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Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
IE 7 bugs abound — update People didn't lose any time in finding bugs in the latest preview release of Internet Explorer 7. — It's been but a day since Microsoft publicly released a test version of Internet Explorer 7, but Internet news groups and blogs are already teeming with bug reports.
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Griffith / Forever Geek:
IE7 Beta 2 Released to the Public — That's right, the second beta of the next major update to Internet Explorer has been released. And I'm going to tell you the good and bad about it. — First the good. — I'm probably going to be flamed for saying this but IE7 is pretty, there I've said it.
Red Herring:
Feds Blast Tech Firms on China — Congressional caucus launches blistering assault on absent tech firms as the debate on China begins. — The tone of the debate between the U.S. government and U.S. technology companies Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Cisco Systems on the subject of Internet freedom …
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Politicos attack tech firms over China — WASHINGTON—Politicians on Wednesday attacked Google, Microsoft, Cisco Systems and Yahoo for declining to appear at a briefing about China's Internet censorship and called for a new law to outlaw compliance with such requirements.
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Valleywag:
Valleywag FAQ — 1. What is Valleywag? — Valleywag is a tech gossip rag, focusing mainly on the people and stories of San Francisco and Silicon Valley. — 2. But Silicon Valley's far too dull and serious for gossip. — Yes, that's been the general consensus.
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Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
Dabble Dabble — It has been a busy week already! I have been furiously reporting for my next story for the magazine. Somedays it is a challenge to switch gears from reporting for a trend piece to blogging. I have fallen behind on some of the broadband stuff, but hopefully will catch up by end of the week.
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Catherine Yang / Business Week:
Is Verizon a Network Hog? — The telecommunications giant wants to devote most of its capacity to its own traffic, to Internet companies' dismay — Last November, Vinton G. Cerf wrote a letter of warning to Congress. The legendary computer scientist, now a vice-president at Google (GOOG) …
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Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
30 Boxes, Best... Calender... EVER! — Let the ajaxification of your life continue! Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit down with a group of bloggers and technologists for a discussion about how we use calendaring as well as view a preview of 83 Degree's latest project 30 Boxes …
MSNBC:
CBS to sell new 'Survivor' episodes on own site — Digital media chief says network likely to offer other shows for download — NEW YORK - New episodes of the popular "Survivor" reality television series will be made available for download directly from CBS's Web site for $1.99 per episode …
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine:
Verizon Blesses Phone-As-Modem Plans — Verizon Wireless has changed its policy and will now let subscribers use several popular phones as high-speed modems for their laptops, company representatives confirmed Thursday. — The shift represents a major policy change for Verizon …
Ryan Naraine / eWEEK.com:
Researcher: WMF Exploit Sold Underground for $4,000 — Virus hunters combing through the wreckage of the zero-day WMF (Windows Metafile) attacks have found evidence that exploit code was being peddled by Russian hacker groups for $4,000 a pop. — The first sign of an exploit was traced …
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Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost Publications:
Budde Outlines Yahoo News Future — YAHOO NEWS HAS ADDED THE weekly advice columnist, Margo Howard, to its short roster of writer/journalists. The news site has also undergone a mild restructuring, featuring popular video more prominently on its home page.
Richard MacManus / Web 2.0 Explorer:
Interview with Digg founder Kevin Rose, Part 1 — Yesterday I interviewed digg founder Kevin Rose to discuss digg's popularity, its battle with spammers, the recent issues with GroupThink and digg's upcoming personalization features. This is the first of a two-part article presenting that interview.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Gtalkr's New Features — Colorado-based Gtalkr originally launched in November 2005 as a Flash based way to access Google Talk, Gmail and Yahoo maps from a website. I drew comparisons to Meebo as well as the Ajax home page crowd (my current list is here). — Gtalk released a ton of new functionality today.
Red Herring:
Mark Burnett Makes AOL Game — Online treasure hunt will provide web-based reality series across portal's sites. — America Online has teamed up with Mark Burnett, creator of the reality series Survivor and The Apprentice, to create an online treasure hunt called Gold Rush!
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