Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
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Qik Finds New Investors, Moving to the iPhone
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Qik has announced that Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have joined their growing list of investo readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 28 Aug. 2008
Qik has announced that Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz have joined their growing list of investo readmore
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HP Finalizes $14 billion Purchase of EDS
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Today HP announced the closing of a $13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp, ending the process that officially began in May. Under the terms of the deal HP payed $25 per share in cash, and wi readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Tue, 26 Aug. 2008
Today HP announced the closing of a $13.9 billion acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp, ending the process that officially began in May. Under the terms of the deal HP payed $25 per share in cash, and wi readmore
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The Invisible Social Revolution
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
With just the weekend between now and the start of the major party conventions, the amazing thing about the New Media is just how little it has impacted so far on the story. No major leaks about the vice presidential nominations, no blogger unmaskings of damaging revelations about the candidates at the top of the ticket, no shaky video of loose talk or surrogates jockeying for position. readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 22 Aug. 2008
With just the weekend between now and the start of the major party conventions, the amazing thing about the New Media is just how little it has impacted so far on the story. No major leaks about the vice presidential nominations, no blogger unmaskings of damaging revelations about the candidates at the top of the ticket, no shaky video of loose talk or surrogates jockeying for position. readmore
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Amazon Launches EBS - Persistant Storage for EC2
Nik Cubrilovic via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 21 Aug. 2008
Amazon today launched a new web service - EBS, the readmore
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Nik Cubrilovic via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 21 Aug. 2008
Amazon today launched a new web service - EBS, the readmore
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The Bearhug
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Sat, 16 Aug. 2008
Dave Winer used the bearhug to wrap his arms around Netscape’s version of RSS and not let go until a merged RSS was born. With Twitter’s announcement of “a minor change to the API that should have a major impact on the Twitter community” the time may be here to bearhug Twitter and readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Sat, 16 Aug. 2008
Dave Winer used the bearhug to wrap his arms around Netscape’s version of RSS and not let go until a merged RSS was born. With Twitter’s announcement of “a minor change to the API that should have a major impact on the Twitter community” the time may be here to bearhug Twitter and readmore
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You’re Doing It Wrong
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Sat, 16 Aug. 2008
Today Randall Munroe’s webcomic XKCD features an amusing clip mocking Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold Election Systems, for installing anti-virus readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Sat, 16 Aug. 2008
Today Randall Munroe’s webcomic XKCD features an amusing clip mocking Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold Election Systems, for installing anti-virus readmore
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Another Brick in the Wall
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 14 Aug. 2008
The battle for Tw*tter took another interesting turn as Identi.ca developer Brad Williams rolled out a bridge between Identi.ca and Twitter. Register for the beta service and all subsequent posts on Identi.ca will be reposted on Twitter, prepended with a user configurable flag that defaults to Identi readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 14 Aug. 2008
The battle for Tw*tter took another interesting turn as Identi.ca developer Brad Williams rolled out a bridge between Identi.ca and Twitter. Register for the beta service and all subsequent posts on Identi.ca will be reposted on Twitter, prepended with a user configurable flag that defaults to Identi readmore
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The Zero Sum Games
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Wed, 13 Aug. 2008
Dare Obasanjo does a good job of gathering together the sad sack stories of a number of startup acquisitions. The rule of thumb he suggests is that rewriting in the acquirer’s technology base destroys the confidence of the startup’s developers, who readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Wed, 13 Aug. 2008
Dare Obasanjo does a good job of gathering together the sad sack stories of a number of startup acquisitions. The rule of thumb he suggests is that rewriting in the acquirer’s technology base destroys the confidence of the startup’s developers, who readmore
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Mozilla Starts from Scratch
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Mon, 11 Aug. 2008
About a month ago Mozilla announced the beginning of an effort to improve internet security within the Firefox browser. The focus i readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Mon, 11 Aug. 2008
About a month ago Mozilla announced the beginning of an effort to improve internet security within the Firefox browser. The focus i readmore
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The Attention Race
(unknown author) via TechCrunchIT on Sun, 10 Aug. 2008
Shared by jeroendemiranda interesting observations It’s slowly dawning on me that Twitter-like functionality has replaced email as a primary input source. The first decision every day is which stream to dive into - email, or Twitter, Identi.ca, FriendFeed (Tw*tter). Email is a roll up of several other inputs, including Facebook email, Twitter direct message readmore
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(unknown author) via TechCrunchIT on Sun, 10 Aug. 2008
Shared by jeroendemiranda interesting observations It’s slowly dawning on me that Twitter-like functionality has replaced email as a primary input source. The first decision every day is which stream to dive into - email, or Twitter, Identi.ca, FriendFeed (Tw*tter). Email is a roll up of several other inputs, including Facebook email, Twitter direct message readmore
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TV-Interactive
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Wed, 06 Aug. 2008
The dog days of August lend themselves to kicking back and letting the world slide by. Since the advent of the Web 2.0 ecosystem, they’ve also been the province of a tech company version of the summer shows the networks play off - failed pilots, reality programming being tried out for the Big Show or another writer’s strike, and ratings stinkers that can be buried outside of Sweeps months. readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Wed, 06 Aug. 2008
The dog days of August lend themselves to kicking back and letting the world slide by. Since the advent of the Web 2.0 ecosystem, they’ve also been the province of a tech company version of the summer shows the networks play off - failed pilots, reality programming being tried out for the Big Show or another writer’s strike, and ratings stinkers that can be buried outside of Sweeps months. readmore
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Microsoft as in Free
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Wed, 06 Aug. 2008
IBM, Red Hat, Canonical/Ubuntu, and Novell announced an initiative at LinuxWorld today in San Fransisco to create a Microsoft-free environment. The strategy is simple: undercut Vista and Office in the enterprise with a software stack of readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Wed, 06 Aug. 2008
IBM, Red Hat, Canonical/Ubuntu, and Novell announced an initiative at LinuxWorld today in San Fransisco to create a Microsoft-free environment. The strategy is simple: undercut Vista and Office in the enterprise with a software stack of readmore
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The Success and Future of Microblogging
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Tue, 05 Aug. 2008
Nowadays over 85% of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 are using Web 2.0 platforms as a primary method of communication and self-expression, and according to MediaPost, who recently conducted an extensive study on the influence of social media in the lives of adults, t readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Tue, 05 Aug. 2008
Nowadays over 85% of adults between the ages of 18 and 34 are using Web 2.0 platforms as a primary method of communication and self-expression, and according to MediaPost, who recently conducted an extensive study on the influence of social media in the lives of adults, t readmore
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Twitter and Identi.ca - State of the Union
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Mon, 04 Aug. 2008
Over the past weekend I recorded a special Gillmor Gang edition with Dustin Sallings, the inventor and chief proprietor of the famed TwitterSpy hack around Twitter’s late great Track feature. With Track over XMPP still disabled, a small but vocal group of Twitter users has used TwitterSpy, and another growing grou readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Mon, 04 Aug. 2008
Over the past weekend I recorded a special Gillmor Gang edition with Dustin Sallings, the inventor and chief proprietor of the famed TwitterSpy hack around Twitter’s late great Track feature. With Track over XMPP still disabled, a small but vocal group of Twitter users has used TwitterSpy, and another growing grou readmore
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Water found on Yahoo!
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Sun, 03 Aug. 2008
Ever since Microsoft’s failed bid for Yahoo, we’ve all been waiting for some sign of water on the dead planet. For months an away team led by Carl Icahn has kept alive the possibility that the second most popular search company and most aggressive acquirer of Silicon Valley startups might be concealing a clue. Now, in a readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Sun, 03 Aug. 2008
Ever since Microsoft’s failed bid for Yahoo, we’ve all been waiting for some sign of water on the dead planet. For months an away team led by Carl Icahn has kept alive the possibility that the second most popular search company and most aggressive acquirer of Silicon Valley startups might be concealing a clue. Now, in a readmore
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Divide and Conquer
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Sat, 02 Aug. 2008
The news that Apple has extended its exclusive iPhone distribution deal with AT&T until 2010 closes the loop on the subsidized price of the 3G upgrade. It seems most observers think Steve Jobs has compounded a mistake he made in limiting the market for the revolutionary device to those early adopters hungry for the advanced Web experience and elegant design. Forget that Apple has tig readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Sat, 02 Aug. 2008
The news that Apple has extended its exclusive iPhone distribution deal with AT&T until 2010 closes the loop on the subsidized price of the 3G upgrade. It seems most observers think Steve Jobs has compounded a mistake he made in limiting the market for the revolutionary device to those early adopters hungry for the advanced Web experience and elegant design. Forget that Apple has tig readmore
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IBM Joins the Cloud
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
Continuing with the Blue Cloud initiative announced last Fall, IBM has wasted no time in its efforts to create a worldwide cloud comp readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
Continuing with the Blue Cloud initiative announced last Fall, IBM has wasted no time in its efforts to create a worldwide cloud comp readmore
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Welcome to Web 3.0: Now Your Other Computer is a Data Center
Marc Benioff via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
This guest post is written by Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. He has been widely recognized for pioneering innovation with honors such as t readmore
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Marc Benioff via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
This guest post is written by Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com. He has been widely recognized for pioneering innovation with honors such as t readmore
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Facebook Introduces FriendFeed-like Features
Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
Facebook has announced the launch of a new, more structured type of news feed. The service essentially categorizes information from the old feed into separate tabs, enabling users to view activity they find interesti readmore
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Cameron Christoffers via TechCrunchIT on Fri, 01 Aug. 2008
Facebook has announced the launch of a new, more structured type of news feed. The service essentially categorizes information from the old feed into separate tabs, enabling users to view activity they find interesti readmore
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Some Thoughts on Standards and Dare Obasanjo
Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 31 Jul. 2008
I’m a big fan of negative gestures, something I’ve talked about over a long period of time. What I mean by that is the power that can be derived from not saying something, not liking something, not tipping a hat to something, etc. I’ve used (jokingly with a smidgen of truth) the John Dvorak test, where if John comes out strongly against something (blogging, podcasting, Twitter) it’s lik readmore
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Steve Gillmor via TechCrunchIT on Thu, 31 Jul. 2008
I’m a big fan of negative gestures, something I’ve talked about over a long period of time. What I mean by that is the power that can be derived from not saying something, not liking something, not tipping a hat to something, etc. I’ve used (jokingly with a smidgen of truth) the John Dvorak test, where if John comes out strongly against something (blogging, podcasting, Twitter) it’s lik readmore
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