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12:05 PM ET, April 8, 2008

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Jumps Head First Into Web Services With Google App Engine  —  Our live coverage of the Google App Engine launch event is here.  —  Google isn't just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more.  Tonight at 9pm PT they're launching Google App Engine (Update: The site is live) …
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Paul McDonald / Google App Engine Blog:
Introducing Google App Engine + our new blog  —  At tonight's Campfire One we launched a preview release of Google App Engine — a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure.  The goal is to make it easy to get started with a new web app …
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
Google: Cloud Control to Major Tom  —  Google has just launched Google App Engine, “a developer tool that enables you to run your web applications on Google's infrastructure.”  This will allow startups to use Google's web servers, APIs, and other developer tools to build a web app on top of.
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
Fred / A VC:
Can The Y Combinator Idea Turn Into A Movement?  —  Most readers of this blog know what Y Combinator is.  Hell, last month two of the top five referrers were affiliated with Y Combinator.  But for those who don't know, Y Combinator was started by Paul Graham and now runs two programs a year …
Discussion: michael parekh on IT
Brady Forrest / O'Reilly Radar:
App Engine: Host Your Apps with Google  —  Tonight at their second CampFireOne Google Code is announcing App Engine, a hosted platform for web developers.  The actual service will launch later tonight in a closed Beta.  10,000 developers will be granted access on a first come, first serve basis.
Discussion: Techdirt and broadstuff
Phil Wainewright / Software as Services:
Let the PaaS wars begin  —  A month ago, I wrote about the plethora of PaaS options available from the cloud, setting out a five-layer model to categorize them.  With last night's announcement of Google App Engine, it's all stepped up a notch.  People are already talking about when Microsoft …
Nick / Rough Type:
Google unlocks its data centers
Discussion: CNET News.com
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Google App Engine: Launching a startup gets even easier
Discussion: STARTUP CHATTER
SmoothSpan Blog:   Well Done Google App Engine, Congratulations Python!
James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun:
jkOnTheRun review- hands on with the HP Mini-Note UMPC  —  The Asus EEE PC woke people up to the benefits that a sub-notebook device brings to consumers, especially if it's priced attractively.  HP is releasing their hotly awaited sub-notebook and the Mini is a solid first effort in this small notebook category.
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Bill Evans / Apple:
Final Cut Server Now Shipping  —  Apple® today announced that Final Cut® Server, a powerful software solution for media asset management and workflow automation, is now shipping.  A scaleable server application, Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets …
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Jeff Smykil / Infinite Loop:
Final Cut Server finally shipping, one year later  —  Flash back to 51 weeks ago.  If you recall correctly, and I'm sure you do, the National Association of Broadcasters' conference was underway, Apple was there, and the company had its new product party hat on.
Discussion: MacRumors, Macworld and MacDailyNews
James Sherwood / The Register:
Nokia confirms ‘iPhone killer’ handset in pipeline  —  Nokia has confirmed that it's developing a touchscreen-equipped handset to take on the Apple iPhone, and has shown off pictures of the upcoming phone to drooling onlookers.  —  The Finnish giant's handset is codenamed ‘Tube’ …
Discussion: last100 and MacDailyNews
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Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Ballmer's Secret Weapon  —  Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer may have a secret weapon in his fight with Yahoo! Chief Executive Jerry Yang for control of the beleaguered Web portal: Yahoo! shareholders who also hold gobs of Microsoft stock.  —  Because of the software giant's size …
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Therese Poletti / MarketWatch:
Yahoo seems headed the way of PeopleSoft
Discussion: Tech Ticker
I'm Not Actually a Geek:
When Your Blog Is LouisGrayCrunched...  Start-ups can go through the Slashdot Effect, the Digg Effect or be TechCrunched.  Well, five blogs were LouisGrayCrunched on yesterday.  —  Louis Gray is a top blogger in the tech world.  He covers a lot of good tech topics, perhaps best known for his early and bullish coverage of FriendFeed.
Chris Williams / The Register:
Phorm admits ‘over zealous’ editing of Wikipedia article  —  $10,000 Panda Challenge - are you really protected?  —  Updated Phorm has admitted that it deleted key factual parts of the Wikipedia article about the huge controversy fired by its advertising profiling deals with BT, Virgin Media and Carphone Warehouse.
Discussion: TechCrunch, WebProNews and p2pnet
Associated Press:
Virginia 1st state to require Internet safety lessons  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia is the first state to mandate that public schools offer Internet safety classes for all grade levels — and it's one of many measures being taken nationally to protect young Web users.
 
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Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Dongles power 3's data surge
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Morgan Keegan Cuts Rating To Underperform; Sees Slowdown …
Discussion: AppleInsider
Dennis O'Reilly / CNET News.com:
Put a finer point on your Gmail searches
Michael Horowitz / CNET News.com:
Don't get burned by Windows Update
Fareastgizmos.com:
World's first Vibrating Braille cell phone developed in Japan
Discussion: Gadget Lab and Engadget
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Courts chip away at Web sites' decade-old legal shield
Kit Eaton / Gizmodo:
Sony's BDZ-A70 Blu-Ray Recorder Transfers to PSP: TV, not Disc
IDG News Service:
Samsung Unveils Its First HSUPA Cell Phone
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David Batty / Guardian:
UN uses Google to pinpoint refugee crises
Discussion: Ogle Earth
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The Next Generation Search Engine - Cluuz
Eliot Van Buskirk / Listening Post:
Wal-Mart Abandons Windows DRM, Sony/BMG and Warner
Elizabeth Olson / New York Times:
Bar Code Sales Tool Is Failing Campus Test
Tim Arango / New York Times:
CBS Said to Consider Use of CNN in Reporting
Paul McDougall / InformationWeek:
Windows 7 In 2010, Microsoft Says  —  The expected release …
Kelly Jackson Higgins / darkREADING:
New Massive Botnet Twice the Size of Storm
Discussion: Slashdot
Kyle Monson / AppScout:
The Future of Travel Search
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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