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Guess what? Automated news doesn't quite work. — Any competent developer who tries to automate the selection of news headlines will inevitably discover that this approach always comes up a bit short. Automation does indeed bring a lot to the table — humans can't possibly discover and organize news as fast as computers can.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechMeme Gives Up On Fully Automated News — 3+ year old TechMeme, an automated news site that shows breaking news clustered by topic, has always generated “headlines” by analyzing how news sites link to each other. If a lot of sites start linking to something unique, TechMeme guesses it's news.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Adobe lays off 600 workers, CS4 demand weaker than expected — Adobe said Wednesday that it will eliminate 600 full-time positions, or roughly 8 percent of its workforce, amid weaker than expected fourth quarter earnings. — The company said in a statement that it will deliver fourth …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Twitter Didn't Sell to Facebook — Really — The New York Times' Claire Miller attended a Churchill Club function to fete Twitter co-founder Evan Williams last night. In an onstage interview, Williams talked about many different aspects of his micro-blogging service, which now has 6 million subscribers.
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Apple Tells Court It Believes Someone Is Behind Psystar; Adds New Claims, Including DMCA Violation — Apple has filed a motion to amend its complaint [PDF] to add a claim of violation of the DMCA, among other new and enlarged claims. Here's the proposed Amended Complaint [PDF].
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CrunchGear, Technologizer, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, MacRumors and GigaLaw.com Daily News
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William M. Bulkeley / Wall Street Journal:
IBM Offers ‘Microsoft-Free’ Desktop — Applications for Thin Clients Would Operate From Back-Office Server — International Business Machines Corp. is hoping to convince corporate customers that they no longer need Microsoft Corp. — IBM says it has created a “Microsoft-free” …
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Nate Raymond / amlawdaily.typepad.com:
Hogan's Litvack Discusses Google/Yahoo — Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc. called off their joint advertising agreement just three hours before the Department of Justice planned to file antitrust charges to block the pact, according to the lawyer who would have been lead counsel for the government.
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Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo:
Barack Obama Uses a Zune — After all of the misinformation and dirty lies spread about Obama over the course of the presidential campaign, this is the most shocking I've heard about him: He uses a Zune. This can't be possible. — Why? Because, as has been widely reported, Obama, many of his staffers and Joe Biden use a Mac.
Josh Lowensohn / Webware.com:
New Firefox extension turns Amazon.com into illegal free-for-all — A new Firefox extension called Pirates of the Amazon lets users download movies, games, TV shows, and MP3s free of charge by cross referencing Amazon's product pages with torrent files from the Pirate Bay.
Nick O'Neill / The Social Times:
Google Makes a Hard Push With Friend Connect — Tonight I've been seeing a lot of buzz about Friend Connect, Google's open initiative to take of Facebook Connect. The service lets you login using your Google, Orkut, or Plaxo account. Both MySpace and Facebook decided to opt-out of integrating …
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Gavin Clarke / The Register:
Sun sneaks JavaFX Mobile into desktop FX — Any RIA in a storm — Sun Microsystems, it is generally felt, lost the desktop to Microsoft a long time ago. Aware of this, Sun in recent years evangelized mobile as Java's habitat - mobile is, after all, where Microsoft's at its weakest.
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Tapulous Brings Weezer And World-Class DJs To Tap Tap Revenge — iPhone development house Tapulous has announced two new premium versions of its mega-hit Tap Tap Revenge, both of which feature licensed music (still a rarity on the fledgling platform). Tap Tap Revenge is an intuitive …
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Kogan intros world's second Android phone: Agora / Agora Pro — We'll be totally honest — we pretty much blew Ruslan Kogan off when he proclaimed that he was about to push out a $199 Android phone by the year's end. And truthfully, the guy still hasn't totally delivered …
Paul Graham:
The High-Res Society — For nearly all of history the success of a society was proportionate to its ability to assemble large and disciplined organizations. Those who bet on economies of scale generally won, which meant the largest organizations were the most successful ones.
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
Apple's iPod Problem — With fewer iPod users upgrading, the days of explosive growth are over. And that leaves iPhones and Macs picking up the slack — William Thomas Cain/Getty Images — Chris Wysopal is the head of a four-iPod family. His wife and two kids all carry …
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Chinese Authorities Enforce Switch from Microsoft — Internet cafes in China are forced to switch to a Chinese-made operating system, with steep licensing fees. … HONG KONG—Authorities in the southeastern Chinese city of Nanchang are requiring all local Internet cafes to replace …
Mary Jane Irwin / Forbes:
‘Games Are The Convergence Of Everything’ — “Bioshock” creator Ken Levine would rather swing from a noose than stop making games. — It is unfair to give Ken Levine all the credit for “Bioshock's” success. A team of some 70 people built the game about an underwater haven unhinged by its own unwavering objectivism.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
DNS Problems Hit Yahoo — Updated: Yahoo, one of the largest web sites on the planet, is being plagued by series of problems related to Domain Name System (DNS). A test using Gomez's testing service shows error messages in certain cities such as Chicago. Others are experiencing slower access …
Kevin / DigiHunter:
TG Sambo releases first Atom-based MID from Korea — Local PC manufacturer TG Sambo has released its first MID based on Intel's Atom “Z520” chipset. This MID's name is LLUON MOBBIT and the first MID to be released in Korea by a local manufacturer. There are a couple of MIDs under development …
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Virtually every Windows PC at risk, says Secunia — Almost all PCs scanned by patch tool have an unpatched app; 46% have 11-plus — Computerworld) More than 98% of Windows computers harbor at least one unpatched application, and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk from attack …
