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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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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.

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.

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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America Online Buys Developer of Video Search Service — Furthering its efforts to focus on Internet video, America Online said yesterday that it had acquired Truveo, a private Silicon Valley company that runs a search engine for video clips. AOL did not disclose the value of the purchase …

Apple's share price an in-joke for Intelites — In a bit of unintended humor, Wall Street closed Apple's stock Tuesday, the day the company unveiled its first Intel processor-based computers at Macworld, at $80.86. — That may mean nothing to the average person, but techies will no doubt catch …
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Apple Comeback May Help Jobs's Stock Grant Eclipse $800 Million
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Search Marketing's About People and Principles, Not Just Algorithms, Part 1 — Search marketing has come under fire in the mainstream press and elsewhere this year, and that's not good for the industry, said Danny Sullivan in his keynote address at Chicago's Search Engine Strategies conference.

A Time to Patch — A few months back while researching a Microsoft patch from way back in 2003, I began to wonder whether anyone had ever conducted a longitudinal study of Redmond's patch process to see whether the company was indeed getting more nimble at fixing security problems.
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The Original Denim Brand Kicks Off the Next Revolution in Digital Music Storage; The Levi's(R) Brand Launches First iPod Compatible Jeans Worldwide — SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 10, 2006—The Levi's(R) brand, the denim authority, is launching a wearable technology revolution …

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.

1000Tags - Another Stupid, Brilliant Idea — I was talking with an entrepreneur earlier today about about milliondollarhomepage and what a simple, brilliant concept it is. It's one of those things that will really only work once (although I have some further thoughts on that below).

Boeing Starts New Pricing for Internet — SEATTLE - Connexion by Boeing, a division of the aerospace company that offers in-flight Internet and entertainment services on several foreign airlines, says it will start charging people slightly less for online access — or slightly more, depending on how long they stay connected.

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" …

iTunes update spies on your listening and sends it to Apple? — A new version of Apple's iTunes for Mac appears to communicate information about every song you play to Apple, and it's not clear if there's any way to turn this off, nor what Apple's privacy policy is on this information.