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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Tip: Yahoo May Cut 1,500-2,500 Jobs Within 2 Weeks — A tipster believes Yahoo has created a list of 1,500-2,500 jobs that may be eliminated in the next two weeks. CEO Jerry Yang will reportedly make the decision to go forward with these layoffs—or not—next week.
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Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo's Ripe for Shake-Up — Yahoo chief Jerry Yang recently summarized a plan to turn the company around by becoming the start page for every Internet user across the globe. What Mr. Yang failed to provide, however, was a convincing solution to Yahoo's existential crisis.
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
(Fake) Steve Jobs Accepts The Best Gadget Award At The Crunchies — Apple was unable to attend the Crunchies tonight to pick up their Crunchie, however a special guest accepted the award on Apple's behalf. Please note the language in the following video may offend some viewers.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
2007 Crunchies: The Winners — A great evening was had by all tonight as some of the leading startups gathered for the first annual Crunchies, a joint production between Read/Write Web, VentureBeat, GigaOm and TechCrunch. — The ceremony went (mostly) smoothly with a couple of surprises amongst the results.
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Wired:
Google to Host Terabytes of Open-Source Scientific Data — Sources at Google have disclosed that the humble domain, http://research.google.com, will soon provide a home for terabytes of open-source scientific datasets. The storage will be free to scientists and access to the data will be free for all.
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Paul Glazowski / Mashable!:
Google Said To Be Prepping Launch Of Social Science Data Network — Google has in the last few months been very much focused on consumers (and the business which cater to consumers). The company has leveled a good deal of attention at YouTube and AdSense and so forth …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Delicious Integrated Into Yahoo Search Results — I just got word that Yahoo is testing the integration of Delicious user generated bookmarks into Yahoo search results pages (Yahoo acquired Delicious in late 2005). Some users will see the Delicious icon as part of their normal search results …
louisgray.com:
Mashable Uses A-List Power to Steal B-List Buzz — In the tech blogosphere, there's a clear delineation between those who are actively creating the news (the developers, engineers, and business people), those who are reporting the news (those blogs who follow journalism standards and do actual reporting) …
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Doug Meacham / NextUp:
Companies Without Conversation — This past week gave us several great examples of companies demonstrating their obliviousness to the changing world around them. — Hasbro / Mattel — You know Scrabble. Created in 1933, the classic wordplay board game has been a favorite worldwide for decades.
Antony Bruno / Reuters:
“Rock Band,” “Guitar Hero” drive digital song sales — DENVER (Billboard) - In the two months since MTV Networks and Harmonix released the music-based videogame “Rock Band,” players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million additional songs made available after the game's initial distribution.
MG Siegler / ParisLemon:
Buzz Doesn't Pay. Is Joost Dying? — Mathew Ingram wonders tonight if Joost is heading for the deadpool - if utter lack of talk about the company since launch is any indication, I'd have to agree. — Joost was one of the most hyped services a year ago well before its launch.
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Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Hackers Cut Cities' Power — Cyber-security experts have long warned of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like power, transportation and water systems to malicious hackers. Friday, those warnings quietly became a reality: Tom Donahue, a CIA official, revealed …
Tony Dennis / Inquirer:
IPhone's UK sales disappoint — O2 fails to hit its own target — IN A couple of leaks to the FT, O2 and independent reseller - the Carphone Warehouse - have conceded that iPhone sales have disappointed. — The paper says that between Apple, O2 and the Warehouse, only about 190,000 handsets …
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Charles Jade / Infinite Loop:
Macworld.Ars: Cruising the South Hall — More space and more deodorant would be nice for 2009. — Ever wonder what it's like to have a media badge at Macworld Expo? From my observations, it seems to mostly be about sitting in the media room talking with other media types and surfing the web.
Jon Hemingway / Broadcasting & Cable:
Comcast Responds to Shareholder Complaint — Cable Operator Defends Consistent Financial Performance — Comcast responded to a complaint from one of its largest shareholders by trumpeting its predictable financial performance, even in the worst of times.
