May 16, 2008
NY Post: All / By PETER LAURIA and HOLLY SANDERS
Yahoo! executives are scrambling to finalize a search-advertising pact with Google in the face of a fresh challenge to its independence from billionaire investor Carl Icahn, The Post has learned. Acc ...
May 16, 2008
TechCrunch / Michael Arrington
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 a ...
May 16, 2008
NYT > Technology / By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
A Missouri woman is accused of using a phony online identity to taunt a girl, who then committed suicide. ...
May 16, 2008
A Whole Lotta Nothing / mathowie
Awesome shots of the Space Needle getting a steam cleaning for the first time ...
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May 16, 2008
Rex Is Excited / (author unknown)
Shared by Rex Pechler
a little closer to the global village...
Posted by Jeff Chin, Product Manager...and that's great news any way you say it. Language is one of the biggest challenges we have in ...

May 16, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider / Peter Kafka
Carl Icahn's moves prompted a flurry of paperwork at Sunnyvale yesterday: First Roy Bostock responded to Carl, then Jerry Yang sent out two memos -- one to all the proles, and one just for "SVPs and a ...

May 16, 2008
Engadget Mobile / Nilay Patel
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, ATT, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless
Those of you dying to get your QWERTY on with RIM's hot new Blackberry Bold can start marking your calendars and stashing cash unde ...
May 16, 2008
Symbian-Guru.com / The Guru
Wow, all I can say about this is *FINALLY*. Through this thread on HowardForums, I was linked to a statement by Vandelay, an administrator on the official Nokia Discussion Boards. Vandelay states that ...

May 16, 2008
Search Engine Watch Blog
Google FriendConnect friended Facebook. It looked as if Facebook (stocked with former Google executives) might become BFFs (best friends forever).
Then Facebook blocked Google FriendConnect.
The m ...
May 16, 2008
AppleInsider
The next update to Apple Inc.'s line of 13-inch MacBook consumer portables will arrive sometime during the third quarter of the year, Far Eastern component suppliers are reported to have revealed.
Wi ...

May 16, 2008
Life Hacker / Kevin Purdy
This week's release of the Fedora 9 Linux distribution makes putting a full-fledged desktop on a portable USB thumb drive a three-click affair. Even better, you don't need Linux installed to create it ...
May 16, 2008
Mashable! / Sean P. Aune
It seems the rumors reported earlier today by TechCrunch were spot on, and Wired is the proud new owner of Ars Technica. In a call to Alexandra Constantinople, Executive Director of Communications fo ...
May 16, 2008
Ars Technica / bkuchera@arstechnica.com (Ben Kuchera)
Nintendo remains high above Microsoft and Sony in hardware sales, and Mario Kart Wii proves a strong competitor to Grand Theft Auto on the sales charts.Read More... ...

May 16, 2008
Digital Daily / John Paczkowski
Can a search advertising alliance between Yahoo and Google possibly pass regulatory muster? We may soon find out. Now that investor-tormentor Carl Icahn has filed a proxy slate to unseat Yahoo’s boa ...
May 16, 2008
BBC News | Technology | World Edition
An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop is launched. ...
May 16, 2008
CNET News.com
Dell is taking steps to promote Alienware PCs on its Web site as the PC maker tries to colloborate more--rather than compete outright--with Alienware. ...
May 16, 2008
Techdirt / Michael Masnick
The company Monster Cable has a rather infamous reputation for way too aggressively trying to enforce its trademark on the word "monster." It's sued or threatened just about everyone, including the T ...
May 16, 2008
Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing / Barry Schwartz
iCrossing reported noticing that Google is showing a green user interface within the Google Directory search results and also, in some occasions, for main Google web search results.
The most shocki ...

May 16, 2008
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) / Cory Bohon
Filed under: Cult of Mac, AppleJohn Mayer has been closely related with Apple for years. He has played after multiple keynotes and he got his MacBook Air earlier than anyone else. I wonder how Apple f ...
May 16, 2008
Electronista | Gadgets for Geeks
The Canadian iPhone is set to be launched in June and will potentially have the least expensive data plan of any carrier announced to date, Electronista has heard. Sources from inside Rogers claim th ...
May 16, 2008
NewTeeVee / Liz Shannon Miller
Larry Strong and Kevin Arbouet, who directed the first few Obama Girl shorts for Barely Political, are shifting gears this summer — the two have tipped NewTeeVee that they’ll be producing ...
May 16, 2008
Marc's Voice / Marc Canter
Its great to see Arrington and others wake up to the battle that’s waging not only over dataportability, but also over the basic rights of user’s data. This is something I’ve been s ...
May 16, 2008
Wired: Game|Life / Chris Kohler
Looks like next week's WiiWare lineup will consist of two games: Critter Round-Up (pictured) and Star Soldier R. Both Konami and Hudson held media events this week in San Francisco, and at both, compa ...
May 16, 2008
WSJ.com: E-Commerce/Media
With summer jobs in short supply, more young people are pursuing money-making opportunities in Web fantasy worlds. ...
May 16, 2008
FORTUNE: Apple 2.0 / Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster summarized the flood of recent iPhone deals in a note to clients on Friday. The key numbers in his report:
46 carriers announced to date (up from 6 currently)
42 co ...
May 16, 2008
kottke.org / jason@kottke.org
Greg Allen still has his bottle of Suck Cola from when the now-defunct web site Suck was handing them out at a trade show in 1996. He's building a registry of Suck Cola bottles...if you've got one, se ...

May 16, 2008
BoomTown / Kara Swisher
Throughout this new series of developments in the Yahoo takeover circus, Microsoft has been unusually quiet about billionaire investor Carl Icahn's efforts to take over Yahoo's board via a proxy fight ...

May 16, 2008
BoomTown / Kara Swisher
It's clear that Yahoo and its CEO and Co-Founder Jerry Yang have got to be a little more than miffed that billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is on billionaire investor Carl Icahn's board as he begins ...
May 16, 2008
Wired Top Stories / Threat Level
Two powerful congressmen are asking ISP Charter Communications to put a hold on its proposal to eavesdrop on its customers' web surfing in order to serve targeted ads. The Friday letter questions whet ...
May 16, 2008
SlashPhone / Kim Poh Liaw
eprice.com.tw has the chance to unbox a HTC Touch Diamond, and showing what’s included in the retail box. While phonemag has shown you how the clever leather case can clear away your fingerprint ...
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May 16, 2008
ProBlogger Blog Tips / Darren Rowse
Here’s a question that might provoke some interesting discussion over the weekend:
Which Social Bookmarking Site Would You Prefer to Hit the Front Page Of?
Would you prefer to hit the popular pa ...
May 16, 2008
Yahoo! Finance: Internet Information Providers Industry News
An outlook on Google, with Gian Fulgoni, comScore CEO and Mad Money host Jim Cramer. ...
May 16, 2008
Wired: Threat Level / Sarah Lai Stirland
In the annals of online campaigning, senator John McCain has rarely blazed new paths. But a recent initiative to hold conference call briefings with left-wing and issue-based bloggers could be a presi ...
May 16, 2008
Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants
Michael has been looking at MooTools for Seaside, and demonstrates the power of community while he's at it:
The first and foremost of these is the Mocha GUI components. Here is a screenshot from a c ...
May 16, 2008
Macenstein / Dr. Macenstein
Who doesn’t like reading rumors on the weekend? I know for me, it’s right up their with reading the Family Circus each Sunday morning. Faithful Macenstein reader Doug writes us with news o ...
May 16, 2008
Washington Post / Elizabeth Ody
A careless comment in your blog (or in someone else's). An embarrassing incident recounted in your local newspaper. A racy photo on MySpace. Any of these can sully your online reputation. ...
May 16, 2008
SFGate: Business & Technology / By The Associated Press
The winning numbers drawn Friday night in the California Lottery's "SuperLotto Plus" game were: 47-11-46-39-06. Meganumber: 26. Jackpot: $196... ...