Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Web 2.0 Music Pioneer iLike Looking for Buyers  —  iLike, the Web start-up that made a name for itself by becoming Facebook’s de facto music service, is looking for a buyer, according to multiple sources.  I’m told that iLike is actively soliciting a list of buyers that include RealNetworks and Ticketmaster […]

Ben Worthen / Business Technology:
Why Apple Got Sued in Texas  —  When a Los Angeles man sued Apple for patent infringement Monday he filed the case in East Texas, not California.  As many lawyers will tell you, the U.S. Distinct Court for the Eastern District of Texas has become a magnet for technology and […]

Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Google cutting contractor workforce  —  Google is in the process of paring back a contractor workforce that numbers about 10,000, the company confirmed Monday.  The news, though, isn’t as fresh as it might appear at first blush.  —  The contractor cut story made the rounds Monday …

Twitter Blog:
Meet Rael Dornfest  —  Rael Dornfest is a famously talented engineer, author, and entrepreneur.  Before founding Values of n, Rael served as Chief Technology Officer at O’Reilly Media and is known for his pioneering work on RSS as well being the series editor of O’Reilly’s celebrated Hacks books.

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
HP’s outlook for next year unchanged despite tough economy  —  Hewlett-Packard reported its fourth fiscal quarter earnings this afternoon for the quarter ended Oct. 31 that were consistent with the company’s upbeat preliminary results.  The surprising thing is that the world’s biggest …

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Google SearchWiki is Not a Wiki  —  Late last week Google unveiled the first major change to its search interface since the introduction of multi-media (”Universal”) results into the search results page.  They called it Google SearchWiki.  —  It’s a big deal, it’s awkward, it’s frightening …

Max Kelly / Facebook Blog:
Making Facebook Safe Against Spam  —  Last Friday, Facebook won an important victory for our users - and against spam and those who create it.  —  We’ve all experienced spam - those unwanted and, sometimes, inappropriate marketing messages.  The bad guys behind those messages are always looking …

James Sherwood / The Register:
Samsung demos amazing folding phone  —  A video has appeared online of what’s claimed to be an OLED display able to fold itself in half to become a mobile phone.  —  Initially, the phone - which it’s thought was recently seen on a Samsung stand at a display tech trade […]

Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook awarded $873 million in lawsuit against spammer  —  Spam marketing messages on Facebook have been getting worse over the last year as the site has grown — but maybe such spamming is about to stop.  On Friday, the company won a court battle against spam perpetrator Adam Guerbuez …

Matthew Miller / Smartphones and Cell Phones:
T-Mobile G1 Android gets Opera Mini and visual voicemail  —  It seems like the gold rush of applications for the T-Mobile G1 (see my review) has slowed down considerably over the last couple of weeks with just a few apps trickling out here and there.  I imagine most […]