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Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Yahoo and Google Unwire — Christian Lindholm, the father of Lifeblog software and Navikey UI leaves Nokia . A few weeks later Lindholm joins Yahoo. A few months later WSJ publishes plans of Yahoo teaming up with SBC and Cingular of joining a co-branded phone made by Nokia.
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Reuters:
Yahoo, Google to launch new wireless services — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and cellphones to provide features similar to those available on computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
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Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Yahoo, TiVo to connect services — update In a move that further blurs the lines of television and the Internet, Yahoo and TiVo have partnered to schedule downloads to TiVo boxes from any Internet connection. — Starting Monday, consumers will be able to schedule recordings of TV shows …
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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.
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 …
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Chris Sherman / Search Engine Watch:
Google Launches Local for Mobile — Google's new Local for mobile service is a stripped-down version of the web-based Google Local that puts a heavy emphasis on maps and driving directions. — The new service allows you to search for specific addresses, businesses or business categories in the United States.
Kasper Jade / appleinsider.com:
Over 1 million Windows to Mac converts so far in 2005? — The momentum generated by Apple's iPod digital music players and related products continues to translate into new Macintosh sales according to one Wall Street analyst who estimates that over one million Windows users have purchased a Mac in the first three quarters of 2005.
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qualcomm.com:
QUALCOMM Files GSM Patent Infringement Suit Against Nokia — SAN DIEGO — November 07, 2005 — QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and its wholly owned subsidiary, SnapTrack, Inc., filed suit on November 4 against Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. in federal court in San Diego for infringement …
Mind Camp:
Mind Camp — 30 hours at seattle mind camp 2 of them asleep. Chalk up that ratio to a late night game of Werewolf that consumed 20 of us till 5am. Rule #1, Don't wear a sweater if you want to live. — Update: Photos on Flickr now. — Still trying to digest everything, but:
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Mark Russinovich / Mark's Sysinternals Blog:
Sony'S Rootkit: First 4 Internet Responds — First 4 Internet, the company that implements Sony's Digital Rights Management (DRM) software that includes a rootkit, has responded to my last post, More on Sony: Dangerous Decloaking Patch, EULAs and Phoning Home. They rebut four of the points I raise in the post.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Why they say spyware is good for you — Sony rightly came under fire last week from programmers and Internet users for injecting an undetectable copy-prevention utility into Microsoft Windows when certain CDs are inserted. — Now the lawyers are taking aim, too.
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 …
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Tom Krazit / Techworld.com:
Microsoft: multi-core chips changing PC software design — 'I COME FROM THE WORLD OF SOFTWARE, AND WE NEED TO TALK,' SAYS SOFTWARE ARCHITECT HERB SUTTER — Multi-core processors are solidly mainstream these days, with five upcoming multi-core designs showcased by their creators on the first day of the Fall Processor Forum.
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.
Steve McClellan / mediaweek.com:
DVR Data Becomes Hot Issue — The move by Nielsen Media Research later this year to incorporate playback viewing from digital video recorders into its daily ratings reports has sparked an industry debate over how advertising time should be bought and sold in the future.
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