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2:45 PM ET, November 29, 2008

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Harrison Hoffman / The Web Services Report:
Joost gets back on our radar with iPhone app  —  Men in Black playing on Joost's new iPhone app.  —  If ever there was a Web service that experienced a rapid fall from grace, it was online video start-up Joost.  What started out as a much anticipated new service ultimately fell short …
Discussion: Signal to Noise
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Joost is loosed on the iPhone.  Looks great, performance an issue  —  Joost, the once mega-hyped online video startup, has just launched a free application for the iPhone to grant mobile access to its videos.  With a nice, clean interface, this app could be a winner — if it can get over the performance issues currently plaguing it.
Kevin Kelleher / GigaOM:
What If the Recession Does Turn Into a Depression?  —  It's far from certain — it's even a fairly remote possibility — but the possibility of an economic depression is being discussed more and more these days.  As is to be expected, the discussion tends to be centered around how much of what we're used to having could be destroyed.
Discussion: HipMojo.com
Janko Roettgers / NewTeeVee:
Macbook Video DRM Problems Continue to Make Waves  —  Apple continues to find itself in hot water over its decision to support strict copy protection standards with its new line of Macbooks.  Owners of the new generation of Macbooks and Macbook Pros were up in arms last week about the fact …
Chris Mellor / The Register:
So what will happen to Sun?  —  The new Silicon Valley parlour game  —  Comment Silicon Valley has a new parlour game: what's going to happen to Sun after the cuts?  Rumours suggest it will merge with EMC, that HP or IBM will take it over, that Fujitsu will buy its hardware business …
Datamation:
Secondhand PCs Go Unused Despite Demand  —  While the supply of PCs isn't keeping up with worldwide demand, retired desktops are largely going untapped as an alternative, with less than 50 percent of machines being reused, according to a Gartner study released today.
Dusan Belic / IntoMobile:
Nokia Build comes to UK; Allows customization of Nokia 7310 Supernova  —  Few days ago I ranted about Nokia France's new web service called Nokia Build, which allows users to customize the Nokia 7310 Supernova prior to purchasing it.  Now the Finnish giant is bringing the same service to the United Kingdom …
Discussion: Pat Phelan
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
More Ways to Hide Google SearchWiki  —  In a recent interview with Cedric Dupont, product manager for Google SearchWiki, we found that Google doesn't intend to provide an option to disable SearchWiki.  “While users don't have the option of turning off SearchWiki, they do have the option not to use the feature.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
The iPhone and the Ensuing Wireless Broadband Boom  —  I have been saying for some time that the launch of the 3G iPhone was going to jump-start the demand for wireless broadband.  The subsequent release of additional web-friendly mobile phones (we like to call them superphones ) …
Discussion: DSLreports and Newsome.Org
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Where was Sock Puppet's bailout?  —  Sock Puppet was the well-known marketing mascot for the iconic dot-com bubble company Pets.com.  The climax in the company's two-year boom and bust was its $1.2 million Super Bowl commercial, where Sock Puppet introduced mainstream America to its online pet-supply ordering and home delivery service.
Discussion: Alley Insider, TechWag and TechFlash
VentureBeat:
Breaking: Google News doesn't break tech news  —  Confession: We're tech news junkies.  In order to be any good at what we do (tech blogging), we kind of have to be.  A tech news junky's best friend is an RSS reader — we troll hundreds of sources and thousands of stories on a daily basis looking …
Planetbeing / Linux on the iPhone:
LINUX ON THE IPHONE  —  Linux on the iPhone!  —  I'm pleased to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to Apple's iPhone platform, with support for the first and second generation iPhones as well as the first generation iPod touch.  This is a rough first draft of the port …
 
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Seth Godin / Seth's Blog:
Don't know what you've got till it's gone
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
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Associated Press:
Mother Wants Maximum Penalty in Cyberbullying Case
Discussion: ZDNet Government
Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Radar:
Put change.gov Under Revision Control!
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
ITV, Google Sign Paid Search Ads Deal; So Much For The ‘Parasite’
Discussion: Guardian
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Dong Ngo / Crave: The gadget blog:
Unlocking iPhone 3Gs—the Vietnamese way
Discussion: MacBlogz and Appletell
Dyan Machan / SmartMoney.com:
Jeff Bezos on the Future of Amazon.com
Discussion: Andrea on Amazon …
Amy-Mae Elliott / Pocket-lint.co.uk:
MSI WindBox unveiled
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget
BBC:
Barack Obama's plans for the web
 

 
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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”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Patrick Frater / Variety:
Tencent Music reports Q4 revenue down 7% YoY to $971M and a $198M profit; in 2023, paying subscribers rose 21% YoY to 107M and net profit rose 36% YoY to $735M

 
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