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Archive for November 18th, 2009

Next-gen Flip camcorder to boast Wi-Fi (Stuart Miles/Pocket-lint.com)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Stuart Miles / Pocket-lint.com:
Next-gen Flip camcorder to boast Wi-Fi  —  EXCLUSIVE: Cisco buy-out sees networking functionality added to popular range  —  Cisco will launch a new Wi-Fi-enabled Flip digital camcorder to go on sale in the early half of 2010, Pocket-lint has learnt.  —  The new model will be the first …

Dash to D.C.! Tech Guru Will Head Gov’t Incubator, Digitize Democracy (Gillian Reagan/New York Observer)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Gillian Reagan / New York Observer:
Dash to D.C.!  Tech Guru Will Head Gov’t Incubator, Digitize Democracy  —  Last February, Anil Dash; the co-founder and “chief evangelist” for Six Apart, the company that creates the most popular blogging software in the world; was visiting his family in India for the first time in 25 years, […]

AT&T ‘hits’ back at Verizon’s Map for That campaign with an ‘ad’ of its own (Paul Miller/Engadget)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Paul Miller / Engadget:
AT&T ‘hits’ back at Verizon’s Map for That campaign with an ‘ad’ of its own  —  Boy, AT&T sure isn’t taking Verizon’s Map for That campaign too well.  After losing a request for an injunction (for now), the company seems to have decided that the only thing to do in the […]

Condé Nast’s Offering for Apple’s Mystery Tablet: Wired Magazine (Peter Kafka/MediaMemo)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Condé Nast’s Offering for Apple’s Mystery Tablet: Wired Magazine  —  Here’s yet another content creator convinced that Apple has a tablet device in the works: Condé Nast says it will have a digital version of Wired magazine ready for the rumored gadget by the middle of next year … […]

AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads (Marguerite Reardon/CNET News)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Marguerite Reardon / CNET News:
AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads  —  AT&T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon’s coverage.  —  A federal judge in Atlanta Wednesday declined …

An Early Look At IE9 for Developers (Dean Hachamovitch/MSDN Blogs)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Dean Hachamovitch / MSDN Blogs:
An Early Look At IE9 for Developers  —  We’re just about a month after the Windows 7 launch, and wanted to show an early look at some of the work underway on Internet Explorer 9.  —  At the PDC today, in addition to demonstrating some of the progress on performance […]

The Google Phone May Be Data Only, VoIP Driven Device (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The Google Phone May Be Data Only, VoIP Driven Device  —  Yesterday we wrote about the soon to launch Google Phone, a Google branded Android phone that we believe will hit the market in early 2010.  —  Lots of people are saying there’s no way Google will enter the phone market […]

Techmeme Doubles Down On Its Staff (MG Siegler/TechCrunch)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

MG Siegler / TechCrunch:
Techmeme Doubles Down On Its Staff  —  About a year ago, tech news aggregator Techmeme hired Megan McCarthy as its first dedicated human editor.  Founder Gabe Rivera clearly liked the idea; he’s now added three more, doubling the size of the staff.  —  Rich DeMuro (formerly of CNET) …

5 Reasons Why Google Should Not Sell Handsets (David Coursey/PC World)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

David Coursey / PC World:
5 Reasons Why Google Should Not Sell Handsets  —  Rumors are once again swirling around the idea that a Google-branded “Superphone” will hit the market next year.  How stupid do these people think Google is?  —  Well, TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington seems to think “pretty stupid,” …

Aloha! - I’m excited to update you on what we’ve been up to at Peer News. (Pierre Omidyar/Peer News)

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Pierre Omidyar / Peer News:
Aloha!  —  I’m excited to update you on what we’ve been up to at Peer News.  You probably saw a tweet that we’re looking for an Editor to join our team.  Here’s why.  —  If you’ve been following my tweets you may know that I’ve been interested in journalism for […]