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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Hey Ballmer or Gates, can I make an acquisition? — Personal note to Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates: can I have some money to get Microsoft a significant entry into the Web 2.0 market? A little more than it cost Yahoo to buy Flickr but far less than it cost eBay to buy Skype?
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Tim O'Reilly / O'Reilly Network:
What Is Web 2.0 — Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software — The bursting of the dot-com bubble in the fall of 2001 marked a turning point for the web. Many people concluded that the web was overhyped, when in fact bubbles and consequent shakeouts appear …
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
What is Web 2.0? — I took a stab at answering the question What is Web 2.0? in an essay I wrote for distribution at our Web 2.0 Conference. The essay will disappoint those who look for a hard and fast definition, because I tend to think about the gravitational core that holds a solar system …
Brian Jones / Office XML Formats:
Native PDF support in Office "12" — Today's another exciting day as we move closer to Beta 1. We are just wrapping up the MVP summit here in Redmond and we've finally announced another piece of functionality I've wanted to talk about for a long time now.
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Microsoft Weblog, Scobleizer, Life On the Wicked Stage, Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life and MakeZine.com
San Francisco Chronicle:
Google offers S.F. Wi-Fi — for free — Company's bid is one of many in response to mayor's call for universal online access — Google Inc. has offered to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city, placing a marquee name behind Mayor Gavin Newsom's effort …
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FirstAdopter.com:
Google Submits Bid to Offer Free Wi-Fi to San Francisco — Google submitted a 100 page bid to the city of San Francisco today to offer free Wi-Fi access for its residents. Over a dozen other ISPs and companies including Earthlink have also put in bids. Although the mayor's office …
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Technorati 100 rebooted — The Technorati 100 was updated—FINALLY—and as you can see Engadget jumped to number two on the list. From what I understand the new index is of just the last 120 or 180 days. So, we've seen a bunch of the "old guard" bloggers fall off the list—THANK GOD!
Caroline E. Mayer / Washington Post:
'Virtual Card' Offers Online Security Blanket — Some Fraud-Wary Credit Card Customers Opt for Single-Use Numbers — John Roos used to be afraid to shop online. "I hate to give out my real credit card number," said the retired manager of a computer center.
Sean / seanbonner:
ANATOMY OF A RIP OFF — Earlier today I got an e-mail which said: … Of course when I clicked through and found this it felt a bit familiar, probably because I built this. While I immediately wanted to applaude their excessive usage of stock photography I was shocked at how blatant a rip off it was.
Dave / Davenetics* Politics + Media + Musings:
Blog Marketing Comes Alive — Here is one of the most remarkable (although maybe not that surprising to those who have attempted such things) marketing stats you'll hear for a long time. — Audi recently ran an online campaign. — They spent 0.5 percent of their budget on blog ads.
Richard / VoIP and ENUM:
After the VON Blur - A wrap-up — One week after the Fall VON 2005 I finally have some time left to get my act together and to make a wrap-up from this outstanding event. First of all I want to congratulate Jeff, Carl, Diana and the rest of the crew for the perfect organization …
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