2009 Will Be The Year of the Uber Blog
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Denton of Gawker Media claims that “people have generally been too optimistic about online ads”
Josh Chandler — ... few months too late,  after reports from NYtimes.com today announced that Gawker Media would be selling off the popular blog Consumerist.com Nick Denton was  ”quick” off the mark to claim that because of Gawker’s declining revenue it was clear that “people have generally been too optimistic about online ads”. This advertising predicament has admittedly thrown Gawker Media in at the deep end, with the popular Silcon Valley gossip site Valleywag.com “shutting down” just last month, and then being ...

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Apple to Take on Google Docs with iWork.com [Iwork]
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Microsoft Wants to Limit Number of Phones with Windows Mobile [Windows Mobile]
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Windows 7 Beta Followup: Are You a (Windows 7) PC? [Reader Poll]
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Duplicate Contact Remover, HD Video Chat Coming to Gmail [Gmail]
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Make Gift Boxes from Old Greeting Cards [Recycling]
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Flickr Uploadr Updates, Handles All Your Uploads Better [Flickr]
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iTunes Plus Upgrades Go A La Carte, No Longer All-or-Nothing [Itunes Plus]
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Syncplicity for Mac, Windows, Open to All [File Syncing]
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Insider Trading: You Give Us Data, We'll Give You Money [Survey]
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Insider Trading: You Give Us Data, We'll Give You Money [Survey]
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Win a Fellowes Shredder with Your Best Tax Tip [Contest]
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Celebrity gadget notes from all over
Betanews — ... Maybe, then, the Taliban and its supproters simply figure that the people they're oppressing won't see things like the news story in which Hamish Macdonald chats with Mullah Zaif, a former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, in which the terrorist diplomat won't stop babbling about his iPhone. (Love that speedy Internet access!) Between that and the revelation this week that President Obama's a PC guy , the week in celebrity technology is winding up mighty weird. (HT Gawker/Valleywag .)

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TIME Names Lifehacker One of the 25 Best Blogs of 2009 [Announcements]
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Belt-Clip Your Cellphone for Better Battery Life [Clever Uses]
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Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]
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You Probably Have About 150 Real Friends [Social Networks]
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Gmail Brings Back Search the Web Button [Gmail]
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Take Our Survey and Get Your Game On (if you're lucky...) [Advertisement]
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Google Docs Accidentally Shares a Few Docs [Security]
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Gmail Goes Down Again for Some Users [Gmail]
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Want To Play .MKV Files On Your PS3? [PS3]
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Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]
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Is Working at Google a Brain Malfunction?
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The Valleywag Out? Owen Thomas Apparently Leaving Gawker.
TechCrunch — Owen Thomas, who has run the Silicon Valley gossip rag Valleywag for the past couple years, is apparently leaving Gawker, the site’s parent company, we’ve learned. This move could be the final blow for the site which significantly cut its workforce a few months ago as it was rolled under the larger Gawker.com umbrella. Thomas, who was previously an editor with Business 2.0, was brought in to run Valleywag in June 2007, replacing the head of Gawker Media, Nick Denton. Denton’s run as the editor of Valleywag came only after he ...

Owen Thomas Picked as Managing Editor of NBC Bay Area
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Industry Moves: Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas Defects To NBC
paidContent — Perhaps folding Valleywag into a Gawker.com column wasn't such a good idea. Editor Owen Thomas is leaving the tech gossip blog to join NBC, less than six months after Gawker Media founder Nick Denton downsized it from a standalone site. Full details on his new gig aren't clear, but it appears he'll still be focused on news from the Silicon Valley region. Gawker's night editor Ryan Tate will take over at for Thomas. Thomas joined Gawker from Business 2.0 in 2007 (a few months before Time ceased print ...

Industry Moves: Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas Defects To NBC
paidContent — Perhaps folding Valleywag into a Gawker.com column wasn't such a good idea. Editor Owen Thomas is leaving the tech gossip blog to join NBC, less than six months after Gawker Media founder Nick Denton downsized it from a standalone site. Full details on his new gig aren't clear, but it appears he'll still be focused on news from the Silicon Valley region. Gawker's night editor Ryan Tate will take over for Thomas. Thomas joined Gawker from Business 2.0 in 2007 (a few months before Time ceased print publication ...

PWC Entertainment & Media Outlook: The 100-Word Version [GigaOM]
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