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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Live from the Steve Jobs Keynote — "Fun new products"  —  9:50am PT - We're just ten minutes away now...  (You can find all our pre-game coverage here).  —  10:05amPT - We're seated now, they're playing U2.  —  10:07am PT - "Good morning, thankyou for joining us this morning.
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Apple launches new Intel Mac Minis, iPod Hi-Fi  —  CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple Computer on Tuesday introduced its third Intel-based Mac, a revamped version of its petite Mac Mini.  —  The new Mac Mini will be available, starting immediately, in two models.  The low-end model sells for $599 …
apple.com:
Apple Unveils Mac mini with Intel Core Duo  —  New Mac mini Delivers Performance Up to Four Times Faster  —  CUPERTINO, California—February 28, 2006—Apple® today unveiled the new Mac® mini with the Intel Core Duo processor, delivering performance up to four times faster …
Tom Neumayr / apple.com:
Apple Announces iPod Hi-Fi  —  High-Fidelity Speaker System for iPod Redefines the Home Stereo System  —  CUPERTINO, California—February 28, 2006—Apple® today announced iPod® Hi-Fi, an all-new high-fidelity speaker system that works seamlessly with the iPod to redefine …
Damien Barrett / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
In Defense of the Apple Rumor-mongering  —  So Apple's eventtoday is being viewed by a lot of people as a major letdown, and the response from many is along the lines of: … But here's the problem with that argument.  Most of us that are being critical of Apple today are beingcritical of the products themselves.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Apple out with third Intel-based Mac, iPod cases  —  Apple Computer is coming out with a third Intel-based Mac, a revamped Mac Mini using Intel's single-core Core Solo Chip.  —  Taking the stage at the company's well-publicized product announcement on Tuesday, CEO Steve Jobs said, "We've got some fun things to introduce today.
Peter Cohen / Macworld:
Apple Event Live Update  —  Macworld's live coverage of today's Apple event has concluded.  Please visit our News Page for the latest headlines.  —  Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the stage of Apple's own Town Hall facility at its Cupertino campus.  Apple is introducing fun things today …
Conrad Quilty-Harper / Joystiq:
Intel Mac mini lacks dedicated graphics hardware  —  At a special event inCupertino today, Apple announcednew Mac minis running on Intel Core Solo and Core Duo processors, making the machine 2.5x to 3x faster than the G4models they replaced (according to Apple).
Discussion: Gearlog and Gizmodo
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Alexbarn / Alex Barnett blog:   NEW LIVE.COM SERVICE: STREET-SIDE (PREVIEW)
Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Microsoft Report:
Vista versions not so confusing after all  —  Yesterday Microsoft released information about how Windows Vista will be packaged when it's ready for retail delivery later this year.  (The press release, unfortunately, is written in very broad strokes.  I hope Microsoft publishes a detailed feature matrix soon.)
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Jason Cross / extremetech.com:
Why Windows Vista Won't Suck  —  There's a lot of confusion about Windows Vista these days.  Many online discussion forums have a great number of users who express no desire to upgrade to Vista.  Sure, we've all seen the screenshots and maybe a video or two of Vista in action, but for many it only seems like new tricks for an old dog.
sonyericsson.com:
Sony Ericsson and Google collaborate on integration of Blogger and Google Search into handsets  —  28 February 2006, London, UK- Sony Ericsson and Google today announced that they have worked closely together to integrate Google's Blogger and Web Search features on Sony Ericsson mobile phones.
Discussion: Phone Scoop
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Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google CFO warns of slow growth  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Google Inc. (NasdaqNM:GOOG - News) Chief Financial Officer George Reyes on Tuesday said advertising revenue growth could slow, sparking a sell-off of as much as 13 percent in the Web search leader's volatile stock.
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Bloomberg:
Google Shares Slide; Finance Chief Sees Slower Growth (Update5)  —  Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — Google Inc. shares slid as much as 13 percent, their biggest-ever decline, after finance chief George Reyes said growth is slowing at the world's most-used Internet search engine.
Dick / Burning Questions:
And There Was Much Rejoicing: New FeedBurner Statistics  —  Our crack design team has emerged from their cave with a sweeping set of enhancements to our core statistics offering.  There are some new concepts, more detailed visibilty into specific item statistics, and a simpler means …
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USA Today:
Flickr of idea on a gaming project led to photo website  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Caterina Fake knew she was onto something when one of the engineers at her Vancouver, British Columbia-based online game start-up created a cool tool to share photos and save them to a Web page while playing.
Discussion: Paul Kedrosky's …
Alexander Muse / Texas Venture Capital Web 2.0 Blog:
Lists?  How about one more?  43 Best Blogs in the Universe!  —  A friend of ours is starting a new blog network and he launched a new 'Top Blogs' list (I won't mention who is doing it or what it is called) and it reminded me of a post Josh Hallett wrote last August titled, "List of Blogs Nobody Reads by Should and Other Lists."
Mike / Techdirt:
Why Does Anyone Need Permission To Place Shift TV To A Mobile Device?  —  A week and a half ago, we noted that all of these hyped up fee-based mobile TV efforts were pretty much doomed, thanks to the rise of place shifting technologies from companies like SlingMedia and Orb (and, most likely …
gizmag.co.uk:
Functional redesign of the wall electrical outlet  —  February 28, 2006 Don'tya just love a simple and clever solution.  One of the legacy items in every home that just never seems to get updated is the electrical wall outlet or power socket or whatever you call it.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Olga Kharif / Business Week:
Big Brother Is Reading Your Blog  —  These days, social networkers are concerned about protecting their privacy, not only from predators and scam artists, but from nosy employers and campus authorities … Social networker Shannon Sullivan was getting worried.
Discussion: Smart Mobs
Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
What Happens When an A Hole Tries to Sell an A Hole — MPAA Tries to Push it's Crippleware to Tech Execs  —  Boing Boing: MPAA exec can't sell A-hole proposal to tech companies.  —  Cory has a post up over at Boing Boing about the MPAA's latest attempt to con their tech partners into playing ball with their latest scheme.
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
AMD's lawyers call on Skype  —  As part of its ongoing antitrust case against Intel, Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday served Skype with a subpoena demanding documents related to its deal to make one feature in Skype 2.0 available exclusively to Intel users.

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