple announced its MacBook Air laptop, which it calls the world's thinnest laptop, Lenovo is about to spring its own super-skinny machine: the ThinkPad X300. Here's a sneak peek. My full review will appear after I have fully tested …
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Darren Murph / Engadget:
Walt checks out ThinkPad X300, also fits in manila folder — Well, would you look at that. The image we're certain your eyes are fixated on above is indeed the first look at Lenovo's forthcoming X300 ultraportable, and it's being provided courtesy of Walt Mossberg.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo And News Corp. Continue Marathon Discussions; Possible Bid To Counter Microsoft — At the start of the Microsoft/Yahoo saga we reported that News Corp. was scrambling to put together a bid to compete with Microsoft, but backed down because they were unable to find outside funding …
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Wall Street Journal:
Google Cools on Ad Tie-Up — Google's enthusiasm has waned for a potential advertising tie-up that could help Yahoo thwart Microsoft's bid. (Complete coverage)
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:Yahoo: WSJ Says Google Cools On Outsourcing Idea; Are They Talking To News Corp.?
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Exec Bails: Bradley Horowitz Leaves For Google — Bradley Horowitz, head of Yahoo's Advanced Technology Division (and mentioned in a post earlier today), has accepted a position with Google, we've confirmed via a source at Yahoo. We have a message into Bradley for a comment, but have not yet heard back.
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Yahoo staffers clogging the exits — Many people seem surprised that Yahoo would go ahead with layoffs despite its ongoing takeover battle with Microbeast, but the fact is that everything doesn't grind to a halt when a takeover offer shows up. Yahoo has to proceed as though the deal may not go through …
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:Google sucks talent from Yahoo
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Mike Sachoff / WebProNews:
Comcast Stands By Its Internet Filtering — Says it has to manage traffic flow — Comcast has admitted that it intentionally slows down some traffic on its network, including music and movie downloads. — The company said in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission that slowing …
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Apple TV 2.0 Review — Ever since our Apple TV 1.0 review decided that Apple's thrust into the living room wasn't pantsworthy, we've been waiting for them to step up and make a revision that was. Apple TV 2.0 is their answer. (Let's stop calling it Take 2, please!)
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Official Google Blog:
What if... you could have your doodle on the Google homepage for a day? — Posted by Marissa Mayer, Vice President of Search Products & User Experience, and Dennis Hwang, Webmaster Manager and Chief Google Doodler — Today, we're excited to announce the Doodle 4 Google competition.
RushLimbaugh.com:
El Rushbo's Appeal to Steve Jobs — BEGIN TRANSCRIPT — RUSH: I can't believe you would say that. For those of you watching on the Dittocam today at RushLimbaugh.com, you've probably seen me pretty animated here during the break talking to the broadcast engineer and my trusty aide-de-camp …
BenQ:
BenQ's First Mobile Internet Device Brings a Whole New Level of Mobile Internet Experience to Users — A tailor-made user interface brings a complete Internet experience to sophisticated consumers — Taipei, Taiwan, February 12th, 2008- BenQ today announces that it will showcase …
Electronista:
BlackBerry gets home media server, prepaid e-mail — Research in Motion and its partners have used the Mobile World Congress show to unwrap a pair of key updates for its BlackBerry smartphones, including its first “push” e-mail service for the home. Known as a Unite Server …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Danish Pirate Bay Block Breaks EU Law — Last week a Danish court ordered the ISP “Tele2″ to block its customers access to The Pirate Bay. The decision heated the debate on ISPs Internet filtering, and it now turns out that filtering traffic to The Pirate Bay is actually illegal according to European law.
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Daily Mail:
Man arrested at gunpoint after police mistake his MP3 player for a gun — Armed police held an innocent mechanic at gunpoint when they mistook his MP3 player for a pistol. — Darren Nixon, 28, was arrested and put in police cell for simply listening to music on his way home from work.
Techmeme News:
New Twitter and RSS “Firehose” feeds include all headlines — High-volume, “complete” RSS feeds are available now for Techmeme, WeSmirch, memeorandum, and Ballbug. For years, the RSS feed for each site has included the day's most important 20-30 headlines, typically those placed “above the fold”.
