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Bill Burnham / Burnham's Beat:
RSS and Google Base: Google Feeds Off The Web — There has been a lot of talk about Google Base today on the web and much of the reaction appears to be either muted or negative. The lack of enthusiasm seems to be driven by the fact that the GUI is pretty rudimentary and doesn't provide …
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Michael / michael parekh on IT:
ON WHY GOOGLE BASE IS A REALLY BIG DEAL — Well, after weeks of speculation and anticipation, Google Base is officially announced and out. And as it is with things, the hype set the stage for initial, general disappointment. — Around the blog landscape this morning, the initial vote seems lukewarm, as seen on memeorandum.
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Internet Recruitment …, Burningbird, IP Democracy, Orange Hues, Good Morning Silicon Valley and Mashable*
Doc Searls / Linux Journal:
Saving the Net: How to Keep the Carriers from Flushing the Net Down the Tubes — We're hearing tales of two scenarios—one pessimistic, one optimistic—for the future of the Net. If the paranoids are right, the Net's toast. If they're not, it will be because we fought to save it, perhaps in a new way we haven't talked about before.
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Om Malik / On Broadband, VoIP …:
Google's Riya Designs? — Exclusive: To paraphrase a popular Bollywood ditty, Is Google singing O Riya! O Riya! — Since this past Thursday, I have heard whispers that Riya, a Redwood City, California-based photo service is being courted by Google. Now this rumor has been repeated …
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Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Afraid of Commitment? Try a Pop-up Blog — In a bid to lower the barrier to entry that keep many corporations from beginning to blog, marketing services firm ElectricArtists has come up with an option for the commitment-phobic — the "pop-up" blog. — Unrelated to the loathsome pop-up ad …
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Inside Google Sitemaps:
More stats! — Posted by Vanessa Fox, Google Engineering — We've just launched some new features. The biggest change for those of you already using Sitemaps: if you've verified your site, you'll see substantially more stats and error details. — The biggest change for new users …
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Grace Kwak / Official Google Blog:Knowledge is power — We launched Google Sitemaps this past summer …
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mygadgetbag.com:
~ The Most Shocking Video Game Moments of All Time ~ — Related Categories: — I am the first to admit that I spend entirely too much time in front of a computer monitor. I am also the first to admit that the majority of the time in front of my computer is spent on video games.
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Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Wall Street Journal:
What the In-Crowd Knows — From Hollywood to Wall Street, — Our Guide to the Blogs — Insiders Read to Stay Current — The music industry has one, Wall Street bankers have several and even CPAs have come around. — No self-respecting industry these days is without a must-read blog.
David Kesmodel / Wall Street Journal:
Thanks to Web Ads, Some Find New Money in Domain Names — Internet domain names are a hot commodity again. But unlike the 1990s, when speculators bought up Web addresses in hopes of reselling them later for a big payday, many of today's purchases are aimed at cashing in on the boom in online advertising.
Jason McCabe Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Gawker's Yahoo deal — A bunch of folks have been pinging me about Gawker's Yahoo! deal and my thoughts. My thoughts are: excellent!!! Great for bloggers, great for Yahoo, and most of all great for consumers. — We're psyched that Scott Moore at Yahoo News understands and values blogs …
Ahbao / slashphone.com:
Think Outside Got Stowaway Portable Keyboards for Blackberry — Views: 397 — Think Outside announced the availability of the Stowaway Shasta, a portable keyboard designed specifically for Blackberry users. — "The Stowaway Shasta is our newest keyboard for Blackberry devices …
Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
Mossberg's Favorite Tech Blogs — Every day, I scan dozens of blogs, on politics, sports, news, and, of course, personal technology — the topic I write about. Here are some of my favorite tech blogs. Like all blogs, these range from mere roundups of items elsewhere on the Web to outpourings of personal opinion.
Amit Agarwal / Digital Inspiration:
Windows Genuine Advantage supports Firefox — Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage program is an online validation process that enables you to verify that your copy of Windows XP is genuine (non-pirated). You will be prompted to validate your copy of Windows if you request a genuine Windows download …
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Robert Andrews / Wired News:
Digg Just Might Bury Slashdot — A hot new social-bookmarking site is deluging web servers all over the net with a tsunami of traffic — and is starting to make Slashdot-size waves. — Digg, a San Francisco news site compiled by its own readers, lists links to interesting new technology articles.
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Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Joshua Chaffin / MSNBC:
Wal-Mart mulls DVD download booths — Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, has held discussions with Hollywood studios about installing kiosks in its stores from which consumers could use digital technology to download films on to portable discs. — The move aims to alleviate the shortage …
