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Microsoft Launches Beta Program for Microsoft Office Live Services — Internet-based services include free Web site, domain name and e-mail accounts. — REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 15, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the beta availability of Microsoft® Office Live (http …
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Phil Sim / Squash:
The REAL Google strategy — Helloooo! Yes, you. Look over here. Instead of obsessing with all of these half-baked consumer-oriented Web 2.0 plays. Instead of dissecting all of these increasingly mundane enterprise ERP takeovers, will somebody start paying attention to where the real action is - small to medium business.
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
The flattening of the press world — A dirty little secret about PR: they give certain press "exclusives" to try to get the story out better. This still goes on all the time. Why does Walt Mossberg or Steven Levy write about something before everyone else does?
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Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
THE SCOOP NO LONGER EXISTS — The blogosphere used to be about twenty people. You knew who was saying what, and when they were saying it. Some of us have been around THAT long to remember what it was like before... today. Over the past couple of days, I've heard more than one of my friends complain …
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Ed Sim / BeyondVC:
Why we invested in Sipphone, developers of Gizmo Project — Dawntreader Ventures has just led a $6mm round of financing in Sipphone, its first outside round of capital. We look forward to working with Michael Robertson and Jason Droege to fuel continued growth in the Sipphone …
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Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Internet Firms to Defend Policies — Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will go on Capitol Hill today to defend corporate policies for dealing with China that they say balance business interests with human-rights concerns. — In testimony before the House subcommittee on Africa …
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Motley Fool:
Blockbuster Follows Netflix, Again — By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMFBreakerRick) — Earlier this week, I looked at the throttling going on at Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX). Now that the popular DVD-by-mail company is handicapping hyperactive accounts with slower delivery times and poorer …
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Financial Times:
Bill Gates interview transcript — The FT's Richard Waters talks to Bill Gates at the RSA Security Conference 2006 in San Jose about Microsoft strategies on computer security, as well as the issue of censorship in China during the RSA Security Conference 2006 in San Jose.
Nik Cubrilovic:
Memetracking Attempts at Old Issues — I want to get straight to the point, personalized memetracking just doesn't work. How do I know? Because I attempted a solution to this a while ago with Pleech, an intelligent feed aggregator I have (had) been building for the past 2 years or more.
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Colin Campbell / next-gen.biz:
Exclusive: PS3 HUB; September Launch — Next Generation can reveal that Sony is planning to launch an online games service, largely modelled on Xbox Live, currently called PlayStation HUB. We also understand Sony is aiming for a September launch for PlayStation 3 in Japan and North America.
Feld Thoughts:
Why Most VC's Don't Sign NDAs — The following question appeared in my inbox the other day. … For starters, I'll restate the assertion. Most VC's don't sign non-disclosure agreements. Guy Kawasaki had a good comment on it in his Venture Capitalist Wishlist post. … That basically says it all.
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Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Oracle Acquisitions are not about MySQL — I've been thinking about this for the last day or so and have come to the conclusion that Oracle's acquisition of Sleepycat Software (and Berkeley DB) is not about MySQL. Even when combined with their previous purchase of Innobase Oy (and InnoDB), it's not about MySQL.
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Ollie Stone-Lee / BBC:
UK holds Microsoft security talks — UK officials are talking to Microsoft over fears the new version of Windows could make it harder for police to read suspects' computer files. — Microsoft Vista is due to be rolled out later this year. Cambridge academic Ross Anderson told MPs it would mean more computer files being encrypted.
Ars Technica:
HD DVD and Blu-ray delayed again, as AACS is pushed back — Remember all of the positioning about which next-generation optical format would hit the market first? Forget about it. It now appears that both formats will hit the market at the same time, because delays in the security specification …
Lee Gomes / Wall Street Journal:
In Contest, Players Vie to Position A Site Atop a Google Search — Remember how your parents used to tell you that when you encounter people you don't like, you should just ignore them? This story will help to show why that's true. — John Scott is a member of the occasionally shadowy fraternity of …
Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
Why Publishing Should Send Fruit-Baskets to Google — Cory Doctorow: Google's new Book Search promises to save writers' and publishers' asses by putting their books into the index of works that are visible to searchers who get all their information from the Internet.
Enid Burns / ClickZ:
Online Seizes More of the Advertising Mix — › › › Advertising/Marketing — An increasing number of advertisers commit a portion of their budgets to the Web. The "Annual Ad Spending Study: Where and Why Advertisers are Moving Online" released by Outsell …
The Age:
Ewww! Don't touch that mouse! — Computer mouses found in cyber cafes have been ranked as the second most bacteria-infested items in a list of commonly touched objects. — The survey, carried out by the Korea Consumer Protection Board, found shopping cart handles to be the worst of the worst.
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