[November 23, 2009] BLOG: TechBlog: Linkpost | 11.23.2009 [Houston Chronicle] Tweet (Houston Chronicle (TX) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 23----Apple's Schiller Defends iPhone App Approval Process [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2009/tc20091120_354597.htm] -- In Apple's first in-depth interview on the subject, marketing chief Phil Schiller says the company acts as a retail store would, making sure quality products are on its App Store shelves. --Another iPhone worm -- and this time it's malicious [http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2009/11/21/malicious-iphone-worm-loose/] -- As with previous worms, this one targets jailbroken iPhones and iPods. --Meet the New AOL Logo: "Aol." (Plus the Press Release) [http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091122/meet-the-new-aol-aol/] -- AOL becomes "Aol." Lower case + period = diminished expectations? Also Armstrong On AOL's New Branding And 'Very, Very, Very Inexpensive' Campaign [http://paidcontent.org/article/419-armstrong-on-aols-new-branding-and-very-very-very-inexpensive-/] --Microsoft Offers To Pay News Corp To "De-List" Itself From Google [http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-offers-to-pay-news-corp-to-de-list-itself-from-google-2009-11] and Microsoft and News Corp eye web pact [http://edition.cnn.com/2009/BUSINESS/11/22/microsoft.news.google.ft/] -- Rupert Murdoch had threatened to remove its sites from Google. Microsoft thinks that would be just fine for Bing. --Microsoft Surface Rises at PDC [http://technologizer.com/2009/11/21/microsoft-surface-rises-at-pdc/] -- The technologies developed by the project are finding their way into other products at Microsoft. --New York's Deputy CIO Looks To Consoles For New Emergency Alert System [http://hothardware.com/News/New-Yorks-Deputy-CIO-Looks-To-Game-Consoles-For-New-Emergency-Alert-System/] -- Imagine getting word of a terrorist attack on your Xbox 360 while playing a round of Modern Warfare 2. --Why Are Tech Layoffs Rising in a Recovery? [http://gigaom.com/2009/11/21/why-are-tech-layoffs-rising-in-a-recovery/] -- Companies are putting together their budgets, and the industry is consolidating in mergers. But big shifts in core businesses are also to blame. --More thoughts on in-Tweet advertising [http://scobleizer.com/2009/11/21/in-tweet-advertisements/] -- Ads are going to happen on stream-based service like Twitter, so its users should indicate what the boundaries are now, says Robert Scoble. (Remember Usenet?) --Video: Roku Launches Channel Store with Facebook Photos, Pandora and More [http://newteevee.com/2009/11/22/video-roku-launches-channel-store-with-facebook-photos-pandora-and-more/] -- The streaming video service offers 10 new, free channels. To see more of the Houston Chronicle, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.HoustonChronicle.com. Copyright (c) 2009, Houston Chronicle Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]