David Pogue / New York Times:
Camcorder Brings Zen to the Shoot  —  Well, this is a little embarrassing.  One of the most significant electronics products of the year slipped into the market, became a mega-hit, changed its industry — and I haven’t reviewed it yet.  —  Lately, my guilt has deepened every time someone […]

Ben Lisbakken / Google AJAX Search API Blog:
Introducing the AJAX Language API - Tools for Translation and Language Detection  —  The AJAX Search and Feeds team is happy to announce a new member to their API family — the Language API.  This new API boasts two functions, language translation and language detection - which […]

The Martha Blog:
My new MacBook Air  —  UPDATE AGAIN!:  —  Yes, I do love Firefox, great browser!  Oh, and I also like the program Picasa to store and organize my photos.  The computer I use for that is a Sony VAIO laptop with a 250GB hard drive and a 17″ screen.  It also has […]

The Martha Blog:
My new MacBook Air  —  UPDATE TODAY:  —  I wanted to let everyone know that I use many different kinds of computers.  How about this HP touch screen computer in my stable?  My stable manager Betsy uses it everyday, especially to check the weather maps to watch for anything that may effect […]

The Martha Blog:
My new MacBook Air  —  UPDATE:  —  Many of you have commented that you think I should use Parallels for my new Mac to run Windows as well - I actually DID know about that!  I just like having the two computers side by side, as sometimes I need to have my […]

Google Public Policy Blog:
The end of the FCC 700 MHz auction  —  Posted by by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel, and Joseph Faber, Corporate Counsel  —  This afternoon the Federal Communications Commission announced the results of its 700 MHz spectrum auction.  While the Commission’s anti-collusion …

Alexander Haislip / PE Hub Blog:
YouTube Founder Launches VC Fund  —  Jawed Karim, the often overlooked co-founder of YouTube, has launched an early stage venture investment group called Youniversity Ventures.  —  Details about the size of the fund were not available.  Karim and the firm’s co-founders were not immediately reachable via telephone or email.

Corey Boles / Wall Street Journal:
Verizon Wins Key FCC Auctions  —  Verizon Wireless was the biggest winner of communications spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission’s recently concluded auction, the agency’s chairman said Thursday.  —  The company, which is jointly owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group Plc …

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
FCC: Verizon Wireless a big 700 Mhz auction winner; Now what?  —  Updated: Verizon Wireless was the biggest winner in the Federal Communication Commission’s 700 Mhz auction.  —  FCC Chairman Kevin Martin revealed Verizon Wireless as the biggest winner of spectrum.

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Amazon’s Newest Web Service: Shipping Center APIs  —  Amazon wants to do for physical product shipping what it’s done for web storage and computing power - leverage its surplus infrastructure built up by Amazon.com to offer cheap and easy infrastructure for all kinds of other activities.