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5:15 PM ET, February 17, 2008

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Fred / A VC:
Journabloggers Should Do Their Work Too  —  When I started blogging four and a half years ago, there was a clear delineation between bloggers and journalists.  But that's all changed and now we have this new category, the journablogger.  —  The journablogger has his or her own blog or works …
Discussion: HipMojo.com and WinExtra
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Like.com shows visual search works after all  —  Just six months ago, things weren't looking great for Like, a Silicon Valley company that offers visual search for shopping.  —  Its traffic wasn't going anywhere.  —  But suddenly, over four months, the company has tapped a robust number of users …
Paul Buchheit:
The most import thing to understand about new products and startups  —  First, a quote from Marc Andreessen's “Guide to Startups, part 4: The only thing that matters” … Mark's blog post did not immediately resonate with me, because his terms are somewhat different from the way I think.
Discussion: Insider Chatter and VentureWoods
Haroon Malik / Gizmodo:
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1  —  The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some very interesting Xperia X1 images.  The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren't allowed …
Discussion: PC World and PalmAddicts
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Abul Hussain / adonis | demon:
Leaked! Experia X1 Runs on Windows Mobile 6.1!
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Official HD DVD obituary a matter of days, not weeks  —  On Friday rumor spread fast that Toshiba was about to bail on HD DVD, following a string of unhappy news for the HD DVD camp, beginning with Netflix and Best Buy's decisions to throw their weight behind Blu-ray earlier in the week.
Discussion: Reuters and Xbox 360 Fanboy
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Rob Walker / New York Times:
Dress-Up for Dollars  —  Stardoll  —  “This is a game that girls have played for centuries: it's about standing in front of the mirror and dreaming about being a princess, a rock star or the cool girl next door.”  Mattias Miksche is on the phone from Sweden, making a fair point.
Discussion: Mark Evans and Mashable!
Jibi / The Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry 9000 to introduce OS 4.6.0?  —  If the evidence we're seeing now is correct, the upcoming BlackBerry 9000 will launch with OS 4.6.0.  This was previously hinted to be launching with OS 4.3.2, however that version will suffer the similar fate of rebranding like its predecessor, which was recently changed to version 4.5.0.
Discussion: CrackBerry.com blogs
Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests:
On Media Literacy, “Email Apnea”, and Wonderfully Large Leaps Of Logic.  —  A rather apropros piece, this about “email apnea”, courtesy of the Huffington Post, pimped by Robert Scoble, while in turn was of course reflexively promoted by Techmeme (and other news aggregators, possibly).
Discussion: WinExtra
Ina Steiner / AuctionBytes Blog:
Is eBay Boycott for Real?  —  Sellers are planning to boycott eBay beginning February 18, 2008, in protest of changes eBay announced January 29, 2008, around feedback, fees, seller standards and Best Match search - changes that, taken in total, many sellers believe will jeopardize their ability to sell successfully on eBay.
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Theo Valich / TG Daily - TGDaily:
Exclusive: Dell set to introduce AMD Tri-Core Phenom  —  Recommend article:  —  Round Rock (TX) - Still think that Dell is dropping AMD?  Think again: TG Daily got to the bottom of the Dell/AMD rumors and discovered that Dell is far from dropping its AMD line-up.
Discussion: Engadget
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Samsung ACE global smartphone, M520 go live on Sprint  —  Given the BlackJack's popularity on AT&T, it only makes sense that Sprint (among other carriers) would be looking to get in on that action.  Indeed, as expected, Sprint has now launched Samsung's ACE (get it? like the really good card …
Discussion: Electronista and PhoneNews.com
Robert Vamosi / CNET News.com:
Exploiting QuickTime flaws in ‘Second Life’  —  WASHINGTON—Researchers Charlie Miller of Independent Security Evaluators, and Dino Dai Zovi, turned their attention to Second Life during a Saturday morning presentation at ShmooCon, an East Coast computer hacking conference.
Discussion: UMBC ebiquity
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Sonico: The Biggest Social Networking Site You've Probably Never Heard Of  —  Spanish language social networking site Sonico is the biggest social networking site you've probably never heard of before today.  If you haven't you wouldn't be alone, it has zero hits in Google News as I write this post.
 
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
Studios Sue Google-Backed Chinese P2P Site Xunlei
Discussion: Mashable!
Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Analyze This: Hoaxer Haunts Earnings Calls
Discussion: The Stalwart
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
New Borders Stores Go Digital
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Danny Mendez / Download Squad:
Amazon Software Download Store to include video games soon
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