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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:   Buzz, blogs, and bucks
Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
True video iPod to sport 3.5-inch display, touch-screen click wheel  —  February 9, 2006 - Think Secret can confirm recent rumblings that Apple is nearing completion of a completely revamped video iPod that will shed the ubiquitous mechanical click wheel for a touch screen and will sport a 3.5-inch diagonal display.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Apple still at work on true video iPod?
Discussion: The Apple Blog
Gary Price / Search Engine Watch Blog:
It's Time To Say So Long  —  The time has come for me to say goodbye to Danny, Chris, and the rest of the SEW team.  —  The good news is that I will not be going very far and what have become known to many of you as "Gary's other sites" (ResourceShelf and DocuTicker) will still be online and updated daily.
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PR Newswire:   Ask Jeeves Appoints Gary Price Director of Online Information Resources
Gary / ResourceShelf:
Gary Price Gets a New Job BUT ResourceShelf and DocuTicker Will Continue
Discussion: SEO by the SEA
Inside Google Desktop:
Desktop Reloaded  —  Today we're very pleased to announce the launch of Google Desktop 3 Beta.  The new version comes loaded with features that make finding and sharing information even easier and more fun than before.  —  As a Sidebar user, you can now customize and view personalized information anywhere …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Desktop 3.0: Privacy is Dead(er)
BBC:
Halo 2 gamers face Vista upgrade  —  Halo fans will have to upgrade their computer if they want to follow Master Chief's adventures on the PC.  —  Microsoft has announced that the PC version of Halo 2 will only work on the new version of Windows called Vista.
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Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Halo 2 coming to Vista  —  Not many details (ummm...release date?) but here is the press release that just went out a few moments ago.  —  Master Chief Dual-Wields His Way to Windows Vista  —  "Halo 2," the award-winning sequel to the instant classic "Halo: Combat Evolved" to make its PC debut on the Windows Vista platform
Discussion: Kotaku and Joystiq
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Yahoo to offer incentives for using search engine?  —  Yahoo confirmed on Wednesday that it's polling some Yahoo Mail users about what they would want in exchange for making Yahoo their primary search engine.  The survey was sent to a random sampling representing about 5 percent of its Yahoo Mail users, a Yahoo representative said.
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Russell Shaw / IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband:
BlackBerry releases full service interruption workaround software details  —  After many expressions of concern from its corporate customers, individual users and carriers BlackBerry this morning has revealed details about special software they say they will distribute and enable as a …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Bill would force Web sites to delete personal info  —  A bill just announced in Congress would require every Web site operator to delete information about visitors, including e-mail addresses, if the data is no longer required for a "legitimate" business purpose.
Kenji Hall / Business Week:
This PlayStation May Play Too Much  —  Sony's new super-packed PS3 handles a lot more than games.  That, some say, could confuse buyers  —  Picture this: you plug your TV into a box the size of a phone book and go online to check headlines.  You get bored and click over to a Giants game.
Discussion: Kotaku, Gamerscore Blog and Cathode Tan
Hal R. Varian / New York Times:
A Plug for the Unplugged $100 Laptop Computer for Developing Nations  —  ONE of the more interesting technology sessions at Davos, Switzerland, this year was Nicholas Negroponte's presentation of a $100 laptop computer intended for developing countries.  —  Mr. Negroponte, the founder …
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Too Many Ajax Calendars  —  For all the Ajax calendars that are appearing, it's a shame I can't find one which really meets my needs.  —  I tried out Trumba, Kiko, 30 Boxes, Yahoo! Calendar, and Spongecell.  I couldn't recommend any of them.  —  My needs are probably weird, but not that weird.
Marc Canter / Marc's Voice:
OH MY GOD - Microsoft Live is Hailstorm 2.0  —  ... ..but in a good way.  Assuming they allow us to mesh into it - and vice versa.  —  As I sat in the etribes.com/mashup last night (near the Savoy Theater, off the Strand) - I was honored to listen to Sam Seshi rap out Microsoft's Live.com platform.
Discussion: Voidstar and Web 2.0 Explorer
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Photos Overview, Exclusive Screenshots  —  It isn't entirely fair to compare the new Yahoo Photos with all of the early stage companies showing their stuff at Demo.  But its a very impressive product and it's good that they came here to demo it.  The new Yahoo Photos will be launching this spring.
Discussion: Between the Lines

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