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Associated Press:
Microsoft, Apple Sign 5-Year Software Pact — SEATTLE - Apple Computer Inc. won't thwart users from loading Microsoft's Windows operating system onto its new Intel-based Macintosh computers _ but don't expect Apple to start offering a Mac running Windows. — Phil Schiller …
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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.
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.
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.
Seth Jayson / Motley Fool:
AOL Betrays Google — Butch and Sundance. Starsky and Hutch. Peas and carrots. If you're thinking of adding AOL and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) to that list, think again. — Ever since the entire AOL bidding war was resolved, I've been thinking that Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) …
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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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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
SearchFox To Shut Down — Richard Curry and Russell Limprecht just sent me near-simultaneous emails that they noticed Searchfox, a RSS reader with a small but dedicated group of users, is announcing on their site that they will shut down on January 25, 2006. — My original profile of Searchfox, on September 12, 2005, is here.
Adam L. Penenberg / Slate:
Microsoft vs. Computer Security — Why the software giant still can't get it right. — Four years ago, Bill Gates dispatched a companywide e-mail promising that security and privacy would be Microsoft's top priorities. Gates urged that new design approaches must "dramatically reduce" …
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 …
Ericgu / Eric Gunnerson's C# Compendium:
Windows DVD Maker FAQ — If you have a question, please add it as a comment, and I'll add it to this post. — Questions about Windows DVD Maker — 1: I hope you support HT and Dual Core processors — A: The short answer is that we are multithreaded and support dual proc.
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Colin Campbell / Business Week:
Game Advertising-Only Agency Launched — Dedicated to bringing clients and videogames together — Engage In-Game Advertising is describing itself as "the first independent in-game media company" offering "strategic planning and placement services targeted specifically for videogame advertising".
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Financial Times:
DirecTV 'close to wireless strategy' — Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, said on Monday the group's DirecTV satellite television arm was close to deciding a strategy on how to enter the wireless high-speed internet market, with a plan due within two months.
Jason Kelly / Bloomberg:
Apple Comeback May Help Jobs's Stock Grant Eclipse $800 Million — Listen — Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — Apple Computer Inc.'s bet on founder and two-time Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs is about to pay off. For him. — Jobs exchanged worthless options on a split-adjusted 55 million shares …
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 …
Candace Heckman / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
FTC objects to Netflix settlement — The Federal Trade Commission is asking a California judge to reject a proposed class-action settlement between consumers and the Internet DVD rental service Netflix, saying the agreement "appears dangerously close to being a promotional gimmick."
