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5:55 PM ET, September 23, 2009

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Joseph Tartakoff / paidContent:
Google's Latest Ambition: A Universal Commenting System For The Web  —  A new feature on the toolbar—which is installed on millions of computers around the world—lets users comment about the content of any web page they visit; the comments are then visible to other toolbar owners when they visit that site (see screenshot to the left).
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The Official Google Blog:
Help and learn from others as you browse the web: Google Sidewiki  —  As you browse the web, it's easy to forget how many people visit the same pages and look for the same information.  Whether you're researching advice on heart disease prevention or looking for museums to visit in New York City …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:
Google Sidewiki Allows Anyone To Comment About Any Site  —  Google Sidewiki is a new feature being added today to the Google Toolbar that allows anyone to leave comments about pages as they surf the web.  Love something you're reading?  Hate it?  You can share your views with others who visit …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Google Sidewiki: Danger  —  Google just introduced Sidewiki, which enables anyone to comment on a page using Google's toolbar.  —  I see danger.  —  Google is trying to take interactivity away from the source and centralize it.  This isn't like Disqus, which enables me to add comment functionality on my blog.
Discussion: NPR Blogs, Thanks:atul
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Nokia To Acquire UK Startup Dopplr  —  Nokia has been on an acquisition tear lately, albeit mostly small deals (Plum, Cellity and Bit-Side all this year).  A source close to the deal says that they've just made one more acquisition: boutique travel social network Dopplr, headquartered in London.
The Paperboy / Gizmodo:
Courier: First Details of Microsoft's Secret Tablet  —  It feels like the whole world is holding its breath for the Apple tablet.  But maybe we've all been dreaming about the wrong device.  This is Courier, Microsoft's astonishing take on the tablet.  —  Courier is a real device …
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Brad Stone / New York Times:
Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray  —  The budding market for electronic reading devices is about to get two powerful new entrants: Best Buy and Verizon.  —  On Wednesday, iRex Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics that already makes one of Europe's best-known e-readers …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Wii price drop confirmed: $199 starting this weekend  —  The rumors were true, and Nintendo's knight in shining armor is finally about to see its first-ever price drop.  For nearly three years now, the console has sold briskly at $249.99, but beginning on September 27th at Best Buy …
Wall Street Journal:
South Korea to Allow iPhone Entry  —  SEOUL — South Korea's communications regulator decided Wednesday to allow the sale of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, amending a technical ban that had blocked the product, a spokesman said.  —  The Korea Communications Commission made an exception in a rule …
Daniel Shen / DigiTimes:
Over 30 Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones to be launched before year-end, says Microsoft executive  —  More than 30 smartphones running on Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5 from a total of over 15 handset vendors are to be launched before the end of 2009, according to Benjamin Tan, senior director, GCR Mobile Team Unit at Microsoft China.
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Confused Justine Bateman Attacks ‘Human Waste’ on Tumblr  —  The internet continues to baffle and comically anger Justine Bateman.  The Family Ties star and manic blogger is calling people “s**thead” and “human waste” for spamming her Twitter homepage, unaware she's seeing a new feature announced over a month ago.
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MG Siegler / TechCrunch:   Mallory From Family Ties Could Be A Harbinger Of What's To Come …
Mike Fleming / BFDealmemo:
Fincher Makes Facebook Connections  —  Columbia Pictures and director David Fincher have set its core cast for “The Social Network,” the Aaron Sorkin-scripted drama about the formation of Facebook.  —  Jesse Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake will play Sean Parker …
Discussion: CNET News, NME, Mashable! and NBC Bay Area
Om Malik / GigaOM:
How Skype Plans to Dominate Business Telephony  —  Skype, a division of eBay, is likely to announce tomorrow that the beta version of its Skype for SIP offering will interoperate with Cisco Systems' Unified Communications 500 system.  This follows closely on the heels of similar arrangements struck …
Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
Starbucks Unveils Its First iPhone Apps  —  Starbucks is launching a store-finding and menu-information application for the iPhone, and is testing a second app that will let customers use the phone as their Starbucks card. … The two apps are the coffee chain's first for the iPhone and iPod touch.
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
USB-IF Sides With Apple, Spanks Palm in iTunes Synch Spat  —  The USB Implementers Forum, the industry group that oversees the universal serial bus standard, has finally responded to Palm's claim that Apple is “hampering competition” by repeatedly disabling the Palm Pre's ability to synch with iTunes-and it's not looking good for Palm.
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Rachel Metz / Associated Press:
Industry group: OK for iTunes to block Palm Pre
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Reuters:
Google CEO sees one small acquisition a month  —  PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said acquisitions are “turned on again” at the Internet company and expects to do one small deal a month instead of hiring new staff.  —  Schmidt also reiterated his view …
Discussion: TechFlash and paidContent, Thanks:mrinaldesai
Cecilia Kang / Post I.T.:
Senate Republicans Scrap Anti-Net Neutrality Push  —  Senate Republicans have stopped their push to prevent funding for the Federal Communication Commission as a protest of proposed net neutrality rules.  —  “While we are still generally opposed to net neutrality regulations …
Discussion: BetaNews, ZDNet Government and eWeek
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Microsoft To Open Cafe In Paris To Build Windows 7 Buzz (Pics)  —  Microsoft is close to opening retail stores in several major cities across the planet, but in Paris they're doing something special in anticipation of the real shops and the imminent launch of the Windows 7 operating system.
Reuters:
Palm shares rise on short covering, Nokia talk  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Palm Inc (PALM.O) shares jumped to their highest level in nearly two years on Tuesday, fueled by short covering and renewed speculation that the smartphone maker may be a takeover target.
Discussion: mocoNews, 9 to 5 Mac and Gadgetell
Karl Bode / DSLreports:
AT&T Nervous About Smooth iPhone MMS Launch - Source says that 10AM Eastern on Friday is the magic hour...  Insiders involved with AT&T's belated launch of iPhone MMS support tell us that everybody's highly anxious about the launch, as the carrier rushes to beef up infrastructure in order …
Discussion: MacRumors
MacNN:
Eminem lawsuit against Apple set to begin trial  —  Eminem's lawsuit against Apple and Aftermath Records, filed by the rapper's publisher Eight Mile Style, is set to begin trial on Thursday.  Each party has yet to agree on a settlement since the proceedings were initiated in 2007.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
A Really Nasty Ad Slips Past Google  —  Generally you can trust the ads on Google to at least be safe.  But that's not the case right now for the top ad being served on the query “Firefox.”  —  The top ad says it is linking to “Firefox ® OfficiaI Sit” at the URL www.mozilla.com/firefox/.
Discussion: Graham Cluley's blog
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
Accounting rule changes in favor of Apple  —  A change to the rules on how companies must report their earnings was made official Wednesday, a move that is expected to benefit Apple's publicly stated iPhone profits.  —  The Financial Accounting Standards Board certified the change …
Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
Why Did Apple Approve Spotify?  —  AdAge has a long article trying to puzzle out why Apple potentially “sacrificed iTunes” in approving Spotify's streaming music app.  Oddly, while the article touches on a few of the reasons, I don't think it clearly highlights what seems like the most obvious reasons:
Neil Hughes / AppleInsider:
One-fifth of buyers interested in Apple's unseen tablet  —  Despite the fact that no one has seen it, a new survey says that 21 percent of buyers are interested in purchasing an Apple tablet device.  That demand, along with strong Mac and iPhone sales, is expected to propel the company's stock.
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
That's one way to get Silverlight on a mobile device: Port it to Moblin Linux  —  To date, whenever anyone asked Microsoft officials when the company will deliver a version of Silverlight running on mobile phones, the answers range from a flat-out no comment, to a “real soon now/stay tuned.”
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows 8: More early clues start to emerge  —  As soon as Microsoft releases the final bits of a new Windows release to manufacturing — and often before — many users' thoughts turn to what's next.  —  Windows 7 and its server complement, Windows Server 2008 R2, were released to manufacturing in late July.
Discussion: Microsoft, Thanks:mrinaldesai
 
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
OneRiot Aims to Bring Real-Time Search to Your Site With New Developer Network
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Robert McMillan / Computerworld:
Facebook sued over social networking patent
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Charles Arthur / Guardian:
Joi Ito talks about Creative Commons, Twitter, and the White House
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Camille Ricketts / VentureBeat:
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Ryan Naraine / Zero Day:
Google exec calls for ISPs to get tough on botnets
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Zachary M. Seward / Nieman Journalism Lab:
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Ina Fried / CNET News:
Appeals court weighs Word injunction
Discussion: The Microsoft Blog
AnnArbor.com News:
1,085 NEW JOBS: Startup tech company will invest $15M to expand in Ann Arbor area
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
A Slippery Slope  —  Now that Google launched a Chrome plug …
Discussion: SitePoint
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab:
The Dev That Came in From the Cold: iPhone Camera App Goes Legit
Discussion: The iPhone Blog
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
iStockphoto Will Soon Start Selling Stock Logos, Too
Discussion: CNET News
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Can We Please Have Jerry Back?
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Todd Bishop / TechFlash:
Windows Live lost $560m in FY09
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