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Get Your Fix at Auction 66 — Telcos, cable and satellite TV, and intrepid speculators battle for pieces of the FCC's largest auction of wireless spectrum — Imagine Cablevision's chairman Charles Dolan, News Corp.'s (NWS) Rupert Murdoch, and Berkshire Hathaway's (BRK) Warren Buffett duking it out.
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Satellite, cable battle wireless in US FCC auction
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Young drive 'radical media shift' — The "networked generation" is driving a radical shift in media consumption, says UK telecoms regulator Ofcom. — Sixteen to 24 year olds are spurning television, radio and newspapers in favour of online services, says the regulator's study.
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"Gen N" — As In Network — Radically Changes Media World [by Staci] — UK regulator Ofcom's study of "The Communications Market" shows a radically changing media environment as young adults it calls the "networked generation" accept new technologies. One example: 70 percent of that group …
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Gartner Names Hot Technologies With Greatest Potential Impact — Gartner says hot technologies include social-network analysis, collective intelligence, location-aware applications and event-driven architectures. — TechWeb — Researcher Gartner Inc. on Wednesday identified the technologies …
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Skype Goes Mobile With iSkoot — Application will allow use of Skype's contact list, voice service, and chat features on high-end mobile phones. — Skype will help market an application that will put its contact list and VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) and instant messaging services on high-end mobile phones.
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Google Video Added to Google Homepage — Google got rid of the Froogle and Google Groups link on top of their search box, and introduced a link to Google Video instead. From what we know, only the most successful Google services get spotlighted on the homepage... in the past, services like Google Directory had to go.
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Sony Mylo: 5 Reasons Why the Sony Mylo is Doomed to Failure — Sony Mylo Update: Yesterday we covered the announcement of Sony's new WiFi communicator - the Mylo (short for My Life Online.) 24 hours later after giving it a great deal of thought, we are convinced that this seemingly innovative piece …
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Viacom to Leverage Adobe's Engagement Platform for Creating and Delivering Digital Experiences Online and On the Go — Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) and Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced a strategic alliance to develop and deliver Viacom's exclusive branded content using the Adobe® Engagement Platform.
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Undistinguished Identity and Your Reputation — Scott Lemon has been writing lately about what companies (like Google) know about you. In a post called "Google knows who you really are" he concludes: … The loss of search histories by AOL brings this concern to light.
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Phil Windley's Technometria
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Google Checkout pitch: '1000 dollars in AdWords for 10,000 in free processing' — Google Checkout did not garner much buzz at the Search Engine Strategies Conference (SES) in San Jose this week. — The "Meet The Search Ad Networks" panel was designed for "representatives from major search engines …
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Real-Time Airport Plane Visualization — Reader Michael sent in this link to some web-based Java airport monitoring app. Just go to the site, pick an airport, and see a real-time display on planes flying in and out of your local hub. So far only major airports like Boston Logan International …
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Could the Wii fail? — Iwata stated that Wii will embrace more creative game concepts that haven't been tried before, focusing on fresh gameplay instead of graphics. This seems like a good idea in principle, but a firm balance must be maintained. We need a healthy, diverse collection of software …
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AOL gaffe draws Capitol Hill rebuke — AOL's recent privacy gaffe that exposed user search histories may breathe new life into a proposal to slap strict rules on what data Internet companies may collect. — Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said Wednesday that AOL's disclosure …
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XM Satellite Radio Teams Up With Alltel — XM Satellite Radio has inked a deal with Alltel Wireless that will give Alltel customers access to a wide range of XM Satellite Radio programming via their wireless phones. — The XM Radio Mobile service will be offered to Alltel Wireless customers for $7.99 per month.
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Wired News Writer Faked Info — Wired News has removed three articles from its website after an internal investigation failed to confirm the authenticity of a source used in the stories. — "Tribal Curse Haunts Launch Pad" (June 27, 2006), "NASA Boosts Heart-Monitoring Tech" (July 7 …
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Silicon Valley Watcher, J. LeRoy's Evolving Web, blackrimglasses.com, theory.isthereason and Techdirt
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Google to continue storing search requests despite AOL gaffe — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Although he was alarmed by AOL's haphazard release of its subscribers' online search requests, Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the privacy concerns raised by that breach won't change …
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Intel aims for open-source graphics advantage — Intel has released open-source software to give Linux full-fledged support for 3D graphics, a move that could give its graphics chips a leg up over rivals. — Right now, Linux users typically rely on proprietary driver software …
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UC joins Google book project — SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — The University of California has joined Google Inc.'s bid to scan the book collections of the world's great libraries, the organizations said Tuesday, marking renewed momentum for a project nearly derailed by stiff resistance from publishers.