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John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Found to Be Testing Classified Ads — SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 - An online classified service being tested by Google set off intense speculation on Tuesday after a Web site for the service was accidentally made public and discovered by a computer programmer on Monday.
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Fred / A VC:
Posting, Subscribing, Tagging AND Search — I left something important out of my posting, subscribing and tagging post that I did in early August. — There is a fourth pillar of the blogging movement and that is search. — That became obvious to me last night as I slept on Google Base.
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
GoogleBase, Craigslist, Oddle, Print, Oh My — GOOGLEBASE, CRAIGSLIST, OODLE, OH MY — (Ongoing Thinking Out Loud based on the conversation spawned by this post) — So my question for Craigslist is this: Once Yahoo or Google decide to do a vertical listings engine - and they will …
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google wants your car listings, events — In a move that could put Google in competition with eBay, the search giant is testing a new service that would allow people to post and make searchable any type of content, a Google spokeswoman confirmed Tuesday. — A screenshot of a page for …
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Techdirt, Google Blogoscoped, PaidContent.org, Search Engine Journal and Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google provides unintentional peek at classified ad service — SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. has unintentionally provided a sneak peek at what appears to be a looming expansion into classified advertising - a free service that might antagonize some of the Internet search engine's biggest customers, including online auctioneer eBay Inc.
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microsoft.com:
MSN Search Announces MSN Book Search — MSN is working with the Open Content Alliance to bring millions of publicly available print materials worldwide to the Web. — SAN FRANCISCO — Oct. 25, 2005 — MSN Search today announced its intention to launch MSN® Book Search …
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Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Microsoft Announces MSN Book Search; Joins Open Content Alliance — Microsoft, yes good old Gates, Ballmer and crew, are getting in on the online books digitization game and more. I can't say that I'm totally surprised. When Google first announced Google Print and then expanded the program …
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Search Engine Journal, Bink.nu, ResourceShelf, InsideMicrosoft, The Unofficial Google Weblog and TeleRead
Katie Hafner / New York Times:Microsoft to Offer Online Book-Content Searches
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Leslie Miller / Associated Press:
New Passports Will Have High-Tech Features — WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Tuesday that it's adding two security features to the new electronic passports that it will start issuing in December. — The announcement partially assuaged privacy advocates who feared the technology …
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Anil Dash:
The Interesting Economy — Like many great social software applications, Flickr began its life as something else. Flickr was built on a platform for a game called Game Neverending, which had a lot of great features including an in-game economy based on exchanging various totems that had different relative values.
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Caterina / Caterina.net:
Economies of Interest — Anil wrote a post about The Interesting Economy in which he wonders why those whose photos are algorithmically deigned to be "interesting" do not receive any money. But as some commenters note, in any social software system there are systems of value other than …
press.nokia.com:
Nokia brings Bluetooth technology to a pair of new fold-style CDMA handsets — New mid-tier Nokia 2855 and 6165 phones combine today's most wanted features with a stylish fold design — Florianopolis, Brazil - Addressing the needs of customers seeking a compact, stylish CDMA handset …
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press.nokia.com:
Nokia introduces two CDMA handsets designed for new growth markets — Nokia 1255 monoblock and Nokia 2355 fold-style phones combine a modern, compact design with an attractive price point — Florianopolis, Brazil - Reaffirming its commitment to providing high-quality devices for new growth markets …
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Gizmodo
Jeffrey Selingo / New York Times:
Why Look at the Road When There's So Much Going On Inside? — AS an engineer, Steve Elias loves gadgets. But the dashboard on his 2005 Pontiac GTO is too much for him. It "lights up like a Christmas tree," he said, providing detailed information like average speed and distance traveled, down to the one-hundredth of a mile.
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Larry Buhl / Wired News:
No Porn for You, Video IPod! — There's a widespread notion that pornographers eagerly jump on new technology long before it goes mainstream, but with Apple Computer's new video-playing iPod, the adult industry is largely staying away. — With a couple of exceptions …
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Darren Rowse / Blog Tips at ProBlogger:
Adsense Dumb Pricing — Jen has just posted information about Adsense that will be of interest to publishers using it across multiple sites. The crux of it being that Google's 'smart pricing' can actually not only impact one of your sites but all of them.
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BBC:
Gamer buys virtual space station — A virtual space resort being built in the online role-playing game, Project Entropia, has been snapped up for $100,000 (£56,200). — Jon Jacobs, aka Neverdie, won the auction for the as yet unnamed resort in the game, which lets thousands of players interact with each other.
