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Andrew S. Ross / San Francisco Chronicle:
Good times gone till 2010 — Mike Moritz didn't mean for the celebrated “R.I.P Good Times” slide show to become so public, and so famous. “We had zero interest in communicating with others than our business partners,” he said, referring to a downbeat presentation he and other partners …
Rory Cellan-Jones / dot.life blog:
Copyright - the empire strikes back — For years it has seemed that the music - and increasingly the film and television - industries have been on the back foot in their attempts to protect their intellectual property as the digital revolution has gathered pace. But now the empire is striking back.
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Brad / Liliputing:
Asus Eee PC 1000H review — Asus may be pushing the Eee PC 1002HA as the new and improved Eee PC 1000H. The new model is thinner, lighter, and better looking than its predecessor. But after having spent a few months with an Asus Eee PC 1000H I can say there are some reasons you might want to choose it over the 1002HA.
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David Carr / New York Times:
Newspaper Shuns Web, and Thrives — With 2008 drawing to a brutal close on the media beat — bankruptcies, daily newspapers that are no longer daily, magazines that are downsizing into brochures — a little ray of light appeared in my e-mail inbox. It was from a newspaper owner, of all people.
Kirk Ladendorf / Austin American-Statesman:
Little-guy data centers prospering in a tough economy — Success in the technology business doesn't always mean having a genius chip design or a killer software application. — Sometimes the homely virtues - reliability, responsiveness, nimbleness and attention to detail - make all the difference.
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Arn / MacRumors:
More Hints of an ‘iPhone Nano’ from Case Manufacturers — iPhone case manufacturer XSKN has labeled a section on their site for the “iPhone Nano”. This description suggests that long running rumors of a miniaturized iPhone could be true. — XSKN gained some notoriety earlier this year …
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Jack Loftus / Gizmodo:
Dev-Team Shows Live iPhone 3G Unlock ‘Yellowsn0w’ Demo — This video is the first public demo of the iPhone 3G unlock, named “yellowsn0w”, courtesy of Dev-Team member MuscleNerd. With a wave of his hand, he goes from AT&T to T-Mobile, and makes a call. — The target release date for the official unlock is New Year's Eve.
Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
Rumors of Upcoming Microsoft Cut-Backs — Rumors. Microsoft layoff and cut-backs and Reduction In Force rumors. That's all I have for you. Rumors and second-hand speculation and the comments left by the fine, good-looking folks who participate in the conversation here.
Web 2.0 Asia:
Korea's Twitter gets acquired by Naver — Me2day, Korea's leading microblog service, has been acquired by Naver. Here's the ZDNet news article on the acquisition (in Korean) and here's CEO Suman Park's personal posting (also in Korean). — Me2day is a good service with many cool features …
Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Everything's coming up Blu-ray! Well, sort of (updated) — Excited news from the Blu-ray Disc Association: “British consumers bought 462,500 Blu-ray discs in November, an increase of 165% from October, according to GFK.” (Assuming the BRDA is any good at maths, that means people bought 175,000 of them in October.)
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MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
The need for iPhone app folders and search is quickly approaching — Today I ran into a problem — I downloaded a couple new iPhone applications to test out, but when I looked on my iPhone they were nowhere to be found. A sync problem right? Wrong. Actually, I had hit the limit of apps …
Verne Kopytoff / San Francisco Chronicle:
Advice for troubled times: Build war chest — (12-21) 14:34 PST — If there's any advice for an entrepreneur to follow, it's this, says Max Levchin, a startup whiz who's made a habit of thriving in bleak times: When you sense an economic slump is on the horizon, raise lots of money - even if you don't need it.
