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Om Malik / On Broadband, VoIP …:
Google Dials-In The AdWords — Updated: Google is finally testing out its Click-to-Call system. (Greg Yardley first reported this news, but I have been slow in getting around to it.) It has been a long time coming. I have been waiting for this since I wrote this piece in September.
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Alec / Alec Saunders .LOG:
VoIP: Here Today! — Google's Click-to-Call beta yesterday is generating some interesting comment about the nature of VoIP over on Om Malik's site. I'm sure that Google is terminating the calls on PSTN handsets, because the vast majority of the customers wanting to use the service do not yet …
Hubert Wong / viperlair.com:
$499 CAD — Unless you've been living under a rock, or you're not much of a console gamer, you're probably well aware that Microsoft has finally unleashed the Xbox 360 upon the masses yesterday. We were lucky enough to snag one of the last few Standard systems in the city …
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Reuters:
Crash reports hit Xbox 360 — Microsoft on Wednesday said some Xbox 360 owners are reporting problems with the new video game console that debuted in North America earlier this week. — "We have received a few isolated reports of consoles not working as expected," Microsoft spokeswoman …
Associated Press:
Microsoft Reports Isolated Xbox Glitches — REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it had received isolated reports of technical problems with its popular new Xbox 360 videogame system. — Some owners complained that their systems were crashing during game play, sometimes with error messages popping up.
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Andrew Donoghue / ZDNet:
Google turns Heathrow into testing lab … Google Space aims to entertain passengers waiting at Heathrow, and will also allow the search firm to road-test new products — Google has taken its first foray into the physical world with the launch of an Internet cafe-style computing booth in London's Heathrow Airport.
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Raymond / DLTQ.org:
My OPML file is one of my greatest assets. — I cannot say this today, but sometime in 2006 I will. — By then, my OPML file will include my list of subscribed rss feeds, it will include links to the blog/videoblog entries I have made myself - or just the ones that I like the most myself …
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
WebmasterWorld Out Of Google & MSN — Well, that didn't take long. I wrote on Monday about how WebmasterWorld head Brett Tabke decided to ban all search spiders including those from the major search engines in an effort to combat bandwidth loss and server sluggishness due to rogue spiders.
Jamais Cascio / WorldChanging:
StarSight — Leapfrog Nations - Emerging Technology in the New Developing World — StarSight is one of those ideas that makes one wonder why it wasn't developed years ago. StarSight combines a street light — something which can bring down crime rates dramatically — with solar panel …
Brad Hill / digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com:
Bram Cohen Takes His Medicine — Bram Cohen says the right things, and that political gift has saved his hide. By consistently and frequently decrying unauthorized file-sharing, Cohen has aligned himself with the interests of Hollywood, even as his software creation has facilitated unpaid movie downloads on a colossal scope.
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Matt Casamassina / cube.ign.com:
Xbox 360 is Not a Revolution — And here it is: 10 reasons why you should skip Microsoft's 360 and wait for the real gaming revolution. — November 22, 2005 - We like to consider ourselves equal opportunity gamers. We love Nintendo and we adore its home consoles.
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Joystiq
Jamais Cascio / WorldChanging:
BACTERIAL CAMERAS AND THE FABRICATION FUTURE — Unlocking the Code - Science, Systems and Technological Breakthroughs — It may need four hours to take a picture, and even then only create monochrome images, but the bacterial camera made by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, could be pretty important.
pro-g.co.uk:
Australians must wait until March for Xbox 360 — Microsoft has announced the Xbox 360 will launch in Australia on March 2, some three months later than North America, Europe and Japan. — While Microsoft looks like achieving a fairly simultaneous launch of the console in North America …
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Craig / craigblog:
UPDATE: A few words on a new media venture — UPDATE: just to let you know, I didn't "slam" US media. — I'm working with some folks on technologies that promise to help people find the most trusted versions of the more important stories... and this is personal, helping out another group not associated with craigslist.
