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oodle.typepad.com:
Where's Craigslist?  —  We are no longer adding new Craigslist listings to our index.  We received a request from them to do so and we honored that request.  We'll miss Craigslist.  They are clearly a good service and we're big fans.  We are working to understand and address their concerns.
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Apple - Hot News:
Apple Introduces the New iMac G5  —  The new iMac G5 features a built-in iSight video camera for out-of-the-box video conferencing and Apple's new breakthrough Front Row media experience.  Front Row gives users a simple, intuitive and powerful way to play their music, enjoy their photo slideshows …
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Dan Frakes / Macworld:
Mac mini needs a Front Row seat
Discussion: MacSlash and one digital life
John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
The Life  —  I suspect that many Mac users — as well as some aspiring developers — have only a half-conceived notion of the economics involved with becoming a successful indie Mac developer.  —  The basic idea is that a developer comes up with an idea for an app, implements it, ships it …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Apple Polishers  —  Explaining the press corps' crush on Steve Jobs and company.  —  Download the iPod-ready audio version of this story here, or sign up to get all of Slate's free daily podcasts.  —  I don't hate Apple.  I don't even hate Apple-lovers.
Discussion: Gawker
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Peter Lewis / Fortune:
The Video iPod: It Rocks
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Solution Watch joins Web 2.0 Workgroup  —  I am very honored to say, Solution Watch is now a member of the Web 2.0 Workgroup.  For those of you that do not know, the Web 2.0 Workgroup is a group of sites that focus on the new generation of the web.  The idea is that if you like one of the sites …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Podtech and SolutionWatch Join Web 2.0 WorkGroup
Discussion: Read/Write Web
Jfurrier / Podtech.net:   PodTech Joins Web 2.0 WorkGroup Announcement
Mark Cuban / Blog Maverick:
How Bob Iger Saved Network TV … Content has been available for download for years and years.  That content could be played on any number of devices, from computers to DVD players to PDAs.  Being able to playback a video from the new Video Ipod just like you can play a song from a current IPod, certainly is not a technical marvel.
ubuntu.com:
Ubuntu 5.10 Released  —  The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 5.10.  This is the official Ubuntu 5.10 release, and includes installation CDs, live CDs, and combination DVDs for three architectures.  —  Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install …
Discussion: Ted's Radio Weblog
Tom Evslin / Fractals of Change:
Bubble 2.0 - The Long Tail of Supply  —  Bubble 2.0 aka Web 2.0 is upon is.  Like every bubble, there will be opportunities to create great fortunes, opportunities to lose such fortunes before spending them, plain old opportunities to lose money, chances to get funding to do cool things …
Jim / Jim Boykin's SEO Thoughts:
SEO - Then, Now, and Tomorrow.  —  SEO history based on my experience - a very late at night post.  —  1999 SEO - Creating 18 doorway pages for 18 major search engines.  Looking at the sites in the top results and analyzing keyword density of each area of the pages, and repeating it with just a little more keyword density.
Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
New IE, Media Player Features Expected to Debut in Windows Vista Refresh  —  Testers will soon have a new Community Technology Preview build, the second one that Microsoft has issued for its next-gen Windows client.  Beta 2 is looking like December, sources say.
Discussion: Andre and OSNews.com
Katy Duke / Guardian:
Paper view technology  —  Cheap, paper-thin TV screens that can be used in newspapers and magazines have been unveiled by German electronics giant Siemens.  —  The firm says the low production costs could see the magazine shelves in newsagents come alive with moving images vying …
Jeff / The Jeff Pulver Blog:
WARNING: The FCC Extends CALEA's reach to the Internet  —  If you recall, back on August 5th, the FCC adopted its First Report and Order on Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act and Broadband Access and Services.  We finally saw the text of the Order some 7 weeks later on September 23.
convergedigest.com:
How Much Bandwidth is Enough?  —  The debate over how much bandwidth is necessary and which network architecture is best optimized for its delivery is far from over.  In fact, as internet-based applications proliferate, the challenges facing network operators are multiplying like Moore's Law.
Discussion: broadband
Matt Haughey / Lifehacker:
How to set up a home FTP server  —  If you've been following the the Lifehacker Home Server Series of articles, you know how to do things like reach your home computer from anywhere in the world thanks to dynamic DNS services.  Gina wrote about how to set up a personal home web server …

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