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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.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Gates memo warns of 'disruptive' changes  —  Aiming to stir up the same kind of momentum as his Internet Tidal Wave memo of a decade earlier, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has penned a memo outlining the challenges Microsoft faces from a host of online competitors.
Discussion: digg
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Gates/Ozzie challenge Microsoft to "alter its business"
Discussion: Smalltalk Tidbits …
Michael Gartenberg:
The Gates and Ozzie Memos - deaj vu all over again
Rali / PaidContent.org:
The Digital Hollywood Conference Coverage is sponsored by PaymentOne  —  Earnings: Sohu.com Profits Dip, Sales Higher: Cinese online media company Sohu.com said its Q3 profits slipped despite higher revenues...it has net earnings of $8.03 million, down 3.6% from $8.33 million in the year-ago period.
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
But is it open?  —  Rafat has a few more details or prognostications about Google Base and the latest, a patent for Google Automat: … Here's what I really want to know: If you create a listing, ad, or piece of content using this functionality, will it be addressable on the web?
Discussion: InsideGoogle
Susan Kuchinskas / internetnews.com:
Google Automat to Spew Classifieds?
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.
Discussion: Podcasting and Blogspotting
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 …
Andrea Sachs / Washington Post:
My Dinner With Google  —  I Typed 'tofu oranges cauliflower,' And My Computer Concocted a Meal  —  For more than a year, a package of Cambodian tapioca sticks sat in my pantry unopened.  Then one evening, I Googled my noodles and ate them.  —  Google, t he almighty Web search engine …
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 …
Om Malik / Om Malik's Broadband Blog:
The TV Show Download Bunkum  —  Rationality is the first victim of panic.  And right now what I see all around me is a panic driven, knee jerk reactions by media giants to the world which is spiraling out of their control.  The perfect example of this panic-driven move is today's announcement from CBS and NBC.
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.
Josh / Bokardo:
Why Should I Trust Microsoft with My Attention Metadata?  —  Who would you rather have keep a database of your attention metadata: Microsoft or a complete stranger?  —  For me the answer is easy: not Microsoft.  —  You see, Microsoft has so damaged my trust over the past decade …
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.
Discussion: Ed Brill
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 …

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