Monday, September 8, 2008 - 1:30 am EDT
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NEWS.com.au - 3 hours, 55 minutes ago
Fewer jobs as economy slows - IN yet another sign the economy is slowing, the number of jobs advertised in August posted the biggest monthly fall in seven years.

Gmail Blog / Official Gmail Blog - 2 days, 8 hours, 40 minutes ago
New Gmail code base now for IE6 too - Posted by Jon Perlow, Gmail engineerLast October, we launched a rewritten code base for the Gmail user interface to Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2 users.
Lifehacker

PC World - 2 days, 10 hours, 10 minutes ago
MySQL Cofounder May Resign - MySQL's cofounder Michael "Monty" Widenius is considering resigning, according to an official blog post.
The Register

Jeremy Zawodny's blog - 2 days, 11 hours, 44 minutes ago
Two weeks into my new job at craigslist... - Many people have asked (via IM, email, Twitter) how my new job is going, what craigslist is like, etc. So here are a few thoughts about my first two weeks in the new job.The CommuteDespite what folks said in the comments of my little...

By Chris O'Brien
Mercury News / San Jose Mercury News
- 1 day, 5 hours, 48 minutes ago
Michael Arrington -

Darren Rowse / ProBlogger - 1 day, 9 hours, 12 minutes ago
What do you get if you put Shoemoney, CopyBlogger, Chow, Johnson, Kukral and ProBlogger in the same Room? - OK - that heading sounds like a bad joke (and it could be) but I had confirmation this week that Jeremy from ShoeMoney is joining our ‘make money online with a blog‘ panel at Blog World Expo.This makes the lineup - Brian Clark...

Nicholas Carlson / Valleywag - 1 day, 14 hours, 56 minutes ago
Sarah Palin has a 93.8 percent approval rating -- on eBay - The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Here's the listing of the jet Alaska Governor Sarah Palin told the Republican National Convention she "put on eBay." We've since learned she indeed did — three times...

PC World - 1 day, 15 hours, 2 minutes ago
Nintendo DS Goes Silver - A metallic silver version of the Nintendo DS is scheduled to ship this weekend.

Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear - 1 day, 16 hours ago
Scandal: A rash of fake Steve Jobs e-mails, maybe - Get ready for the latest Internet scandal: fake e-mails from Steve Jobs. Well, real e-mails that weren’t sent by Steve Jobs, if that makes any sense.Wired looked at three e-mails purportedly sent by Steve Jobs in recent weeks: one...

ReadWriteWeb - 2 days 50 minutes ago
Yoono: The Social Media Tool for Mainstream and Early Adopters - Social media tools are some of the latest crazes these days. We happen to be huge fans of a ton of them here on ReadWriteWeb. Yet the biggest problem with most social media tools is that they aren't for everyone.

AppleInsider - 4 days, 13 hours, 30 minutes ago
AT&T wireless networks go down on East Coast - AT&T's wireless data services experienced a meltdown earlier this morning, leading to widespread 3G and EDGE service outages across the broader North East and other parts of the country. The problem has persisted for about 10 to 12 hours...
Yahoo! News (Wire Services), CNET News.com

Feld Thoughts - 5 days, 1 hour, 36 minutes ago
The Kindle and DRM - I have completely fallen in love with my Kindle.  I've now read over 50 books on it and have another 50 or so queued up.  I've been reading exclusively on my Kindle when I travel (I no longer carry books with me), although I do...
Techdirt, Silicon Alley Insider

By Chris O'Brien
Mercury News / San Jose Mercury News
- 1 day, 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
What's next for TechCrunch's Michael Arrington? - The lawyer turned blogger and entrepreneur has become one of the most influential voices in Silicon Valley thanks to the success of TechCrunch. This past year has seen his star rise even higher.

AllBusiness.com - 3 days, 8 hours, 22 minutes ago
Internet Marketing: Why Site Maps Are Important - Interview with SEO expert Lee Odden

MarketWatch - 3 days, 14 hours, 19 minutes ago
MarketWatch First Take: Internet advertising growing and shifting - Spending on online advertising is accelerating, according to a report. It surged 20% in the second quarter in the U.S. alone at a time when the old media are having problems showing any advertising growth.

Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme - 3 days, 19 hours, 58 minutes ago
AOL + iPhone = Mobile Advertising; AOL might live again - AOL has made an attempt to push itself through into mobile ad offerings while it has already lost a quite a lot of weight by burning most of its services and splitting up.

The Register - 10 days, 7 hours, 7 minutes ago
Dell profits sink 17% as revenues rise - Bad Day at Round RockDell posted a surprise 17 per cent drop in profits for its fiscal second quarter, even though its revenues handily beat Wall Street estimates.…
Seattle Times, BBC News, Wall Street Journal, Yahoo! News (Wire Services), FOXBusiness.com, AOL, CNNMoney.com

EETimes - 9 days, 19 hours, 20 minutes ago
Nintendo boosts annual profit forecast by 23% - Nintendo boosted its annual profit outlook by 23 percent on white-hot demand for its Wii video game console and DS portable player, beating marketexpectations and sending its shares more than 8 percent higher.
MarketWatch, VentureBeat, Variety

TheStreet.com - 11 days, 7 hours, 56 minutes ago
Oracle Taps New Financial Chief - Jeff Epstein is a former DoubleClick executive.
MarketWatch

InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs - 4 days, 9 hours, 40 minutes ago
Yahoo, Verizon Extend Web Portal Deal - The Yahoo agreement applies to Verizon's broadband Internet customers; the telecom company reportedly is working on a deal with Google for mobile subscribers.
CNET News.com, Between the Lines, Wall Street Journal

Search Engine Land - 4 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes ago
August 2008: Search Engine Land's Most Popular Stories - Below are Search Engine Land's 10 most popular stories from August 2008: Click to continue reading...
Official Gmail Blog

ysb_admin / Yahoo! Search Blog - 4 days, 9 hours, 17 minutes ago
Building with BOSS -- New Products to Share - It's been two months since we began "opening up" the Yahoo! Search infrastructure with the launch of Yahoo! Search BOSS and we've already seen some great products created.
TechCrunch

ReadWriteWeb - 2 days 50 minutes ago
Yoono: The Social Media Tool for Mainstream and Early Adopters - Social media tools are some of the latest crazes these days. We happen to be huge fans of a ton of them here on ReadWriteWeb. Yet the biggest problem with most social media tools is that they aren't for everyone.

Yahoo! News (Wire Services) - 3 days, 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
MySpace links users to US hurricane emergency alerts - AFP - In what is heralded as the seeds of an Internet-age emergency broadcast system, MySpace has teamed with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to spread news on hurricanes through users of the online social network.

ReadWriteWeb - 3 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes ago
Facebook Live Feed a Killer? More Like a Hindrance - Recently, Facebook released a live feed feature for the homepage of Facebook users. This new feature allows you to see the latest updates by your Facebook friends in real-time.

BetaNews - 2 days, 13 hours, 21 minutes ago
Evidence Samsung and SanDisk are in merger talks - The company that holds patent rights for a breakthrough flash memory technology is apparently discussing the possibility of being acquired by the world's biggest flash producer. It's come down to this.

Search Engine Land - 3 days, 9 hours, 30 minutes ago
Video Search Engine RedLasso Runs Afoul Of The Law - In early Internet days, circa 1996, I had a memorable phone conversation with a webmaster who had put up a site that violated our client's trademark.

Rafat Ali / paidContent.org - 3 days, 10 hours, 6 minutes ago
Comcast Sues FCC Over Traffic Blocking; Legal Fight Over Net Neutrality - This just got a lot uglier, but expected: Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), risking the wrath of every tech enthusiast in the land, is now suing the Federal Communications Commission to block the regulatory agency's decision to cite and sanction the...