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Dave Winer / H Y P E R C A M P:
Full text of Gates email, Ozzie memo — Something weird happened just before midnight Eastern time, first the Wall Street Journal, then the NY Times, then the Seattle Post-Intelligencer all had reports on a memo leaked from inside Microsoft that was sent to top management and direct reports …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Internet Services Crucial, Microsoft Memos Say — SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8 - Microsoft must fundamentally alter its business or face being at a significant competitive disadvantage to a growing array of companies offering Internet services, according to memorandums written by two of the company's top executives.
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rexblog.com, CrunchNotes, TechBlog, PaidContent.org, SeattlePI.com Microsoft Blog and IP Democracy
Diane Mermigas / Hollywood Reporter:
Content must catch up with new-media world — CHICAGO — It's all about content ... again. — Now that virtually all the powers-that-be in media, entertainment and telecommunications are fastening themselves to Internet-connected portable video devices and platforms to be part …
Simson Garfinkel / Wired News:
History's Worst Software Bugs — Last month automaker Toyota announced a recall of 160,000 of its Prius hybrid vehicles following reports of vehicle warning lights illuminating for no reason, and cars' gasoline engines stalling unexpectedly. But unlike the large-scale auto recalls of years past …
The Doc Searls Weblog:
Save a CEO. Don't post today. — Oddly (or perhaps not), I didn't get my hard copy of the November 14 Forbes — the one with the above cover story — until a couple days ago. I recoiled when I saw it; not only because of its POW! WHAM! graphic, but because I hadn't seen that THEY DESTROY BRANDS AND WRECK LIVES subhead before.
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Ed Brill
Pete Cashmore / Mashable*:
Hacking Memeorandum: More Proof That Algorithms Don't Work — Tara "Miss Rogue" Hunt, Alex Barnett and Ben Barren have been hacking Memeorandum - trying to get a post to appear on the front page of the automated news site by gaming the system. And it appears to have worked.
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Kevin Burton's Feed Blog, Scobleizer, Tinfinger, Alex Barnett blog, HorsePigCow and Hellonline
ctia.org:
Wireless Carriers Announce "Wireless Content Guidelines" — WASHINGTON, DC-CTIA- The Wireless Association®, in partnership with the nation's leading carriers, today unveiled the "Wireless Content Guidelines," a voluntary pledge by the industry to proactively provide tools and controls …
gamasutra.com:
Sawyer Sues Atari Over Roller Coaster Tycoon Royalties — According to a report in the UK Times newspaper, Roller Coaster Tycoon creator and developer Chris Sawyer is in the processing of pursuing litigation against U.S. publisher Atari for around $4.8 million in royalties which Sawyer …
Los Angeles Times:
As Knight Ridder Goes, So May News Industry — Investor pressure to sell the San Jose-based chain comes as papers across the country are losing circulation at an accelerating pace. — As big shareholders of Knight Ridder Inc. pressure executives to consider selling the nation's second …
Justin / Justin's Rich Media Blog:
Maps that are Consistent with YOUR design — With the power of Flash 8, you can customize the Yahoo! Maps on your site to actually blend with the surrounding design of the site or application. Forget about a rectangular maps and default colors of the map tiles.
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Burtonator / Kevin Burton's Feed Blog:
TailRank Public Beta Now Available. — After nearly two months of hard work I'm proud to announce that TailRank is now in public beta. — The key word here is beta. This isn't a Google-style beta. This isn't a Web 2.0-style beta. This is the old school definition of beta …
Sunbelt Software Blog / Sunbelt BLOG:
Trying to use EULAs and copyright law to block spyware research — RetroCoder makes a commercial keylogger called SpyMon, something that someone would normally buy on purpose. But just in case, it's in our threat database and we treat it like we treat all commercial keyloggers …
Steve Friess / Wired News:
Curry in Podcast Convention Clash — The Portable Media Expo kicks off Friday in Ontario, California, with all the earmarks of success. But the proceedings could see some last-minute competition from one of the biggest names in the fast-growing podcasting business: former MTV VJ Adam Curry.
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BBC:
All go for giant comms satellite — Inmarsat-4 F2, one of the largest and most powerful communications satellites ever built, has succesfully launched from a floating pad in the Pacific. — The six-tonne UK-built craft was carried aloft by a Zenit-3SL rocket at approximately 1407 GMT on Tuesday.
