Life in the River, February 26

So what happened today… the EEE makes Sony feel dizzy, Microsoft is pushing for IE8 and crashes Live, Facebook and Social networking websites adoption falters and Google buys some wires.

10:35 PM

Charles Cooper / CNET News.com: Apple agonistes — Browsing the headlines on Yahoo Finance …

10:35 PM

Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com: When will iTunes replace Wal-Mart as No. 1 music retailer?

10:35 PM

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: Gotcha, CAPTCHA! Gmail bot detector system cracked

10:30 PM

Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com: Senate antiphishing bill outlaws…what’s already illegal

10:20 PM

DSLreports: Did Comcast Hire Public Stand-ins For Neutrality Hearing?

9:50 PM

Carl Zimmer / New York Times: The Encyclopedia of Life, No Bookshelf Required

9:45 PM

Duncan Riley / TechCrunch: Adobe AIR Vs Microsoft Silverlight: It’s All About Numbers

9:45 PM

Chris Soghoian / CNET News.com: Comcast hits the snooze button

9:05 PM

Electronista: NPD: iTunes 2nd-largest music store in US

8:40 PM

Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com: Facebook’s getting a face-lift soon

8:25 PM

Erica Ogg / Crave: The gadget blog: Sony leery of the Eee PC?

8:20 PM

Jimmy Shah / avertlabs.com: Windows Mobile trojan sends unauthorized information and leaves device vulnerable

8:15 PM

Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb: In Malaysia, Bloggers Become Politicians

8:05 PM

Anne Broache / CNET News.com: Democratic bill could force Apple, AT&T to unlock iPhone

7:50 PM

IT Week: Microsoft to push IE 8 public beta

7:30 PM

Mike / CrunchNotes: Nice Job, Mainstream Media

7:30 PM

Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica: Appeals court attorneys’ fees ruling could impact P2P suits

7:25 PM

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Facebook Gets More Orderly: Multi-Tab For Profiles

7:20 PM

Jstearns / Save the Internet Blog: Comcast Blocking: First the Internet — Now the Public

7:05 PM

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft: Microsoft’s Mundie: Lots of Yahoo, Microsoft redundancies

6:50 PM

Mike Sachoff / WebProNews: YouTube To Test Personalized Homepage

6:25 PM

Heather Havenstein / Computerworld: Life after page views: Web analytics 2.0

6:25 PM

Rob Hof / Tech Beat: Has Google Peaked? — That seems to be the central question …

6:25 PM

Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog: Tracking Microsoft’s Windows Live outage (Updated)

6:10 PM

Kip Kniskern / LiveSide: Live Services problems reported: LiveID, Messenger, Mail are down for some

6:05 PM

Gartner: Gartner Recommends IT Organizations Establish IT Cost-Cutting Programs Now

5:25 PM

Alex Iskold / ReadWriteWeb: Beware of Freeconomics — A few weeks ago we published …

5:25 PM

Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: 10 Ways to Get More Out of Friendfeed

5:25 PM

Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC NEWS | dot.life: Calling From A Console

5:20 PM

Portfolio.com: Comcast Astroturfs the Old-Fashioned Way

5:10 PM

Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb: Social News: Can the Digg/Mixx/Buzz Model Hold Up Against FriendFeed and Sphinn?

5:10 PM

Mark Wilson / Kotaku: DualShock 3 Dated For US

4:50 PM

Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org: Google Slammed On Ad Fears, Click Throughs; Stock Off 35 Percent From Highs

4:50 PM

Ben Kuchera / Opposable Thumbs: Sony announces new Metal Gear Solid PS3 bundle, red PSP

4:45 PM

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Serious Drama, And Lots Of Stupidity, Behind Stage6 Shutdown

4:45 PM

Mike Yamamoto / Crave: The gadget blog: Sony Vaios try to make a ‘Splash’

4:35 PM

Constantinos Michael / Google LatLong: Refine by user ratings and neighborhoods

4:30 PM

InfoWorld: Adobe extending Flash platform

4:25 PM

Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: Undocumented Emoticons in Gmail Chat

4:25 PM

Jason / Signal vs. Noise: 37signals Featured in Wired (March 2008 issue)

4:15 PM

Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM: Former Bolt.com Owner Gets Into Games

4:10 PM

Rafat Ali / paidContent.org: NAA Conference: Tierney: Focus On Older Audience; Stop Self …

3:45 PM

Mathew / mathewingram.com/work: Lance Ulanoff’s death spiral has begun

3:35 PM

Stephen Graham / Associated Press: Pakistan Lifts Curbs on YouTube

3:35 PM

Akessler / Andy Kessler: WSJ: Internet Wrecking Ball

3:30 PM

Ina Fried / CNET News.com: Exploring Windows Server’s Vista ties

3:30 PM

Admin_huliq / HULIQ: Hotmail Down On East Coast

3:30 PM

Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft: Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger users

3:30 PM

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Apple: More On New Macs, Higher Margins, Weak iPods and iPhones …

3:05 PM

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Vista RTM vs. Vista SP1 - Office 2007 benchmarking

2:55 PM

Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek: Google Buys Into Undersea Cable

2:55 PM

eWeek: Yahoo Users to Create Buzz with Favorite Content

2:45 PM

Erica Sadun / The Unofficial Apple Weblog: iPod/iPhone firmware update 1.1.4 released

2:40 PM

Bill Tancer / Hitwise Intelligence: Google: Does Search Data Indicate a Recession?

2:35 PM

Ashlee Vance / The Register: HP, Dell and Fujitsu answer VMware’s USB stick plea

2:35 PM

Iljitsch van Beijnum / Infinite Loop: The new MacBook’s battery life and power adapter (Updated)

2:35 PM

ACU News: ACU first university in nation to provide iPhone or iPod Touch …

2:25 PM

Andrew Park / Wired News: The Brash Programmers at 37signals Will Tell You: Keep It Simple, Stupid

2:25 PM

Jonathan Schwartz / Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog: MySQL is Officially a Part of Sun

2:25 PM

Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped: Gmail Emojis — Google at their Japanese blog (a couple …

2:10 PM

Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com: Sun closes MySQL deal, plans more open-source buys

1:50 PM

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch: Estimates Put Internet Advertising at $21 Billion in U.S., $45 Billion Globally

1:50 PM

Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch: Microsoft’s Live Poops Out

1:45 PM

Alex Woodson / Hollywood Reporter: MySpaceTV orders ‘Delivery’

1:35 PM

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Sun completes MySQL purchase; Eyes more open source acquisitions

1:35 PM

Donna Bogatin / Insider Chatter: The Web Economy Rejoices: Google IS Overrated and Due For BIGGER Fall!

1:35 PM

Tom Neumayr / Apple: iTunes Now Number Two Music Retailer in the US

1:35 PM

Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider: Google Disaster: Comscore Reports Awful January*

1:25 PM

Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb: An Online Collection of Visualized Networks

1:20 PM

CNNMoney.com: Coffee break for Starbucks’ 135,000 baristas

1:15 PM

Julie Beckmann / Inside AdSense: Updated Terms and Conditions

1:10 PM

Mathew / mathewingram.com/work: FriendFeed: Like a news feed on steroids

1:05 PM

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: Kids don’t like CDs: iTunes Store now #2 music retailer

12:55 PM

Royal Pingdom: Social network downtime in 2008

12:55 PM

BBC: New search powers lead Firefox 3

12:45 PM

Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com: Google urges ISO to give thumbs-down to Microsoft Open XML

12:45 PM

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: Apple debuts new MacBook and MacBook Pro models

12:45 PM

Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter: Yahoo Launches Digg Competitor

12:35 PM

Tony Hung / Deep Jive Interests: Digg Town Hall: Spam Catching, Exit Strategies, Focus Groups …

12:25 PM

Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy: Social Media FAQ #3: How Do I Measure ROI?

12:25 PM

Enigmax / TorrentFreak: MediaDefender Parent Company Facing Liquidation

12:15 PM

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget: Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro get refreshed with faster CPUs, multi-touch

12:05 PM

David Kaplan / paidContent.org: Earnings: DISH Network Q4 Profits Rise 14.4 Percent; Revs …

12:05 PM

eWeek: IBM Board Approves $15 Billion Stock Buyback

11:46 AM

Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Google makes its infrastructure move; Buys chunk of Trans-Pacific undersea cable

11:30 AM

PC Magazine: Dell XPS 630

11:30 AM

Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org: Earnings: CBS Q4 Revs Down 3 Percent; Income Down On Investment Loss …

11:25 AM

Bill Ray / The Register: iPhone SDK won’t be here in February after all

11:25 AM

Mike Ricciuti / Crave: The gadget blog: Apple updates MacBook, MacBook Pro lineups

11:05 AM

Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily: Google Shares Slide On Weak Paid Click Data; Is The Crumbling …

11:05 AM

Michael Learmonth / Silicon Alley Insider: CBS Q4: Declines In TV, Radio and Publishing

11:00 AM

Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop: Apple bumps MacBooks, adds Penryn MacBook Pros with multi-touch

10:45 AM

Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb: Link Journalism: Is Linking to News a form of Journalism?

10:45 AM

Business Wire: Road Warriors Get Ready …

10:35 AM

Rosyna / Unsanity.org: Enthusiastic Trepidation

10:35 AM

Stephanie Kang / Wall Street Journal: Why DVR Viewers Recall Some TV Spots

10:35 AM

The Kelsey Group: Interactive Advertising Revenues to Reach US$147 Billion Globally …

10:35 AM

Marla Nitke / IAB: Internet Advertising Revenues Again Reach New Highs, Estimated …

10:20 AM

Electronic Frontier Foundation: RIAA File-Sharing Complaint Fails to Support Default Judgment

10:15 AM

Ryan Paul / Ars Technica: Bad flavor: ICANN, Network Solutions sued for domain tasting

10:10 AM

Mike Yamamoto / Crave: The gadget blog: Goldmund’s $17,000 Blu-ray player

10:05 AM

Anne Broache / CNET News.com: FCC chief grills Comcast on BitTorrent blocking

9:15 AM

Electronista: Apple updates MacBook, MacBook Pro

9:10 AM

Lance Ulanoff / Fox News: Facebook’s Death Spiral Has Begun

9:10 AM

Apple: Apple Introduces New MacBook and MacBook Pro Models

9:05 AM

Augustine Anthony / Reuters: YouTube outage might have been caused by Pakistan

8:55 AM

Matthew Newman / Bloomberg: EU May Fine Microsoft Over Antitrust Case, People Say

8:45 AM

Enigmax / TorrentFreak: Lawyers For ‘Imposter’ P2P Software Threaten Open-Source Team

8:20 AM

Stephen Labaton / New York Times: F.C.C. Weighing Limits on Slowing Web Traffic

8:20 AM

Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO: An easy way to add new features to Google

7:50 AM

Amit / Digital Inspiration Technology Blog: Wow! All Gmail Users Are Given Two Separate Email Addresses

7:50 AM

Amit / Digital Inspiration Technology Blog: Add Google Talk Badge To Your Blog and Chat with Readers Live

7:45 AM

Kelly Fiveash / The Register: EU throws €5.5bn at embedded chips and nanotech

7:45 AM

Dave McAllister / Open at Adobe: Making SQLite work for all of us

7:30 AM

PMP Today: Best of MP4 Wholesalers: Neux Corp. Ltd, NXMP324

7:20 AM

Egan Orion / Inquirer: RIAA’s ‘making available’ theory falls

7:05 AM

Josh Silverman / Skype Blogs: A few words from Skype’s incoming CEO

6:20 AM

Donald Bell / Crave: The gadget blog: Sony’s $500 headphones to hit U.S.

6:05 AM

Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System: Chat With Your Site’s Visitors Using Google Talk

6:00 AM

Yahoo! Search Blog: An Open Approach to Search

6:00 AM

Bret Taylor / FriendFeed Blog: FriendFeed is officially launching

5:45 AM

Mark Sweney / Guardian: BBC iPlayer leaves ITV trailing

5:35 AM

William M. Bulkeley / Wall Street Journal: IBM Mainframe Is Seen Lifting Sales

5:35 AM

Steve Lohr / New York Times: I.B.M. to Introduce a Notably Improved Mainframe

5:25 AM

Wired News: Help Define the New ‘Free’ Economy

5:10 AM

Chris Sherman / Search Engine Land: Yahoo To Announce “Search Monkey” Enhanced, Annotated Results At SMX West

5:10 AM

Tamar Weinberg / Lifehacker: Manage Your Online Reputation

5:00 AM

MG Siegler / VentureBeat: Yahoo Buzz hopes to generate more buzz than BuzzTracker did

4:50 AM

Associated Press: Internet practices come under fire

4:30 AM

Zaheda Bhorat / Official Google Blog: A renewed wish for open document standards

4:10 AM

Blake Robinson / ReadWriteWeb: BricaBox - The Beginning of Social Content Platforms?

4:00 AM

MG Siegler / VentureBeat: Digg’s town hall addresses many questions - or the same ones over and over again

4:00 AM

Yukari Iwatani Kane / Wall Street Journal: Sony, Sharp to Form LCD Venture

3:55 AM

Brian Heater / Gearlog: Sony Announces an Ungodly Number of Audio Accessories

3:55 AM

Catherine Holahan / Business Week: Yahoo Buzz: A Lot Like Digg

3:50 AM

Alex Pham / Los Angeles Times: Middle players feel the squeeze

3:45 AM

Louise Story / New York Times: Nielsen Looks Beyond TV, and Hits Roadblocks

3:40 AM

Matthew Moskovciak / CNET News.com: Another proprietary wireless audio system: Sony S-AIR

3:35 AM

Business Wire: New “Yahoo! Buzz” Enhances Internet’s Leading Starting Point …

3:35 AM

Jeff Bakalar / CNET News.com: Sony PX-LX300USB lets you breathe new life into your old vinyl records

3:35 AM

Matthew Moskovciak / CNET News.com: New Sony Blu-ray players: Better than PS3?

3:25 AM

Long Tran / Yanko Design: Soft, Squeezable, Huggable Phone

3:20 AM

Tapan Bhat / Yodel Anecdotal: Let the buzzing begin — We’re excited to introduce Yahoo! …

3:20 AM

Om Malik / GigaOM: Google Buys A Piece Of Transpacific Cable

3:20 AM

Nat Ives / AdAge: What Are You Worth in a Free Economy?

1:35 AM

Google Talkabout: Google Talk chatback

1:15 AM

Rafe Needleman / Webware.com: Bored? Lonely? Talk to other bored, lonely souls on Cafe Jaxtr

1:10 AM

Wagner James Au / GigaOM: EA Takes The Sims Online Into the Web 2.0 World

12:45 AM

Betsy Schiffman / Epicenter: Digg’s Jay Adelson: No Damn Comment on Acquisition Rumors

12:45 AM

Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica: Amie Street’s pricing, social features attract indie artists

12:35 AM

Eric Eldon / VentureBeat: Friendfeed, the best software for conversations, raises round and launches publicly

12:30 AM

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Yahoo Buzz Launches: Popular Stories To Go On Yahoo Homepage

12:20 AM

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: Yahoo Announces Open Search Platform

12:15 AM

Electronista: Toshiba intros 5400RPM 1.8-inch drives

12:10 AM

Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com: Digg’s inaugural town hall: Too much navel-gazing

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