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Reuters:
Apple files 'Mobile Me' as U.S. trademark — SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has filed to trademark the phrase "Mobile Me" for use in a wide range of businesses, furthering speculation it could introduce an iPod phone.
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:McNealy's cold feet and other tales of Sun
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Kevin Maney
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:Sun's McNealy: The iPod is doomed
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Gsmith / Gene Smith's Atomiq:
How much wisdom is there in Digg? — I'm in the middle of The Wisdom of Crowds so I found this story about alleged Digg stylesheet thief Steve Mallett, and subsequent follow-ups, quite interesting. Nat Torkington summed up the story well on O'Reilly Radar: … At the end of the post, Nat concludes:
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kottke.org:
Digg vs. Slashdot (or, traffic vs. influence) — There's been lots of talk on the web lately about Digg being the new Slashdot. Two months ago, a Digg reader noted that according to Alexa, Digg's traffic was catching up to that of Slashdot, even though Slashdot has been around for several years and Digg is just over a year old.
Allison Linn / Associated Press:
Microsoft Plans Launch of Search Ad System — Microsoft Corp. plans to launch its system for selling advertising alongside regular search results by June in the United States, giving the company its next piece of ammunition in the battle with rivals including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
Silicon Valley Watcher:
Disruption in mainstream media but where is the disruption in the mainstream PR industry? — Where is the PR industry disruption? — The mainstream media is heading to hell in a handbasket but where is the PR industry's handbasket? — Over the past two years the PR sector has been growing quite nicely.
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Music stops for Mac Windows Media Player — Microsoft has officially halted development of its Windows Media Player for the Mac and plans no future Apple Computer versions of its music-playing software, CNET News.com has learned. — "We have no plans to provide future updates or product support …
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
False alarm over Windows support deadline — Microsoft is making changes to its support Web site in an attempt to clear up confusion over its plans for the consumer editions of Windows XP. — Until Tuesday night, a posting on Microsoft's Web site stated that support for Windows XP Home …
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Economist:
St Lawrence of Google — Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, has always wanted to change the world. He is well on his way — Getty Images — DOES Larry Page ever get vertigo when contemplating his life and future? After all, Mr Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google …
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IP Democracy
Chitika Blog:
Chitika eMiniMalls earnings for November and December — November and December final earnings reports are ready. Please log in to your accounts to see the final audited reports for both November and December. — Difference between the daily raw click reports and the monthly audited earnings:
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Leander / The Cult of Mac Blog:
Scoop: The Inside Dope on Steve Jobs' Weird Keynote — There was something strange about Steve Jobs' Macworld keynote on Tuesday. The pacing was off. — It started off high energy with reports of unbelievable iPod sales and record revenues, which got the crowd whooping.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Web Site of Agency Is Called Insecure — The General Services Administration has shut a Web site for government contractors after a computer industry consultant reported that he was able to view and modify corporate and financial information submitted by vendors.
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Techdirt
CNET News.com:
Congress looks askance at firms that bow to China — After hearing reports that American tech giants like Microsoft and Yahoo are abiding by Chinese law mandating Internet censorship, some irritated U.S. politicians are threatening to pass laws restricting such cooperation.
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Alice Hill's Real Tech News
Carlo Longino / MobHappy:
Google Drops Personalized Mobile Home Page — Google have unveiled the Google Personalized Home for mobile devices — the mobile version of its personalized Google Home for PCs. Users log in to the Google XHTML site from their mobile phone, and they're presented with a version …
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Abhijit Kalamkar / Official Google Blog:Your Google homepage, to go — Anyone who's ever tried to browse …
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Clickety Clack, Techdirt Corporate …, Micro Persuasion, A Feed Is Born and The Kelsey Group
Leslie Walker / Washington Post:
Future of Internet TV Is Coming Into View — I was trying to sleep on a flight home from Las Vegas Sunday when the craving hit: I want my Internet TV. — After catching a virus at the gadget show I'd attended, I felt too exhausted to read. I needed distraction, a slice …
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
I'm not a Guy kind of Evangelist — You know, my title (technical evangelist) bugs me. It bugs others too (especially in Europe, where people give me very strange looks when they see my business card). Why? Cause of its religious connotations. I didn't realize why it bugged me until …
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Jane Bradley / Scotsman:
Scotland - Edinburgh — Line of poetry to let tourists dial up facts on Fergusson — MOBILE phone technology is being used to beat planning restrictions on a plaque to Scotland's "forgotten poet" Robert Fergusson. — When Bob Watt drew up a proposal for a bronze plaque …
