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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.
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Software Only, Search Engine Journal, Adrants, jkOnTheRun, Blog Tips, The Blog Herald, TechCrunch and Om Malik's Broadband Blog
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
AOL Buys Weblogs Inc. - Report — At today's WeMedia event Rafat Ali whispered to me to hit his blog at 8 p.m. for a big scoop and boy was he right. PaidContent.org (ahem - source them please CNET!) is reporting that Weblogs Inc. has been sold to America Online.
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 …
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Silicon Valley Sleuth, Joe Wilcox, Lost Remote TV Blog and digg
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.
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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 …
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 …
PR Newswire:
Revolution Health Group Announces Initial Acquisitions; Key Executives Tapped to Build Comprehensive Consumer-Driven Health Company — WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Just 100 days after its launch, Revolution Health Group (RHG) announced that it had completed the acquisition of six start …
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