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Skrenta / Topix.net Weblog:
TOPIX TAGS BLOGS — Today we added 15,000 top weblogs to the Topix.net crawling/tagging engine. Blog posts are being categorized into our 30,000 local feeds as well as our 300,000 subject feeds. Our search results now include blog results, and posts should show up on our site and search index within 1-3 minutes of being crawled.
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Yahoo Plans to Connect Services With TiVo — Yahoo and TiVo plan to announce a deal today that will connect Yahoo's vast online service to TiVo's set-top boxes, which, in addition to recording television programs, have a largely unused capability to connect to the Internet.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Comparing The Flickrs of Video — I've been tracking a number of sites that offer flickr-like services for video. — I've taken a look at as many of these services that I could find. The most well known is YouTube, which we profiled in August and which recently raised venture money from Sequoia.
Nancy White / Full Circle Online Interaction Blog:
Seattle Mindcamp 1.0 — After a nice shower and lunch, I wanted to sit down and reflect on the past 48 hours and the first ever Seattle Mind Camp. From 10 a.m. Saturday through noon today, Sunday, around 140 smart people convened in an empty office building to think, share and play together.
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USA Today:
Google brings maps to phones — LOS ANGELES — Internet search giant Google introduces its first downloadable cellphone application on Monday, bringing its acclaimed map technology to phones. — With Google Local for mobile devices, users can get colorful, overhead views of a neighborhood …
Associated Press:
Imagine, Make It Real in Fab Lab — BOSTON — When Makeda Stephenson compared flight simulator games sold in computer stores and didn't find anything she liked, she didn't stop there. — The 13-year-old used a set of computer-controlled manufacturing tools at a community center …
Richard Siklos / New York Times:
Many Suitors, and Many Pitfalls, as AOL Seeks a Partner — Microsoft has emerged as the front-runner in the talks surrounding the potential sale of a stake in America Online, two people involved in the negotiations said. But despite a flurry of interest in AOL from Microsoft, Google and others …
Clive Thompson / Wired News:
Can a Game Make You Cry? — I could tell something was wrong as soon as I saw my friend's eyes. It was back in 1997, and he'd been playing the recently released Final Fantasy VII. That afternoon, he'd gotten to a famously shocking scene in which Aerith, a beloved young magician girl, is suddenly and viciously murdered.
CNET News.com:
Crowd gathers for Homebrew Computer Club's 30th — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—If you've never seen a couple hundred bona-fide geeks sitting on the edge of their seats with excitement, you should have been on hand Saturday for an appreciation of the 30th anniversary of the Homebrew Computer Club.
mandrake.tips.4.free.fr:
Mandriva Linux 2006 review — The Desktop Linux Showcase — Part 1 — Introduction — This review is subtitled "the Desktop Linux Showcase" which hints that it's not going to be a regular review about Mandriva Linux 2006 - I will certainly mention the strong and weak points …
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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Amazon.com, Harbinger of Web 2.0 Trends — Over the weekend, I attended the >Play Conference at University of California's Haas School of Business, and got a chance to meet some interesting folks who are conducting cool experiments in digital media. In between panels and keynotes …
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Craig Pringle:
My wishlist for the Tablet PC world … My answer to that is twofold: — 1) The things I want to see in Tablet PC applications right now include (in no particular order): — · Native ink support in Acrobat Reader. And every other application too, of course, but Acrobat Reader is a major one for me.
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Video Plug-in for Google Talk — Video Plug-in for Google Talk — Google Talk, Google's messaging and VOIP application, is now Video enabled with a new plug-in from Festoon. Using the video plug-in, Google Talk users can now see who they are talking to, in real time.
Marc Orchant / The Tablet PCs Weblog:
Gateway Chronicle: First impressions — I've now had a couple of days with the new Gateway convertible to build some first impressions and I must say the experience has been overwhelmingly positive. James and I just finished recording this week's OnTheRun with Tablet PCs podcast …
