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David Richards / Smarthouse:
Blu-ray Xbox 360 Planned By Microsoft — Rumours were circulating today that Microsoft is set to dump HD DVD and bring out a Blu ray Xbox 360 by as early as May 2008. The move will allow the Company to go head to head with the Sony PS3 gaming console which has been credited …
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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.
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E-Commerce Times, Engadget, The Tech Report, GamesIndustry.biz, Electronista, Silicon Alley Insider, Slashdot and Xbox 360 Fanboy
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Fred Wilson - Hypocritical, Wrong and Conflicted — Fred Wilson lit a fire today suggesting that certain bloggers need to step it up a notch to improve quality and be more like mainstream journalists. — A fair point if spoken generally, although I'd argue that the quality of reporting done …
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Andy Beard, The Last Podcast, Valleywag, A VC, Joe Duck, robhyndman.com and mathewingram.com/work
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
A Start-Up Says It Can Predict Others' Fate — SAN FRANCISCO — Is your start-up worthy of investment? Ask the venture investor in a box. — Two former Oxford University students are getting attention (and seed money) in Silicon Valley for developing new technology that automates aspects …
Darren Waters / BBC:
Game creators look to the future — The developers of some of the world's most popular video games are in San Francisco this week to discuss the future of the industry. — They will look back on one of their most successful years and discuss tackling the challenges ahead.
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Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Intel Montevina platform to be named Centrino 2 — Intel is planning to rename its brand name for the upcoming notebook Montevina platform to Centrino 2 in order to clear up confusion for consumers, according to sources at notebook makers. — Intel has used the brand name Centrino …
David Barboza / New York Times:
Smugglers Return iPhones to China — SHANGHAI — Factories here churn out iPhones that are exported to the United States and Europe. Then thousands of them are smuggled right back into China. — The strange journey of Apple's popular iPhone, to nearly every corner of the world …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Yahoo Board, Dazed and, Of Course, Confused — That was, of course, the premise of a piece done late last week by the New York Post with the hyped headline, “Board Bucks Yang,” as if the Yahoo co-founder were some incompetent cowboy and the board a spirited mustang. — As if.
Kirby Chien / eWeek:
Source: Chinese Internet Firm Wants Voice in Microsoft/Yahoo Talks — Alibaba Group, in which Yahoo holds a 39 percent stake, wants a stronger voice in the talks between Microsoft and Yahoo to influence how shares would be transferred to any new owner. — BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Twitxr - Like Twitter, With Pictures. Yeah, It's Photoblogging. — FON (better known for building a WiFi community) launched Twitxr today through their FON Labs group. Basically, it's Twitter but allows picture uploads when sending a message (which makes it particularly useful for camera phones).
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New York Times:
Of All the Hurdles to a Merger, View on Technology Is the Highest — SAN FRANCISCO — If Microsoft succeeds in its conquest of Yahoo, what then? — Microsoft would face the task of integrating the culture of Yahoo into its own. Merging corporate cultures is generally a major undertaking in any acquisition.
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Joshua Porter / Bokardo:
The Problem with Social Media Marketing — I was reading a blog today and found this recommendation: — “leverage social tools to create buzz and demand for your product”. — I don't know exactly what was meant by this, but it sounds like causation: that if you use social tools to talk …
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Matt Hickey / CrunchGear:
Rumor: Verizon adding $99 unlimited voice — Verizon is setting to offer an all-you-can-talk voice plan for $99. Word is it's to launch on Tuesday, with ads popping up randomly on USA Today's website, among others. This is hardly surprising as unlimited plans are the next logical step for carriers if they want to stay competitive.
