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Google's G1 smartphone breaks cover

G1In Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, we're wowed by Google's new G1 Android smartphone -- iPhone killer or bulky dud? Not to mention things that look a bit like a duck...

Nancy Gohring reports:

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Microsoft's new acquisition target: itself

Steve BallmerIn Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, we wonder no more what Microsoft will do with all that cash it has swilling around in the bank -- if it can't buy Yahoo, Microsoft will buy itself. Not to mention the health of North Korea's "dear" leader...

Gregg Keizer reports:

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SanDisk's slotMusic format: FTW or WTF?

slotMusic cardIn Monday's IT Blogwatch, we listen to the music industry's latest wheeze to sell us their choonz: a drm-free album on a microSD card for under $10. Not to mention a "clbuttic" mistake...

Arik Hesseldahl gets the party started:

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EXTRA: I'm a PC, you're a hack

I'm a PCWelcome to a special IT Blogwatch EXTRA: watching bloggers' reactions to Microsoft's "I'm a PC" ads. Not to mention a new and exciting cereal for these exciting times...

Preston "grumpy" Gralla goes ga-ga:

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Sarah Palin email hacker drops anchor, arrr!

Pirate flag (public domain)Avast, me hearties! It be Friday's IT Blogwatch, an' we be keelhaulin' Sarah Palin's hornswaggler, arrr! Not to mention September 19...

Gregg Keizer be reportin' fer duty, cap'n:

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Microsoft dumps Seinfeld for Hodgman-lookielikie

I'm a PCIn Thursday's IT Blogwatch, we wonder what's the deal with Microsoft getting rid of Seinfeld? Not to mention a freestyle rap battle gone bad (and translated)...

A breathless Owen Thomas reports:

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Fancy a $25K Cray on your desk?

Cray CX1In Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, we're wowed by the thought of a 786 gigaflops supercomputer sitting on a desktop. Not to mention proof you can buy anything online...

Sharon Gaudin reports:

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It's the IT economy, stupid (and ST:KFC FTW)

SeriyuzIn Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, we worry about how IT will be affected by the current economic problems, what with Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers and all. Not to mention why the new Star Trek movie will be disappointing...

Siobhan Chapman shoves on:

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VMware's VMworld is virtually cloudy

VMware logoIn Monday's IT Blogwatch, we watch as VMware kicks off its user conference, while drooling competitors circle hungrily. Not to mention Trent Reznor, the Mac fanboi...

Patrick Thibodeau reports:

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EXTRA: Big-time spammer freed on appeal

Jeremy JaynesWelcome to a special IT Blogwatch EXTRA: watching bloggers' reactions to the Virginia Supreme Court decision -- that the state's anti-spam law is unconstitutional. Does that mean Jeremy Jaynes is free man? Not to mention a prize maze...

Grant Gross gives the goss:

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Linux == MacOS with Ubuntu $$$?

Mark ShuttleworthIn Friday's IT Blogwatch, we watch Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth promise cold, hard cash to improve Linux's usability. Not to mention one of the dumbest conspiracy theories ever...

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is gleeful:

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Will LHC compute grid think deeply and then say, "42"?

CERN logoIn Thursday's IT Blogwatch, we're wowed by the Large Hadron Collider's enormous compute grid. Not to mention Kevin Kelly's Styrobot...

Sharon Gaudin reports:

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Patch Tuesday patches eight critical vulns.

Microsoft security  logoIn Wednesday's IT Blogwatch, we wonder how important the patches were on Patch Tuesday—critically important, it turns out—but Apple scores 18 vulnerabilities to Microsoft's paltry eight. Not to mention fun with Google Images...

Gregg Keizer reports:

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EXTRA: London Stock Exchange: blame Microsoft?

Microsoft ad.Welcome to a special IT Blogwatch EXTRA: watching bloggers' reactions to yesterday's all-day outage at the London Stock Exchange. Not to mention Reese Witherspoon, as you've never seen her before...

Mike Simons reports:

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Intel's fast flash drive: 250MB/s and 0.085ms

Intel X25 SSDIn Tuesday's IT Blogwatch, we gaze in awe and wonder at Intel's new, super-speedy Flash drive. Not to mention warm patches ...

Bill O'Brien has a new toy:

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