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9:00 AM ET, February 24, 2008

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Howard Rheingold / Smart Mobs:
Why I'm hooked on Twitter  — 21st Century Literacies - Technologies of Cooperation … On a message board, a student asked me why I said I was hooked on Twitter.  I replied off the top of my head.  Sometimes, that's better than taking longer to compose something more elaborately thought out.
Discussion: Joho the Blog
Randall Stross / New York Times:
Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey  —  OVER the years, Microsoft has pummeled countless rivals, including the superheavyweight I.B.M. But it has never faced a smaller foe as formidable as Google.  The tale of the tape gives Microsoft a $100 billion advantage in market capitalization …
Gamerscore Blog:
HD DVD Statement Issued  —  As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD.  Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support …
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Erica Ogg / CNET News.com:
Digital downloads will be Blu-ray's downfall
CNN:
Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan  —  (CNN) — Japan launched a rocket Saturday carrying a satellite that will test new technology that promises to deliver “super high-speed Internet” service to homes and businesses around the world.  —  The rocket carrying the WINDS satellite …
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Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
Japan Launches Internet Satellite
Discussion: Slashdot, BUZZYEAH and Engadget
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Will There Be A (Successful) iPhone-Only Social Network?  —  iPhone owners, like users of most Apple products, are a fairly passionate, elitist group of people.  —  I think an iPhone-only social network, if it had the right features, would be a huge hit with these users.
Discussion: Byte of the Apple, Apple 2.0 and Digg
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
Comment of the Day: “Google Docs is Chock Full of Fail”  —  In his post Why Google Apps is a Serious Threat to Microsoft Office, Bernard Lunn argued that the collaboration features in Google Apps are good enough to take on Microsoft.  Commenter Karim took him on, with a well-written defense of MS Office.
Discussion: Scobleizer, Ryan Stewart and WinExtra
Glenn Chapman / Agence France Presse:
Microsoft email prepares workers for Yahoo takeover  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A Microsoft executive on Friday sent workers an upbeat email outlining a vision of how the software giant expects to take over Yahoo and merge the companies' cultures and resources.
Discussion: CrunchGear, HipMojo.com and VoIP Blog
Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Computer Programmer's Attorneys Use ‘Geek Defense’  —  On Trial for Murder, Man Being Portrayed As Eccentric, Difficult  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — When Nina Reiser disappeared in September 2006, investigators suspecting foul play looked long and hard at her estranged husband, the computer genius Hans.
Fareastgizmos.com:
Mitsumi develops haptic Touch Pad to be installed on the back of mobile devices  —  Mitsumi has developed a haptic input device with protrusions corresponding to icons and buttons on the display screen.  The device is designed to be installed on the back of mobile devices.
Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Mininova: Serving Billions of Torrents and Buying Bugattis  —  Mininova has evolved quite a bit since it has started three years ago.  Within a year it was one of the most visited torrent sites on the Internet, and the ever increasing number of users resulted in the 4 billionth torrent download recently.
Discussion: ben barren
Sramana Mitra / Forbes:
The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur  —  Entrepreneur Marc Benioff is afraid of him.  Venture king Mike Moritz wants to invest in him.  —  You have never heard of Sridhar Vembu, founder and CEO of AdventNet, the company behind newly launched productivity suite Zoho.
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Insanely Great: Japanese Electronic Store Letting Customers Trade HD DVD Players for Blu-ray  —  The Japanese electronics retailer Edion is deeply ashamed it sold its customers HD DVD gear.  So ashamed they that they're allowing buyers to swap in Toshiba HD DVD boxes for Blu-ray players.
Discussion: Electronista and TECH.BLORGE.com
 
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Joel Garreau / Washington Post:
Our Cells, Ourselves  —  The home is remote, even by Tibetan standards.
Discussion: textually.org and Smart Mobs
Edo / Pink Tentacle:
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Natalie Weinstein / CNET News.com:
Judge OKs suit over ‘Vista Capable’
Guardian:
Whistle while you work  —  From government to big business …
Discussion: Digg
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Zephoria / apophenia:
one company, ten brands: lessons from retail for tech companies
Brian Deagon / Investor's Business Daily:
Networking Groups Aim To Turn L.A. Into Technology Star
Discussion: bub.blicio.us
Bryan Gardiner / Wired News:
Can Apple Patent the Pinch? Experts Say It's Possible
Discussion: Digg
Charles Hudson / Charles Hudson's Weblog:
FriendFeed and the Facebook News Feed …
Discussion: All Facebook and TechCrunch
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
CEOs at Nexstar, Sinclair, and Tegna, plus some analysts, say they expect deregulation and consolidation in the broadcast TV industry under Trump's FCC

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Don Lemon, who sued Elon Musk and X after a deal fell apart, says he's leaving X on November 15, citing X's new ToS that moves legal disputes to Texas courts

Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:
German royalty licensing group GEMA sues OpenAI and subsidiary OpenAI Ireland in Munich Regional Court, claiming ChatGPT violates copyrights of lyrics

 
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