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Reuters:
Google shares may fall another 50 pct-Barron's  —  Feb 12, 2006 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Web search leader Google Inc. <GOOG.O> — off 24 percent from highs set last month — could face a further 50 percent decline, Barron's said in the financial weekly's February 13 edition.
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Jacqueline Doherty / Barron's Online:
In the Drink  —  INVESTORS HAVE BEEN FIXATED on Google the past few weeks, as its shares have tumbled nearly 25% from a peak of $475 — and the fact is, there could be a lot more tumbling ahead.  The share price could well be cut in half over the next year as the Internet giant grapples …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Edgeio - Mike's Little eBay Killer  —  I gotta say that I love Edgeio.  Mike Arrington called me today and gave me a demo of the new classifieds service he has worked on with Keith Teare.  I really can't fault it.  It ties in with so much of the stuff that I've been thinking about recently …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
3bubbles is cool — but so what?  —  I hate to be a curmudgeon, but I just don't see the point of something like 3bubbles.com, which Mike Arrington at TechCrunch profiled recently.  I mean, my first response as a geek was hey, this is cool.  Click on a link and see a little window pop up where you can chat in real time?
Discussion: Mark Evans, larry borsato and J. LeRoy
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
How to Value Ratings With DVR Delay?  —  WOULD the opening greeting on "Saturday Night Live" sound as compelling if it began "Live plus 24 hours from New York" or "Live plus seven days from New York?"  —  That is the multibillion-dollar question being asked on Madison Avenue as agencies …
Shelleyp / Burningbird:
Some of my best friends are z-listers  —  Adam Green has a suggestion for Doc Searls and his quandry about being a gatekeeper: … Doc is one of the most loyal webloggers I know.  As such, he will rarely, if ever, criticize one of his friends.  I don't necessarily agree with this, but I can admire his consistency in his support.
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Shelleyp / Burningbird:
No, I own the New Gatekeepers  —  While I work on both the Johnson Shut-Ins post, in addition to trying to wrap my head around ExpressionEngine modules, there have been some writings too good to miss.  —  Seth Finkelstein writes New Gatekeepers are still Gatekeepers:
Matt Marshall / Mercury News:
VCs backing `magic' of youth  —  AFTER POST-BUST LULL, TWENTYSOMETHINGS BACK IN DEMAND  —  When Jim Breyer, venture capitalist at Accel Partners, courted Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg last year to make an investment in his start-up, he couldn't buy Zuckerberg a drink because he hadn't turned 21.
Discussion: Techdirt and SiliconBeat
Phone Scoop:
Sony Ericsson Launches Two New Candybars  —  Today, 3:38 AM source: Sony Ericsson  —  Sony Ericsson at 3GSM this morning launched two new handsets, one at the low end of the spectrum and the other a higher end 3G model.  It is likely they will announce additional handsets and initiatives later in the show.
Discussion: Gizmodo and I4U News
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Announces Global Partner Support for its Mobile Messaging Solutions  —  Device and server offerings designed to help lower costs for businesses.  —  BARCELONA, Spain — Feb. 13, 2006 — Today at 3GSM World Congress 2006, Microsoft Corp. and its mobile operator and device-maker partners announced …
Tom Coates / a weblog:
My 'Future of Web Apps' slides...  Right then.  My slides.  I've been trying to work out the best way to put these up in public and it's been more confusing than I thought it would be.  Basically, the slides are so Keynote-dependent and full of transitions and weird fonts that it would translate …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
CoComment is The Best Web 2.0 Service Launched This Year  —  I love, love, LOVE CoComment!  The idea is a good one: bring together your widely scattered blog comments and help you track the replies from around the...err...commentosphere.  But not only is the idea good - the execution is excellent.
Discussion: Solution Watch and AccMan Pro
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Microsoft Anti-Spyware Deleting Norton Anti-Virus  —  Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is causing troubles for people who also use Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus software; apparently, a recent update to Microsoft's anti-spyware application flags Norton as a password-stealing program and prompts users to remove it.
BBC:
Why the net should stay neutral  —  Is it time to let internet companies provide premium access to paying websites and services?  No, says technology commentator Bill Thompson.  —  One of those loud and angry debates that seems to have nothing to do with the rest of the world is currently playing out in the US.
Discussion: Smart Mobs
Dennis Hissink / letsgodigital.org:
Olympus E-330 Evolt SLR Camera preview  —  Introduction  —  Olympus has a long history in the digital imaging world.  They also have a long history in developing film cameras, and already for quite some years now they have been active in developing the digital compact and d-SLR cameras.
Discussion: Engadget and I4U News
Alexbarn / Alex Barnett blog:
READING LISTS (OPML) PODCAST: DANNY AYERS AND ADAM GREEN  —  Last year Dave Winer started to push the idea of Reading Lists for RSS.  More recently, the idea of Dynamic Reading Lists and Feed Grazing (or Grazing Lists / Glists) has been kicking around.  —  Its likely that Reading Lists support …
Forbes:
Yahoo! seeks help to fight China censors - report  —  HONG KONG (AFX) - Yahoo! Inc has called on Internet, media and communication companies and the US government to work together to counter Chinese censorship on the web, the Financial Times reported.  —  In its online edition …
Timothy L. O'Brien / New York Times:
Madison Avenue's 30-Second Spot Remover  —  FOR sci-fi movie fans, the opening titles of "Alien," Ridley Scott's 1979 voyage through interstellar dread, perfectly evoke the film's ensuing themes.  As a series of white rectangles gradually align to form the movie's title …

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