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Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Live Software  —  I'm at a Microsoft press event in San Francisco to introduce the concept of "Live Software."  The big takeaway: Microsoft is fully engaged with thinking about what I've called "Web 2.0." They are focused on the internet as the platform, on software as a service …
Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
It's A-Live!  —  First of all, I'm not writing to slam Windows Live and Office Live - I don't spend 100% of my time here channeling H. L. Mencken for the modern age.  I have hope and interest in the new live offerings, and I hope time will help bring focus on to what new markets (and money!) these offerings will produce.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Windows Live - More than an AJAX Desktop  —  I blogged my raw, unedited notes from the Microsoft press meeting today real time on CrunchNotes.  One of the two major announcements was Windows Live (best viewed on IE of course).  Office Live was also announced, which I will be writing about later tonight.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Microsoft Introduces Web Services, Competing With Google and Yahoo  —  SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 - Microsoft introduced on Tuesday two new advertising-supported Web services, Windows Live and Office Live, as a direct response to the formidable challenges posed by its major competitors, Google and Yahoo.
Discussion: Download Squad and Neowin.net
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Microsoft: I speak Web 2.0  —  If you lived in Manhattan, then you are all too familiar with the comical sight of a 40-year-old man squiring a 20 something "IT" girl.  —  The latest in footwear from Italy, a shiny new car (possibly paid for by an advance on the 401K plan) …
Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
Microsoft 'Live': 'Hailstorm' Take 2  —  Microsoft is mixing together rebranded MSN and bCentral properties, and seasoning with a dash of Hailstorm.  Read all about that, and more, in Microsoft's 'Live' talking points.  —  When you get past the marketing fluff of "sea changes" and …
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Scott is confused by "Live"  —  Scott Hanselman, one of our best customers, is confused by Windows Live.  —  Shhh, Scott, don't tell anyone, but this isn't about just the portal.  And if anyone at Microsoft thinks it is I'm gonna come and kick them in the rear.  —  It's about a new advertising platform.
Discussion: brainwagon and ComputerZen.com
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:   Windows Live Messenger and Mail
Steve Hamm / TechBeat:
Microsoft: 1995 redux?  —  Today's San Francisco briefing …
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
Live IM Makes Click To Call VoIP Real
Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:   Microsoft's Live: Monopoly 4.0
Better Living Through Software:
Microsoft and 'Live'  —  Dave Winer is blogging the 'Live' announce …
Discussion: Techdirt
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Yahoo Marketing Yahoo Search in its Google Results  —  Yahoo Marketing Yahoo Search in its Google Results  —  Yahoo is testing a clever marketing tactic in its search results outside of the United States.  If you search for "google" on Yahoo Australia & NZ, then Yahoo will serve a …
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
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Matt Cutts:
Hand-coded shortcuts on Yahoo  —  We talked earlier about some of the issues with Yahoo hand-coding shortcuts for queries, and the difficulty of knowing if money was involved.  Now Loren points out Yahoo has hard-coded some special behavior for the query [google].
Garett Rogers / ZDNet:
Google: Thinking about the future of TV ads  —  The New York Times published an interesting article yesterday that gives some insight into how Google operates and what may be coming in the advertising arena.  I was particularly intrigued by the mention of television ads …
Wendy Davis / MediaPost Publications:
Consumer Spending For Web Content Nears $1 Billion  —  LED BY A SURGE IN entertainment spending, U.S. consumers shelled out $987 million for online content during the first half of this year, marking a 16 percent increase from the first half of 2004, according to a report issued Monday by the Online Publishers Association.
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Following the Search Engine Referral Money Trail  —  Now that the month of October is over and my AdSense numbers are complete, I figured it was time for a slightly more detailed follow-up to my October Web Search Referral Statistics post from a couple weeks ago.
AC/OS:
CIOs actually care about open source  —  I just heard the most shocking thing.  I'm in the first day's closing keynote session at the Open Source Business Conference Boston, and asked the CIO panel a simple question: … I expected them to say that they took a pragmatic approach …
Discussion: tecosystems
Business Week:
Meet Mario's Papa  —  Legendary designer Shigeru Miyamoto talks how he aims to bring the family together around Nintendo's new console  —  As the brains behind the video games at Nintendo, Shigeru Miyamoto has shown a knack for inventing games that kids would get hooked on.
Discussion: Kotaku

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