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FactoryJoe / FactoryCity:
Revving a classic cliché — So there's been some more talk lately about Flock and extensions and relevancy and Performancing's new blogging tool for Firefox. I'm all for it. The more we talk about open source, about Firefox, about Flock, about coming up with better, cooler …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Wink Launches — The Wink user-enhanced search engine, in private beta for the last few months, launches Thursday morning to the world. — Wink has evolved substantially since my October 12, 2005 review. — Wink is, at its core, a combination of traditional search with feature-rich social bookmarking.
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Om Malik on Broadband:
People Power Vs Google — Will a people's collective be able to beat Google at the search game? — That's the proverbial $64,000 question, and venture investors are trying to answer that by funding start-ups such as Wink, that plans to go live perhaps as soon as Thursday, according to Silicon Valley sources.
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2006.sxsw.com:
THE LATEST BITS + BYTES » — HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SXSW — Next week will be a light week for us — both the Bits + Bytes and Speakers in the News blogs will be taking a brief vacation. Look for fresh news and content on the SXSW Interactive site beginning Monday, January 2, 2006.
Bloomberg:
French Parliament Votes to Allow Web File Sharing (Update1) — Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) — The French Parliament voted last night to allow free sharing of music and movies on the Internet, setting up a conflict with both the French government and with media companies.
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BBC:
Microsoft may face daily EU fine — The European Commission has threatened to fine Microsoft up to 2m euros (£1.36m; $2.4m) a day until it gives rivals more access to its systems. — Brussels said the software giant had failed to supply adequate information about its server programs.
Read/WriteWeb:
Best Web Companies and Innovators of 2005 — Last year about this time I did a post celebrating the best Web companies of 2004. I was planning on doing a mega version of that this year, extending it to software and services. But then Dion came up with his excellent list of best Web software of '05 …
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google, Time Warner strike $1 billion deal on AOL — update Google will invest $1 billion for a 5 percent stake in Time Warner's America Online unit as part of a partnership that expands their existing search engine deal to include collaboration on advertising, instant messaging and video.
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The Voice of Online …
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Julia Angwin / Wall Street Journal:Bumpy Road Led to Alliance Of AOL, Google
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Nick / Rough Type:
I'm with Google — A Kansas startup named Kozoru has been making big claims about how it's going to revolutionize internet searching for about a year now, while also bouncing between putative business models. At the Web 2.0 conference in October, the company's founder, John Flowers …
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searchenginejournal.com:
2005 Search Engine Blogs Awards : Blog Search, Search Marketing Blogs — 2005 Search Engine Blogs Awards : Blog Search, Search Marketing Blogs — The Search Engine Journal 2005 Search Blog Awards votes have been tallied and I'd like to thank our readers who nominated their favorite search blogs …
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Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
Search Marketing After the Google, AOL Deal — The expanded alliance between Google and America Online brings new possibilities for search marketers; both the potential to add graphics to paid listings and buy ads from AOL directly. It also keeps Microsoft's MSN in the also-ran position …
Andy Hagans / Performancing.com:
Buying Blogs: The Blog Buying Checklist — Today I bought a Poker blog from SitePoint. Blog auctions are becoming more and more common, and they can be a great way to get a head start on turning a profit. But there's a lot of snake oil out there. So I thought for today's post I could walk …
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Matt Brett:
The New Standard Feed Icon — On December 14, the Microsoft RSS Team made an announcement on their blog. This announcement is extremely important on many levels and I'm really surprised there hasn't been more talk about it. And as such, I figured I would take this opportunity to jump …
Bobbie Johnson / Guardian:
The sparring and spin of the Google dance — How unscrupulous firms are manipulating world's leading search engine — It is known as the Google dance, a delicate struggle between technicians at the world's largest internet search engine and the spin doctors who manipulate the worldwide web for commercial ends.
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Pete Mortensen / Wired News:
Apple, Intel Clam Up on Macworld — Ever since Apple Computer's iTunes Music Store made internet song downloads both legal and easy, pundits and users alike have been asking: Why not movies, too? — The wait might end next month as Intel rolls out Viiv, its plan to make computers the reliable centers of home entertainment.
Rob Bushway / Tablet PC MVP:
Results of M200 vs X41 comparison — I just love technology. I especially love getting my hands on gadgets, playing with them, figuring out what works / doesn't work - especially for my customers. — I've been putting the Thinkpad X41 Table PC through its paces since last Friday …
