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Richard MacManus / Read/Write Web:
Microsoft Livens Up Web 2.0 — Summary: My Day 1 impressions of Windows/Office Live are positive and I think Microsoft is taking up the challenge of an increasingly Web-based software world, while at the same time sticking to their desktop software knitting.
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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.
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Donna's SecurityFlash, Paul Mooney, Niall Kennedy's Weblog, Solution Watch, Office 12 Watch, OpsanBlog, Andre and newsmotto! bl@g
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
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Web 2.0 Explorer, The Stalwart, Things That, Views, Alec Saunders .LOG, Microsoft Weblog, Incremental Blogger and BASEMENT.ORG
microsoft.com:Microsoft Previews New Windows Live and Office Live Services
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Loosely Coupled weblog, microsoft-watch.com, The RSS Blog, Windows Vista Weblog, Daily Wireless, PC World's Techlog, Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz, Alex Barnett blog, Andre, PaidContent.org, Tinfinger, Neowin.net, ComputerZen.com, Paul Mooney, Brian Sullivan's Random …, BetaNews, TechBlog, SiliconBeat, Blogging about Incredible …, Search Engine Watch Blog, OpsanBlog and Microsoft Watch
John Borland / CNET News.com:
Sony to patch copy-protected CD — Sony BMG Music Entertainment and a technology partner are working with antivirus companies on a fix for a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs. — Earlier in the week, security experts said that anticopying technology used by Sony BMG …
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Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Sony Raids Hacker Playbook — New research from Mark Russinovich over at Sysinternals (the company I've blogged about before as the source a ton of excellent and free software utilities) indicates that Sony BMG has configured some of its music CDs to install antipiracy software …
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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Associated Press:
Grandpa Is Sued Over Grandson's Downloads — MILWAUKEE - A 67-year-old man who says he doesn't even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of his downloaded four movies on their home computer. — The Motion Picture Association …
www2.sprint.com:
Sprint Nextel, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications and Advance/Newhouse Communications to Form Landmark Cable and Wireless Joint Venture — Comcast: — Time Warner Cable: — Cox Communications: — David Grabert, (404) 269-7054 (office) or (678) 592-2258 (cell)
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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 …
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PaidContent.org
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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businessweek.com:
Byte of the Apple — And Speaking of Things Michael Dell Said About Apple — And while I'm thinking of Michael Dell, something else he said about Apple - this much more recently - came to mind following Apple's release last week of a new round of PowerMac G5 and PowerBook portable computers.
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BuzzMachine, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Poynter Online, B.L. Ochman's weblog and rexblog.com
Joel Spolsky / Joel on Software:
Massive Frontal PR is incompatible with Ship Early and Often — Microsoft's new (beta!) portal page, live.com, doesn't work in Firefox, and doesn't work too great in IE either. The first thing I used it for was to search for "firefox market share." — Like every search engine, you get a list of search results.
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Scobleizer, Download Squad, live.com blog, Geek News Central …, Search Engine Journal and Second p0st
sgi.com:
SGI Securities to Cease NYSE Trading — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (November 1, 2005)—SGI announced today that it has been advised by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) that its common stock - ticker symbol SGI - and its 6.5% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due June 1, 2009 - ticker symbol SGI 09 …
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Bethany Halford / National Geographic:
Bees Can Solve Complex Color Puzzles, Study Finds — As they buzz from blossom to blossom, it might seem that bumblebees need to see only flowers, honey, and hive. But a new study suggests that bumblebees have a surprisingly sophisticated visual system. — Through a series of clever experiments …
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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 …
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Google Blogoscoped
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biz.yahoo.com:
Think Partnership Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire UK-based Web Diversity LLC — NORTHBROOK, Ill.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 2, 2005— Headquartered in London and poised to expand into Hong Kong, Web — Diversity will work with THK's Smart Interactive operations in the
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Marketing Pilgrim
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 …
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 —
