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Introducing Prologue — We're fans of Twitter around here, in fact many Automatticians have accounts, but while the format appealed to us it really just whetted our appetite for something more, like a way for each of us to share short messages about what we're doing or working on internally, or private messages between groups of folks.
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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:“Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey goodbye” Says WordPress To Twitter
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Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
Rapidshare To Be Forced to Shut Down Following Court Defeat? — Last week we reported on rumors that Rapidshare had, or was about to be, shut down, rumors that now look likely to resurface. The company, one of the world's largest ‘one-click’ file hosting services, has lost a copyright infringement case …
Nick Farrell / Inquirer:
Woolworths backs Blu-Ray — HD DVD slips further — WOOLLIES has has become the first retailer to throw its hat into the ring solely for Blu-Ray. — The outfit has said that from March it will only stock Blu-Ray high definition DVDs from March, with HD-DVDs being dropped completely.
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Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
11 Power Tips for Gmail — Wow, I can't believe how many people commented on my late-Friday night post about desired features for Gmail. If you want to suggest something for Gmail, that thread is the better place to do it. But looking through the comments, I saw a few requests that can already be done today.
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Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Steve Jobs to Apple investors: ‘hang in there’ — In a private communication last week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs acknowledged the beating his company's shares have taken during this time of economic uncertainty, but remained confident that investors would inevitably recoup their losses and then some.
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!:
How Much Money Are Facebook Apps Making? Not Much Apparently — VideoEgg has announced that its ad network for Facebook applications - eggnetwork - has pulled in around $1.5 million in ad revenue over the past five months. — While the company is touting the news as a “million-dollar pay day” …
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
How Kevin Martin Got Over A Million People To Look At A Woman's Naked Buttocks — from the indecent? dept — Since taking over the FCC, Kevin Martin has supposedly been against regulations — except in two areas: the cable industry and “indecency." He's been a strong proponent of cracking …
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
First Proof Apple Making Near Zero on AppleTV (And Big Bucks on iTunes) — That sweet $70 price chop Steve announced for the Apple TV had to come from somewhere (a question smartly raised by CW) and we know the only thing Apple guards more than closely than its secrets is its bottom line.
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Springsource buys Covalent in enterprise Java push — SpringSource announced today it has bought Covalent Technologies as part of its push in the enterprise Java space. — “We have the ambition to be the dominant company in enterprise Java open source,” SpringSourceCEO Rod Johnson told ZDNet.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
This Just In: Yahoo's Q4 Will Be “Strong” (YHOO) — We said earlier that we expected Yahoo's Q4 results to be “fine." We have since been told by a well-placed source that the results will be not “fine” but strong. What's more, says the source, Q1 numbers will also be strong …
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Daniel Shen / DigiTimes:
HTC share of Windows Mobile smartphone segment declining — High Tech Computer (HTC) has lost the title as the global top ranking vendor of Windows Mobile-based smartphones (excluding touch-screen models), with its share of the segment falling to below 30% currently, trailing behind Motorola …
Greg Sandoval / Crave: The gadget blog:
After labels Qtrax must satisfy Prince, Van Morrison — Should troubled file-sharing site, Qtrax, eventually strike licensing deals with the major music companies, it may still be confronted by a significant hurdle. — Web Sheriff, a company representing music acts, such as Prince …
Rob Beschizza / Gadget Lab:
If Apple Sold Sheets Of Paper... ... you could ask the people who bought it if they take it by the ream. — Seriously speaking, I've never once considered making an Apple parody video until seeing the ad for the MacBook Air. What is it about the thing that lends itself so well to mockery?
Jessica Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
Liberty Media Takes Action To Force Diller Out of IAC — Liberty Media Corp. took steps Monday to seize control of IAC/InterActiveCorp from IAC Chairman Barry Diller. — Liberty, which owns a majority voting stake in IAC that has long been voted by Mr. Diller under a longstanding proxy agreement …
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Jennifer L. Schenker / Business Week:
Nokia's Trolltech Grab Hurts Rivals — The software acquisition bolsters Nokia's perch in the mobile device arena, could further dismantle Motorola, and puts pressure on Google — At first glance, Nokia's (NOK) Jan. 28 purchase of a small Norwegian open-source software company seems a confusing strategic shift.
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