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  Walking a fine line to search success

  Everyone wants their site to show up high in Google's results. How they get there isn't always on the up and up--or is it?

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  September soundings from Apple

  Tuesday's "Let's Rock" event has the tech world buzzing about the expected advent of revamped iPods that should allow Apple to move past the iPhone 3G launch.
  • Did Brit inventor father the iPod?
  • Disservice to partners may bite Apple

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• DemoFall preview: 10 to watch

  If you can watch only 10 pitches from the showplace for start-ups, these would be good ones.
  • You are your domain: .tel and .mp
  • Plastic Logic's e-newspaper reader echoes look of the paper
  • TechCrunch50: the day 1 schedule
  • Full coverage: Demo + TechCrunch = Launch Week

  (Posted in Webware by Rafe Needleman)

• McAfee brings nearly instant malware updates

  Using a built-in communication channel, the security software maker's Artemis Technology can detect and remove suspicious new malicious software as it pops up.

  (Posted in Security by Robert Vamosi)

• Google upgrades Gmail for IE 6 users

  The online e-mail application is faster for those using the 7-year-old browser and gets features already available to more modern browsers, Google said.

  (Posted in Webware by Stephen Shankland)

• DVD ripping goes legit with RealDVD

  Real's RealDVD software lets you rip DVDs to your PC hard drive--legally--and watch them on up to 4 other PCs.

  (Posted in Crave by John P. Falcone)

• Fry's Electronics leaks more slim-Zune details

  Features of the 120GB Microsoft music player, which has recently shown up on the retailer's shelves and site, include "Device to Cloud" customizable music channels, and free games.

  (Posted in Crave by Candace Lombardi)

• Say Where brings voice recognition to iPhone apps

  Forthcoming iPhone app from Dial Directions aims to give users a way to get info from sites like Yelp and MapQuest by speaking instead of typing.
  • New iPhone app homes in on healthy food

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• Ad trade group opposes Yahoo-Google search deal

  Association of National Advertisers announces it has sent a letter to the top antitrust chief for the U.S. Department of Justice, issuing its objections to the controversial Yahoo-Google search ad partnership.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Intel ships low-power chips for servers

  New server chips from processor giant draw as little as 12.5 watts per core.

  (Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Report: More competitive processors due from AMD

  AMD will bring out processors by early next year that appear to be much more competitive with Intel offerings.

  (Posted in Nanotech: The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• IBM reworks storage strategy to tame flood of data

  Big Blue is announcing more then 30 new or upgraded products or services that are the result of a $2 billion investment.
  (From Reuters)

• Creating a 'Facebook for spies'

  The CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency are reportedly testing a social-networking site designed for use by analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)

• In NFL deal, an extra point for Adobe's Flash

  Football fans will get to see live streaming of NBC's Sunday night games via Flash--not NBC's Olympic teammate, Silverlight.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Jonathan Skillings)

• Google-focused satellite enters orbit

  The search titan has exclusive rights among online mapping sites to images from the new GeoEye-1 satellite, which launched Saturday.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Jonathan Skillings)
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