1. YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices  permalink

YouTube pulls a Hulu -- yanking API access from Popcorn Hour, other TV-connected devices
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Hope you weren't enjoying watching YouTube on the television screen via Popcorn Hour and other set-top boxes, as they have been given notice by the newly 1080p and network TV-friendly website that they are no longer welcome to access its content. The new Hulu-ish Terms of Service (section II, item 10) restricts API clients from the ability to " ...

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YouTube Stops API Access to Non-Licensed Connected CE Devices Google Tackles Its “UI Jazz” Problem, Tests Streamlining Search Options Feature   —  Sometime later today, a small number of Google users will see a new look to Google’s Search Options feature. If all goes well, the cleaner display may be launched across Google after the New Year. And it’s all because Google’s vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Mayer doesn’t like jazz.

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YouTube Stops API Access to Non-Licensed Connected CE Devices FLO TV for iPhone demoed   —  FLO TV, Qualcomm’s own TV broadcast service for phones, doesn’t offer an iPhone app. Yet. We’ve just spied one catching FLO TV signals and chucking them up on screen in the wild. But is there any point when there are so many ways to catch live TV on the iPhone already?

2. Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon  permalink

Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon
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Twitter COO Dick Costolo, speaking today on a panel at TechCrunch’s Real-Time CrunchUp event in San Francisco, shed some light into the micromessaging service’s revenue plans, promising that it will begin taking a cut of its partners’ advertising revenues “early next year.” Meanwhile, it will “foster mechanisms ...

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Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon RealTime CrunchUp: Conversation With Twitter COO Dick Costolo   —  Opening our RealTime CrunchUp event today in San Francisco is Twitter COO Dick Costolo . Our own Michael Arrington and Steve Gillmor are sitting down with Costolo for a 30 minute conversation. Twitter is one of the hottest players in the realtime field right now. And it has a $1 billion valuation , which has been the source of much controversy. ...

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Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon Twitter COO: We’ll Have An Advertising Business Soon. And You’re Going To Love It.   —  Twitter has apparently come across the Holy Grail of advertising, and it's coming soon. Today during his interview at the RealTime CrunchUp , Twitter COO Dick Costolo told the audience a bit about the company's upcoming advertising business. Costolo was vague on the details, but he did make some promises: "It will be fascinating. Non-traditional.

3. Acrobat.com gets revamped and gets a mobile app  permalink

Acrobat.com gets revamped and gets a mobile app
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Filed under: Office , Web services , Adobe , BlackBerry , iPhone , Mobile Adobe's Acrobat.com service is getting a big update tonight, followed closely by a new mobile app for iPhone and BlackBerry . The name "Acrobat" goes hand-in-hand with the PDF file format, and Acrobat.com allows you to convert documents to PDF and save, store and view PDF ...

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Acrobat.com gets revamped and gets a mobile app Trillian brings impressive multi-network chat to the iPhone   —  Filed under: Social Software , iPhone Trillian , the excellent all-purpose chat app we've loved for years on the PC, just made the leap to the iPhone . There are a lot of things to love about this pocket-sized version of Trillian, including its great-looking interface and its support for several different chat services. You'll need to sign up ...

4. What to read on the GigaOM network  permalink

What to read on the GigaOM network
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BitTorrent after The Pirate Bay: Do you still need trackers? (NewTeeVee) 3 next-gen applications for Smart Grid 2.0 (Earth2Tech) Microsoft’s bad image should be a warning to Apple (TheAppleBlog) 4 open-source file shredders that delete data forever (OStatic) How to get a Magic Mouse to touch-scroll in Windows (jkOnTheRun) Finding web worker ...

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BitTorrent After The Pirate Bay: Do You Still Need Trackers?   —  The Pirate Bay made headlines earlier this week with yet another dramatic announcement, this time that the notorious BitTorrent site’s tracker has been officially shut down. But the move won’t impact downloading, site admins explained on a blog. Trackers are no longer needed to facilitate BitTorrent transfers, the blog entry explained,

5. Granderson has Stadium Secrets to share  permalink

Granderson has Stadium Secrets to share
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Lately, Detroit Tiger all-star outfielder Curtis Granderson has been in the news because he might be joining the New York Yankees. However, if Major League Baseball free agency doesn't make him a household name, television might. Granderson has an idea for a reality series that's being shopped around now and it's not like anything else other ...

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Granderson has Stadium Secrets to share Curtis Granderson reality show being pitched   —  MLB All-Star Curtis Granderson is shopping a reality series with production company Authentic Entertainment (Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes,” Bravo’s “Flipping Out”).

6. What You Missed Last Night: Jimmy Fallon almost gets sued by Twilight producers  permalink

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The entire time I watched this clip from last night's Late Night , I was thinking, "if Taylor Lautner smashes into a wall face-first or falls off of the mini-bike and cracks his head open, Fallon is going to be in big trouble." The two guys raced around the NBC hallways on mini-bikes. The winner wins because he cheats. [Watch clips and episodes ...

7. Winfrey Announces Show's End in 2011  permalink

Winfrey Announces Show's End in 2011
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(CBS/AP) Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her television audience today that her powerhouse daytime television show will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.

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8. NBC dusts off Trauma's corpse  permalink

NBC dusts off Trauma's corpse
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Oh my God! It's a zombie! Quick! Get a shovel or something heavy that will remove a human head or destroy its brain! Yes, TV shows can become zombies too. NBC has revived its once doomed drama Trauma giving it a full 13 episode order plus a few more after they canceled it last month . What made the network breathe life back into the expensive ...

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NBC dusts off Trauma's corpse NBC Sets 'Chuck' Season 3 Premiere Date For Jan. 10   —  After being omitted from NBC's fall lineup, the fan favorite action-comedy finally has a premiere date for its third season. According to NBC, two-back-to-back original episodes will air Sun., Jan. 10, starting at 8PM ET, making the premiere even more geektastic.

9. Finally, serious competition for iTunes...from Sony!  permalink

Finally, serious competition for iTunes...from Sony!
Sebastian Anthony / Download Squad

Filed under: Audio , Video They've been awfully quiet the last couple of years, except for the recent PS3 price reduction and slow drip-feed of good games. But it seems, after the appointment of a new CEO back in 2006, the results of some internal reshuffling might finally be coming to fruition! There's no name for the new software reported on ...

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Finally, serious competition for iTunes...from Sony! Sony Unveils Its Answer to Apple's iTunes   —  The tech giant will launch an online store selling music, movies, books, and other downloadable applications for mobile products

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Sony Wants a Bite Out of Apple’s iTunes   —  Sony is one of world’s best known brands when it comes to home electronics, gadgetry, and entertainment. However, the landscape has changed in recent years. You can have the best media player around, but if you don’t offer users a place where they can easily get content for it, it won’t be competitive. And it’s been ...

10. ViewSonic's VP2365wb fails to see the light  permalink

ViewSonic's VP2365wb fails to see the light
Eric Franklin / Crave

Hey! A black ViewSonic monitor! (Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET) We get in a lot of 16:9 monitors, but this is the first we've gotten that didn't have a TN-based panel. The ViewSonic VP2365wb has an E-IPS or Enhanced In-Plane Switching panel. E-IPS panels usually have improved ...

11. Subtle Subtitles: Martha and Rachael  permalink

Subtle Subtitles: Martha and Rachael
Bob Sassone / TV Squad

If you haven't seen our game before, we give you a picture from a recent episode of a TV series and you provide the caption! Last week's winner is patrick with this: "And the next American Idol is..." This week's picture is from the recent meeting between Rachael Ray and Martha Stewart: Filed under: Subtle Subtitles , Reality-Free Permalink | ...

12. A Crush for U.S. Cellular  permalink

A Crush for U.S. Cellular
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Motorola 's Crush offers U.S. Cellular a touch screen and midrange features. Originally posted at Dialed In

13. DJ from your iPhone with TouchDJ  permalink

DJ from your iPhone with TouchDJ
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The latest app from Amidio lets you mix MP3 files, create loops, change speeds, and add effects, with a nifty waveform interface to help you match beats. Originally posted at Digital Noise: Music and Tech

14. New Moon Videos Have Already Been Viewed 400 Million Times Online  permalink

New Moon Videos Have Already Been Viewed 400 Million Times Online
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!

New Moon might go down as one of the biggest movies of the year, but it’s also quickly becoming one of the biggest online events ever, at least in the world of online video. Visible Measures, which tallies what it calls the “True Reach” of an online video (the original, official trailers, copies of the trailers, fan-made trailers, fan ...

15. Infoaxe’s Search Engine: More Current Than Real Time  permalink

Infoaxe’s Search Engine: More Current Than Real Time
Liz Gannes / GigaOM

Updated: Infoaxe is revealing to the world today its alter ego: a search engine. Unlike other real-time search engines such as OneRiot, Infoaxe doesn’t depend on Twitter streams and the like (Update: OneRiot emailed to note that it also uses a panel in addition to social sharing streams). Instead, it anonymously harvests data from its [...]

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Infoaxe’s Search Engine: More Current Than Real Time Infoaxe Launches Real-Time Search Engine Based On Web History Platform   —  There are a number of real-time search engines in the space, including Collecta and OneRiot. Today, at the Real-Time CrunchUp, Infoaxe debuts its real time search engine. What makes Infoaxe unique is that it doesn't tap into streams from Twitter, Facebook, or Digg for content. Infoaxe's search engine relies completely on attention data generated ...

16. Barnes & Noble’s Nook Sold Out for the Holidays  permalink

Barnes & Noble’s Nook Sold Out for the Holidays
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Earlier this week, we reported that Sony could not guarantee that its new Daily Edition Reader would reach online buyers in time for Christmas. Now Barnes & Noble says that preorders of its stylish new Nook e-reader have exceeded expectations, and that the company has sold out of its initial supply of devices.

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17. Windows 7 sparked surge in business demand for PCs  permalink

Windows 7 sparked surge in business demand for PCs
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IDG News Service - A senior Dell executive is bullish about a recovery in PC demand from businesses, saying the Oct. 22 release of Windows 7 sparked a surge in PC sales for the company.

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18. Target Facebook Page Updates by Location or Language  permalink

Target Facebook Page Updates by Location or Language
Adam Ostrow / Mashable!

Here’s a neat new feature we noticed on our Facebook Page this morning: the ability to target updates to users in specific locations or users who access the site in a specific language. You can imagine this being useful for situations in which you’re promoting an event, or, posting content in multiple languages. By targeting only those that ...

19. Star Wars Trench Run for iPhone: The Force is strong with this one  permalink

Star Wars Trench Run for iPhone: The Force is strong with this one
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Nothing fancy here, just you, your X-Wing, and good old arcade action. Dogfight with TIE Fighters, then drop a little present into the Death Star's exhaust port. Originally posted at iPhone Atlas

20. Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about  permalink

Selectable Output control is bad, but not worth lying about
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