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4:00 PM ET, April 8, 2008

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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 …
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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 (Update: we've built and launched a test application here).  —  Google isn't just talking about hosting applications in the cloud any more.
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Early notes on GoogleApps  —  The last few years when something new hits the tech blogosphere, I usually kick back and think while so many others scramble for position on Techmeme.  I find that by doing this I can usually find the nugget that they're all missing, assuming it's an area I'm interested in …
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
HuddleChat: Did Google Just Rip Off 37Signals?  —  Blogs are abuzz this morning about HuddleChat, a real-time chat application that a team of three Google developers created to show off Google's new App Engine platform.  The chat software bears a striking resemblance to the popular Campfire app from 37Signals.
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.
Jackson West / Valleywag:
GOOGLE APP ENGINE CAN'T HANDLE DEMAND FOR GOOGLE APP ENGINE …
Discussion: Download Squad
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Google App Engine: History's Next Step or Monopolistic Boondoggle?
Discussion: TechCrunch and Mashable!
Bret Taylor / Bret Taylor's blog:   Experimenting with Google App Engine
Fred / A VC:
Can The Y Combinator Idea Turn Into A Movement?
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Find new people to follow on Twitter with Twubble  —  Twitter's really no fun unless you have a few interesting people to follow.  But what's the best way to find new Twitter users?  You could look at the friend lists for the people you already follow, but that could take forever.
Discussion: Mark Evans
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Rodney Rumford / FaceReviews:
Want to Expand Your Twitter Friends? Try Twubble
Discussion: Webware.com and SheGeeks
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’ …
Therese Poletti / MarketWatch:
Yahoo seems headed the way of PeopleSoft  —  Commentary: Yang's fight against Microsoft seems futile at this point  —  SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang has not resorted to boorish tactics like calling Steve Ballmer a sociopath or comparing him to Genghis Khan …
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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Jon Fortt / Big Tech:
HP's mini laptop packs a punch  —  The HP Mini laptop is aimed at the education market, but it could appeal to road warriors as well.  Image: HP  —  Pick up HP's new $500 mini-laptop, and the first thing you notice is the aluminum casing.  Though the thing weighs only about 2.5 pounds …
Emily Green / Wall Street Journal:
Dollars for HD Losers  —  Did you plop down big dollars for a high-definition DVD player using Toshiba's HD DVD format — which recently lost the battle with Sony's Blu-ray format?  —  Well, depending where you bought it, you may be eligible for a refund or a gift card to ease the disappointment.
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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Wal-Mart Refunding HD DVD Players Bought On or After Nov. 1
Discussion: Electronista, Ubergizmo and TG Daily
Dennis O'Reilly / CNET News.com:
Put a finer point on your Gmail searches  —  The first application I open and the last one I close each workday is Gmail.  —  Even though I use the service's labels and filters to sort my mail, I often found myself scrolling through the 600-plus messages in my Gmail in-box to find the one I need.
Discussion: Webware.com and PC World
Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
iPhone Developer Lockdown reportedly iPinkBricks all dev units  —  Reports are streaming into TUAW that official iPhone developers have been hit this morning by the Pink Screen of Expired Release.  Their beta licenses for the current 1.2/2.0 firmware distribution have expired as of 12:01am April 8th.
Google Android News Android Forums:
Nokia N810 Running Google Android  —  First it was the Sharp Zaurus and the Armadillo 500, now it's the turn of the Nokia N810.  Yup, Google Android has been successfully installed on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet and it works too.  —  The Wiki page at elinux.org details the install guide …
Skrentablog:
Cuill is banned on 10,000 sites  —  Be careful while you debug your crawler...  Webmasters these days get very touchy about letting new spiders walk all over their sites.  There are so many scraper bots, email harvesters, exploit probers, students running Nutch on gigabit university pipes …
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Mossberg: I Have No Idea When 3G iPhone Is Coming, And I Don't Care  —  That Walt Mossberg prediction about a 3G iPhone in June?  Hold off on that, says Walt Mossberg.  The Wall Street Journal's personal tech guru tells us he has no idea when Apple (AAPL) is releasing its next phone.
Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Unlocked iPhone Shopping Guide: World Tour Edition (AAPL)  —  Why can't Apple (AAPL) keep enough iPhones in stock in its U.S. stores?  One theory: Because so many are being bought to be “unlocked” and resold overseas.  —  We've seen plenty of anecdotal reports of tourists leaving the U.S. full of iPhones (or trying to).
Discussion: Apple 2.0
 
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Online Retailers: A Little Tired Of Paying For Your Shipping
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
IBM launches mashups for business portfolio
Discussion: Computerworld
Andrew McLaughlin / Google Public Policy Blog:
How Google determines the names for bodies of water in Google Earth
Matt Asay / CNET News.com:
Alfresco's sales up 320 percent, hits 30,000 active deployments
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Meredith Whittaker / Official Google Docs Blog:
Social spreadsheeting  —  All of us who are Google employees …
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Crucial tool now tells all about your Mac's memory
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Video: Lenovo's Ideapad U8 interface scrolls like butter, looks like candy
Discussion: The Tech Report
ChairmanMEOW / MEOW! Blog:
Sonopia Ceases Operations - Another Victim on the US MVNO Scene
Eric A. Taub / New York Times:
Philips Ending Production of TVs for U.S. Market
Discussion: Engadget and Engadget HD
Clear Channel Communications, Inc.:
Clear Channel Radio Now Broadcasting 340+ HD Stations Compatible …
Discussion: PC World, MacDailyNews and MacUser
Laura MacInnis / Reuters:
Google Maps Give Close-Up View of UN Refugee Camps
Discussion: TG Daily
Larry Dignan / Zero Day:
RSA: Microsoft launches trusted Internet initiative; Aims for security dialogue
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Open source will not save education
Discussion: The Chronicle …
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