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TechCrunch reviews the latest version of Attensa, an RSS reader that integrates with Outlook, and notes that: Attensa is aggresively adding features to compete with other readers and has an excellent product suite. However, some (including Jeff Nolan) have stopped using Attensa’s Outlook product because of reported difficulties in making these third party applications work…

MediaPost reports that Yahoo has announced a leap into original content, featuring former war reporter Kevin Sites. Sites, a veteran of CNN and NBC, plans to leave for Africa on Wednesday. He will spend the next year traveling to 36 war-torn corners of the world, and reporting on how current events affect people’s lives.  ……

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Matt Cronin, a partner at online marketing firm WebLiquid, emailed an intriguing analysis of the recent Gallup survey on blog audience: Blogs are indeed quickly becoming mainstream but only to the extent that they’ll complement the news picture for those who are interested, simply due to the natural topic/opinion/agenda fragmentation of the blogoshere. While these…

I’m headed mostly off the grid for the next week as I enjoy one of my periodic recharging periods — in this case my annual winter visit away from the snow (yes, there’s still a lot of it on the ground here in New Hampshire). There will be no new episode of Disruptive Dialogue this…

I have decided to coin a new phrase today.  "Blackberry brevity."  I have realized that when I type emails on my Blackberry-esque device (it is actually a Palm Treo 700w), I often abbreviate — not only words, but I curb the length of my message to avoid having to do more thumb typing than absolutely…