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Rafat / PaidContent.org:
Exclusive: Weblogs Inc Being Bought Out By America Online : [by Rafat Ali] As usual, you read it here first: Weblogs Inc, the blog media company founded by Jason Calacanis (pictured at We Media conference today) and Brian Alvey, is being bought by America Online, paidContent.org has learned from multiple sources.
Rob Hof / Business Week:
Flock, the New Browser on the Block  —  The latest challenger to Explorer and Firefox aims to beat the big guys by emphasizing blogging, networking, and online communities  —  Web browsers don't look much different than they did a decade ago, when Netscape Communications's initial stock …
Fred / A VC:
Point Solutions vs End to End Solutions  —  I wrote this on the flight out to the Web 2.0 conference.  I hope it stimulates some interesting conversations.  —  One of the central tenets of Web 2. thinking is that lightweight "point solutions" that can be stitched together by the consumer …
Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
October 12 Apple event to usher in new Power Macs, PowerBooks  —  October 5, 2005 - Select members of the industry and media received invitations Tuesday from Apple to a special event taking place one week from today at the California Theater in San Jose.  The event, Think Secret has learned …
Michael Bazeley / SiliconBeat:
An "eventful" day  —  With the Web 2.0 conference getting under way today, there'll be tons of news about new companies.  One company to present today is Zvents.  Founded by Ethan Stock and Tyler Kovacs, the private company says its mission "to be the best way to find events online.
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Waxy.org:
Yahoo and Upcoming, Sitting In A Tree
Michael Liedtke / biz.yahoo.com:
Yahoo Inc. Acquires Upcoming.org
Arshad Mohammed / Washington Post:
Philadelphia to Be City of Wireless Web  —  Philadelphia yesterday announced a plan to build the biggest municipal wireless Internet system in the nation, the latest of a growing number of cities to treat high-speed Web access as a basic municipal service like water, electricity and trash collection.
Discussion: editorsweblog.org
Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
Why WiMax Could Hit the Hotspot  —  The technology for delivering fast Web access over large areas could help upstart communications outfits nab share from established players  —  Wi-Fi has changed the way people navigate the Internet, and in record time.  The technology, which is used …
Discussion: Daily Wireless and VoIP Watch
linuxdevices.com:
Wind River flows into mobile Linux maelstrom  —  Wind River Systems Inc. today launched a version of its commercial embedded Linux distribution targeting mobile phones, set-top boxes, PVRs (personal video recorders), and other small-footprint consumer electronics devices.
Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Andreessen's Ning unveiled  —  We woke up this morning to the buzz of Ning, the start-up co-founded by Marc Andreessen, the guy who co-founded Netscape.  —  We were alerted by a tipster in the wee hours this morning, but we see it is already No. 7 on words searched at Technorati — at least as of this writing.
eWEEK.com:
Microsoft FAT Patents Get Thumbs Down  —  Updated: The USPTO has rejected two key patent applications around FAT, but Microsoft still believes it has a good chance of triumphing.  Open-source vendors are holding their breath.  —  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has rejected …
Harry McCracken / PC World's Techlog:
Hey, Let's Speculate Idly on Apple's Next Announcement!  —  As my colleague Narasu Rebbapragada noted earlier today, Apple is holding an event one week from Wednesday in San Jose.  The invite uses the phrase "One More Thing..."—which is the Columbo-esque phrase that Steve Jobs uses towards …
Phoenix / Search Engine Roundtable:
Save Jeeves!  Pask Ask Employee Speaks Out  —  Save Jeeves, so says a very concerned blogger!  It appears one of the past employees of Ask are getting up in arms about the decision from Ask/IAC to sack the butler.  He apparently has a following that is voicing their dismay at loosing him eventually.
Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
A Fashionable New Blog Network  —  Glam Media is expected today to unveil a fashion blog network, allowing the media and e-commerce player to offer advertising packages that combine Glam.com and blog inventory.  —  It's the first significant move by the Silicon Valley media start-up, which just launched last month.

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Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
NetNewsWire acquired by NewsGator
Drunkenbatman / DrunkenBlog:
NetNewsGator  —  So, today was interesting, although I'll …
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ftc.gov:
FTC Seeks to Halt Illegal Spyware Operation
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Video iPod: From rumour to reality?
Discussion: TechSpot
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Bad-news data letters push consumers to stray
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Dave Winer / Dave Winer's RSS Weblog:
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Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Dell offers an open-source PC
Discussion: technology filter and Gizmodo
Henry Blodget / Internet Outsider:
Microsoft to Kill Google? No.
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Editorial: Ning harkens back to 1999
 
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