1. Ping: A Friend’s Tweet Could Be an Ad 19 hours ago   permalink

BRAD STONE / NYT

A group of start-up marketers see value in getting regular people to send a sentence or two of text to their friends and admirers.

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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan / HipMojo.com :   Microsoft or Google Will Buy Twitter in 2010

Foster Kamer / Gawker :   The Return of Pay Per Post and The End of Twitter: Internet as One Long, Subervisive Ad

Paul Carr / TechCrunch :   NSFW: Give me ad-free conversations, or give me death Robert Scoble / Scobleizer :   More thoughts on in-Tweet advertising Mark Drapeau / O'Reilly Radar :   Watching the Retweeted Get Retweeted-er: Power User Secret Retweetist Love Mark Evans / Mark Evans Tech :   The Emergence of Twitvertising Alan Patrick / Broadstuff :   Parasitevertising - Killing the thing you love via Twitter...... TechBlog :   Linkpost | Warner Crocker / Life On the Wicked Stage :   Twitters Decline Begins with the Advent of Advertising

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Tom Johansmeyer / BloggingStocks Twitter finally reveals revenue ambition, wants to be Google -- but not yet   —  Filed under: Internet , Google (GOOG) , Microsoft (MSFT) , Yahoo! (YHOO) , Technology Twitter calls Google ( GOOG ) a "good role model," but says it isn't ready to rush down the road to advertising . Nonetheless, an ad-based revenue model is something that cofounder Biz Stone says they "will be looking to do down the line." But, for now, he ... Robert Scoble / Scobleizer :    More thoughts on in-Tweet advertising

Scobleizer.com More thoughts on in-Tweet advertising   —  I believe that people who produce content should be able to make a living for producing that content. If we want journalists, bloggers, photographers, and videographers to bring us interesting stuff that makes our lives richer, we gotta figure out a way to get them paid. That’s why I care deeply about the topic of advertising and why I ... Mark Drapeau / O'Reilly Radar :    Watching the Retweeted Get Retweeted-er: Power User Secret Retweetist Love Warner Crocker / Life On the Wicked Stage :    Twitters Decline Begins with the Advent of Advertising

2. Atlantis astronaut's wife gives birth 220 miles below 2 hours ago   permalink

William Harwood / The Space Shot

Astronaut Randy Bresnik, in orbit on a space station supply mission, celebrated the birth of his daughter 220 miles below in Houston, saying "momma and baby are doing very well."

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Msnbc.com Atlantis astronauts take 2nd spacewalk   —  A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

Latest SciTech Headlines Astronauts Breeze Through 2nd Spacewalk   —  EVA at International Space Station Completed Ahead of Schedule; Astronaut Still Awaiting News of Daughter's Birth

PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Astronaut's baby daughter born as he circles Earth   —  (AP) -- Astronaut Randolph Bresnik jubilantly welcomed his new daughter into the world Sunday as he floated 220 miles above it. The Seattle Times Astronaut finally new dad, daughter born back home   —  An astronaut anticipating the birth of his daughter at any moment embarked on the first spacewalk of his career Saturday, tackling a load of maintenance work outside the International Space Station. USATODAY.com Tech Astronaut in orbit welcomes baby girl on Earth   —  Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all the for first time. The Seattle Times Astronaut's wait over as daughter born back home   —  Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time. PhysOrg Team / PhysOrg.com Baby can wait as expectant dad finishes spacewalk   —  (AP) -- A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday. USATODAY.com Tech Astronauts take second spacewalk of mission   —  A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the ... EWeek Atlantis' ISS Mission Proceeding Smoothly   —  Despite a false depressurization caution alarm, the space shuttle Atlantis is on target and ahead of schedule to complete a near perfect -- so far -- mission to the International Space Station. - The space shuttle Atlantis' 11-day mission to the ISS (International Space Station) is going so smoothly the only glitch so far has been a Nov. 19 false ...

3. The Black Friday deals that aren't 3 hours ago   permalink

Chris Matyszczyk / Technically Incorrect

Perhaps it's time to change your Black Friday strategy as some retailers are using tech items to get people into stores, while only holding two or three items in stock.

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I4u / I4U News Black Friday LED TV Deals   —  If you have been hoping to find a great Black Friday LED TV deal then you will be disappointed. From the big guys only Best Buy (UN46B6000) and Sears (UN40B6000, UN46B6000 and UN55B6000) have advertised some Samsung LED TVs in their leaked Black Friday Ad...

I4u / I4U News Early Walmart Black Friday TV Sale Underway Online   —  Walmart has launched a big TV sales event ahead of Black Friday on Walmart.com. The Walmart TV sale features top-brand TVs including sets from Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Vizio and Philips. I did not check all, but all the Walmart TV sales offers I compa... NEWS / Gadgetell Find deals with Black Friday Wish app for iPhone, iPod touch   —  FROM APPLETELL - When you’re at ground zero come Black Friday, you may want the deal/product location help of the Black Friday Wish app from Smart Apps Solutions. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article » Times Online Landlords to vote on Blacks rescue deal   —  Landlords of Blacks Leisure, the outdoor clothing retailer that owns Millets, are expected to vote today in favour of a deal that would save 5,000 jobs. G.R. / Jack of All Blogs Prediction: People Will Die on Black Friday   —  Another Black Friday is almost upon us. Only in a capitalist society would a shopping day following a holiday get more attention than the holiday ahead of it. Hey, if people want to get excited for ‘doorbusters’ that will save them $25 on a flat-panel TV, that’s their prerogative. However, each year I make [...] Related posts: ... TIME.com Top Business Stories Black Friday Shopping: Discounting but No Panic   —  As Black Friday draws closer, retailers are lean but shoppers remain tight-fisted. There will be price wars, but not the panic discounting of last year NEWS / Gadgetell Video game deals in the Best Buy pre-Black Friday 2009 sale ad   —  FROM GAMERTELL - Your Sunday, November 22, 2009 paper for this week may contain a Best Buy ad proclaiming a pre-Black Friday 2009 sale. There are a number of PC and Mac games on sale, and Wii, Wii game and Wii accessory offers announced. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article »

4. Microsoft's embrace of MySQL could kill it 1 day ago   permalink

Linuxtoday.com

"Over the past few years, Microsoft has steadily warmed to open source, to the point that it now hosts its own open-source code repository and has seen its Microsoft Public License used more often than venerable licenses like the Mozilla Public License or the Eclipse Public License, according to new data released by Black Duck Software.

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5. South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week 6 hours ago   permalink

Finance.yahoo.com

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

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Ken Ray / The Unofficial Apple (TUAW) :   IPhone launching in South Korea this week

AppleInsider :   IPhone to launch in South Korea at end of November

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Yahoo! News South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week   —  AP - Apple Inc's iPhone is coming to South Korea this week, a local carrier announced Sunday, bringing the iconic communications device to one of the world's most sophisticated mobile phone markets.

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6. Textminator Tests Your Phone Texting Speed 6 hours ago   permalink

Ubergizmo

Considering that there are text messaging championships around the world, we should know that quite a few people take their text messaging speed seriously. So the next time you’re in the arcade looking for something to play, don’t be surprised if you see the Textminator , which is a coin-operated arcade that lets you put your texting ...

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7. Healthcare reform faces challenges in Senate 3 hours ago   permalink

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's U.S. healthcare overhaul plan has cleared an important Senate hurdle but lawmakers warned on Sunday of challenges ahead in winning support for passage, even among Obama's own Democrats.

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MarketWatch.com NewsWatch: Senate moves health care bill forward for debate   —  The Senate votes to advance a sweeping health-care reform bill to the full floor for debate, vaulting a key procedural hurdle and handing an early legislative victory to Democrats and President Barack Obama on his top domestic priority.

Xiao Qiang / China Digital Times (CDT) Obama’s China Interview Mystery   —  From the Wall Street Journal Blog: President Barack Obama’s first attempt to speak directly to China’s people during his trip this week was marred by Beijing’s failure to broadcast the remarks nationwide as promised. Now his parting words to the Chinese public are the subject of a mystery that has some observers scratching their heads and [.. Connie Madon / BloggingStocks The U.S. Senate votes 60 to 39 for health care debate   —  Filed under: Politics The U.S. Senate voted along party lines, 60 to 39, to proceed with debate on health care reform . The last two holdouts, Senator Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas and Mary Landrieu of Louisiana decided to finally vote with the majority. Details of the bill are sketchy at this point. The Senate version would require most everyone ... The Seattle Times Historic health care bill clears Senate hurdle   —  A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. The Seattle Times Senate moderates frustrate other Democrats on bill   —  Senate moderates on Sunday threatened to scuttle the health care bill if their demands weren't met, frustrating rank-and-file Democrats who say their colleagues' views were out of step with American voters. Chris McGreal / The Guardian World News Senate votes for health reform debate   —  White House calls vote 'historic' as Republicans fail to kill off Barack Obama's proposals Barack Obama's troubled healthcare reforms overcame another obstacle when the Senate voted last night to begin a full debate on the legislation. The White House described the vote as a "historic" step after the Republicans failed to muster enough support ... NPR Topics Senate Health Bill Clears Crucial Hurdle   —  Saturday night, while you might have been out to dinner, or at the movies, Senate Democrats were sweating out whether they had enough votes to clear their health overhaul bill over its first hurdle on the Senate floor. NPR's Julie Rovner spent her evening with them, and filed this report. Toby Harnden / News Hope and change? Reality of Barack Obama is hypocrisy and cynicism   —  My Sunday Telegraph “Toby Harnden’s American Way” column this week is about the gap between Barack Obama’s rhetoric and the reality of his presidency: It was supposed to be all about the end of politics as usual. But while President Barack Obama has been happy to bring about change while abroad by doing all he can [...]

8. Here’s a First: Man Arrested For Not Using Twitter 5 hours ago   permalink

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Terrifying? Inevitable? Harbinger? In any case, it’s a first: Police in Long Island, New York have arrested a man for not using Twitter. Someone named Justin Bieber, who apparently is a teenage singer, was supposed to appear at the Roosevelt Field mall on Friday, but didn’t because the crowd had become too unruly. Police asked a ...

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Digg.com Seize Seesmic Twitter app on BlackBerry, Android   —  Twitter service Seesmic expands from the desktop with two new apps for Google Android and BlackBerry phones. Jeremy Muncy / Top News The Twilight Saga: New Moon Takes Over Social Media   —  Shhh, can you hear that? What you're hearing is the collective shrieks from Twihards everywhere as The Twilight Saga: New Moon is upon us. For those of you asking yourself, what is a Twihard? I’ve included the definition below. twi-hard noun A serious/obsessive reader of the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer, one leap above Twilighters. Are ... Leah Betancourt / Mashable! How Google Wave is Changing the News   —  It’s not too often that legacy media learns a new mass communication tool along with its audience. But that’s exactly what’s going on now because of Google Wave . Although it’s still invitation only and in preview, the real-time wiki collaboration platform is being used by some media companies for community building, real-time ... PC World Latest Listen Up for Twitter Tunes   —  Tweets from around the world create the first album of Twitter music, compiled by a British composer. Peter Kafka / MediaMemo Here's a First: Man Arrested for Not Using Twitter   —  Police charge a record company executive who didn't use the messaging service to break up a near-riot of teenage girls at a Long Island mall. Andy Quayle / TechBurgh Blog and PodCast How…you… are you on Twitter?   —  I get a number of new Twitter follower notifications filtered into my ‘Twitter’ folder in my Gmail daily. I appreciate them all – well, the ones that aren’t immediately obviously spam. I got an interesting follower the other day that got me to thinking. This Twitter user had her name followed by the letters PhD. [...] Sam Symons / Neowin.net Record company executive arrested for not posting on Twitter   —  Twitter has grown exponentially in the last few years, with it now being a highly used way for news and announcements to spread. However, this got a bit out of hand when a record company executive for Justin Bieber was arrested, after not telling fans at a mall to leave. According to News Day, there was an album signing event scheduled for Friday, Chris Crum / Top News If You Care About Search, You Must Care About Social Media   —  All of the search engines are rushing to incorporate more social media elements into their interfaces. Examples of this are evident in things like Google and Bing's deals with Twitter and Facebook . You can see it in Yahoo's new Twitter tab for news results . You can see it in Google's Social Search lab . Really you can see it in everyday search ... Real Lawyers Have Blogs Generation Y entrepreneurs a business opportunity for lawyers using social media   —  Donna Fenn's new book, ' Upstarts !: How GenY Entrepreneurs are Rocking the World of Business and 8 Ways You Can Profit from Their Success,' highlights the success of 150 CEO's born after 1975. If you haven't looked, business leaders are getting younger and younger. Their upstart businesses are leading the American economic recovery hiring ... Jjn1 / Memex 1.1 Can Twitter users link out?   —  Well, blow me down! No sooner do I publish a column about suspicions that Facebook was de-linking incoming tweets before converting them into status updates than I find this post by Dave Winer. I have several accounts that I use for testing Twitter apps. One of them, bullmancuso, was shut down last October. A few [...]

9. The Engadget Show tapes today with HTC's Drew Bamford and Chris Grant of Joystiq 6 hours ago   permalink

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The Engadget Show is happening again, humans! Today, November 22nd, we'll be bringing that live magic back to the stage as we sit down with Drew Bamford (you can read a bit about him here ), director of HTC's Innovation Center (the place where things like the Sense UI are born). We'll also be joined by Joystiq's Editor-in-chief Chris Grant for a ...

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10. How to save this blog 10 hours ago   permalink

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Heather and I both got the word on Thursday that we won't be part of BusinessWeek once Bloomberg takes over, on Dec. 1. (We're both pleased with this outcome, though it's no picnic watching the staff get decimated, with good friends and colleagues heading off in every direction.) In the coming week, I think I'll write a nice long eulogy for this ...

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11. CrunchGear Week in Review: New Milkman Edition 2 hours ago   permalink

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12. Israeli president plays down settlement work 6 hours ago   permalink

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel's president said on Sunday expanding Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank was a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians.

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13. BlackBerry Bold 9700 now available from AT&T 8 hours ago   permalink

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What’s that sound we hear in the distance? It’s probably cash registers at AT&T going wild as today, the new BlackBerry Bold 9700 is publicly available for sale. The device was offered up to Premiere customers starting at the top…

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Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report BlackBerry Bold 9700 giveaway!   —  Oh yes, we’re back at it! To show our appreciation for making BGR a part of your daily lives, we’re giving away (5) AT&T BlackBerry Bold 9700s. They will be retail units in AT&T boxes but will also be unlocked.…

Robert Nelson / Gadgetell BlackBerry Curve 8530 now available with Verizon Wireless   —  Section: Communications , Cellphones , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile As we expected, and right on schedule , the BlackBerry Curve 8530 is now available with Verizon Wireless. Those interested will can expect to pay $99.99, but that price does come with a two-year agreement and after a $100 online discount. That said, we do have to ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts 20% off TetherBerry for Blackberry   —  For my Blackberry readers you can get 20% off TetherBerry at the moment which looks like being a very useful program. Use the promo-code FALL20 at checkout to get for the special price of $49.95 $39.96 . Make the jump. "Have you ever been stuck in an airport, hotel room, coffee shop, or on the road with no Internet? Frustrated paying $9.95 for ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts I've got a copy of the book, Blackberry Planet to give away to one lucky PalmAddict reader   —  I've got a copy of Blackberry Planet the book to give away this hour. Here are the Amazon deets of the book "BlackBerry Planet is a new tribe of people who simply cannot get along without their favorite device, Research in Motion’s innovative electronic organizer, the BlackBerry. This omnipresent device has gone beyond being the world’s ... James Falconer / IntoMobile BlackBerry Curve 8520 Dummy Units Arriving at AT&T Stores   —  Last we heard the AT&T BlackBerry Curve 8520 was hitting stores ‘in the coming weeks‘ for $99.99 after rebates (and of course, with that shiny new contract). Well, to add some more fuel to the fire it looks like 8520 dummy units are showing up at AT&T (NYSE: T) stores. Set the countdown timer, because [...] Robert Nelson / Gadgetell First images and video: 3G-equipped BlackBerry Pearl 9100   —  Section: Communications , Cellphones , Cellular Providers , Smartphones , Mobile Just recently a nice collection of images along with a hands on video of the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 9100 were made available online. The Pearl 9100 is the successor to the current Pearl 8100, but more importantly it is the first in the Pearl lineup to have 3G ... APC BlackBerry Bold 9700 hits the streets   —  Optus is the first carrier to list the BlackBerry Bold 97000, which makes its debut on a $79/month plan – oddly, the same price as the Bold 9000... James Falconer / IntoMobile Elecite Goes Live with Premium ‘Sentient’ Theme for BlackBerry   —  BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) theme lovers, I’ve been meaning to post on this for a few days now… Not sure how I overlooked it, but here it is for ya, finally. Elecite has launched yet another new Premium BlackBerry Theme. Called ‘Sentient’, the theme is for OS 4.6 and up devices only… which means it will be [...]

14. Sunday Giveaway: A Movie Wedge for you, a Movie Wedge for me! 3 hours ago   permalink

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If you ever sit next to me on a plane you will notice that I have a small ritual that I prepare every time I reach cruising altitude. I begin by pulling out my iPod touch and then my Movie Wedge. The Movie Wedge is a little bean bag with a lip for holding up MP3 and video players. That’s it. It’s amazingly great.

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15. Minideck USB to DVI Adapter 15 hours ago   permalink

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Update: New Mac Drivers Released for Snow Leopard:Mac OSX Version 1.5b5 Beta drivers (note: Mac driver supports only Intel-based Macs). See also the tech blog for a review of the original Mac driver which was tested in house here.

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Jack Loftus / Gizmodo Atlona's HDAiR Wireless USB-to-VGA / HDMI Adapter Adds Audio   —  The capable Atlona HDAiR Wireless USB-to-VGA/HDMI Adapter was missing one key ingredient when it launched earlier this year: Audio. That's been fixed, thanks to this latest refresh. And a refresh this certainly is, as this is the same product, but with audio output. Specifically, audio output in 3.5mm analog and embedded HDMI. The $219 piece of ...

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16. Happy 4th birthday, Xbox 360 2 hours ago   permalink

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Cruising the Twitters, as we are wont to do, we stumbled upon a revelation, courtesy of one Major Nelson . That revelation: Today is the fourth anniversary of the launch of the Xbox 360. Yes, just four years ago, on November 22, 2005, the Joystiq universe was just buzzing with excitement. There were freezing cold lines to wait in, boxes to open ...

17. Indonesian ferry sinks; 29 dead, most survive 7 hours ago   permalink

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JAKARTA (Reuters) - An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing 29 people, while 245 passengers survived the accident, officials said.

18. Driven to Distraction: High-Tech Devices Help Drivers Put Down Phone 7 hours ago   permalink

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Which is safer: technology that disables a cellphone in a moving car, or that makes the conversation completely hands-free?

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19. Zero-Day Internet Explorer Exploit Published 14 hours ago   permalink

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Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus), Emerging Threats, Vulnerabilities & Exploits, Security, Security Response A new exploit targeting Internet Explorer was published to the BugTraq mailing list yesterday. Symantec has conducted further tests and confirmed that it affects Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 as well. The exploit ...

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Soulskill / Slashdot New Attack Fells Internet Explorer   —  Alphadogg writes "Attack code has been identified that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. The code was posted Friday to the Bugtraq mailing list by an unidentified hacker. According to security vendor Symantec, the code does not always work properly, but it could be used to install ...

20. Purported Motorola Droid prototype turns up on eBay 21 hours ago   permalink

Donald Melanson / Engadget

Wishing you could get a Motorola Droid and stand out from all your Android-toting friends at the same time? Then you might just want to consider bidding on this "limited edition" Droid prototype that just turned up on eBay, which has a reasonably good chance of being an actual Droid, and a slight chance of being an actual prototype. If the ...

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