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China Martens / InfoWorld:
Open source 2.0: New kids on the block  —  With the boom in the number of open source startups some are predicting fallout  —  Remember a year or so ago when you could probably name most of the open-source companies in the market?  Try doing that now when the number of startups has skyrocketed to several hundred.
Discussion: AC/OS and The Blog
Ken Yarmosh / TECHNOSIGHT:
THE NEW FACE OF BLOGNISCIENT  —  In my latest interview with Ben Ruedlinger the founder of Blogniscient, I mentioned that there were some significant and exciting changes on the way.  Well, the changes are done and I'm happy to announce the new face of Blogniscient.
Discussion: Mashable* and Scobleizer
NevOn:
Shallow journalism at Forbes magazine  —  When you see a business magazine story about blogs with the title "Attack of The Blogs!," you should know what to expect.  A cover story in the latest edition of Forbes magazine doesn't disappoint as this paragraph indicates:
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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Attack the bloggers  —  Are we at the cusp of a new media trend called attack the bloggers?  First it was Advertising Age and now its Forbes.  I am disappointed to say the least by Forbes' over-the-top cover-story that paints bloggers as a lynch mob.  The fact that it is the #1 story …
Inside AdSense Team / Inside AdSense:
The facts about smart pricing  —  We've noticed a lot of talk recently about the phenomenon commonly referred to as 'smart pricing'.  There are some misconceptions out there about this, so we wanted to provide a few facts about smart pricing and how to ensure you're maximizing your revenue.
opensolaris.org:
The Java Desktop System  —  Introduction  —  The Java Desktop System is a secure and comprehensive enterprise desktop software solution that combines the best of open source innovation.  Java Desktop System is a major component of the Solaris 10 Operating System, x86 and SPARC architecure editions …
Discussion: Planet GNOME
Peter Kafka / Forbes:
Sprint's Music Service To Use Samsung, Sanyo Handsets  —  Sprint Nextel's (nyse: S - news - people ) new music-download service, set to launch Monday Oct. 31, will be supported by new mobile phones from Samsung (otc: SSNLF - news - people ) and Sanyo (nasdaq: SANYY - news - people )according to people familiar with the plans.
Nick Farrell / Inquirer:
Microsoft hauled into court in piracy case  —  Volefinger, he's the one, the one with the furry touch  —  SOFTWARE GIANT and music industry friend Microsoft was dragged squeaking before a court and accused of music piracy.  —  The former drummer for the defunct popular beat combo Ink & Dagger …
Discussion: Kotaku
blizzard.com:
BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT® ANNOUNCES EXPANSION SET FOR WORLD OF WARCRAFT®  —  World of Warcraft®: The Burning Crusade™ expands the Warcraft® universe with new playable races, new lands, new features, and more  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. - October 28, 2005 - Blizzard Entertainment …
Discussion: Blue's News
Davilac / webmasterbrain.com:
Discover the ultimate all-in-one SEO Tool … A totally new and smart way to check SEO stats while you surf:  —  The SEO Links extension gives you tooltips specially enhanced for SEOs.  When enabled, hovering any link in Firefox will show you Yahoo, MSN, and Google link popularity and ranking data for the URL and anchor text pair.
Tablet PC Team Blog:
Strumento di Cattura... Coming Soon!  —  On my personal blog, I get a lot of requests from international fans of Snipping Tool v2.0 (part of the Experience Pack for Tablet PC).  "When will a version be available that works on my <insert country of origin here> Tablet?"
Discussion: jkOnTheRun
Fred / WeBreakStuff:
Forbes says we lie and cheat  —  In quite possibly the most despicable article I've read this year, Forbes calls bloggers part of an "online lynch mob spouting liberty but spewing lies" (quoted from this article by Daniel Lyons).  Talk about media sensationalism.  Lets think about this for a little while.
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Jo Twist / BBC:
Picturing online gaming's value  —  For some time, online gamers have been treating their virtual lives as just another part of their offline lives.  —  Millions around the world play, meet up, battle, buy and sell in online games and virtual worlds, such as Second Life and World of Warcraft.
Brad Burnham / Union Square Ventures:
Sessions Top Ten Insights - Two  —  Social production systems seem to deliver a much higher portion of the economic value created to the consumers than traditional production systems do.  —  As Tim O'Reilly says, … This may be because peer producers could get restless if they felt …
Rudy De Waele / m-trends.org:
Carnival of the Mobilists 03  —  It is a great pleasure to introduce you to the third Carnival of the Mobilists.  The more I get into the concept the more I believe it's really great for everybody involved.  Not only for the bloggers writing about mobile but especially for the readers who …

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