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Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Google Wants to Dominate Madison Avenue, Too — IN many ways, Larry Page and Sergey Brin seem an unlikely pair to lead an advertising revolution. As Stanford graduate students sketching out the idea that became Google, the two software engineers sniffed in an academic paper that …
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Oracle to offer free database — Oracle intends to release a free version of its database, a reaction to the growing competitive pressure from low-end open-source databases. — The database heavyweight on Tuesday is expected to announce the beta release of Oracle 10g Express Edition …
Anne Eisenberg / New York Times:
From Your Living Room to the World, via Podcast — WHEN Kim Maffin learned that she had multiple sclerosis about a year ago, she decided to use a new technology to reach out to others coping with the disease. She started making podcasts - recorded audio programs that people can download …
Rafat / PaidContent.org:
@ ONA: The Bunker State of Mind : I don't really spend much time with other journalists, and today was probably the longest I have since I started this site. Over the last three years, there were times that I thought I missed the office environment, the camaraderie, and other things that come with it.
Shelleyp / Burningbird:
The Testosterone Meme — After checking out the tech.memeorandum.com web site for a few weeks now I've made several observations: — First, most of the stories covered are about business, rather than technology. The companies in focus may be technical, but the stories are about commerce.
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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.
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Blog news services are fighting it out — The blog news service space is pretty hot right now. You have Memeorandum. Digg (which just got $2.8 million in venture capital). Blogniscient. And a few others. — Yesterday Blogniscient underwent a redesign. Looks much nicer now.
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John Borland / CNET News.com:
'Lost' finds deeper reality online — The night before the "Lost" season finale last May, the show's writers and executives had a surprise planned. But the fans found it first. — For several months, the team behind the hit television show had been discussing a new set of Internet sites …
Dave Winer / opml.org:
OPML Validator Beta — Okay, here's the first beta of the OPML Validator. — http://validator.opml.org/ — It works like you think it should. You give it the URL of an OPML document, and it checks to see if it conforms to the OPML spec, and the OPML Validation Guidelines. — Caveat
Dave Taylor / The Intuitive Life Business Blog:
Thinking about the X41 Tablet PC one month later... I've been evaluating a Lenovo IBM X41 Tablet PC for about a month now and while I still have concerns about performance and occasionally am baffled by the subtleties of Windows for the Tablet PC, I'm finding that it integrates nicely into my workflow.
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 …
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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?"
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