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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google Base: It's An Early-Stage Test Project from Google — UPDATE: We've postscripted (see below) with an official statement from Google about this project. — Lots and lots of talk in the blogosphere today about the new (is it?) Google Base. As always, Barry does a great job pulling it all together here.
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Google Blogoscoped:
More Google Base Screenshots — Caleb Eggensperger sent in some more Google Base screenshots (thanks for that, as I still can't see this live): — Program policies ("Posting is not permitted for the promotion of body parts or human remains.") — Terms of service ("By submitting …
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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Ars Technica:
Google Base: All your base are, in fact, belong to us — I couldn't help but make a joke with the title, because it's seemingly right on the money. You see, Google is getting ready to take the wraps off of a new service called Google Base. If it can be posted online, it would appear that they would …
Harry McCracken / PC World's Techlog:
VideoEgg: Hassle-Free Video Blogging — As I once mentioned here, I like capturing teeny-tiny video clips with my digital camera. My only problem is that after I've viewed those clips once or twice, they tend to sit on my hard drive where nobody—including me—gets much enjoyment out of them.
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Jenstar / JenSense:
One poorly converting site can "smart price" an entire AdSense account — Google has said very little publicly about Smart Pricing secret sauce which results in some publishers earning more money for a click while others earn less (and yes, the advertiser will also pay less accordingly).
Mike Shields / mediaweek.com:
Comedy Central Unveils Motherload Network — Comedy Central unveiled details on its new broadband network Motherload on Tuesday in New York. — Motherload, which goes live on Nov. 1, will consist of five video-based channels featuring a mix of clips from Comedy Central's programming …
governor.oregon.gov:
Governor Announces New Open Source Technology Initiative by Oregon Universities — Google Contributes $350,000 to JointOregonState, PortlandStateUniversityProgram to Expand Open Source Development and Education — (Salem, OR) - Governor Ted Kulongoski today announced the contribution …
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Brier Dudley / Seattle Times:
Key MSN manager is leaving to launch startup — The highly regarded manager of Microsoft's MSN.com portal and content group, Hadi Partovi, resigned last week, a month after a large reorganization folded MSN into the larger Windows group. — Additional changes are possible as the merger of MSN and Windows is sorted out.
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Frank Rose / Wired News:
Battle for the Soul of the MP3 Phone … One sign that the ROKR, the new iTunes phone from Motorola, might not live up to expectations came during its September unveiling ceremony at San Francisco's Moscone Center. In the midst of an elaborate presentation of new products, Steve Jobs …
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Iran Tightens Web Filters — An Iranian tech company claims it can stop censorship circumvention tools. — Civil liberties advocates voiced concern Monday over Iran's plans to tighten its grip on Internet use with new technology that allegedly can get around counter-censorship tools.
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lightreading.com:
SBC Stretches Lightspeed Timeline — LAS VEGAS — Telecom '05 — While SBC Communications Inc. (NYSE: SBC - message board) takes pains to assure Wall Street and others it is on track with its Project Lightspeed rollout, the company has quietly given itself another six months — until mid 2008 …
David Weinberger / Joho the Blog:
[berkman] Joshua Schachter — Joshua Schachter of del.icio.us is giving a lunchtime talk. His presence has sold out the small conference room at the Berkman Center so we've moved to a bigger room. — What follows are paraphrases of what he said; I am certain not only to have omitted …
nclnet.org:
Consumer Group Raises Copyright, Censorship Concerns about Google Print Library, Calls for Public Hearings — Contact: 202-835-3323, media@nclnet.org — Washington, DC-In a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary subcommittees overseeing intellectual property issues …
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Sandy Brown / TheStreet.com:
Hearst-Argyle Chief Embraces Telcos — Hearst-Argyle Television's (HTV:NYSE - news - research - Cramer's Take) CEO sketched out a vision of the communications business Tuesday that would harness the mighty power of the television to the growing reach of the humble telephone.
David.Fleischman / Tales of Windows Media …:
Where are we now? — With all the questions about Vista I thought it might be interesting to talk about where we are in the project and to see if there were things you were hoping to see. — Right now we're in a bug fixing phase. That means we are working on closing down as many bugs …
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