Breaking: Google Buys Jaiku; 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
Link:   http://mashable.com/2007/10/09/jaiku-google/

We’re joining Google  —  Exciting news: Google has bought Jaiku today.  —  What does that mean?  First and foremost, we’re of course continuing to support our existing users.  So fear not: your Jaiku phone, the Web site, IM, SMS, and API will continue to work normally.

Source:   Jaiku | Your Conversation
Author:   Jyri
Link:   http://www.jaiku.com/blog/2007/10/09/were-joining…

As Tech Heats Up, Sages Dust Off Bubble Indicators  —  Goofy-Names Index Rises,  —  Perks Gauge Glows Red;  —  A 5th-Grader as Founder  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The Federal Reserve monitors things like inventory levels and housing starts to gauge the economy’s direction.

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119189215196852951…

Is TiVo’s Comeback the Real Deal?  —  TiVo, the DVR pioneer, is announcing on Tuesday that it is bringing a wide selection of music to users of its increasingly versatile TV set-top boxes.  Users whose TiVo boxes are connected to the Internet can now sign up for RealNetworks’ Rhapsody music service …

Source:   Bits
Author:   […]

Rocks found in place of girl’s brand new iPod… twice  —  Nearly every teenager either has an iPod or wants one.  There are a few exceptions, but the vast majority of teens sport (or pretend to sport) Apple’s wildly-popular digital audio player.  So imagine yourself, for a moment …

Source:   Infinite Loop
Author:   Jeff Smykil
Link: […]

Wal-Mart’s Latest Sale: Broadband  —  The retail giant’s ISP turn is likely to push down prices and squeeze out competition.  Will other big-box stores follow suit?  —  Broadband sellers, beware.  A new provider is on the scene—and it’s a known price cutter.

Source:   Business Week
Author:   Olga Kharif
Link:   http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content…

Amazon S3 At Your Service  —  Virtually everyone on the Amazon Web Services team has occasion to interact with our developer customers from time to time.  This rich source of product feedback gives us a lot of insight into ways that we can do an even better job of meeting their needs as we grow […]

Google to Put YouTube Videos on Its Ad Network  —  Google is taking the first steps toward turning its powerful advertising network, which places ads on hundreds of thousands of Internet sites, into a system for distributing content — and more ads — across the Web.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Miguel Helft
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/technology/09google…

Google Plans Service to Allow Advertisers to Use Material From YouTube Videos  —  Google is taking the first steps toward turning its powerful advertising network, which places ads on hundreds of thousands of Internet sites, into a system for distributing content — and more ads — across the Web.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Miguel […]

iPhone, iPod touch v1.1.1 jailbroken, apps ported and running  —  Well lookey see here, sounds like v1.1.1 isn’t all doom and gloom after all.  The iPhone dev community’s apparently not only moved past accessing the nigh-unbreakable file system protections Apple implemented in the latest iPhone …

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Ryan Block
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/iphone-ipod-touch…