Touch-screen iPod to take center stage  —  Apple will at last unveil a touch-screen iPod with a 3.5-inch display at its media event Wednesday, sources have confirmed, some 20 months after Think Secret first broke word of the device’s development.  —  The new iPod will feature similar dimensions …

Source:   Think Secret
Link:   http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0709preipod.html

Wikipedia Bans Overstock.com  —  This appears to be a two-items-on-Overstock.com day.  Well, it’s not for nothing that they call this sleazy Internet retailer “the gift that keeps on giving.”  —  It seems that one of Judd Bagley’s “black ops” targets, Wikipedia, is getting sick and tired of being abused and spammed by this company.

Source:   […]

Why So Many Want to Create Facebook Applications  —  Site’s Growing Ranks  —  Seen as Potential Source  —  Of Revenue, Customers  —  Another online gold rush is on.  Entrepreneurs are scrambling to create small software programs for Facebook Inc.’s social-networking site and grab footholds in its emerging economy.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Riva Richmond
Link: […]

Conflicts Of Interest: Eric Schmidt’s girlfriend gets the Googler crown  —  When Larry Page and Sergey Brin hired Eric Schmidt as Google’s CEO because, among other reasons, he’d been to Burning Man, they must have known they were getting a boss with alternative values.

Source:   Valleywag
Link:   http://valleywag.com/tech/conflicts-of-interest/eric…

Say ‘Goodbye’ To The Desk - Dell Launches Its Most Powerful Mobile Workstation Yet For On-The-Go Professionals  —  Dell Precision M6300 Model Delivers Performance, Features to Create, Analyze, Design  —  Dell today introduced a mobile workstation, the Dell PrecisionTM M6300 …

Source:   Dell
Link:   http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/corp…

Cisco Shapes Future of Mobile Business with Next- Generation 802.11n Wireless  —  Cisco ensures investment protection and operational simplicity with integrated enterprise wireless solution  —  Continuing its leadership and innovation in delivering integrated solutions that allow business …

Source:   Cisco
Author:   Neil Becker
Link:   http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2007/prod_090407b.html

Dopplr Receives Funding from Premier International Team: Varsavsky, Ito, Hoffman and Klein invest in online social-travel service  —  We’re very happy to announce that Dopplr has secured early-stage financing.  Having this international group of active Dopplr users now joining us as strategic investors is tremendously exciting.

Source:   Dopplr Blog
Author:   Lisa Sounio
Link:   http://blog.dopplr.com/index.php/2007/09/04/dopplr…

Google’s Newest Role: Venture Capitalist  —  The tech giant’s startup investments are narrowing opportunities for VCs.  Other corporations are upping their venture investing, too  —  Just as it has done to companies in the software, publishing, and advertising industries, Google is becoming a thorn in the side of venture capitalists.

Source:   Business Week
Author:   Aaron […]

The iPod is growing up  —  reporter’s notebook If Apple really is putting a version of Mac OS X in a new iPod, presumably it has more in mind than showing high-quality reruns of The Hills.  —  Any talk these days of Apple and the future of mobile computing quickly turns to the iPhone.

Source:   […]

Strong Global Support for Open XML as It Enters Final Phase of ISO Standards Process  —  Significant participation by National Bodies in ISO/IEC ratification process for Open XML; final decision expected in March 2008 at close of ballot resolution period.  —  Today the International Organization …

Source:   Microsoft
Link:   http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/sep07…