Why we all overestimate Techmeme’s influence  —  A lot of noise was made last week with the launch of the Techmeme leaderboard - a list of technology centurions on the popular technology news aggregator, built by Gabe Rivera (here’s an interview with Gabe by Don Dodge.

Source:   Guardian Unlimited: Technology
Author:   Bobbie Johnson
Link:   http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/10/09…

Sources: Leopard finalized, 10.4.11 inching closer [updated]  —  Apple Inc. this week is believed to have wrapped up development of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard while simultaneously pushing out yet another pre-release copy of its final maintenance and security update for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users.

Source:   AppleInsider
Link:   http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/10/09…

NBC UNIVERSAL TO ACQUIRE OXYGEN MEDIA  —  Strengthens NBCU’s Position in Fast-Growing Female Category  —  Seven-Year-Old Female-Targeted Network Reaches 74 Million Homes  —  NBC Universal is acquiring Oxygen Media, one of the nation’s leading female-focused cable television networks …

Source:   nbcumv.com
Link:   http://nbcumv.com/release_detail.nbc/corporate…

Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead  —  Some of the music industry’s biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album without charge.  —  The band’s website topped the chart …

Source:   Telegraph
Link:   http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007…

When Google acquisitions go wrong: the disappointing story of Urchin  —  In March of 2005, Google acquired Urchin Software Corporation, a San Diego-based web analytics company.  A few short months later, Google Analytics was unveiled, which was based on “Urchin On Demand,” Urchin’s javascript-based …

Source:   Ars Technica
Author:   Ken Fisher
Link:   http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071008-when…

More Street View cities to explore  —  For those of you who have been eagerly awaiting new cities to be added to Street View in Google Maps, your patience is about to pay off.  Today, we’re announcing the addition of Street View imagery in not one or two but six new cities!

Source:   Google LatLong
Author: […]

Google Acquires Microblogging Service Jaiku  —  Finnish short messaging and microblogging service Jaiku has been acquired by Google, the company says.  That Google bought this competitor of Twitter, the service founded by Blogger founder Evan Williams, instead of Twitter is notable.

Source:   Read/WriteWeb
Author:   Marshall Kirkpatrick
Link:   http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives…

Reach out and message someone  —  Technology has made staying in touch with your friends and family both easier and harder: living a fast-paced, on-the-go lifestyle is easier (and a lot of fun), but it’s more difficult to keep track of everyone when they’re running around at warp speed.

Source:   Official Google Blog
Author:   Tony […]

Google tools to power virtual worlds  —  Get ready for online games set in your favorite Google Earth locations.  —  Virtual-worlds platform developer Multiverse Network is set to announce a partnership Tuesday that will allow anyone to create a new online interactive 3D environment …

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Daniel Terdiman
Link:   http://www.news.com/2100-1043_3-6212325.html

Breaking: Google Acquires Jaiku, Why Not Twitter?  —  Jaiku has announced that it has been acquired by Google.  Jaiku is the Twitter-like service for keeping up with your friends via the Web or SMS.  Terms of the deal are not being disclosed by the companies.  —  According to Jaiku:

Source:   Mashable!
Author:   Adam Ostrow
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