Top Items:
web2.wsj2.com:
TRUST AND PRIVACY IN WEB 2.0: MICROSOFT, SEARCH, AND THE DOJ — As I write this I'm sitting here in the front row next to Robert Scoble at Microsoft Search Champs listening to a great talk by Microsoft Fellow Gary Flake about the Internet Singularity and today's announcement of Live Labs …
RELATED ITEMS:
Josh / Bokardo:
Microsoft Didn't Give User Data to DOJ in Privacy Case (podcast) — First, the podcast: Microsoft, Google, and the DOJ Privacy Case (7.21 MB mp3 ) — During a meeting today at the Microsoft Search Champs Conference in Redmond, WA, Yusuf Mehdi, Senior VP of MSN Information Services …
Kevin Rose / Digg Blog:
Digg & Yahoo! — Yesterday, I saw a couple digg stories reporting rumors about Yahoo! acquiring digg - I posted a small comment on digg dispelling the rumors and thought that was the end of it. Then, I woke up this morning to see TechCrunch (great site btw), CNN, CNET, and a few others fueling the rumors.
Discussion:
the j. botter weblog
RELATED ITEMS:
Jay Greene / Business Week:
The Bug in Microsoft's Ear — The software giant is mulling its own digital device that adds gaming to music and video, in an effort to compete with Apple's iPod empire — After getting trounced for four years in the digital music business by Apple Computer (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) finally seems poised to do something about it.
Discussion:
Gizmodo, Joystiq, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, eHomeUpgrade, Xbox 360 Fanboy, PaidContent.org, IP Democracy, Michael Gartenberg, Kotaku, Slashdot and Gamecloud
Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
Yahoo's New CPO Loves His Mac — You might have worked for the company for a decade, but that doesn't mean you will get a new cappuccino machine. It does mean that you get a new ID card, that says you have worked for the company for 10 years, and it also means you get a new gig.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Google admits online stumble — Google Inc., trying to extend its dominance of Internet search into the market for videos, said it made a mistake with the design of an online store. — Shows for sale weren't well promoted on the home page of Google Video, which was introduced earlier this month …
Jenstar / JenSense:
Google AdSense begins rich media beta test — Google AdSense is moving beyond the traditional text and graphical advertising to rich media, including interstitials, expanding ads and floating ads. AdSense began contacting publishers last week to be involved in the rich media limited beta test.
Roblimo / interviews.slashdot.org:
MS Security VP Mike Nash Replies — You posted a lot of great questions for Mike Nash last week, and he put a lot of time into answering them. As promised, his answers were not laundered by PR people, which is all too common with "executive" interviews with people from any company.
Discussion:
Heather's "Marketing …, Todd Bishop's Microsoft …, Download Squad, Datamation IT News Blog and TechBlog
Rick Segal / The Post Money Value:
A VC Rant with an opportunity — Short story. "Joe" has been working for 5 years to bring a software product to market while keeping the day job waiting & bussing tables. He has a wife, two kids, a dog and they live in a small nothing apartment. — For years, Joe toils away while pounding …
Discussion:
Mark Evans
RELATED ITEM:
cellular-news.com:
Cingular Patents the Emoticon :( — The USA based mobile operator, Cingular Wireless has managed to get a patent on the concept of using emoticon on mobile phones. While the aim of the patent is to enable the displaying of MSN style graphics on handsets, they also managed to patent …
Umair / Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab:
The Problems With 2.0, pt 345314 — I luv Memeorandum and all it's reconstructor cousins. It's one of the first things of my reading list. It's hugely slashed my search costs in finding new stuff. — But there's a problem. Ever since I've started using it to the point where it replaces …
CNN:
Google founder defends China portal — Also: How the powerful make their way to Davos, and what they're doing instead of networking. — DAVOS, Switzerland (FORTUNE) - The World Economic Forum, a gathering of leaders from the business world, media, academics, and assorted hollywood stars and do-gooders, is taking place this week.
Discussion:
Financial Times, Search Engine Watch Blog, Rough Type, Techdirt, Google Blogoscoped, Message and Tom Raftery's I.T. views
Guy Kawasaki / Let the Good Times Roll:
The Art of Bootstrapping — Someone once told me that the probability of an entrepreneur getting venture capital is the same as getting struck by lightning while standing at the bottom of a swimming pool on a sunny day. This may be too optimistic. — Let's say that you can't raise money …
Anne 2.0:
An OPML Answer to "Where are the Women in Tech Blogging?" — BlogHer's getting ready for the Monday launch of a new surfing guide. As one of two contributing editors in the Technology & Web domain, I'll be covering women blogging about tech. — misbehaving.net has one of the best blogrolls around listing women tech bloggers.
ZDNet:
Ancient flaws leave OS X vulnerable? — OS X contains unpatched security flaws of a type that were fixed on alternative operating systems more than a decade ago, according to a security researcher credited with finding numerous bugs in Apple's increasingly popular platform.
Ben Charny / eWEEK.com:
Microsoft Blogs Make Room for Ads — Microsoft's MSN Spaces blogging features are set for a major upgrade to incorporate a revenue-sharing advertising option and a new partnership with Amazon.com, according to various sources. — What Liveside.Net, and other Microsoft watchers are describing …
Discussion:
Bloggers Blog
Marc Perton / Engadget:
Government turns up volume on GPS — The US governmentflicked the switch today on a new GPS signal, known as L2C. The signal, according to the government, is transmitted ata higher effective power, allowing it to "work better in urban areas and indoors." The new signal, beingtransmitted …
Rebecca MacKinnon / RConversation:
Testing the "Castrated" Google — Xiao Qiang at China Digital Times has just posted a translation of a Chinese blog post calling Google.cn the "eunuch version." The author of "Zhengweekly blog" is reassured that Google.com can still be accessed by those who know how to change their user preferences.
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, ...My heart's in Accra, Joho the Blog, Between the Lines and B.L. Ochman's weblog
