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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 …
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Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
Introducing, The Daily Om — Back in the day when I worked for a weekly newspaper in New York, the dismal newsroom taught me something: not everything merits a front page 24 point headline treatment. There are some stories which are short, sweet, touching or simply quirky.
Leander / The Cult of Mac Blog:
First Mac OS X Worm a Wake-Up Call — UPDATE: There's a lot of debate about whether this is a real worm, or merely an elaborate, executable script that the user is tricked into running. It appears to be a worm — it's self-containing code that replicates itself over the Net (def.).
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AllPeers is Coming; Exclusive Screenshots — Prague based Allpeers cofounder Matthew Gertner came by my house today to install the product and let me try it out. — Allpeers is a Firefox extension that creates a simple, persistent buddy list in the browser.
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Tom's Future of Web Apps, Translated for Product Managers — I've had a tab open in my browser pointing at Tom's Native to a Web of Data slide for a few days now. It's been nagging me. I needed to do something with the ideas encapsulated in that one slide, and tonight it struck me while I was doing something completely unrelated.
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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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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 …
Jonathan Berr / TheStreet.com:
Google Warms to Wall Street — Google (GOOG:Nasdaq - news - research - Cramer's Take) is extending an olive branch. — The search engine giant's shares are down 18% this year, following a Jan. 31 earnings setback that cratered the once-invincible stock. So Google, after long sitting …
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AdAge:
'THE SOPRANOS' USES GOOGLE MAPS TO PROMOTE NEW SEASON — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — HBO may have unearthed a new branding platform, Google Maps. The Time Warner unit is out promoting the return of "The Sopranos" through a variety of mediums but is likely to be the first advertiser to have paid …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog:HBO's "The Sopranos" Uses Google Maps & AdWords for Show Promotion
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Brian / Spam Kings Blog:
Asterisk on pop-up mogul's gold — There's already a tarnish on the gold medal won by Australian mogul skier Dale Begg-Smith at the Olympics in Turin this week. — While the 21-year-old Begg-Smith may not have been involved in doping or cheating on the slopes, the way he richly supported himself …
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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.
kpcb.com:
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Forms $200 Million — Pandemic and Bio Defense Fund — MENLO PARK, CA., February 16, 2006 - Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) - a leader in providing relationship and venture capital SM services to entrepreneurs - announced the formation of a new fund, the KPCB Pandemic and Bio Defense Fund.
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 …
Robert X. Cringely / pbs.org:
BYOB: — Don't be surprised if Apple saves the day for Blockbuster Video — Poor Blockbuster Video hasn't made a profit in years, the stock is down about 90 percent from its 2002 high, NetFlix is cleaning its clock, and nobody - I mean NOBODY - thinks the future looks in any way rosy for this pioneering video rental chain.
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Bonnie Ruberg / Wired News:
Sex Games Get Down to Business — Sexy mods squeezed into video games may still cause controversy, but racy titles are becoming so popular the industry is planning a convention so developers can chart a path to success. — Evergreen Events will host the first-ever Sex in Video Games Conference this June.
Xeni Jardin / Boing Boing:
Harsh words for US tech firms from House at China 'net hearings — Today's House hearings on the ethical responsibilities of US internet firms operating in China are reportedly the first such hearing to be open to bloggers. Any bloggers there, and filing posts? Let us know.
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