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Henry Norr / macintouch.com:
Macworld Expo 2006: Day 1 — Impressions — Steve Jobs' Jan. 10, 2006, Macworld Expo keynote marked an important milestone in the history of the Mac platform, but not as big or, frankly, as exciting a moment as I and many others had expected. — What made the day historic, of course …
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Nate Mook / betanews.com:
XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac — With the announcement of the first Intel based Macs yesterday, many users have rejoiced in being able to dual-boot both Mac OS X and Windows. Unfortunately, this is not the case; due to Apple's use of the extensible firmware interface (EFI) …
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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 …
Rosyna / [unsanity] Weblog:
Lost in Transition: Overcane of Antflower Milk — Today Apple announced the MacBook Pro. It has quite a few changes compared to the previous PowerBook. For one, it uses an Intel Core Duo (formally known as Yonah) chip. This is a dual core processor and no, unlike what Steve Jobs stated, this does not have two processors.
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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Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
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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Michael Brick / New York Times:
In a Flash, Camera Dealers Feel the Web's Wrath — The last best address leads to a metallic gray warehouse by the waterfront in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Trash haulers go about and there is a dull buzzing sound in the hallway. Graffiti gives information that white people are devils.
Staci / PaidContent.org:
Friendster Sales Saga Continues; Viacom Takes A Pass : [Staci D. Kramer] When I first heard last December from a reliable source that Viacom had made a $20 million offer for Friendster, I held back from reporting it because I couldn't confirm enough details. At first, it seemed like a done deal …
Chris Morris / CNN:
PlayStation 3 price - $500? — Analysts, developers say they expect Sony's new console to break new price barriers. — Game Over is a weekly column by Chris Morris — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - While there was little doubt the Xbox 360 was going to be a hit in the just completed holiday season …
google.com:
Google Analytics Status Update — We've added enough capacity that we are re-opening signups on an invitation basis. Many of our users who previously submitted their email address to us will be receiving an invite shortly. — As you may know, we experienced extraordinarily strong demand shortly after we launched last November.
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
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.
Search Engine Watch:
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.
Michael Bazeley / SiliconBeat:
SpotRunner: Easy TV ads for local businesses — Think it's tough getting local advertisers to embrace Internet advertising? Try TV advertising. The complexities and cost of producing a video and buying air time are too daunting for most small business owners.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
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).
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
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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