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12:20 PM ET, April 20, 2006

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Macgyver / Forever Geek:
Digg Corrupted: Editor's Playground, not User-Driven Website  —  As a follow up to an earlier post (Digg Army: Right in Line), there have been some vibrations that I think not only our readers would find interesting, but also all Digg users.  —  To quickly summarize the earlier post …
Staska / UMPC News:
Apple Origami UMPC?  Looks likely  —  Is Apple working on it's own Origami UMPC device?  Well, judging from patent applications filed by Apple in recent months, it seems so.  —  Does this picture look familiar:  —  It looks just like variation of Microsoft Touchpack software …
Discussion: TeleRead
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Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Apple Working on Origami UMPC?  —  With all the UMPCs being rolled out lately, Apple appears to be preparing one of its own, filing patents for a number of telltale technologies.  First, in a patent application dated today, we see a single-arc QWERTY keyboard similar to Microsoft Touchpack software …
Mark LaPedus / EE Times:
Updated: PortalPlayer dealt setback at Apple  —  SAN JOSE, Calif. — High-flying PortalPlayer Inc. late Wednesday (April 19) said that it has been dealt a major setback at Apple Computer Inc., which is apparently switching media processor chip vendors in its iPod lines.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Brings Programming to the Masses With Visual Studio Express  —  Company brings the power of code to growing community of hobbyist programmers who seek to integrate technology and software into their everyday lives.  —  REDMOND, Wash. — April 19, 2006 — At this weekend's Maker Faire …
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1
Discussion: Full of I.T.
Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Study: Use of Mobile Devices Is Growing  —  LOS ANGELES - Although most people still access the Internet on a computer, the use of mobile devices to check e-mail or browse the Web is growing, outpacing even laptops in some markets, according to a new study.  —  That's particularly the case …
Discussion: jkOnTheRun
Red Herring:
Facebook Gets Another $25M  —  Greylock Partners leads new investment round in social network site as its valuation soars.  —  Privately held Facebook received $25 million in its second round of venture financing Wednesday to help the social network web site expand features for sharing information as its market value soars.
Discussion: Valleywag
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Business Week:
Social Networking's Gold Rush
Discussion: Mark Evans and SearchViews
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Apple's flagship MacBook Pro to arrive at NAB  —  Apple Computer at the National Association of Broadcasters conference next week will unveil its most poweful Intel notebook yet, a 17-inch MacBook Pro strung with a few bells and whistles, AppleInsider has learned.
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget and jkOnTheRun
FactoryJoe / FactoryCity:
Announcing: Barcamp San Francisco  —  Couldn't wait any longer to get this one outta the bag... but based on some prodding from Kevin Burton at ETech and Paul D Smith on the Barcamp wiki, I'd like to announce that Barcamp is coming to San Francisco June 24-25, to coincide with Kevin Werbach's Supernova.
Discussion: Werblog and barcamp.pbwiki.com
Om Malik / GigaOM:
YahooNoFi  —  For past few days, a screenshot captured by a Yahoo user is leading to a lot of speculation about Yahoo coming up with its answer to Google's WiFi efforts.  There are a couple of reasons why this isn't going to happen - and none of them have to do with the fact that it was a screenshot …
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
In corporate 'Spy Game,' work equals play  —  If you and your co-workers find yourselves in a high-stakes caper straight out of a James Bond movie, there's a pretty good chance you're playing "The Spy Game."  —  "The Spy Game" is the latest corporate team building exercise from the creators of …
Discussion: Clickable Culture and Techdirt
cavemonkey50.com:
Verizon Enabling File Transfers on RAZRs  —  This is a monumental moment for all Verizon Wireless users.  Verizon finally seems to be listening to its customers.  For the longest time Verizon would disable all non-cellular methods for transferring images and music.
Discussion: Gizmodo and broadband
Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Philips device could force TV viewers to watch ads  —  An invention from Royal Philips Electronics prevents TV viewers from switching the channel during commercials or fast-forwarding past commercials when watching DVR content.  —  Viewers would be released from the freeze only after paying a fee to the broadcaster.
Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
The mesh wiki — create a workshop  —  I've written before about the debate over conferences versus "unconferences" — which Dave Winer and Jeff Jarvis and some others (including the whole FooCamp and BarCamp gang) feel is a better way of organizing things.  As I've said before …
Discussion: robhyndman.com and Mark Evans
CNN:
Swapping job security for a startup  —  Why did Toni Schneider leave a good job at Yahoo to dive back into the fray with blog-software maker Automattic?  Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur.  —  John Battelle, Business 2.0 Magazine  —  (Business 2.0 Magazine) …
Discussion: mathewingram.com/work
free411.com:
Jingle Networks Secures $26 Million of New Financing After Explosive Growth of 1-800-FREE411 Service  —  Additional Financing Includes Comcast Interactive Capital, Liberty Associated Partners and IDG Ventures; New Directory Service Receiving Seven Million Calls Per Month and Growing
Discussion: TechCrunch and Screenwerk
Adam Thierer / The Technology Liberation Front:
A Paranoid Parent Ponders GPS Tracking His Kids  —  Well it didn't take long for a young, rebellious punk to turn into a paranoid, condescending parent.  I'm already talking to my kids in ways that used to make me resent my own parents.  And I'm already beginning to think about how to watch …
Discussion: Telepocalypse and Washington Post
The Beat / MILE HIGH COMICS presents …:
Chris Ware moves ACME to FSG  —  As picked up on by various bloggers who got hold of Drawn & Quarterly's fall catalog, Chri Ware's much-lauded and now self published ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY is switching distributors from Norton to FSG.  Fantagraphics, the former ANL publishers …
ongoing:
The Cost of AJAX  —  · James Governor relays a question that sounds important but I think is actively dangerous: do AJAX apps present more of a server-side load?  The question is dangerous because it's meaningless and unanswerable.  Your typical Web page will, in the process of loading …
 
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Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
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Kurt Stammberger / PR Newswire:
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
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CAPTCHA on comments, and a round of bug fixes
Phil Wolff / Skype Journal:
FT: Zennström confirms Skype filters text; questions he would not answer
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
2% of U.S. Internet Traffic goes through Photobucket
Will O'Brien / Engadget:
How-To: Design your own iPod super dock (Part 1)
Eleanor Mayne / macnewsworld.com:
MP3 Inventor Could've Been a Contender
Discussion: Techdirt
hardmac.com:
Radeon X1600 in MacBook Pro is massively underclocked!  - Lionel - 13:55:45
Paul Thurrott / winsupersite.com:
Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308/5342) Review, Part 5: Where Vista Fails