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Bindu Reddy / Official Google Blog:
First Base  —  Today we're excited to announce Google Base, an extension of our existing content collection efforts like web crawl, Google Sitemaps, Google Print and Google Video.  Google Base enables content owners to easily make their information searchable online.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Base Launched.  Yuck.  —  Google Blog officially announces the launch of Google Base.  We previously anticipated the launch of Google Base (along with everyone else) in late October.  —  Bottom Line: This is not a very interesting application in its current form.
Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
MY EXPERIENCE WITH GOOGLE BASE  —  So, to properly experience Google Base, I submitted an "item", namely my article on Google Base.  You can read it here, and you can view all (one) of my Google Base "items" at my Google Base store page.  —  So, problems:
Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Poking At Google Base
Brian Benzinger / Solution Watch:
Google Base is now live
Discussion: EBB
Danny / Danny Ayers, Raw Blog:
Google Base : RDF lite silo?
Discussion: Burningbird
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
All your base belong to Google?
Discussion: The RSS Blog
Charlene Li / Charlene Li's Blog:
Google Base goes live - it's more than just about classifieds
Discussion: SiliconBeat and siliconvalley.com
David A. Vise / Washington Post:
Yahoo to Add 5 Gawker Media Blogs to Web Site  —  Yahoo Inc. is adding daily feeds from five popular bloggers to its Web site, the latest move by the Internet giant to spice up its news and entertainment offerings with irreverent content.  —  The firm's licensing deal with privately held …
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Staci / PaidContent.org:
Yahoo, Gawker Join Forces In Licensing, Distribution Deal : Once again, Nick Denton zigs where Jason Calacanis zags.  Instead of shopping Gawker Media, Denton is teaming up with Yahoo for the blog network's first multi-blog major distribution deal.  Dozens of posts from Gawker's five best-known blogs …
Reuters:
Gawker blogs land Yahoo distribution deal
The Doc Searls Weblog:
Saving the Net from the pipeholders  —  I've spent much of the last two weeks writing an essay that just went up at Linux Journal: Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tubes.  It's probably the longest post I've ever put up on the Web.  It's certainly the most important.
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David Berlind / Between the Lines:
The DRM grinch who stole Christmas  —  Are you hoping that Santa will put a portable audio player in your stocking this year?  Or, are you thinking about stuffing someone else's stocking with one.  Then all I have to say to you is buyer beware.  As these devices become more mainstream …
Discussion: Peer Pressure
David Berlind / Between the Lines:   How to stop Hollywood and Congress from trampling on your constitutional rights
Wall Street Journal:
Top Web Sites Build Up Ad Backlog, Raise Rates  —  Prime Spots Are Sold Out  —  Months Ahead as Marketers  —  Shift Dollars From TV, Print  —  As marketers shift dollars from TV and print media to the Internet, more Web sites are hanging "sold out" signs on their most coveted pages and dramatically raising ad rates.
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Creating false scarcity in advertising
Discussion: Online News Squared
Roger O. Crockett / Business Week:
Orchestrating a Revved-Up ROKR  —  After the music-playing handset's lackluster launch, Motorola and Cingular are working on a revamp — and a slew of related services  —  On the 11th floor of the Cingular Wireless headquarters outside Atlanta's hip Buckhead neighborhood, executives are plotting a comeback.
Colin Campbell / next-gen.biz:
Report - 'Only 80 Games a Year Will Succeed'  —  A new report on the risks involved in game publishing and development has been released suggesting that, in the next generation, as few as 80 games a year will turn a profit.  —  Development costs in the next generation are set to rise …
Discussion: Kotaku and Joystiq
Cmdr Zorg / Game + Life Review:
BLUE SKY IN GAMES CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED  —  Games need BLUE SKIES!  Games need BRIGHT YELLOW SUNS!  Games need RED AND BLUE THINGS in them!  We want to play in a HAPPY PRETEND LAND, not a s**t version of an American slum full of mixed-race gangsters wearing licensed sportswear!
Discussion: Joystiq and Guardian Unlimited
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
Hot Donkey!  Premium CableCARD HDTV in Microsoft's Media Center Coming in 2006  —  Hot Donkey.  Per the press release below, it's official: expect to see CableCARD HDTV Support in Vista due out before Christmas next year.  As those of you who read my blog know, lack of premium HDTV …
Discussion: Engadget and Zatz Not Funny
press.nokia.com:
Nokia to extend leadership in enterprise mobility with acquisition of Intellisync  —  Combined product portfolios will provide more choice for carriers and businesses  —  New York, USA - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Intellisync (NASDAQ: SYNC) today announced they have signed a definitive agreement …
Steve Friess / Wired News:
Women Warm the Podcast Bench  —  Ontario, California — Wendy Malley says she didn't know how much of a men's club podcasting had become until she arrived here for the nascent industry's first trade show last week.  —  The co-host of Gabber JaW says she realized her gender might be a problem …

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