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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Steve Jobs keynote live from Macworld 2006 — Yes, yes, this post is where all theaction's gonna happen for today's live Stevenote-keynote coverage. Bookmark it, refresh it, do your thing — just besure and come back some time around 9:00AM Pacific / 12:00PM Eastern.
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apple.com:
Apple Introduces MacBook Pro — MacBook Pro with Intel Core Duo Processor Up to Four Times Faster Than PowerBook G4 — MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO—January 10, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new MacBook™ Pro notebook computer featuring the new Intel® Core™ Duo processor …
Tom Krazit / PC World:
Jobs Introduces Intel-Based Mac Laptop, Desktop — New MacBook Pro, iMac using Intel's Core Duo processor unveiled at Macworld. — SAN FRANCISCO — Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer, today introduced a new notebook and an iMac computer that use Intel's latest Core Duo processor.
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
New Intel Macs Scream, Jobs Says — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs took center stage at Macworld on Tuesday to introduce the first Macs based on Intel chips six months ahead of schedule: a speedy, flat-screen iMac and a slim, high-end notebook with a new name — the MacBook.
Associated Press:
IMac, MacBook Are Intel Happy — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer's historic shift to Intel microprocessors came months earlier than expected as CEO Steve Jobs on Thursday debuted personal computers based on new two-brained chips from the world's largest semiconductor company.
Jeff Clavier / Software Only:
Search Consolidation Act #1: Truveo goes to AOL — This post initiates a new consolidation series - about the Search market, similar to the one I have been writing about Social Media M&A. With the increasing number of search players, this consolidation is to be expected as large Internet companies …
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Chris Cardinal / gearlive.com:
CES 2006 Video: TiVo Series 3 Video Interview, First Look — We got some quality hands-on time with the forthcoming TiVo Series 3, TiVo's first HD-capable DVR. The Series 3 unit has some cool new features, including a single-color, two-line OLED LCD display on the front of the unit that shows you what's being recorded on each tuner.
Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed:
Fear of a Skype Planet — I just had an "interesting" experience. While travelling I was alerted that my main office PC was sending out enormous amounts of traffic. According to the tech person involved, the culprit was ... Skype. As bizarre as it might seem, the contention seems …
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Microsoft's file system patent upheld — update Two patents covering one of Microsoft's main Windows file-storage systems are valid after all, federal patent examiners have decided. — The decision, announced Tuesday by the software giant, effectively ends a two-year saga over the patents …
Dan Warne / apcmag.com:
Microsoft's open source point man — Martin Gregory does one thing, and one thing only, for Microsoft: lobby against open source. Dan Warne talked to him. — What are the misconceptions of open source? — Number one, we don't compete with open source ... as a development model or a technology model.
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Henry Blodget / Internet Outsider:
Google: The Bear Case — No one else is writing this piece, so it will have to be me. I should say upfront that I'm not predicting that this will happen (yet), and I'm certainly not making a recommendation. I'm just laying out a scenario that could kick Google in the kneecaps and take its stock back to, say, $100 a share.
Ars Technica:
Anonymous Internet annoyance illegal? Yes and no. — The 'net is alive with buzz about a new bill signed into law by President Bush that could see certain forms of harassment online turned into criminal behaviors. The bill, dubbed the Violence Against Women and Department …
Chikai Ohazama / Official Google Blog:
Google Earth in a Mac world (PC too) — We feel like proud parents around here. Our eldest, Google Earth for the PC, is officially leaving beta status today, and we couldn't be more pleased. For those of you who downloaded early, upgrade to the latest and discover Google Earth all over again.
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Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
The story of PriceGrabber part 1: Grabware — Successful companies can be formed out of the failure of a dream and a side project created for friends and family growing into much more. This is the story of the birth of PriceGrabber.com, a shopping comparison search company that grew …
Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab:
Research Note: Media 2.0, On-Demand, and Strategy — "..."We have growth options, and I think we're going to surprise a lot of people," Moonves says. " Our future success will depend on maximizing the use of our great entertainment, news and sports content everywhere and being paid for it.
