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microsoft.com:
Microsoft and RealNetworks Resolve Antitrust Case and Announce Digital Music and Games Partnership — New partnership brings Rhapsody® subscription service and RealNetworks' games to millions of Microsoft's MSN users. — SEATTLE — Oct. 11, 2005 — Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") …
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Real, Microsoft reach truce — update Microsoft and RealNetworks announced a sweeping deal on Tuesday that puts aside their legal differences and aims to shore up their respective digital-music strategies. — Under the deal, Microsoft will pay $460 million in cash to RealNetworks to settle antitrust claims.
apple.com:
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results — Apple Concludes Best Quarter & Best Year in Company History — CUPERTINO, California—October 11, 2005—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2005 fourth quarter ended September 24, 2005, reporting the highest revenue and earnings in the Company's history.
John Dempsey / videobusiness.com:
COMCAST PROPOSES DVD/VOD SERVICE — FROM VARIETY: Hopes to offer films on VOD in DVD window then sell disc — Comcast is quietly trying to wolf down Blockbuster's lunch. — Like other operators, the cable giant is hell-bent on tapping into the billions of dollars that people spend …
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Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
"Microsoft will acquire my company" — Entrepreneurs confidently tell Venture Capitalists "Microsoft will acquire my company". VCs roll their eyes...they have heard it a million times. But, Microsoft does have a rich tradition of acquisitions. The first, and most important …
Peter Rojas / Engadget:
Xbox 360 hands-on preview — Ok, technically I was just one of many journalists at yesterday's press preview event, but I did get a chance to spend a couple of hours with the Xbox 360. I wasn't exactly blown away with every title I saw, but overall I walked away impressed.
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
HackADay stays indie! — I'll never cease to be amazing at how fast and perceptive the blogosphere is. Right as I'm writing a blog post about HackADay not being part of the AOL deal someone picks up on it! — So, it's true HackADay wasn't part of the deal to go to AOL.
Rafael Rivera:
Windows Vista Client/Server Product Key SKUs Revealed — Upon digging around in Vista, I came across an XML file filled with alpha-numeric gibberish, quickly identified as base64 encoded data. I slapped it into my favorite web-based decoder and found some interesting product key SKUs …
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I4U News:
Verizon FiOS TV User Review — We reported in September that Verizon launched it's fiber optics FiOS TV service in Keller, Texas. — We asked in that story if anybody living in Keller is getting the FiOS TV service. Craig J. contacted us and answered a couple of questions about his new Verizon FiOS TV service for us.
Eric Black / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Average age of newspaper readers: 55 … Newspaper readership is down. Fewer young people are picking them up, and the average age of a newspaper reader is now 55, according to a Carnegie Corporation study. Many papers have been losing circulation at alarming rates across all age groups.
Troy Wolverton / TheStreet.com:
Apple's Next Big Thing — Apple Computer (AAPL:Nasdaq - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) reports fourth-quarter earnings later Tuesday, but it's what the company says on Wednesday that may grab investors' attention this week. — Apple has scheduled a press event Wednesday …
Michael Singer / CNET News.com:
Palm drops Zire, Tungsten names — Palm updated its Zire and Tungsten handheld devices on Wednesday as part of a rebranding strategy that will now emphasize its Palm name over all others. — The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based PDA maker said its new handheld organizers dubbed Z22 and TX are available …
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prweek.com:
Google carves new path by blogging to confront issues — Andrew Gordon PR Week USA Oct 10 2005 00:00 — Corporate blogs engage audiences, but how far can they reach? Google puts the medium's boundaries to the test by using its blogs for issues management.
Campbell Clark / Globe and Mail:
Ottawa demands greater wiretap access — Ottawa — The federal government is demanding that the telecommunications industry build a wiretapping capacity into their networks that would allow authorities to conduct round-the-clock surveillance on the e-mail, Internet or phone use of more than 8,000 people at a time, sources say.
