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Archive for May 16th, 2008

Mike Arrington is Right, Facebook is Wrong (Robert Scoble/Scobleizer)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Mike Arrington is Right, Facebook is Wrong  —  Mike Arrington and I had a sometimes violent disagreement on today’s Gillmor Gang.  —  The reason we were arguing?  Because we both were arguing different things.  —  Mike Arrington was arguing that Facebook was in the wrong …

Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit (Michael Liedtke/Associated Press)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Yahoo seeks to conceal parts of shareholder suit  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company’s board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.’s $47.5 billion takeover offer, raising shareholder questions over the motives for the secrecy.

The Most Popular Twitter Apps According to the Blogosphere (ReadWriteWeb)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

ReadWriteWeb:
The Most Popular Twitter Apps According to the Blogosphere  —  Six weeks ago, ReadWriteWeb published their definitive list of the top Twitter clients.  The methodology for that list was watching the Twitter public feed and logging tweet sources.  However, how does the list of clients people …

Asustek to add more features to Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC (Monica Chen/DigiTimes)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Monica Chen / DigiTimes:
Asustek to add more features to Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC  —  Asustek Computer will launch its Atom-based 8.9-inch Eee PC 901 in June and the company is planning to add more features to it in order to clearly separate it from its competitors, according to market channel sources.

PayPal XSS Vulnerability Undermines EV SSL Security (Paul/Netcraft)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Paul / Netcraft:
PayPal XSS Vulnerability Undermines EV SSL Security  —  A security researcher in Finland has discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability on paypal.com that would allow hackers to carry out highly plausible attacks, adding their own content to the site and stealing credentials from users.

The Anti-Piracy Scam: Canada Insulted Again (William Patry/The Patry Copyright Blog)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

William Patry / The Patry Copyright Blog:
The Anti-Piracy Scam: Canada Insulted Again  —  The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus (IPAC) was established in October 2003.  Its website states: ” The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus is a bipartisan and bicameral group committed to protecting American intellectual property …

Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Ars Technica  —  Condé Nast has acquired popular technology blog Ars Technica, we’ve confirmed.  The site will become part of Wired Digital (which in turn is under CondéNet, run by Sarah Chubb).  Wired Digital assets include Wired.com and Reddit (acquired in 2006).

‘$100 laptop’ platform moves on (Jonathan Fildes/BBC)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Jonathan Fildes / BBC:
‘$100 laptop’ platform moves on  —  An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop has been launched.  —  Sugar Labs will take the laptop’s innovative interface, known as Sugar, to the “next level of usability and utility”, according to its founders.

Nintendo Wii outsells 360, PS3, PS2, PSP combined in April (Ben Kuchera/Ars Technica)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Nintendo Wii outsells 360, PS3, PS2, PSP combined in April  —  The NPD console sales numbers have been released for April, stuffed with fascinating content.  How did the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Grand Theft Auto stack up against each other?  Did Mario Kart Wii sell as many copies […]

France’s Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple (Associated Press)

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Associated Press:
France’s Orange signs new iPhone deal with Apple  —  France’s Orange to sell iPhone in Middle East, Africa and other European countries  —  PARIS (AP) — French wireless operator Orange said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell its iPhone in the Middle East, Africa and several European countries.