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John Markoff / New York Times:
Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web — SAN FRANCISCO — On sabbatical in 2001 from Macromedia, Kevin Lynch, a software developer, was frustrated that he could not get to his Web data when he was off the Internet and annoyed that he could not get to his PC data when he was traveling.
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Adobe Technology Platform for RIAs Propels Innovation on the Web — For immediate release — Adobe AIR and Adobe Flex 3 Now Available — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the availability of Adobe® AIR™ and Adobe® Flex® 3 software …
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BBC:
Adobe merge on and offline worlds — Adobe has launched software designed to make it easier for computer users to use online applications offline. — Adobe Air allows developers to build tools that still have some functionality even when a computer is no longer connected to the net.
Daniel Terdiman / Webware.com:
Plants that Twitter when they need to be watered — If you thought it was bad enough that all your friends, and even your mother, want you to keep up with them via their Twitter pages, your plants could now do the same. — That's because the folks at Botanicalls, a group that formed …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
iPhone, Wii guests on stage at this year's Oscars — We keep on telling people that the iPhone and Wii are like totally going to be huge, but maybe they'll finally believe us now that Jon Stewart trotted both out on stage during the Oscars this year. Oh, and perhaps now would be a good …
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BBC:
YouTube outage blamed on Pakistan — Pakistan's attempts to block access to YouTube have been blamed for a near global blackout of the site on Sunday. — Google, the owner of YouTube, blamed the outage on “erroneous internet protocols”, sourced in Pakistan
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IDG News Service:
Fujitsu Shows 500GB Laptop Drive — The latest entry in high-capacity notebooks is Fujitsu, which will release a laptop with a 500GB drive in May. — Recommend this story? — Laptop computer storage is racing fast towards the 500G-byte level with Fujitsu becoming the third hard-disk drive maker …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Fox Said To Be Exploring Termination Of Google Advertising Deal — Even while parent company News Corp. continues to try to disrupt the Microsoft/Yahoo merger, Fox Interactive Media (FIM) is rumored to be in negotiations with Microsoft take Google's place as the MySpace advertising partner.
Wired News:
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business — At the age of 40, King Gillette was a frustrated inventor, a bitter anticapitalist, and a salesman of cork-lined bottle caps. It was 1895, and despite ideas, energy, and wealthy parents, he had little to show for his work. He blamed the evils of market competition.
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Electronista:
Sony intros 13.6MP compact cam, 15X hi-zoom — Sony today broke from the normal cycle of camera updates by releasing two updates to its Cyber-shot lineup. The W300 is the first truly compact point-and-shoot to cross the 12-megapixel barrier and produces 13.6 megapixels without extra bulk.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Blogger, Sans Pajamas, Rakes Muck and a Prize — Of the many landmarks along a journalist's career, two are among those that stand out: winning an award and making the government back down. Last week, Joshua Micah Marshall achieved both. — On Tuesday, it was announced that he had won …
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Getty Images Selling To PE Firm Hellman & Friedman For $2.4 Billion; 39 Percent Premium — Stock photo firm Getty Images (NYSE: GYI), which was known to be shopping itself around, has agreed to sell itself to PE Firm Hellman & Friedman for $2.4 billion or $34.00 per share.
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Mixx, social news competitor to Digg, raises another $2 million — Many startups have tried to take on social news site Digg. Mixx is one of them, but it has a few additional features that lets users fine-tune what stories they see on the site — and it's made some deals with big newspapers.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Gartner: Prep those IT cost cutting plans — Gartner is telling clients to ready their technology cost cutting plans ahead of an economic slowdown. — In October at its Symposium conference, Gartner told clients to prep two IT budgets. One assuming business will continue as usual and another assuming the worst-or a recession.
Ed Burnette / Ed Burnette's Dev Connection:
Forget AMD, Intel should buy Nvidia — AMD stock is in the tank right now, so proposals have been circulating they might be an acquisition target. However this combination makes no sense to me, and it took me a while to figure out why. Intel should be the one buying, and they should be buying Nvidia.
Michael Mace / Mobile Opportunity:
Mobile applications, RIP — Summary: The business of making native apps for mobile devices is dying, crushed by a fragmented market and restrictive business practices. The problems are so bad that the mobile web, despite its many technical drawbacks, is now a better way to deliver new functionality to mobiles.
