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Telis Demos / CNN:
The sleeping giant goes on the offensive — Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft is ready to take the offensive. — (FORTUNE Magazine) - When Microsoft (Research) went public in 1986, there was no 3-D videogaming, no enterprise software, and no Google (Research).
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook is doing the Skype dance — Business Week is reporting that Facebook has turned down a $750 million acquisition offer and is looking for $2 billion. The blogosphere is buzzing about the news. — The source of the information is an executive(s) at Facebook …
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Erick Schonfeld / B2Day:
Is Facebook Worth $2 Billion? — BW Online is reporting that the Facebook is trying to sell itself for $2 billion. That sort of wishful accounting makes Ruoert Murdoch seem like a penny pincher for paying only $580 million for the much larger MySpace. — At 7 million members …
Ker Than / MSNBC:
Brain cells fused with computer chips — Tests with neurons could lead to better computers, brain treatments — P. Fromherz / NACHIP / Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry — A neuron from a rat brain sprawls over a linear array of transistors. The cell's ionic current interacts with the electronic current in the silicon.
BBC:
US group wants China 'spy' probe — A US agency is calling for an official probe into Chinese computer firm Lenovo's contract to supply 15,000 computers to the US State Department. — The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) said it feared the PCs could be fitted with bugging devices to spy on the US government.
Joel Santo Domingo / Gearlog:
Mac Os X 10.5 Likely To Have Virtualization, Windows Support — In a stunning move, BAPCo, the industry-standard Windows benchmarking consortium, announced that Apple Computer has joined up as a member. BAPCo is responsible for the SYSmark 2004SE and MobileMark benchmark suites we use at PC Magazine Labs for testing PCs.
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Rick Aristotle Munarriz / Motley Fool:
Follow the Money, Honey — If you want to make lots of money in Internet stocks, the trick is pretty easy to master. First, you need to find a growing niche. Don't rack your brain over that. I'll nudge you in the right direction by pointing out a few, like online advertising, blogging, social networking, and video streaming.
windley.com:
Internet Identity Workshop (IIW) — Computer History Museum — Mountainview CA — Workshop Wiki — The Internet Identity Workshop focuses on user-centric identity and identity in the large. Providing identity services between people, websites, and organizations that don't necessarily …
Associated Press:
Net: a Political Free-for-All — The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the internet. — In a 6-0 vote, the commission decided to regulate only paid political ads placed on another person's website.
Modculture / Tech Digest:
Hitachi launches the theft-proof projector — You'll not lose this one in a hurry. Or rather, that's what Hitachi hopes with their ED-X10 projector, designed for schools, colleges and universities in a distinctively bright orange colour and with a host of security features onboard.
www2.panasonic.com:
PANASONIC ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST HIGH DEFINITION BLU-RAY DISC PLAYER'S AVAILABILITY, PRICING — NEW YORK CITY, NY (March 28, 2006) - Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company today announced the upcoming availability of the company's first Blu-ray Disc player, the DMP-BD10, available this September.
Herschell Taghap / Infinite Loop:
Apple's 30'' Cinema Display gets quiet upgrade — Apple's 30'' LCD is a beautiful thing. The screen's minimalistic design and sleek lines could only be worthy of being designed in Cupertino, California. But, as we have learned in the company's history, and especially these past couple years …
bluetooth.com:
BLUETOOTH SIG SELECTS WIMEDIA ALLIANCE ULTRA-WIDEBAND TECHNOLOGY FOR HIGH SPEED BLUETOOTH® APPLICATIONS — Bluetooth technology and UWB solution enables wireless high speed and ad-hoc applications while maintaining low power — Bellevue, WA - March 28, 2006 - The Bluetooth SIG today announced …
