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K.C. Jones / crn.com:
Murder Suspect's Google Searches Spotlighted In Trial — 4:54 PM EST Fri. — Prosecutors claim a Mac specialist on trial in connection with the killing of his wife did a Google search for the words: "neck snap break" and "hold" before she was killed. — Robert Petrick …
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Mike / Techdirt:
Your Google Searches May Be Used Against You In A Court Of Law — While there appears a ton of other evidence (digital and otherwise), one of the pieces of evidence in the murder trial of a man accused of killing his wife was that he searched for "neck snap break" on Google soon before he allegedly killed her.
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
If it's not MP3, is it still podcasting? — Yesterday's coverage of the Audible announcement exposed a conversation that was coming, and it boils down to the question in the title of this piece. The answer — if you're not using MP3, you're probably trying to make podcasting into a replay of previous media.
Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Government Enters Fray Over BlackBerry Patents — Agencies Depend on Devices, Lawyers Say — Some people make jokes about Washington wonks being attached to their BlackBerry e-mail devices, but the U.S. government takes the service very seriously. — The Justice Department has filed …
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
FROM SERVICE TO APPLICATION — Late last week - and it was certainly an odd week for all sorts of reasons - I had the honor of appearing before the SDForum's Search SIG in Mountain View, on the Microsoft Valley campus. First I was interviewed by Dan Farber about the book (here's Dan's write up) …
Kasper Jade / appleinsider.com:
First Intel Macs on track for January — Apple Computer is on track to introduce the first Macs with Intel processors as early as January, which should help the company avoid any potential sales slow down in the first half of 2006 and appease concerns voiced by shareholders and industry-watchers, AppleInsider has learned.
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Lora / What Is New:
What do you use a PC for anyway? — What do you use a PC for anyway? — This evening I was reading a few articles about Windows Vista and one alluded to how people are in search of killer applications for Tablet PCs while another said the killer app is really a killer scenario, such as using the Internet.
Whatshisface / The Post Money Value:
The New VC Handbook — Sorry for the all quiet on the western front thing going on here; it has been a busy couple of weeks. — Recently, I had an opportunity to listen to a couple of VCs who are, by all accounts, rock stars. These are the 100 million dollar to each partner type rock stars.
Troy Norcross / Mobile Marketing & SPAM:
Faster and faster - Carnival of the Mobilists 5 - Week 46 — Welcome to Carnival of the Mobilists #5 — The carnival is rapidly gaining speed and momentum and going ever faster and faster - and this is a good thing! One of the great things about this is that there are a growing number of submissions every week.
Erick Schonfeld / business2.com:
The Flickrization of Yahoo — If social search pans out, it could give Yahoo a much-needed edge over Google. Google takes an automated approach to search, throwing armies of Ph.D.s and thousands of servers at the problem. It wants to make search more relevant by creating better algorithms.
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The Unofficial Yahoo! Weblog
Don Phillips / New York Times:
Flight of Boeing's 777 Breaks Distance Record — LONDON, Nov. 10 — In a trip that included two sunrises, a new long-range Boeing 777 flew more than halfway around the world nonstop on Thursday, breaking an aviation distance record set by a B-52 bomber 43 years ago.
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Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Rob Bushway / Tablet PC MVP:
Tablet Guy give away contest — You've seen all the blog entries about the famous Tablet Guy. Well, I'm running a contest and will be giving away at least one Tablet Guy. — Here is the contest: — Write a short story that involves the Tablet Guy. Use your imagination.
Oliver Starr / The Mobile Technology Weblog:
Verizon May Have "The Network" but the Customer Cares About Content — Watching Verizon's recent advertising campaign you'd think "The Network" was the holy grail of mobile telephony. What else can explain the tens of millions of dollars that the company is obviously spending on promoting …
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Colin Barker / ZDNet:
Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008 … There is no compelling reason to rush into upgrading to the next version of Windows, says Gartner — Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows Vista, according to analysts at Gartner, who believe most firms could safely hold back until 2008.
