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microsoft.com:
Microsoft Previews New Windows Live and Office Live Services  —  Company outlines software-based services strategy.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Nov. 1, 2005 — Microsoft Corp. today previewed two new Internet-based software services — Windows Live™ and Microsoft® Office Live …
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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.
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) …
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.
Russ / Russell Beattie Notebook:
Microsoft's Live: Monopoly 4.0  —  So I actually get Microsoft's new Live initiative.  It makes perfect sense for Microsoft to really go after the online application space as not only are they the standard bearer for many of the desktop apps which online apps emulate, but technically …
microsoft.com:
Microsoft's Live Offerings  —  Windows Live and Microsoft Office Live are designed to deliver rich and seamless experiences to individuals and small businesses.  —  On Nov. 1, 2005, Microsoft Corp. previewed for the first time two new software-based service offerings called Windows Live™ and Microsoft Office Live.
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:   Windows Live Messenger and Mail
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Jeff's eyes are bloodshot
Discussion: Jeff Sandquist
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Windows Live - More than an AJAX Desktop
press.nokia.com:
Presenting the Nokia N92: TV goes Mobile  —  The world's first integrated DVB-H mobile device makes prime time any time  —  Nokia Mobility Conference 2005, Barcelona, Spain/Espoo, Finland - At the Nokia Mobility Conference, Nokia today proudly presented the Nokia N92, the first integrated DVB-H mobile device …
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press.nokia.com:   Open your world to mobile multimedia with Nokia N71
press.nokia.com:
Nokia Nseries enters the digital home with Nokia N80
Discussion: Engadget and Matt Croydon
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].
Discussion: Stuntdubl
Marguerite Reardon / ZDNet:
Cable companies call on Sprint Nextel … A consortium of U.S. cable companies announced on Wednesday that they will form a joint venture with Sprint Nextel to offer mobile service to their customers.  —  Comcast, Time Warner, Cox Communcations and Advance/Newhouse Communications plan …
Discussion: PaidContent.org
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sec.gov:
SEC FILES EMERGENCY ACTION AGAINST ESTONIAN TRADERS TO STOP ONGOING FRAUDULENT HACKING SCHEME  —  Foreign Traders Used Computerized "Spider" Program to Fraudulently Steal Nonpublic Issuer Press Release Information from Commercial Wire Service  —  The Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Business Wire:
Business Wire Comments …
Barry Fox / newscientist.com:
Invention: Coffee beer  —  For over 30 years, Barry Fox has trawled the world's weird and wonderful patent applications each week, digging out the most exciting, intriguing and even terrifying new ideas.  His column, Invention, is available exclusively online.  —  Read previous Invention round-ups:
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Rich Karlgaard / Digital Rules:
Broadway Joe Was A Blogger  —  In 1965, immediately after the Alabama football team lost a squeaker in the Orange Bowl, the cocky owner of the professional New York Jets signed the cockier yet 'Bama quarterback, Joe Namath to a contract.  Do you remember the terms?  It was shocking —
Shel Israel / Naked Conversations:
Rubel Rocking at Blogging Enterprise  —  Steve Rubel is delivering the keynote here at The Blogging Enterprise in Austin.  He's rocking.  He spotlights the impact of blogging on PR and the traditional media.  He held a moment of silence im memory of the old media, then swung into the key aspects …

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