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Now if only that press would result in my order shipping out. Still not even "prepared for shipment."

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Ubergizmo :   Reports Of Damaged 27-inch iMacs Increasing

TG Daily :   Report: Core i7-based iMacs are "showing up" DOA

MacNN :   IPhone continues to encounter 'searching for service' bug AppleInsider :   Users report issues with Apple's new Core i7-based iMac Jeremy / ILounge :   News: iPhone users complain of ‘searching for service’ bug MacRumors :   27" Core i7 iMacs Arriving DOA or With Cracked Screens? TechSpot :   Buyer beware: Some iMacs arriving with broken screens or DOA Michael Bettiol / Boy Genius Report :   Reports of dead and damaged Core i7 iMacs on the rise

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PC World Latest Some New iMacs Arrive DOA, Have Cracked Screens   —  Reports are surfacing that some new iMacs based on Intel’s Core i7 platform are inoperable or defective out of the box.

Jaburges / TechNet Blogs Brand new core i7 MACs - DOA   —  “Apple's new Core i7-based iMac might be a performance monster, but it looks like the whole family's having some problems getting out of the gate : in addition to the previously-noted performance issues with the Core 2 Duo models, a quick glance across Apple's ... Andrew Lyle / Neowin.net Apple i7 iMacs showing up DOA   —  Consumers have been reporting issues with their brand new Apple i7 iMacs, some with a cracked screen casing, and others are reporting theirs are dead on arrival. This issue doesn't appear to be universal, only affecting some of the new iMacs, but is still enough of a problem to raise concern if you plan on purchasing one this Christmas. ... Discussions Re: New iMac DOA   —  Now if only that press would result in my order shipping out. Still not even "prepared for shipment." Discussions Re: My brand new IMAC is broke - I have to vent   —  The first 27" iMac that I received a few weeks ago was also cracked in the lower left-hand corner. There was no apparent damage to the box. I sent Ben Sillis / Electricpig.co.uk New Apple iMac gets a ColorWare makeover   —  Is the new Apple iMac too subdued for you? Do you find the brushed aluminium and black edge to edge screen a bit bland? Time to tart it up with ColorWare’s latest recoat – and the Magic Mouse is coming along for the ride. You can count on ColorWare to give a new Apple product a [...] Related posts: Apple iMac updated: All the details ...

7. Product extensions available to all U.S. advertisers 8 hours ago   permalink

Inside AdWords crew / Inside AdWords

Beginning today, all U.S. advertisers can get started with a new feature of AdWords called product extensions. Like Ad Sitelinks , which we introduced earlier this month, product extensions are a way for you to enrich your existing AdWords ads with more relevant and specific information. Product extensions allow you to use your existing Google ...

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A Googler / The Official Google Blog :   New search ad formats

Arnold Zafra / Search Engine Journal :   Product Extensions for U.S. AdWords Advertisers

Chris Crum / Top News :   Google Getting More Experimental With Search Ads MG Siegler / TechCrunch :   Google’s New Search Ads: Ignore This! Jennifer Van Grove / Mashable! :   Google Previews New Search Ads Arnold Zafra / Search Engine Journal :   Google Highlights New Search Ad Formats

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8. More Power, PDF for the Kindle 5 hours ago   permalink

Technologizer.com

There’s almost no such thing as “enough” in the world of tech. But Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, which can run for two weeks on a charge, surely has enough battery life. But the two-week figure only applies if you shut off the gizmo’s 3G data connection. Leave it on, and you reduce the list to four days.

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Kevin C. Tofel / JkOnTheRun :   Kindles with HSPA 3G Gain Longer Run-Time, All Kindles Get Native PDF Support

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Mark Hachman / Gearlog Kindle Gets Huge Battery Boost, PDF Upgrade, for Free   —  Amazon disclosed Tuesday that owners of its Kindle e-reader will receive a free firmware update that will increase the battery life by a whopping 85 percent and add PDF capabilities, all for free. Users won't have to download or manually update the Kindle, Amazon said; instead, it will be delivered via the Amazon WhisperNet service in the ...

Ubergizmo Kindle gets 85% more battery Life and PDF support   —  Amazon has announced that it has a hardware update that will boost the battery life by 85% (with wireless 3G on). That translates in about 7 days instead of 4. The battery life for the sleep mode remains unchanged. Note that the first Kindle won’t benefit from the power management update… The PDF support for Kindle and Kindle 2 ( ... MacNN Kindle 2 gets native PDFs, 85% longer battery life   —  Amazon today gave its regular-size Kindle a lift through a firmware upgrade. It now has the same native PDF support as the larger Kindle DX and no longer needs a conversion through e-mail. Active battery life is also a large 85 percent longer and should last for about a full week with 3G turned on versus four days with the previous firmware.... Barb Dybwad / Mashable! Amazon Improves Kindle Battery Life and Adds PDF Reader   —  Just in time to remind holiday shoppers, Amazon has announced an 85% battery life increase as well as a native PDF reader application for the Kindle digital book reader. Whereas the previous battery life topped out at about four days with wireless access turned on, the updated Kindle will run for seven days without needing to be charged. The ... Staci D. Kramer / PaidContent Kindle's Gift For The Holidays? Native PDF   —  Updated : Until today one of the biggest differences between the Kindle 2 and its top wireless e-reader competitors—aside from sheer availability during the holidays—was the inability to use the Amazon ( NSDQ: AMZN ) device for native PDFs. Some PDFs could be converted to read on the Kindle but as some users know all too well, the ... I4u / I4U News ReadHowYouWant Bridges Kindle Gap for Blind and Visually Impaired Kindle Users   —  One of the things that is keeping the Amazon Kindle out of some major universities is the fact that the device is inaccessible to the blind and visually impaired. ReadHowYouWant has announced a new way to bridge the gap between these impaired users and the... TG Daily Amazon upgrades Kindle with native PDF reader   —  Shop Keywords: Amazon, Kindle, native ODF reader, support, Adobe, 85 percent, battery life, seven days, wireless, email address, automatic firmware update, Whispernet, refresh David Rothman / TeleRead 85 percent more battery life and native PDF reader for newest Kindle: Previous buyers can get upgrades of latest-gen machine   —  Here’s a Google news roundup. News release from Amazon follows. I’ll welcome reaction from owners of the new machines who upgrade. How well does PDF display, for example? And what do you think of the page rotation feature? Upgrade info—including some new wrinkles for DX owners—is here.– D.R. The latest-generation Kindle has ... EWeek Amazon Boosts Kindle Battery Life, Adds PDF Reader   —  Amazon.com says it has increased the Kindle's battery life by up to a week on a single charge, and has incorporated a PDF reader into the e-reader's design. Amazon.com's tweaks come as the e-reader market is gearing up in earnest for the holiday season, with Barnes Noble claiming that demand for its own Nook e-reader is so strong that units won't ... Andru Edwards / Gear Live Amazon Kindle 2: Now with PDF support, 85% more battery life   —  In what we are guessing is an attempt to make the Kindle a bit more attractive when compared to the B&N nook, Amazon announced today that the Kindle 2 now ships with PDF support and a battery that lasts almost twice as long as previous Kindle 2s. The battery bump, in particular, gives you 7 days of use with wireless on as opposed to 4. Even ... David Rothman / TeleRead Two ‘musts’ for the next Kindle upgrade: ePub and optional boldfacing of all text   —  Amazon’s most recent Kindle upgrade is working fine now on my Kindle 2—allowing me to read PDF files, even if I can’t word-search within them or blow up the type. Amazon has also lengthened the K2’s battery life, which should help when I’m using the Kindle’s much-appreciated text to speech. What’s next? ePub? Maybe even [...] Walkenbach / The J-Walk Blog Kindle Improvements   —  This is welcome news: Kindle Update Boosts Battery Life, Adds PDF Support . Amazon has boosted the battery life of its Kindle e-reader and added native support for PDF documents, and you don't even have to buy new hardware to get the benefits. The retailer says it made the battery improvements through a firmware upgrade that took six months to ... PC World Latest Kindle Update Boosts Battery Life, Adds PDF Support   —  Amazon has given its Kindle a software update that it says boosts battery life and now allows people to read PDFs on their Kindles. Charlie / Cek.log Longer battery life for the Kindle 2   —  Today Amazon announced that they have released a firmware update for the Kindle 2 that dramatically increases battery life (from a perfectly fine 4 days to 7 days, even with wireless turned on). They also added native PDF support to the Kindle 2 (this was only previously available on the Kindle DX ). I continue to us my Kindles almost all the ... I4u / I4U News New Amazon Kindle Firmware Brings Better Battery Life and PDF Reader   —  Amazon announced today that they have improved the Kindle eBook reader. The new Kindle firmware is improving the Kindle battery life by 85% and a native PDF reader is now part of the software. Kindle now has battery life of up to seven days even with wi... 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9. Twitter eyes acquisitions, sees making money in 2010 11 hours ago   permalink

Www.reuters.com

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, co-founder Biz Stone said on Tuesday.

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Doug Caverly / Top News :   Twitter Cofounder Talks Again About Acquisitions

Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb :   What Apps Should Twitter Acquire?

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Adam Ostrow / Mashable! Dilbert Revisits Twitter   —  You may remember that a couple months ago, Dilbert and his co-worker convinced his boss to join Twitter so they could track his updates and slack off accordingly. Today, Twitter makes a return to the classic comic strip, this time with Dilbert’s pet, Dogbert, deciding to give the microblogging platform a try. The results are once again good ...

Readwriteweb / ReadWriteWeb Sponsor Post: LeapFish Draws on Power of Social Media for Worthy Cause   —  Editor's note: we offer our long-term sponsors the opportunity to write 'Sponsor Posts' and tell their story. These posts are clearly marked as written by sponsors, but we also want them to be useful and interesting to our readers. We hope you like the posts and we encourage you to support our sponsors by trying out their products. Business and ... MG Siegler / TechCrunch American Express Is Twitter Crazy Too. Unveils Its Small Business Tweet Stream.   —  Businesses using Twitter; there's something to this idea. Even Twitter itself realizes it, as it's expected to be a part of its own business model launching soon. In the meantime, other companies continue to jump into the ring. The lastest is American Express, which today unveiled Pulse , a Twitter stream focused on small businesses. Pulse, ... Christina Warren / Mashable! HootSuite Adds Support for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Lists   —  One of our favorite tools for the powerhouse Twitter user — HootSuite — just got even better. In a massive update, the free web service has added support for Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter Lists. As if that wasn’t cool enough, you can also schedule LinkedIn or Facebook status updates the same way you can schedule tweets. It ... CNN.com From Twitter to advertising treasure   —  The Twitter phenomenon, in which anybody can tell his or her followers anything -- in 140 characters or less -- now has a payoff that can go beyond the thrill of self-publishing. Zachary Wilson / Fast Company Celebrity Tools: Micro Video Captures the Tweets and Tribulations of B- and C-Listers   —  Micro-video site Vidly (formerly TwitVid.io) has launched its new video commenting feature Vidly Express with the help of a rapper Chamillionaire. As you can see on his Web site , the feature allows users to record a video reply instead of posting one in text. And as you can also see by the video comments left in the hours since the feature went ... Editor / PRO Twitter ready to splash out... and run ads   —  Micro-blogging site Twitter is interested in making more acquisitions as it continues to grow in popularity, according to co-founder Biz Stone. "That is something we are definitely interested in," Stone told a news conference. "We made an acquisition last year that turned out to be an outstandingly good decision." Twitter bought search engine ... Admin / Infoworld News Open-Xchange opens e-mail inbox to Facebook, Twitter   —  Open-source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to open its e-mail inbox to messages from social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. QuickOnlineTips / Quick Online Tips 6 Twitter Apps for Marketing Your Business   —  Guest Post by Sourish Using Twitter as a marketing tool for business is something still in the nascent stage on the Internet marketing frontier. The following web tools may be helpful in organizing your marketing campaign on the internet and help use twitter as a marketing enhancement tool. 1. Twellow is often looked up as the yellow [...] Vivian Wagner / TechNewsWorld A Twitter App for Every Purpose Under Heaven   —  Thanks to Twitter's open API, applications that enhance the tweeting experience have proliferated. From TweetDeck to Tweetie, there's an app for everyone and for every purpose. This diverse world of Twitter apps, however, remains a mystery to some of the site's users. Zeus / Impact Lab A Twitter App For Every Purpose   —  A Twitter ecosystem of applications is springing up, so that the dedicated Twitter user can glean the most from the experience. 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10. Datenschützer wollen Einsatz von Analytics verhindern 12 hours ago   permalink

Www.zeit.de

Google hilft Websitebetreibern, mehr über ihre Nutzer zu erfahren. Datenschützer aber fürchten Sammelwut und fordern Aufklärung. Im Zweifel mit Androhung von Bußgeldern.

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Robin Wauters / TechCrunch :   Using Google Analytics Is Illegal, German Government Officials Claim

Frank Reed / Andy Beal :   Ich bin ein Googler!

Robin Wauters / TechCrunch Europe :   Achtung! Google Analytics is illegal, say German government officials Sardar Mohkim Khan / Startup Meme :   Google Analytics might just get banned in Germany

11. Palm Profiles suffering major backup failures 8 hours ago   permalink

Www.precentral.net

We at PreCentral receive a lot of tips throughout the day, but more and more over the past few weeks our inbox has been flooding with stories of users having just reset or replaced their webOS phones only to find that their Palm Profile did not back up all their data as promised. If you haven’t experienced this issue you’re in the ...

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MacNN :   Palm phones face serious backup failures

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Stan Schroeder / Mashable! Palm Pre Gets Video Recording   —  If you haven’t been following Palm’s little bundle of joy, the Pre, too closely, then you may have been oblivious to the fact that (just like the iPhone in its early days) it is devoid of video recording, although it has a perfectly capable camera. Well, that’s no longer true; a new app called the Precorder lets users record ...

Robert Werlinger / PreCentral.net How To: Back up your Palm Profile Information   —  While we have no evidence to suggest that the failure of Palm Profiles to successfully sync contacts to newly activated webOS devices is a widespread phenomena , it is widespread enough to be a cause of concern. These recent developments, compounded with the Danger fiasco last month , should serve to reinforce the importance of data redundancy, ... Electronista Palm phones face serious backup failures   —  Owners of Palm's newer phones have encountered a flaw in its online backup system that has wiped out contacts and calendars. A portion of users note that backups sent to Palm's Profile cloud service from a Pre (and now Pixi) are being corrupted and blank out any synchronized data when the phone has to be reset or restored. Those without a local ... Electronista Best Buy Black Friday brings $80 Palm Pre, $197 notebook   —  Best Buy has posted its Black Friday specials online, confirming many of the prices and deals that were seen in a leaked flyer as well as some new doorbuster deals. The new deals include a Palm Pre handset priced at $80, matching a recent sale price at Amazon, as well as a 15.6-inch HP G60 notebook powered by a 2.2GHz Intel Celeron processor ... Sam mcloughln / PalmAddicts Anyone for a Palm Wool Pouch for your Pixi?   —  [From Eric Mann] Anyone for a Palm Wool Pouch for your Pixi ? "Palm's Wool Pouch is a soft, form-fitting pouch that helps protect your Palm Pixi. Features: Made from 100% wool Distinctive, functional design Two colors in each package"

12. Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties 1 hour ago   permalink

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as key priorities.

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Ghost in the Machine Dubya By Any Other Name.   —  " Obama needed to regain control quickly, and he started by jettisoning liberal positions he had been prepared to accept -- and had even okayed -- just weeks earlier. " TIME's Massimo Calabresi and Michael Weisskopf examine the recent ousting of Greg Craig , a slow death by leaking , as a telling indicator of how the Obama administration has ...

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13. Emblaze's First Else unveiled in London, promises to be a game-changer 1 hour ago   permalink

Richard Lai / Engadget

Folks, today might be the day when you start to notice how ancient our smartphones have become, even if they only came out in last few months. Blame Else (formerly Emblaze Mobile ) for their confusingly-named First Else, a phone "built from scratch" over the last two years and now powered by Access Linux Platform (ALP) 3.0 -- a mobile OS thought ...

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14. Wikipedia and VUDU: A Marriage Made In Heaven 10 hours ago   permalink

Alain / Vudu Blog

We always look for ways to make the VUDU experience more enjoyable, more fluid, and more informative.  So today we’ve integrated Wikipedia right into the VUDU interface. Select the Wikipedia menu item on the page for any movie and find out what the world has to say about it.  And you don’t have to stop there – you can navigate through ...

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Dave Zatz / Zatz Not Funny! :   Wikipedia joins Rotten Tomatoes on Vudu

Ben Drawbaugh / Engadget :   VUDU updates keep rolling by integrating Wikipedia

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Ubergizmo Vudu Integrates Wikipedia   —  Vudu just announced that its service now integrates Wikipedia information about movies, actors and more. Users will be able to read articles and follow links, just like they would on Wikipedia.com. However, Vudu is also adding links to Vudu information like the filmography of an actor/actress. That's not only an interesting way to know more ...

Jon Healey / L.A. Vudu does Wikipedia   —  Microsoft's WebTV service proved pretty conclusively that the masses don't want to surf the Web on their TVs. They want to watch videos, not browse for bargains on Craigslist. Technologies that integrate Web content into TV programming, on the other hand, seem much more promising. Vudu , which delivers movies on demand through the Internet to TV ... Adam Thierer / The Progress Is Wikipedia Dying or Just Maturing?   —  There was a very interesting front-page article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday by Julia Angwin and Geoffrey Fowler wondering whether Wikipedia , the wildly popular online encyclopedia, was dying because of new posting guidelines which have apparently led to a drop off in the number of volunteers contributing to the site. In their article (" Electronista VUDU hub gets Wikipedia app   —  VUDU has recently added Wikipedia to the interface of its on-demand video service, letting users access information on any movie or show they're considering watching. The application will also link to various actors, actresses, movies and directors related to the particular title they're watching. Users can browse Wikipedia like they would ...

15. Black Friday 2009: Boom or Bust? 6 hours ago   permalink

Www.mint.com

Black Friday, the biggest retail shopping day of the year, is usually seen as a key barometer of the health of the economy. And the best way to check its pulse is to look at three of the biggest categories of consumer spending. We included the stores that are leading the retail rebound; department stores like Sears and Target, electronics stores ...

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Mark Wilson / Gizmodo :   Black Friday 2009 Projections Are Go!

Pk / Paul Kedrosky :   Black Friday: Boom or Bust?

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Heather Dougherty / Hitwise Intelligence Thanksgiving and Black Friday Seasonal Traffic Patterns   —  When you start hearing about doorbuster sales and stores opening at 5 am, it can mean only one thing – Thanksgiving and Black Friday are almost upon us again! Retailers started to promote pre-Black Friday sales as early as late October and have been running sales for much of the month of November, but Friday will herald the official start to ...

Drea / Business Pundit The 5 Best Websites for Finding Black Friday Deals   —  Image: Intomobile Black Friday, the major shopping day after Thanksgiving, can give you amazing bargains.But, as any experienced shopper knows, a successful Black Friday requires preparation. When it comes to preparing, the Internet is your... Read more

Adam Frucci / Gizmodo 25 Ways Black Friday Could Be Even Worse   —  For this week's Photoshop Contest , I asked you to envision true disasters befalling the dreaded Black Friday happening later this week. And yeah, I think it's safe to say crappy sales aren't as bad as this stuff. Cliff Kuang / Fast Company Infographic of the Day: Black Friday Might Be Pretty Good   —  Mint.com's data shows that American consumers are finally waking up from economic hibernation, just in time for the biggest shopping day of the year. Bless the Web team over at Mint.com for this new infographic, detailing their shopping indices in the run-up to the coming Black Friday. Mint's users input their spending habits on the site, and ... Technology news Black Friday on iPhone: There's an app for that   —  Tech-savvy holiday shoppers are hoping a new iPhone application will help them beat the rush on Black Friday. Today Top 10 Black Friday Websites   —  Get warmed up for the biggest shopping day of the year by bookmarking the hottest destinations on the Web touting Black Friday deals. Chris Crum / Top News Online Shoppers Have Bigger Holiday Budgets Than Offline Shoppers   —  Compete has shared some findings from a new study on consumer holiday shopping behavior. According to the firm, active online buyers (consumers who intend to spend over 30% of their holiday budgets online) have bigger budgets than other shoppers. Furthermore, they are more likely to spend that money on Black Friday. The study shows that " ... Andru Edwards / Gear Live Black Friday 2009: Amazon sale ad   —  Yup, Black Friday 2009 is in three days, and the Black Friday sale leaks are happening fast and furiously at this point. The latest ad that we have for you gives you a look at everything that Amazon will have available at a nice discount for their Black Friday sale. Since Amazon sells pretty much everything under the sun, we’ve pared the ... Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal Black Friday Sales Ads Drive Traffic to Online Retailers   —  Online stores are probably raving right now with the current traffic spikes that their sites are getting this Thanksgiving week. According to Hitwise, online traffic for Black Friday sales websites increased by 4% as compared to the same week in 2008.  This stat was due to the online traffic directed by Black Friday advertising websites which ... I4u / I4U News Sears Black Friday Ad Preview   —  Sears unveiled some deal highlights about their upcoming Black Friday sales event today. Yesterday we reported already about the Sears Thanksgiving Day online sales event. Sears unveiled today the following Black Friday deal highlights: Sam... Brandon Dimmel / Infopackets.com Apple Black Friday Deals Leaked   —  Another Thanksgiving is upon us, and that means so too is another round of dog-eat-dog Black Friday mayhem. And as usual, there are plenty of rumors circulating about which companies will offer the biggest and best deals. Let's get things started with high-end hardware maker, Apple. Maybe it's just me, but it seems Black Friday is now a bigger ... Charles Arthur / Technology Apple to offer "Black Friday" savings in UK?   —  Here's a new cultural export crossing the pond: the "Black Friday" deep discount ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday You thought the cultural imports ended with having kids from the local estate wander round knocking at the door saying "Trickertreat?" and snuffling? (I find replying "I'll have a treat please" usually does the trick.) No - there' ... Miguel M. de la O / Tip of the Day Blog Blu-ray players   —  Consumer Reports: New Blu-ray player Ratings: Movie-streaming grows, prices to plummet? Vizio’s VBR100 Blu-ray player will be $100 on Black Friday. If you’re on the hunt for a high-def Blu-ray player to go with your new flat-panel HDTV , here’s some good news: Our latest Blu-ray player Ratings , available to ConsumerReports.org subscribers, Danny Gallagher / TV Squad NBC tapes HIGNFY pilot with Sedar, Giraldo, Black   —  It seems that Santa Claus got my letter after all: American networks are starting to notice the awesome comedic power of British panel shows. Unfortunately, he didn't it read it very closely: that network is NBC. Hope you like Ex-Lax in your cookies, Santa. NBC just taped a pilot episode of a remake of the BBC's most famous and classic panel ... LcF / LiewCF.com Black Friday Deals Week 2009 on Amazon.com   —  Amazon.com is having Black Friday Deals Week promotion. Everyday of this this week, there are limited-supply offers for you. Grab them before sold out! I4u / I4U News The Best Black Friday Deals Available Today   —  It is Tuesday, November 24th and we are only three days away from Black Friday. The final week of Black Friday sales is in full swing and again tons of early Black Friday deals are available today. Amazon has a new round of great deals in their huge Bl... Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal Black Friday Ads Online : Sites to Check Out   —  Happy Thanksgiving Week to our American readers of Search Engine Journal. This week will be marked with stuffing ourselves on turkey & dressing, watching football, napping and for most importantly for some, Black Friday shopping the day after Thanksgiving. Not all of us want to brave the 5 am morning rush to get deals at Best Buy, Walmart and ... Matt / Netbook Reviews Black Friday Netbook Deals   —  This Friday is Black Friday, and we already have a number of great black Friday netbook deals for you! Even though Black Friday 2009 is on November 27th the vast majority of retailers have already got their deals out of the door. Netbooks seem to be a very popular Black Friday item, so you can expect some [...] Related posts: Netbook Review ... 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 The Seattle Times Smart Spending: When Black Friday is worth effort   —  Shopping on Black Friday can be daunting, with massive crowds, pre-dawn start times and long checkout lines. Warp2Search.net AMD Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition with Stepping C3 Review   —  Metku took a closer look at AMD's latest Phenom 2 x4 965 Black Edition revision with Stepping C3.... NEWS / Gadgetell Black Friday DSi bundles with pre-installed games   —  FROM GAMERTELL - Black Friday offers more great deals with two different DSi bundle packs that come with differnt built in games depending on the color. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article » Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Newegg.com’s Black Friday Ads and Deals   —  Newegg.com reveals its Black Friday ads and deals for 2009. Jeremy Schoemaker / Shoemoney Big Changes In The Amex Centurion Black Card?   —  I was reading on flyer talk forums that maybe people are now not able to get the American Express Centurion card. The thread is actually many pages long but the gist of it is…  evidently until October 15th of this year you just needed to spend 250k in a rolling 12-month period.  We were invited to [...] This Post Is From ShoeMoney's ... Dena Cassella / Digital Trends Amazon.com’s “Black Friday Week” Has Week-long Deals   —  Amazon.com is having a week's worth of Black Friday sales. NEWS / Gadgetell TGI Black Friday app hits the App Store   —  FROM APPLETELL - Looking for Black Friday deals? Conviniently, there’s a free iPhone and iPod touch application available in the App Store to help you out. MORE » Full Story » | Written by NEWS for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article » Joel Keller / TV Squad Maria Bamford plays a demented shopper in new Target ads   —  The new Target holiday ads are out, and if you've been scratching your head, trying to figure out who that vaguely familiar-looking woman is who's playing that competitive and slightly demented Black Friday shopper, scratch no longer. It's Maria Bamford , the cute but decidedly off-kilter stand-up comedian who is probably best known for ... Webmaster / The Mac Observer John Martellaro's Blog: What You Need to Know about HDTV & Blu-ray by Black Friday   —  High Definition TVs and accessories are on the mind of many this holiday season. Here are some thoughts on what to watch out for, starting on Black Friday. For starters, manufacturers play fast and loose with LCD HDTV specs. Also, things to watch out for in the Blu-ray and HDMI cable world.

16. TiVo Loses 314,000 Subscribers, Worst Quarterly Subscriber Fall Yet, Now Below 3 Million 5 hours ago   permalink

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TiVo Loses 314,000 Subscribers vs. 146,000 in Previous Quarter Even by the standards of its continuing loss of subscribers, the last quarter was a particularly bad one for TiVo. In the quarter ending October 31, 2009, TiVo’s total subscribers fell 314,000 to 2.76 million, its worst quater ever for subscriber loss, approximately the same ...

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Techchron / SFGate TiVo's subscriber slide continues   —  TiVo, which became the go-to name for digital video recorders, posted another loss in subscribers Tuesday, marking an almost two year slide from its peak in January of 2007. TiVo reported total... Eric Savitz / BARRONS.com Tivo Q3 Tops Guidance; Q4 Rev View Light   —  TiVo (TIVO) this afternoon posted revenue for its fiscal third quarter of $47.1 million, consistent with guidance of $46 million to $48 million. Net loss of $6.7 million was smaller than the company’s forecast of a loss of $8 million to $10 million. Adjusted EBITDA was positive $2.1 million, ahead [...] Sruthijith KK / ContentSutra Dish TV Raises $100 Million From PE Firm Apollo Management   —  Direct-to-home service provider Dish TV Ltd today said it is raising $100 million through an issue of global depository receipts, or GDRs, to US-based private equity firm Apollo Management. The company will issue 117,035 GDRs of $854.5 each. Each GDR represents 1,000 underlying equity shares. Post the issue, Apollo will own 11% of the expanded ... Allison Waldman / TV Squad TV Squad Ten: Top Ten ESPN shows from worst to first   —  It seems like ESPN has been around forever, doesn't it? Can you even remember a time when there hasn't been an ESPN to turn to for a score or breaking news or updates? I can't. But along with the news ESPN provides, the ESPN brand has expanded to include a bunch of networks, a magazine, restaurants and lots of tchotchkes. But let's just look at ... The Seattle Times TiVo posts loss as sales slump   —  TiVo Inc. posted a loss in the latest quarter as sales dropped 12 percent. The company was coming off a big profit a year ago that was caused by a payout from a legal victory. FT.com Tivo re-enters UK market   —  Tivo is re-entering the UK market through a partnership with Virgin Media, the cable operator, six years after the US group gave up selling its digital video recorders in Britain

17. Washington Post shutters its last U.S. bureaus 3 hours ago   permalink

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18. Let your subscriptions' personality come through 8 hours ago   permalink

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19. Apple Asks for Permanent Injunction Against Psystar 10 hours ago   permalink

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Apple has filed a motion asking for a permanent injunction against Psystar, statutory damages, and attorneys' fees and costs. Unless Psystar is permanently enjoined, Apple says, it won't stop. And by stop, Apple means Snow Leopard too. It plans to file a motion of transfer in Florida to bring that matter to California. It wants the injunction to ...

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Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired Apple Unveils ‘Live Music’ in iTunes   —  Is it live — or is it iTunes? Apple opened a new section in the iTunes store Tuesday catering to demand for live concert recordings, in partnership with mega-promoter Live Nation. Apple has long recorded live concerts at its Soho store in New York and others. With the addition of Live Nation’s show library — including Duffy, [...] Ars Technica Smoking could be hazardous to your Apple warranty   —  If you're a Mac user and smoking is your crutch, you may want to leave the room the next time you light up. According to multiple users, as reported by the Consumerist , smoking in the vicinity of your Apple hardware is enough for Apple to deny you service, even if you are under warranty. In at least one instance, a customer challenged the ... Dave Greenbaum / TheAppleBlog A Tale of Two Hard Drives: Apple’s Secret Weapon?   —  In my day job, helping people with computers, I see many failed hard drives. 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20. Doctor Who: The End of Time, Part One 3 hours ago   permalink

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