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Michael / michael parekh on IT:
ON GOOGLE TESTING "CLICK-TO-CALL" ADWORDS & eBAY/SKYPE — Looks like eBay and it's $4 billion plus acquisition Skype (via memeorandum)may soon have company in testing the emerging "Click-per-Call" market from Google. — Greg Yardley has a detailed post titled "Google tests out Click-to-Call AdWords" …
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Google Click to Call — Google is testing click-to-call based on the search results. I wrote about this possibility of Google Click-to-call back in January - I even Photoshopped some phone icons next to search results. Anyway, on Google, do a search, click the icon …
Business Week:
Meet Jane Geek — With women accounting for 50% of technology purchases, Dell, Samsung, and others are opening the door for them — Managers from Dell Inc.'s (DELL ) marketing and public relations staff flew from their Round Rock (Tex.) headquarters to New York earlier this year to meet …
Xeni Jardin / Wired News:
A Torrent or a Trickle? — HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood's copyright police and the maker of the most potent movie piracy software of all time took the stage here Tuesday and solemnly declared détente. — It's all but certain the deal between the Motion Picture Association of America …
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Can Microsoft Score in Mobile Gaming? — With the new Xbox console out, Redmond's next target is games for mobile phones, with plans to overhaul the business as we know it — Now that Microsoft has unveiled its new Xbox 360 gaming console, what's next? Games for the small screen.
Margaret Kane / CNET News.com:
Microsoft opens up Office — Microsoft wants to make the file formats for its new Office 12 applications a standard. — The company said it would submit applications to the European standards body ECMA International next month, in a move to reassure customers that they will not be locked into proprietary file formats.
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Rob Fahey / gamesindustry.biz:
CNN drops PS3 price story as Stringer comments are confuted — No comments on pricing or availability from Sony boss after all — Comments published in a CNN article yesterday purporting to be from Sony CEO Howard Stringer regarding the planned pricing for PlayStation 3 have been removed …
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Lorraine Woellert / Business Week:
Sony's Escalating "Spyware" Fiasco — Along with lawyers, prosecutors, and furious fans, artists are joining the backlash against the label for slipping a hidden, anti-theft program into users' computers — Van Zant's Get Right with the Man CD was released in May, but six months later …
Randall Bennett / DV Guru:
Carving the Perfect Home Movie — Turkey Day is tomorrow, and with the rest of the holidays right around the corner, time to brush up on your home movie skills. While this is old hat to many DV Guru vets, all the newbies to the world of Digital Video (DV) might need a gentle introduction.
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Lester Haines / The Register:
Heroes pull woman from Xbox blaze — An Anglesey woman was pulled unconscious from her house by two strangers after succumbing to smoke generated by a faulty Xbox. — Stuart Ward and Robert Johnson ran from a pub in Llanfairpwll to find the unnamed victim's house engulfed in thick …
Dana Epp / Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary:
The Cost in Fixing Bugs and How Irresponsible Disclosure doesn't Help the Matter — First off, a disclaimer. I am not a Microsoft employee, nor do I ever expect to be one. The views on this post are speculative at best, and down right wrong at worst. I have no real idea of how Microsoft makes …
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Nick / Rough Type:
Jellybeans for breakfast — When my daughter was a little girl, one of her favorite books was Jellybeans for Breakfast. (Holy crap. I just checked Amazon, and used copies are going for hundreds of bucks!) It's the story of a couple of cute tykes who fantasize about all the fun stuff …
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Matt / OnlyOnce:
Not-so-Counter Cliche: Forecast Early and Often — Not-so-Counter Cliche: Forecast Early and Often — There's no "counter" in this week's counter cliche, although this is a cross-post to two of Fred's recent postings. In his VC Cliche of the Week, he talks about the need for early-stage companies …
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Feld Thoughts:
My Newest Investment - Judy's Book — Last week, Judy's Book announced that Mobius led an $8 million Series B financing with existing investors Ignition Partners and Ackerley Partners and that I joined the board of directors. — The founder and CEO of Judy's Book - Andy Sack - is a long time friend and colleague.
Matt Loney / silicon.com:
iTunes.co.uk tug-of-war ends — So who gets to keep the Apple of its eye? — Ben Cohen, former teenage dot-com millionaire, has given up his fight to regain the iTunes.co.uk domain, according to dot-uk registry Nominet. — Nominet company solicitor Edward Phillips said on Monday that Cohen's company …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Feedster Top 500 Update — Feedster has updated their Top 500 List of Blogs. Scott Johnson, Feedster's CTO, writes about it here. — The first list was published in August. The new list incorporates recent links and has changed substantially from the previous version.
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