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The Doc Searls Weblog:
PR folks get at least as much flack as they give.  But the good ones are on the same side as their markets: journalists and the public.  —  Back in August, I got a call from a couple PR people I know, warning me that Dan Lyons of Forbes wanted to speak to me.
Discussion: Laughing Squid
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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.
Tom Coates / plasticbag.org is a weblog:
On the BBC Annotatable Audio project...  This post concerns an experimental internal-BBC-only project designed to allow users to collectively describe, segment and annotate audio in a Wikipedia-style fashion.  It was developed by the BBC Radio & Music Interactive R&D team …
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.
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Mark Wallace / New York Times:
A Virtual Holiday in the Virtual Sun
Discussion: Walkerings, Joystiq and Kotaku
Richard MacManus / ZDNet:
Microsoft building a fully Web-based Office?  —  Microsoft is leaping into hosted applications big time.  InformationWeek reports that Microsoft plans to offer hosted implementations of SharePoint, CRM and ERP applications.  But the best quote in that article was left till last.
Tracy / The Student Tablet PC:
OH, WHY NOT.  I'LL GO PAPERLESS TOO  —  Alright, for the past three semesters I've told myself I was going paperless, but I always end up with mounds of papers and books because I never fully try.  —  While Eric Mack is doing his 8-Week challenge, I'll be joining him …
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jkOnTheRun:   Eric and Tracy go paperless
Eric Mack On-Line:
I'm ready for my next Tablet PC Challenge
Matt Marshall / siliconvalley.com:
Tagging the news you want to use  —  DIGG SHOVELS UP STORIES BY RANK  —  Digg, a new San Francisco Internet start-up, seeks to rank news items by letting people choose which stories they like anywhere on the Web.  —  And it just received $2.8 million in venture capital from some big-name investors …
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Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Digg, and you shall find VC money
Discussion: Mark Evans and PaidContent.org
GameSpot:
PS3 to run at 120 fps?  —  It's possible, says Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi; all that's needed is a TV capable of displaying it.  —  Coming soon to an Internet message board near you: waves of more-hardcore-than-thou posters referring to any game running at 60 frames per second (fps) as "a slideshow."
Discussion: Kotaku and Gamers Reports
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.
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 …
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.
Adam Thierer / The Technology Liberation Front:
The Real Net Neutrality Debate: Pricing Flexibility Versus Pricing Regulation  —  As Ray noted in his essay last week on Clearwire and VoIP blocking, I have long argued that broadband service providers (BSPs) will eventually will end up price differentiating based on bandwidth usage …
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Monitor:
MICROSOFT FISCAL 2006 Q1 RESULTS  —  This afternoon, Microsoft announced results for its fiscal 2006 first quarter results.  While the company's seven business units will continue to report separate P&Ls, the units are now contained within three larger business groups.
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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
Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:
Making Money?  —  Okay, extending my thoughts from the last post, I think we should have a conversation about how to make money if you're a startup.  Help educate me if I'm wrong on this: The basic concept is pretty simple, right?  I create or obtain something of value, and I exchange that something for money.
Discussion: Signal vs. Noise
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

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Oliver Starr / The Mobile Technology Weblog:
Sprint Deal With Cable CO's Unlocks Quad Play, Metro VoWLAN, More
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linuxdevices.com:
Two new Linux phones coming in Japan
Discussion: Digital Tech Life
t3.co.uk:
MP3 players that slide to the music
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget
Scott Adams / The Dilbert Blog:
Lawyer with a Porpoise  —  Several people sent comments …
Alex / Symplification:
Nokia 6282 (will work with Cingular UMTS!) Unveiled
Discussion: Engadget and Gizmodo
physorg.com:
'WiFi before you fly'  —  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International …
Discussion: Engadget

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Mobile phones open new front in war on music piracy
Jason Shellen / The Official Google Reader Blog:
A new Reader release  —  Earlier this week we pushed out a new release of Reader.
Discussion: InsideGoogle and The RSS Blog
Marc Orchant / The Tablet PCs Weblog:
Just ordered a new Tablet PC!
 
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