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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 …
Discussion: GoogleRumors
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 …
Seweso / seweso's blog:
Google base  —  Google is going to launch a new service: Google-base!  Funny is the fact that I predicted this here which inspired Tony Ruscoe to check the subdomains of google and really found base.google.com!  —  More information at blogsearch.  This is not a technical post, this is not a technical post :P
Google Blogoscoped:
Google Base Was Sort of Live
Phoenix / Search Engine Roundtable:   Google Base and Google's Better Late Than Never Arrival Into Real Estate
Tom Oliveri / Official Google Blog:   Rumor of the day  —  You may have seen stories today reporting …
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).
Michael Bazeley / SiliconBeat:
VideoEgg: Westward ho, and a deal with Six Apart  —  Speculate all you want about Silicon Valley losing its status as the tech epicenter.  For some companies, location still matters.  The latest example of a company making the move is VideoEgg, a small start-up out of New Haven, Connecticut.
Discussion: TechCrunch and Venture Voice
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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 …
Discussion: Daily Wireless and Slashdot
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Chris DiBona / Official Google Blog:   Supporting open source
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 …
Alorie Gilbert / CNET News.com:
Key executives resign from Microsoft  —  update Microsoft lost two key employees in recent days, one who has led several MSN efforts and another who was a top developer for the Office unit.  —  Don Gagne, director of development for Microsoft Office, plans to leave the company in December to pursue a car racing hobby.
Discussion: PaidContent.org
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Brier Dudley / Seattle Times:
Key MSN manager is leaving to launch startup
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 …
Red Herring:
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.
Discussion: Infothought
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 …
Axel Dörfler / Haiku Development Blog:
Finally  —  I just booted into Haiku working on an SMP machine.  Unfortunately, I am not really sure what change exactly triggered this - I've tried so much and all of a sudden it started to work, after I disabled setting up the APIC (the advanced programmable interrupt controller) …
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.
Hollywood Reporter:
WB forms new group for digital home entertainment  —  Warner Bros. has formed an umbrella group for all its business units involved in the digital delivery of entertainment to consumers, including home video, online, wireless, games, anti-piracy and emerging technologies operations.

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