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Benny Evangelista / San Francisco Chronicle:
As Apple unveils video iPod, it hints at a media-focused future  —  When Apple Computer unveiled a gaggle of new products Wednesday, most eyes were on the video iPod.  —  But another one of the firm's latest products may speak more directly to Apple's future intentions.
Discussion: InfoWorld TechWatch
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Thomas J. Fitzgerald / New York Times:
Tablet PC's Reach for the Masses  —  Tablet PC's, the portable computers with pen-based abilities, have been around since November 2002, but so far have not been widely embraced by consumers or businesses.  The devices made up fewer than 2 percent of the notebook computers sold worldwide in 2004 …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Memeorandum is Changing the Web  —  I've previously profiled Memeorandum, and there are no major announcements or feature releases to spur this new post.  —  However, something much more significant is happening because of Memeorandum, and I am not the only person to notice it.
Lester Haines / The Register:
Coming soon: the mp3 breast implant  —  Here's an appealing thought: an mp3 breast implant which will allow surgically-enhanced girls to store and play back their entire music collections from their 36DD assets.  —  We kid you not.  According to UK tabloid the Sun - ever watchful …
Discussion: LiquidGeneration and THE RAW FEED
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Ananova:
Musical breast implants
Discussion: The Mobile Music Blog
Hollywood Reporter:
Dis-Apple pact upsets affiliates  —  The Walt Disney Co.'s pact with Apple to repurpose primetime programming on its new video iPod generated a mix of confusion and concern among ABC's local affiliate stations as the news spread Wednesday.  —  The prospect of the new device distracting …
Discussion: BuzzMachine and PaidContent.org
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USA Today:
Deal has some ABC affiliates feeling uneasy
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Big Hitters Said to Want Piece of AOL  —  Google and Comcast are in talks with Time Warner to buy a portion of America Online, according to several people with knowledge of the negotiations.  The joint bid was widely seen as a way to head off Microsoft, which has also been negotiating to buy a minority stake in AOL.
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Kenneth Li / Reuters:
Google, Comcast in talks to invest in AOL
Discussion: SearchViews and GoogleRumors
lightreading.com:
Vonage Hearing Buy-Out Bids  —  VOIP pioneer Vonage Holdings Corp. has heard several acquisition offers in the last two weeks, a source close to the situation says, and has already rejected at least one worth more than $1.5 billion.  —  Vonage is ostensibly preparing for an IPO …
Discussion: Mark Evans
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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Are Buyers Lining up for Vonage?
BetaNews:
Microsoft, Yahoo to Link IM Networks  —  UPDATED Microsoft and Yahoo announced on Wednesday a blockbuster interoperability deal that will reshape the landscape of the fragmented instant messaging market.  The companies will connect their IM networks so users on each can communicate …
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Clay / PSP Sony PlayStation Portable:
PSP System Firmware Version 2.50 is Out!  —  We got a news tip just minutes ago from a guy called Niklas saying that the 2.50 firmware update was now available via the "Network Update" feature on the PSP.  As of now, we do not have the details as to what changes are included in the update …
Discussion: I4U News and Digital Tech Life
Mike Wendland / Detroit Free Press:
GATES VISITS U-M: Microsoft stays facing forward  —  Chairman remains mindful of giants that fell as computer technology evolved  —  Every morning when Bill Gates gets up, he reminds himself of the dream companies he wanted to work for just before he dropped out of Harvard to form Microsoft Corp.
Discussion: jkOnTheRun
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
The race to time-based and blog search  —  OK, MSN is late to the party again.  Hey, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, how's that acquisition I recommended coming?  That'd get us into the blog search market right now.  Among other things.  But, since I haven't been given a check to go company shopping yet …
Discussion: Incremental Blogger and ben barren
diveintomark.org:
HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software  —  This guide is licensed under the GNU General Public License.  You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License or (at your option) any later version.
Sumner Lemon / InfoWorld:
Google's Blogger service now accessible in China  —  Reopening of access to Blogger comes as Google ramps up its presence in China  —  Long inaccessible from within China without the use of a proxy server, Google's (Profile, Products, Articles) free Web log service, Blogger, can now be accessed directly by Internet users in Beijing.
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Brief Observations Regarding the New Stuff Announced at Today's Special Event … Not just no FireWire cables in the box; no FireWire, period.  Such is the price of smaller and thinner, I suppose.  —  Highest capacity iPod is still 60 GB.  There certainly exists a market of people …
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News:
NY Times v. Wall St. Journal on Hotel Internet Fees  —  The two big papers duke it out over paying for Wi-Fi in hotels: On Sept. 27, New York Times business travel columnist Joe Sharkey wrote about the tendency for big hotels to charge big bucks for in-room and public space Wi-Fi and wired broadband.
Discussion: Boing Boing
google.com:
Phoenix Office Opening  —  Today we announced plans to open a new engineering office in the greater Phoenix area.  The announcement was made this morning at a press conference with Governor Napolitano at her office in Phoenix, AZ.  —  "This is another positive step for Arizona.
Discussion: InsideGoogle

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