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Venkatesh Rangarajan / Manthan:
Google testing Click to call — Searchin Engine Journal is reporting Google is testing "Click to Call" feature . More details of this are available on Google website on "Click to Call" FAQ page. I had talked about it when Google talk was launched, how Google could leverage its search/ local search …
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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 …
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.
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Google Testing Google AdWords Click-To-Call — Google Testing Google AdWords Click-To-Call — Google has come out with a test of their new Google Pay-Per-Call service dubbed "Google Click-to-Call." Google is reportedly only testing this service in designated areas of the United States …
Next Generation:
Xbox 360 'Overheating' Problems Emerge — Forum posts are suggesting early teething problems for Xbox 360, with some units overheating. — For the most up-to-date game industry news, opinion and analysis, read Next Generation every weekday morning. www.Next-Gen.Biz
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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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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 …
Marc Perton / Engadget:
Users report Xbox 360 "crashing like mad" — So, the Xbox 360's been available for, what, 15 minutes, and already the crash reports are streaming in. According to postings on Xbox-Scene and other fan sites, some early adopters are discovering that waiting on line in the cold for two years …
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Permalink — Lillian Kreisle, whose name I'm sure I'm mangling, was my first book keeper at my first company. She was a generation older than us young whipper snappers, we were in our 20s, and determined to make a place for ourselves in the world. She might have been impressed with our vigor …
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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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Ajit Anthony / DV Guru:
Interview With Mike Curtis From HD for Indies (Part One) — HD for Indies has quickly become one of the most important websites for digital filmmaking. Whether it be HD, DV, Apple or Adobe, the man behind the blog/site, Mike Curtis provides an experienced, thoughtful, unbiased …
Roblord / Songbirdnest.com:
Songbird vs iTunes? — A blogosphere critic or two has opined that Songbird's user interaction and visual design (at iTunes. Let's review the facts. — First, consider that every modern Web browser overwhelmingly looks and works the same and for good reason. The Web's cognitive model is a tree of pages.
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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