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11:35 AM ET, January 18, 2009

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Why Google Employees Quit  —  In 2008 Google HR set up a private Google Group to ask former employees why they left the company.  We've been forwarded what appears to be authentic posts to the thread by a number of ex-Googlers, which we reprint below minus identifying information other than their first names.
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits …
Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Bedlam breaks out at Circuit City  —  On Friday, Circuit City said it was liquidating all of its stores.  Then, on Saturday there was a big liquidation sale at my local Circuit City—up to 30 percent off.  The checkout line was almost as long as the lines you encounter on a typical Saturday at Fry's …
Discussion: Spark Minute and Crave
Chauncey Dupree / 9 to 5 Mac:
Woz explains product development at Apple (and why everyone needs to chill)  —  Bonus: Sarah Lacy and Woz wear coordinating outfits in reverence to their subject matter.  (via MacBlogz)  —  Maybe Woz could offer some diet tips as well.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
At First, Funny Videos.  Now, a Reference Tool.  —  FACED with writing a school report on an Australian animal, Tyler Kennedy began where many students begin these days: by searching the Internet.  But Tyler didn't use Google or Yahoo.  He searched for information about the platypus on YouTube.
Discussion: WatchingTV Online
Austin Modine / The Register:
Internet to Obama: ‘Pass the joint’  —  Online suggestion box goes to pot  —  President-elect Barack Obama has promised change.  And there's one change that internet-happy Americans want more than another other.  In an age of crippling recession, skyrocketing unemployment …
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama staff will say cu l8r 2 im  —  Barack Obama may get to keep his Blackberry, but David Axelrod is losing his IM.  —  The lawyers broke the bad news to Obama aides at a briefing Friday morning convened by incoming Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts: Not only are they leaving …
Asa Dotzler:
competition is good  —  There are a number of folks around the Internets that seem to fundamentally misunderstand the competitive landscape in desktop Web browsers today.  The thinking goes like this: Firefox has more than 20% share of global browser usage so how can you say that Microsoft still has an unfair advantage.
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Q&A: Opera CEO on antitrust battle against Internet Explorer
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Lycos To Shutter Lycos Mail, Tripod On February 15  —  Troubled Internet company Lycos is shutting down its email service and website creation and hosting service Tripod, the company is saying via emails to users that begin with “We regret to inform you that our parent company has decided to discontinue all unprofitable activities.”
Samuel Axon / Obsessable:
Seagate offers solution to 7200.11 hard drive failure epidemic  —  A simple firmware update will prevent the failure, but if it's already happened then things get a little more complicated.  —  If you own one of those Seagate hard drives we found out were dropping like flies yesterday, it's possible that you can now relax.
Tim Johnston / Washington Post:
Vietnamese Authorities Rein In the Country's Vigorous Blogosphere  —  BANGKOK — Vietnam's government has issued several decrees in recent months to curtail blogging, as the number of Internet users soars in the communist country.  —  The campaign started in August, when the government published …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Can CNN, the Go-to Site, Get You to Stay?  —  K. C. ESTENSON, the new general manager of CNN.com, has a thought or two about most news sites on the Web: they're predictable and homogeneous.  Seen one, seen 'em all.  —  Even his own site, he says, could use more of a “unique signature.”
Discussion: Lost Remote and Facebook Blog
Robert MacMillan / Reuters:
Mexico's Slim may invest in New York Times: source  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim may invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the New York Times Co (NYSE:NYT - News), giving the ailing U.S. newspaper publisher critical financial help, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Saturday.
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Michelle Meyers / CNET News:
At Sundance, Web pioneers see ‘on-demand revolution’
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Bloodbath in the Clouds Continues as RSS Email Service Shutters
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Robert Andrews / paidContent:
@ MidemNet: UK ISPs, Music Biz Warn Against Looming Govt Regulation
Joseph L. Flatley / Engadget:
Sapient's touchscreen Coke machine brings pop into the 21st century
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Google may still be working on GDrive
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
Why No Twitter Search from the Big Guys?
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Napster Warns Subscribers That Best Buy Will Have Access To All …
Dan Nosowitz / Gizmodo:
iPod Touch 2G Jailbroken by the iPhone Dev Team
Discussion: Mashable!
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
IT venture investing posts worst Q4 in a decade
Discussion: PR Newswire and VatorNews
Elinor Mills / CNET News:
Developer considers charges after iPhone app is pirated
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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

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”

Sam Wolfson / The Guardian:
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