Today’s edition of a life in the Techmeme River, a snapshot in technology.
11:30 PM
Stuart Dredge / Tech Digest: MWC 2008: Spice Movie Phone has a built-in optical disc drive
11:25 PM
Dan Goodin / The Register: Thievin’ teen bot herder admits to infecting military computers
10:50 PM
Megan McCarthy / Epicenter: HotOrNot Gets Cold Cash
10:10 PM
Richard Lawler / Engadget: Best Buy’s pushing Blu-ray to the front
10:00 PM
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: Best Buy, Netflix join HD DVD dogpile
9:50 PM
Macworld UK: Apple preps digital radio for iPhone
9:50 PM
John Plunkett / Guardian: Hazlitt: DAB ‘not economically viable’
9:45 PM
Cade Metz / The Register: Microsoft rejects Yahoo! rejection
9:35 PM
Dan Goodin / The Register: Teen hacker re-unlocks Apple’s iPhone
9:30 PM
Network World: DARPA advances artificial intelligence program for air traffic control
9:25 PM
Ryan Kim / The Technology Chronicles: BlackBerry e-mail users suffering outage
9:20 PM
Dan Frakes / Macworld: 10.5.2 update shows Apple listens to users
9:05 PM
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear: Much like my Uncle Charlie, MSN Direct doesn’t work
9:00 PM
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Microsoft Responds
8:50 PM
Chris Preimesberger / eWeek: Salesforce.com Suffers Outage
8:40 PM
Aseem Kishore / ReadWriteWeb: JotYou: Location-Based Mobile Phone Messaging
8:40 PM
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb: Feng-GUI: “Visual Attention” Heatmaps
8:40 PM
Nilay Patel / Engadget: MusicStation Max offers unlimited free music downloads to your mobile
8:40 PM
Ryan Block / Engadget: Microsoft to Yahoo: come back, this isn’t over!
8:40 PM
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica: Microsoft undeterred by Yahoo’s rejection, will press on
8:35 PM
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat: Benchmark has raised a sixth fund of $500M
8:30 PM
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb: Gmail Delivery Delays - Will a Reply from Google Ever Arrive?
8:25 PM
Saul Hansell / Bits: Some EBay Sellers Will Get a Price Break, but Hated Feedback System Stays
8:15 PM
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: HotOrNot Apparently Very Hot: Acquired For $20 Million
8:10 PM
Dan Primack / PE HUB: Benchmark Closes Sixth Fund
8:05 PM
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: Microsoft Responds To Rejection: Will Take “All Necessary Steps” …
7:55 PM
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: One more thing… Leopard Graphics Update 1.0
7:50 PM
Long Tran / Yanko Design: SMS And Email Pen
7:25 PM
Business Wire: Best Buy to Recommend Blu-ray as the Customer’s Digital Format Choice
7:15 PM
Microsoft: Microsoft Responds to Yahoo! Announcement
7:05 PM
Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC NEWS | dot.life: Nokia Looks For The Next Turning
6:55 PM
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat: VentureBeat raises $320,000 seed round, traffic growing
6:50 PM
Elizabeth Montalbano / InfoWorld: Microsoft hints at Yahoo hostile takeover
6:45 PM
Peter Sayer / IDG News Service: Android Comes to Life in Barcelona
6:40 PM
Erica Ogg / CNET News.com: Best Buy kicks HD DVD while it’s down
6:40 PM
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: Samsung sued over “defective” first-gen Blu-ray players
6:35 PM
Reuters: Best Buy to recommend Blu-ray format
6:30 PM
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb: CNN to Launch Completely User Generated News Site
6:20 PM
Peter Galli / eWeek: Microsoft Gives Some Early Access to Vista SP1
6:20 PM
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Microsoft: Yahoo’s Response To Offer Is “Unfortunate;” …
6:10 PM
Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb: Delver Reinvents Search
5:45 PM
Darren Murph / Engadget: RIM affirms that BlackBerry services are down — again
5:25 PM
InfoWorld: Gates talks up declarative modeling language effort
5:25 PM
InfoWorld: Intel develops processor similar to MacBook Air chip
5:20 PM
Ryan Block / Engadget: Apple releases OS X 10.5.2 update, tons of fixes
5:05 PM
Eric Griffith / AppScout: WeFi Goes Mobile, Tries Facebook
5:00 PM
Mudbug / MacRumors: Mac OS X (Leopard) 10.5.2 Update Released
5:00 PM
Google Watch: Yahoo Bounces Bid Ball in Microsoft’s Court
5:00 PM
Kevin Anderson / Guardian Unlimited: Microsoft snubbed by Yahoo so goes for Danger
5:00 PM
PR Newswire: Microsoft Responds to Yahoo! Announcement
4:55 PM
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: Starbucks: Forget T-Mobile, get (free) WiFi with AT&T
4:45 PM
Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter: Earthlink Officially Bows Out of Muni Wi-Fi Business
4:40 PM
Michael Masnick / Techdirt: Microsoft Buys Another Desperate Company: Danger Goes To Redmond
4:40 PM
Peter Ha / CrunchGear: CDMA BlackBerry Curve emerges
4:40 PM
Quincy Pince-Nez / 9 to 5 Mac: Starbucks drops Tmobile and goes with AT&T AND free 2 hours …
4:30 PM
IDC: U.S. Internet Advertising Grew by 27% to $25.5 billion in 2007 …
4:20 PM
InfoWorld: Microsoft buys mobile software company Danger
4:15 PM
MG Siegler / VentureBeat: Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s proposal, more money or new offers welcome
4:10 PM
Hon Lau / Symantec Corp.: Pidief, the Word for Exploits?
4:10 PM
Esther Dyson / Wall Street Journal: The Coming Ad Revolution
4:10 PM
BBC: Google phones make debut
4:10 PM
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Starbucks adds AT&T WiFi, works deal to keep T-Mobile too
4:05 PM
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: WebMD’s Acquisition By Parent May Not Occur; Outlook Lower on Yahoo Fears
4:05 PM
the Boston / bizjournals: U.S Internet ad spending grows in 2007
4:00 PM
Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac: Microsoft says “We got nuthin!” buys Danger/Sidekick platform
3:55 PM
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Salesforce.com Shares Jump On Report They’ve Shopped Themselves …
3:50 PM
Jennifer Shanks / PR Newswire: Plantronics Introduces New Military Grade Ruggedized Bluetooth Headset
3:50 PM
Stephen Totilo / MTV Multiplayer: Microsoft’s Shane Kim On ‘Fable 2,’ Why Marvel MMO Was Canceled And More
3:45 PM
Diane Galligan / Yodel Anecdotal: Taking stock of tech
3:40 PM
Matt Buchanan / Gizmodo: NVIDIA Mobile GeForce Processor Chews Up HD Video, Aims to Gnaw On Silverthorne
3:40 PM
Associated Press: Netflix Opts for Blu-Ray High-Def DVDs
3:10 PM
Arne Hess / the::unwired: MWC LIVE: Toshiba announces the new Portégé G810 …
3:10 PM
Marcus Yam / DailyTech: Netflix Picks Blu-ray Disc as Exclusive HD Format
3:10 PM
Brian Oberkirch / Like It Matters: really, we don’t want to join your social network
2:50 PM
InfoWorld: Microsoft steps up mobile consumer push
2:45 PM
Ryan Kim / San Francisco Chronicle: Comcast takes on AT&T with faster Net service
2:40 PM
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: Samsung hauls a load into Mobile World Congress
2:35 PM
Marguerite Reardon / Crave: Google Android prototypes debut at MWC
2:20 PM
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb: AOL Announces Open Mobile Platform
2:20 PM
Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter: Yahoo to Microsoft: Show Us the Money
2:00 PM
Katie Allen / Guardian: GCap to pioneer ‘listen and buy’ radio for iPods
2:00 PM
John Biggs / CrunchGear: Our first Android phone hands-on
1:55 PM
John Biggs / TechCrunch: First GPhone Hands-On — We’re trying to grab some better …
1:55 PM
Clint Boulton / eWeek: Yahoo Spikes Microsoft Buy Offer
1:55 PM
Josh Lowensohn / Crave: The gadget blog: Windows Media Center plug-in puts Netflix in living room
1:45 PM
Michael Masnick / Techdirt: Danish Block Of The Pirate Bay Leads To Even More Traffic
1:35 PM
Mike Shields / Mediaweek: CNN Launches iReport.com
1:25 PM
Microsoft: Next Generation of Microsoft Innovation Focuses on Mobile Consumer
1:15 PM
Mark Wilson / Gizmodo: The Pirate Bay Makes Millions Not Spent On Hair Cuts
1:05 PM
Brad Linder / Download Squad: Microsoft launches MSN Direct for Windows Mobile
1:00 PM
Brian Lam / Gizmodo: Video: First Hands On Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1
1:00 PM
Elizabeth M. Gillespie / Associated Press: Starbucks to Offer Free Wi-Fi With AT&T
12:55 PM
Mike Nash / Windows Vista Team Blog: Windows Vista SP1 availability for technical customers
12:55 PM
Ina Fried / CNET News.com: Vista SP1 coming sooner for some
12:55 PM
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica: Clear Channel to FCC: XM/Sirius is illegal, but let’s deal
12:45 PM
Graeme Wearden / Guardian: Yahoo rejects Microsoft takeover bid
12:45 PM
Joe / BB Geeks: Pictures of the CDMA BlackBerry Curve
12:20 PM
Business Wire: Starbucks to Expand Technology Relationship with AT&T
12:15 PM
Wall Street Journal: Microsoft Vows to Press Yahoo Bid
12:10 PM
Adam Thierer / CNET News.com: New Mexico’s video game nanny tax
12:10 PM
Carolyn Duffy Marsan / Network World: Powerful new antiphishing weapon DKIM emerges
12:05 PM
Reuters: Motorola, Nortel may merge wireless gear
12:00 PM
Microsoft: MSN Direct Now Available for Windows Mobile Devices
11:55 AM
Starbucks: MORE THAN 12 MILLION AT&T, STARBUCKS CUSTOMERS TO GET FREE WI-FI …
11:55 AM
Alec Saunders .LOG: Previewing Nokia’s new mobile range.
11:55 AM
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com: Microsoft shoots back at Yahoo
11:55 AM
Om Malik / GigaOM: Microsoft Buys Sidekick Maker, Danger
11:50 AM
Nokia: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta
11:50 AM
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Nokia CEO: No plans for Windows Mobile, S60 touch-screen launch in 2H 2008
11:40 AM
Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: Boingo: $8 Wi-Fi for the iPhone
11:40 AM
James Ashton / Times of London: Mobile music coup by Omnifone
11:40 AM
Bluetooth.com: BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY TO HARNESS THE SPEED OF 802.11
11:40 AM
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Apple: Added to Citi’s “Top Picks Live” …
11:35 AM
Terry Heaton / Terry Heaton’s PoMo Blog: NOTHING GAINED IN WRITERS’ STRIKE
11:35 AM
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: Not So Crazy: Yahoo May Partner With AOL To Escape Microsoft
11:35 AM
David Kaplan / paidContent.org: Netflix And Best Buy Choose Blu-ray Over HD DVD
11:20 AM
Sean Cooper / Engadget: Google attacks: Android at Mobile World Congress
11:05 AM
CNET News.com: Starbucks ditches T-Mobile for AT&T
11:05 AM
Caroline McCarthy / Crave: Starbucks ditches T-Mobile for AT&T
11:05 AM
Anthony Park / 100% Geek Content: New Vista Media Center Plugin - MyNetflix (beta)
11:00 AM
New York Times: The Auction of Getty Images Appears to Be Stalled
10:55 AM
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com: Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s bid
10:55 AM
The Boy Genius Report: Microsoft aquiring Danger Inc. WTF?
10:50 AM
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Yahoo Confirms Rejection Letter to Microsoft
10:50 AM
Brian Lam / Gizmodo: The Nokia N96 Super Cellphone is Official: Gallery and Specs Here
10:45 AM
Glenn Fleishman / Wi-Fi Networking News: T-Mobile Loses Starbucks; AT&T Becomes Wi-Fi Hotspot Giant
10:45 AM
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy: The Many Challenges of Social Network Sites
10:45 AM
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks: Nokia Launches Mobile Ad Network
10:35 AM
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org: Microsoft To Acquire Sidekick Backer Danger Inc.; Bolsters Mobile Business
10:35 AM
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s takeover bid
10:35 AM
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com: Nvidia dialing into mobile phones
10:30 AM
USA Today: Sprint CEO aims for winning strategy
10:30 AM
Microsoft: Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Danger Inc., Strengthens Mobile Consumer Vision
10:25 AM
Brian Heater / AppScout: Yahoo! Rejects Microsoft Bid, Courts AOL
10:20 AM
PR Newswire: Netflix, Citing a Clear Signal From the Industry, Will Carry High …
10:20 AM
Kara Swisher / BoomTown: WWMD: What Will Microsoft Do?
10:15 AM
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Yahoo officially says no to Microsoft; It could get ugly
10:05 AM
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft: Microsoft axes paid versions of Office Live Small Business
10:01 AM
Reuters: TI to demonstrate prototype Google Android phone
9:55 AM
Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com: Nokia launches Ovi digital media, folds in Twango
9:55 AM
Wall Street Journal: Sony Ericsson to Boost U.S. Presence
9:55 AM
CNN: Microsoft likely to raise bid for Yahoo if board reject initial offer - analysts
9:55 AM
Michael Krigsman / IT Project Failures: Customer blames bankruptcy on IBM IT failure
9:45 AM
Business Wire: Yahoo! Board of Directors Says Microsoft’s Proposal Substantially Undervalues Yahoo!
9:40 AM
Reuters: Netflix says chooses Blu-ray format over HD DVD
9:35 AM
Evan Blass / Engadget: Netflix picks Blu-ray, good luck renting an HD DVD soon
9:25 AM
Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo: Android Hands-On Video: It’s Fast, It’s Still Not There
9:05 AM
Wall Street Journal: Motorola, Nortel in Talks
8:55 AM
Nokia: Nokia launches premier mobile advertising network
8:55 AM
BBC: Nokia aims to banish paper maps
8:25 AM
Electronista: Nokia vows touch phone in late 2008, no Windows
8:15 AM
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider: MySpace Clips Facebook In January, But Both Slowing
8:05 AM
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: UPDATED: Hackers - 1 : SP1 - 0
7:55 AM
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com: Nokia upgrades navigation service
7:50 AM
Dave Linthicum / InfoWorld: 5 Things that SOA Vendors are Missing
7:50 AM
Mike Madison / madisonian.net: Does Fair Use Matter?
7:45 AM
Adam Plowright / Agence France Presse: Google’s Android debuts in Barcelona
7:35 AM
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Dave Morgan, AOL’s EVP-Global Advertising Strategy, Leaving For Startup World Again
7:35 AM
Jane Wakefield / BBC: Radical Redford — An opportunity to get up close and personal …
7:35 AM
John Biggs / CrunchGear: Nokia 6210: Navigator phone
7:15 AM
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Samsung’s F480 Armani (without the Armani) …
6:55 AM
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion: Could the Interruption Economy Sack Prosperity?
6:50 AM
Dan Primack / PE HUB: SeatWave Prints $25 Million Ticket
6:15 AM
Vincent / Xubuntu Blog: Design your own desktop with Xfce 4.4
6:15 AM
Joshua Porter / Bokardo: Why Social Ads Don’t Work
6:05 AM
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Nuconomy Emerges To Provide Next Generation Site Analytics
5:30 AM
Motorola: Motorola Debuts New Devices At Mobile World Congress 2008
5:00 AM
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: The Nokia N96 redefines “high-end”
5:00 AM
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: Nokia’s 6210 Navigator, 6220 classic, and Maps 2.0
4:50 AM
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee: Yahoo Tech Ticker Launches Monday
4:35 AM
Chris Ziegler / Engadget: The Nokia N78, in European and North American flavors
3:45 AM
Sony Ericsson: Sony Ericsson takes touchscreen mainstream with two phones set to simplify your life
3:40 AM
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Video: Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X1 “Panel Interface”
3:35 AM
University of Massachusetts Amherst: Engineering student creates safety helmet that signals for help
3:20 AM
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0: The Pace of Innovation in Journalism
3:20 AM
Matt Villano / New York Times: The Job Interview, Starring Your Avatar
1:15 AM
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Wait. Yahoo and AOL? I Was Looking Forward To Something More…Fierce.
1:15 AM
Microsoft: Microsoft Office Live Small Business Launches New Tools …
1:10 AM
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: EarthLink hangs “for sale” sign on municipal WiFi business
1:05 AM
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org: Yahoo Considering Combo With AOL?
1:05 AM
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org: CBSSports.com Changes March Madness Game Plan: All Games Through …
12:55 AM
Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times: Yahoo Bidder Wants a More Aggressive Microsoft
12:40 AM
Brian Stelter / New York Times: Putting Candidates Under the Videoscope
12:05 AM
Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: Random House To Start Selling By The Chapter; HarperCollins …
12:05 AM
Stephanie Kang / Wall Street Journal: Couch to Supermarket: Connecting Dots
12:05 AM
Roy Furchgott / New York Times: Many Obstacles to Digital TV Reception, Study Says
12:05 AM
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica: The Future of Firefox: Chris Blizzard speaks at SCALE
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