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Rebecca Buckman / Wall Street Journal:
Blog Buzz on High-Tech Start-Ups Causes Some Static  —  When Spanish Internet start-up FON Technology SL tried to generate some buzz this past weekend about new funding it had snared from Google Inc. and eBay Inc.'s Skype Technologies, it pitched stories to traditional media outlets.
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The Doc Searls Weblog:
Why should interests conflict only around money?  —  Blog Buzz on High-Tech Start-Ups Causes Some Static is a Wall Street Journal piece today by Rebecca Buckman.  It begins, … Later, she adds, … In the article, "allegiances" and "interests" (of, say, the sort that become "conflicted" …
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Buzz, blogs, and bucks
Discussion: The Doc Searls Weblog
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Bloggers "bought off" by Fon? Not me...
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, theory.isthereason and Joystiq
xbox.com:   Master Chief Dual-Wields His Way to Windows Vista
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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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
RIM's workaround revealed  —  update BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday announced details of how its new software workaround, designed as a backup if U.S. courts impose an injunction later this month, will be released to customers.  —  The specifics of the workaround come days …
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Rob Hof / Business Week:
Edgeio Edges Toward Launch—and a Clash with E-Commerce Giants?  —  Edgeio, the much-anticipated, secretive startup by onetime RealNames founder Keith Teare and TechCrunch blogger Mike Arrington, suddenly isn't so secret anymore.  Although its "official" launch is weeks away, possibly Feb. 27 …
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.
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.
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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Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab:
What Yahoo Should Do Next  —  What amazes me about Yahoo …
Discussion: Search Engine Lowdown
Official Google Blog:
New on your Desktop  —  Posted by Posted by Kan Liu, Product Manager, Google Desktop  —  In v.1 of Google Desktop, we focused on helping you quickly find existing information on your own computer.  In v. 2, it became easier to organize and find new personalized information from all over the web via the Sidebar.
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Inside Google Desktop:
Desktop Reloaded  —  Today we're very pleased to announce …
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.
Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
Google Opens Bidding for Print Media  —  Google, the search giant and would-be multi-media advertising enabler, has opened up the bidding on its much-talked-about print venture.  AdWords advertisers can now bid for 1 page, 1/2 page and 1/4 page ads in nearly 30 different lifestyle and technology magazines.
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.

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