Amazon Kindle a Fraud?  —  That’s essentially what bookofjoe reader Steve Saroff contends.  —  Below is his comment, received last night at 10:40:12 p.m., on my recent “Kindle Blogs” post.  —  Personally, I believe Steve’s letting Amazon off the hook far too easily: how about a no-questions …

Source:   bookofjoe
Author:   Bookofjoe
Link:   http://www.bookofjoe.com/2007/12/amazon-kindle-a.html

Is Beacon Inflating Facebook’s Visitor Numbers?  —  While Facebook’s Beacon program has been drawing the ire of many people because of the privacy issues surrounding it, advertisers might be equally concerned about whether Beacon is inflating Facebook’s overall visitor and traffic numbers.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick Schonfeld
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/is-beacon…

Free in-flight Wi-Fi on JetBlue with a catch, of course  —  This isn’t exactly what we expected in terms of in-flight Wi-Fi, but beggars can’t be choosers and something is better than nothing.  JetBlue, Yahoo! and RIM have announced free in-flight Wi-Fi services starting on the 11th of this month.

Source:   CrunchGear
Author:   Peter Ha
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Apple Store 14th Street press preview  —  We got a chance to preview the new Manhattan Apple Store this morning before the official unveiling tomorrow at 6PM.  The store is nicely situated on W. 14th St. and 9th Ave., and while Apple did its best to blend into the existing early 20th century architecture …

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Embed charts in webpages with one of our simplest APIs yet  —  Today we’re launching the Google Chart API, a really simple tool for creating charts and graphs that are perfect for websites.  —  Let’s get straight in with an example.  This URL:  —  http://chart.apis.google.com/ chart?

Source:   Google Code Blog
Link:   http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/12/embed…

Apple Future Headline: New Products Including Super Laptop?  —  A very good source of mine with good connections to Apple’s  —  [AAPL Loading…  (%) ] Asian manufacturing partners called me this morning with some news: Seems like Apple will be making headlines in the next few weeks …

Source:   Tech […]

Dell to sell PCs at Best Buy  —  Beginning in the next few weeks, Dell notebooks and desktops will be for sale at Best Buy, the companies announced Thursday.  —  Several models of XPS and Inspiron PCs will be available at 900 Best Buy locations, including the XPS M1330 in white …

Source:   CNET News.com
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Apple sub-notebook to retail for $1500, 3G iPhone by June - report  —  In a just-aired broadcast on CNBC, the network’s Jim Goldman reported that a source close to Apple’s manufacturing facilities has confirmed that the company will launch its much rumored sub-notebook at Macworld in January …

Source:   AppleInsider
Author:   Katie Marsal
Link:   http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/12/06…

Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for December 2007  —  Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: December 6, 2007  —  Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: December 11, 2007  —  This is an advance notification of seven security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on December 11, 2007.

Source:   Microsoft
Link:   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin…

AT&T Does Nothing, Convinces Reporter It Has Now ‘Opened’ Its Network  —  When Verizon Wireless announced last month its plans to “open” its network some people noticed very quickly that what Verizon Wireless was announcing didn’t sound any different from what GSM operators, like AT&T and T-Mobile already had.

Source:   Techdirt
Author:   Mike Masnick
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