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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 …
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Alice Hill's Real Tech News, SuperGeek, Guardian Unlimited, Binary Bonsai, Slashdot and Google Blogoscoped
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Splasho:
Suspicious Digging — Have a look at this blog post, which talks about Digg potentially being misused. I posted this partly because I was unable to digg that post. If you scroll down to the list of diggers here and here, you will notice that the order of the first 16 diggers is identical and that only 2 of the 24 vary in each.
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 …
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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 …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AOL To Launch "Myspace Killer" — AOL may be preparing to launch a Myspace-type social network called "Head On" sometime in the next few weeks, says Dave Winer. — This went from rumor to "confirmed likely" in posts and comments by Jason Calacanis and Jordan Running (also here) (both now at AOL).
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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.
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.
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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OpsanBlog, Dan Fernandez's Blog, Microsoft News Tracker, InfoWorld and Digital Inspiration
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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 …
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jkOnTheRun
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 …
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.
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Dratz / blogs.ittoolbox.com:
Trying to get a refund on a video game...or, My policy differs from yours — I just read a post by Matt Moran that reminded me of a minor success I had over the weekend. — On Friday I bought a new game for my Xbox 360: Blazing Angels. — It's a lousy WWII flying game (that could have been easily improved dramatically).
