Techmeme: U.S. auto industry's health affecting Silicon Valley chip makers (Steve Johnson/Mercury News)

7:50 PM ET, November 30, 2008

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Jessica Wohl / Reuters:

Black Friday Web sales jump — CHICAGO (Reuters) - Online sales jumped on Black Friday as consumers searched for electronics such as the Wii video game console and Apple's iPhone and iPod touch, according to eBay Inc and Amazon.com Inc. — Amazon.com and eBay had both forecast a weaker holiday …

Discussion: Hardware 2.0, TECH.BLORGE.com, Associated Press, blogs.chron.com, Christopher Null and Technosailor.com

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:

Apple's Black Friday bestsellers — In a holiday shopping season that got off to a better start than expected, Apple (AAPL) products sold particularly well — although not as well as last year, judging from sales at Amazon, America's largest online retailer.

comScore:

Black Friday Sees $534 Million in E-Commerce Spending, Up 1 Percent Versus Year Ago — Upcoming ‘Cyber Monday’ Represents Strong Historical Bellwether for Total Holiday Season E-Commerce Spending — comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported its tracking …

Discussion: TechFlash and MediaMemo

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:

“Total Fiction”: There Is No $20 Billion Microsoft Deal to Buy Yahoo Search (Not Yet, at Least!) — A report in the Times of London in which Microsoft would buy Yahoo's search business in a convoluted $20 billion deal that would include well-known Internet execs Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn …

Discussion: Boy Genius Report, Tech Check with Jim Goldman, Tech Confidential, Barron's Online and The Microsoft Blog

John Waples / Times of London:
Microsoft in $20bn Yahoo deal

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Reports Of New Microsoft-Yahoo Search Deal Hard To Believe

Discussion: Shoemoney

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
A new, elaborate $20 billion deal for Microsoft to buy Yahoo Search?

Discussion: Joe Duck

Jason / BMW Blog:

BMW Using Microsoft Surface for Product Navigator — BMW has hosted a video on how they are implementing Microsoft Surface for product configuration. BMW is the first car manufacturer worldwide to use this product commercially. By interacting with this multi-touch surface that runs …

Discussion: Gizmodo and GottaBeMobile.com

Randall Stross / New York Times:

Only the Rich Can Afford It. Should Taxpayers Back It? — THE Tesla Roadster is an electric car that goes fast, looks sensational and excites envy. The seductive appearance, however, obscures some inconvenient truths: its all-electric technology remains woefully immature and don't-even-ask expensive.

Discussion: The Jason Calacanis Weblog, Texas Startup Blog and Slashdot

Steve Johnson / Mercury News:

U.S. auto industry's health affecting Silicon Valley chip makers — The financial crisis hammering Detroit's auto industry is sending shock waves to Silicon Valley, where a number of companies make the computer chips that have become increasingly vital components in cars and other vehicles.

Zephoria / apophenia:

reflections on Lori Drew, bullying, and solutions to helping kids — The involvement of Lori Drew (an adult) in the suicide of Megan Meier has been an unavoidable topic. Last week, Drew was tried on three counts of accessing computers without authorization, a legal statute meant to stop hackers.

Glenn Kelman / TechCrunch:

The First-Time CEO's Recession Survival Guide — Editor's note: The following guest post is written by Glenn Kelman, the CEO of Redfin, an online real estate broker. His industry went into recession a year ago, so he's had a little more time than most startup CEOs to think about how to deal with the current downturn.

Discussion: TechFlash, /Message and Redfin Corporate Blog

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:

10,000 iPhone Apps — 148Apps, which tracks and reviews iPhone Apps, says 10,000 applications have now been released on the iPhone App store (the site is named after the fact that you can add up to 148 applications to an iPhone or iPod touch). — A tribute page shows a mini icon for every application.

Discussion: CNET News, Mark Evans, PMP Today, MacRumors, mobilesyrup.com, Podcasting News, Edible Apple, Mobile Tech Addicts and IntoMobile

Markcuban / blog maverick:

The SEC — First let me say that this has nothing to do with me, but given my interest in all things financial and the government during this financial crisis, I read with interest the Office of Inspector General's Report to Congress regarding the SEC. The SEC deserves credit for casting such a critical eye at itself.

Discussion: Alley Insider

Jeffrey Rosen / New York Times:

Google's Gatekeepers — In 2006, Thailand announced it was blocking access to YouTube for anyone with a Thai I.P address, and then identified 20 offensive videos for Google to remove as a condition of unblocking the site. — ‘If your whole game is to increase market share,’ says Lawrence Lessig …

Discussion: madisonian.net, The Progress & Freedom …, FUTURE OF PRIVACY FORUM, WinBeta and digg.com

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