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Live Search:
Facebook “friends” Live Search — Today we're excited for our friends at Facebook. Now Facebook users in the U.S. have the option to “Search Facebook” or “Search the Web.” In addition, adCenter is delivering search ads alongside those results. For me that means getting great search results …
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Leah Pearlman / Facebook Blog:
What are you looking for today? — We're always working on innovative ways to make your experience on Facebook more useful. Toward that goal, today we've added Microsoft Live Search to your Facebook search experience (for people in the US). This is the first step in giving you the ability …
YouTube Blog:
Like What You See? Then Click-to-Buy on YouTube — When you view a YouTube video with a great soundtrack, you often see comments from YouTube users asking about the name of the song and where they can download it. Or when users watch the trailer for an upcoming video game …
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Adobe:
Flash Player workaround available for “Clickjacking” issue — Vulnerability identifier: APSA08-08 — Affected Software: Adobe Flash Player 9.0.124.0 and earlier — Adobe is aware of recently published reports of a ‘Clickjacking’ issue in multiple web browsers that could allow an attacker …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Investor David Einhorn Done With Microsoft, Ballmer — Famed hedge-fund manager David Einhorn (Greenlight Capital), the man who shorted Lehman Brothers, has been clobbered along with other Wall Street stars over the past few months. In his “I'm sorry about our awful performance” …
Mozilla Labs:
Introducing Geode — Always know where you are. — You've arrived in a new city, a new continent, a new coffee shop. You don't really know where you are, and are looking for a good place to eat. You pull out your laptop, fire up Firefox, and go to your favorite review site.
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Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
BlackBerry Storm debuts with app store, Mac suite on the way — Research in Motion has launched its very first touchscreen smartphone — and promises to shadow Apple's iTunes App Store while also providing an official utility to sync its phones with Macs. — Also known as the 9500 …
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Anita Hamilton / Time:BlackBerry's Storm Aims to Blow the iPhone Away
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DailyTech, BerryReview.com, InformationWeek, CrackBerry.com blogs, Gizmodo, PalmAddicts and Boy Genius Report
Rupert Neate / Telegraph:
Steve Wozniak interview: iconic co-founder on the iPod, iPhone, and future for Apple — In an exclusive interview with the Telegraph, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak wonders how long the iPod can stay on top spot, laments the limitations of the iPhone 3G, agrees with the downgrade on Apple shares …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
Government report: Data mining doesn't work well — The most extensive government report to date on whether terrorists can be identified through data mining has yielded an important conclusion: It doesn't really work. — A National Research Council report, years in the making and scheduled …
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Digital Daily, nationalacademies.org, InformationWeek, The Register, The Noisy Channel, UMBC ebiquity and Slashdot
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Apple's Brick: A Radical New Laptop? — The latest whispers are that Apple will announce a notebook made from a solid brick of aluminum — When they're not hand-wringing over the recent drop in Apple's share price, Mac enthusiasts have been transfixed lately by the mystery product …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Judge keeps RealDVD restraining order in place — SAN FRANCISCO—RealNetworks on Tuesday failed to convince a district judge to allow the company to begin selling RealDVD, until she learns from experts how the DVD-copying software functions. — That means RealDVD is unlikely to reappear …
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac — Feelin' left in the dust while all your Outlook-loving PC friends get all the cool BlackBerry stuff? Well, RIM has been hard at work on the Mac side of things, and we've got a first look at BlackBerry Media Sync for Mac. This isn't a final version …
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BlackBerry Cool, MobileCrunch, Infinite Loop, Negative Approach, CrackBerry.com blogs, IntoMobile, Gizmodo and VOIP IP Telephony
Julian Prokaza / Mobile Computer:
Asus Eee PC S101 — Leaked photos have already hinted at the existence of a high-end Eee PC from Asus, but little else has so far been revealed about this sleek new netbook - until today, that is. Asus has now officially announced the Eee PC S101 and Mobile Computer is lucky enough to have scooped the worldwide exclusive review.
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Jimmy Wales: The New Wikia Search API “Is Like Facebook Apps For Search Results.” — Jimmy Wales is opening up the Wikia Search engine to anyone who wants their own data or application to show up in results. Called Wikia Intelligent Search Extensions (WISE), it lets developers create search results based on certain keywords or rules.
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Dan Kaplan / VentureBeat:
LP33.tv launches the underground's answer to MySpace Music — Today, LP33.tv, the company formerly known as MyAWOL, goes live with its intensely ambitious site for unsigned musicians. The site centers around a video player that features original music videos, short band documentaries and news clips …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Online ad revenue strong first half of 2008: What about the second half? — Internet ad revenue surged in the first half of 2008, up 15.2 percent to $11.5 billion compared to a year ago, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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Business Wire, greg hughes, WebProNews, Contentinople, Epicenter, Search Engine Watch, Media Bullseye and Blogspotting
Nat Ives / AdAge:
Facebook COO: Web Needs New Model, New Metrics — Social-Networking Site Points to MTV Promotion of Video Awards as Way to Use Online Ads to Generate Demand — SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — Facebook's latest attempt to finally get some real ad revenue has shown early signs of promise …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google's Moment of Truth: Stock Hits $350 — Google's stock is now down more than 50% from its high, at a level that most Google fans (and analysts) would have considered unthinkable a year ago. In fact, the stock has now dropped to a level it hasn't seen consistently in more than three years.
David Kaplan / paidContent.org:
Eisner On Online Video And What ‘Works’: Sex And Sarah Palin; But ‘Story’ Is The Thing — Veoh founder Dmitry Shapiro climbed on stage at a small theater in Manhattan to introduce a discussion on the changes online video has been experiencing. For its mini-conference, the Veoh Insights Series …
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
MySpace And HP Team Up To Help You Print Out Those Drunken Photos — MySpace has partnered with computer giant Hewlett-Packard to introduce a number of new print options to the popular social networking site. Beginning in November, users will be able to click an HP-branded “Print” …
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Between the Lines, The Technology Chronicles, Associated Press, WebProNews, RotorBlog.com, CNET News and Mashable!
Business Wire:
NeuroSky to Unveil Brainwave-Controlled Video Game Concept Co-Developed With Square Enix — TOKYO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—NeuroSky, Inc., the leading manufacturer of “wearable” consumer bio-sensors, announced today the unveiling of a brainwave-controlled video game at the Tokyo Game Show 2008 in Makuhari, Japan, on October 9 and 10.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Digg Should Buy StumbleUpon — From left: StumbleUpon Backers Brad O'Neill and Ron Conway with founder Garrett Camp. (Photo: Om Malik.) — Over the past few weeks, speculation has surfaced that StumbleUpon, a social media utility that was acquired by eBay in April 2007 for around $75 million, was back on the market.
