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Google Blogoscoped:
Google Base Was Sort of Live  —  Several people report Google Base (as predicted yesterday) went live, or at least, its login-screen.  I can't reach it at the moment as it seems Google took it down again, but Dirson posted a screenshot to Flickr.  So what is it?  Quoting from Dirson's screenshot of the login screen:
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Phoenix / Search Engine Roundtable:
Google Base and Google's Better Late Than Never Arrival Into Real Estate  —  There has been some talk this morning onto what will actually be included into Google Base, there are some nice screenshots that have come live this morning.  Giving us a little glimpse of how Google thinks the world's information should be organized.
Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Writers Side With Google in Scrap  —  Google's plan to scan library book collections and make them searchable may be drawing ire from publishers and authors' advocates, but some obscure and first-time writers are lining up on the search engine's side of the dispute — arguing that the benefits …
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25hoursaday.com:
Some Thoughts on Google Print
Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
Mac OS X 10.4.3 release imminent, Australia iTunes Music Store opens  —  October 24, 2005 - The most substantial update to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger is nearing release, multiple indications suggest.  Over the weekend Apple seeded developers with build 8F45, the first seed to not specify any known issues …
Discussion: MacSlash
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appleinsider.com:   New Macs running 10.4.2, 10.4.3 due soon, more...
Reuters:
Canon to develop fuel cells for printers, cameras  —  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc. (7751.T) said on Tuesday it has developed tiny fuel cells that it hopes will start replacing conventional batteries to power some of its digital cameras and printers in three years.
Discussion: Engadget
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Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Futurists Pick Top Tech Trends  —  Taking a long-term view isn't easy nowadays.  —  Even the recent past seems blurry at times.  Google's just seven years old, but it's hard to imagine life before instant search.  Broadband has been widely available for only a few years …
Discussion: textually.org and SearchViews
Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Ready for a 20-inch laptop?  —  How big is your laptop?  Fifteen inches?  Seventeen inches?  How about a massive 19- or 20-inch wide-screen LCD model?  —  With so many DVDs featuring letterboxed or wide-screen versions of films, consumers' fascination with larger screen sizes is changing …
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Geo-Targeted RSS Ads Surprise Advertisers  —  Google has quietly been running geo-targeted contextual ads in RSS feeds for several months, but many advertisers, agencies, and analysts contacted by ClickZ were surprised to learn about the placements.  —  "I don't think most advertisers know it's going on …
Business Wire:
Discussion: Chinawhite
extremetech.com:
The Right Desktop Processor: CPU Price/Performance  —  When you build a PC, you're often making a series of delicate trade-offs.  After all, most of us have budget limits on any PC we build, and making the most of that budget is key.  Last spring, we took a look at graphics hardware price/performance …
John Andersen / GameSpot:
Wal-Mart pulls plug on 360 kiosks  —  Xbox maker acknowledges consoles interfering with Wal-Mart's internal management systems; says fix is in the works.  —  Gamers looking to be among the first to get their hands on an Xbox 360 controller at Wal-Mart demo kiosks can still do it, but they won't actually be controlling anything.
Discussion: Silicon Valley Sleuth
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Meet SoonR  —  SoonR is one of the companies I wrote about today in The Wireless Report on the Business 2.0 website.  SoonR Desktop Agent is a tiny piece of software, aka one of the Google Sidebars that lets you Google your desktop from a mobile phone.  You can view or share any of the results that you discover right from your phone.
Michael Blackley / Scotsman:
'Wireless tours' to boost tourism  —  VISITORS to Edinburgh will be given "wireless tours" of the city on their mobile phones and hand-held computers, under plans announced by tourism leaders.  —  The service, which could be in place as early as next summer, would help tourists pre-plan …
Discussion: textually.org
Benjamin Pimentel / San Francisco Chronicle:
Making signatures more secure IBM is developing new technology to foil forgers  —  Forging someone's signature is one of the oldest and most popular forms of identity theft.  —  But what if a forger were required to imitate not only the look of your signature but also how you went about writing it …
Geraldine Geraldine / LES BLOGS 2:
Les Blogs 2.0 preliminary program  —  Introduction  —  Why have we started to organize the Les Blogs conference ?  —  A frustration.  I have always been so sorry that there were not enough cool conferences around the Web generally in Europe.  If you are European, you have to go often …
Chris Kohler / Wired News:
Give Up, Gizmondo  —  You'd have to be crazy to launch another portable gaming system right now.  —  Sony is waging war on Nintendo's market share with its popular PSP.  Nintendo is pulling out all the stops to fend them off with its Nintendo DS and Game Boy lines.
Discussion: Things That … …

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