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John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine:
Will Apple Adopt Windows? — This would be the most phenomenal turnabout in the history of desktop computing. There's just one fly in the ointment. — Total posts: 15 — The idea that Apple would ditch its own OS for Microsoft Windows came to me from Yakov Epstein …
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Plans Music Service To Rival iPod — In recent years, Amazon.com Inc. Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has explained his company's deliberately paced approach to the digital-music business by saying he wants to avoid simply imitating the dominant player in the field, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store.
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Henry Blodget / Internet Outsider:
Amazon Music Strategy a Wrong Turn — The WSJ reported Amazon's plans to offer an Amazon-branded iPod competitor and digital music download store. I haven't done much work in this area yet, so please weigh in, but this strikes me as a startlingly bad move.
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Earthling / EarthLink blog:
Helio Detailfest 2006: MySpace Partnership and Two New Phones — I've been begging Helio since I first got their number in November to give me a hint about which phones and services they'd be supporting. Today, they are announcing some of what will be available when they launch their service later this Spring.
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Matthew Maier / CNN:
MySpace unwired — News Corp.'s youth-oriented Web portal extends its influence into the wireless world. — SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0) - MySpace.com, the website that has become a nationwide craze, is headed to a mobile phone near you. — If you aren't familiar with MySpace …
Arn / Mac Rumors:
The First Mac OS X Virus? (A New OS X Trojan) — On the evening of the 13th, an unknown user posted an external link to a file on MacRumors Forums claiming to be the latest Leopard Mac OS X 10.5 screenshots. The file was named "latestpics.tgz" — The resultant file decompresses …
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John Borland / CNET News.com:
New DVDs already sparking copy-protection confusion — When the first high-definition DVDs finally hit shelves this spring, a mad scramble may ensue—not for the discs themselves, but to figure out what computers and devices are actually able to play them in their full glory.
variety.com:
A pause in the action — Studios cut PSP titles — Sony's PlayStation Portable isn't turning out to be the hot new movie platform many in the biz had hoped. — With sales falling below expectations, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video are cutting back on movie releases for the PSP.
Marc Orchant / Office Evolution:
Office Live: bring out the trolls — There's nothing like a big announcement from Microsoft to start what my friend Ed Bott charitably calls "OS food fights". Yesterday's soft launch of Office Live is a classic example of how good ideas can go right off the rails when marketing messes around …
Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Microsoft driver flaw saps battery strength — Microsoft has confirmed the existence of a flaw in its USB 2.0 drivers for Windows XP Service Pack 2 that can cause a notebook to consume power at a faster-than-expected rate when using a peripheral device. — The issue, first uncovered …
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Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Wanted: Critical Windows Flaw ... Reward: $10,000 — iDefense, the Reston, Va.-based vulnerability research company recently bought up by Verisign Inc., is offering $10,000 to any hackers who can find a previously unknown security hole in Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Jessica Holzer / Forbes:
Chinese Delicacy — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yahoo!, Microsoft, Google and Cisco: conduits of free speech or accomplices to torture and oppression? Some folks on Capitol Hill would have you believe the latter. — On Wednesday in a charged hearing before the House subcommittee on human rights …
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Jason / Signal vs. Noise:
LAUNCH: Campfire, easy group chat for business — Jason Feb 16 — 132 comments Latest by Security... Today we officially announce the launch of Campfire, our simple real-time web-based group chat tool for business. We've been using it internally for the last 45 days or so and it's become …
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RawmeatCowboy / Go Nintendo:
Nintendo: Official Magazine (UK) scans! — MASSIVE thanks to Tallon for all the scans. Very, VERY much appreciated. — Once again, many thanks to Tallon for this awesome work. You really helped us out.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Joining the Edelman Me2 Revolution — Change is what life's all about. Sometimes it's planned, other times it falls in your lap. — When I first began to dabble with blogs as a communications tool over two years ago I saw change, but I didn't know what it was.
