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Dick / Burning Questions:
Burnvelopes? No, FeedBurner Email — It turns out that not everybody is quite ready to ditch the old Inbox just yet. People like to be notified when their favorite publishers have something new posted, but a large audience still finds the familiar setting of email to be the most comfortable and reliable way to receive updates.
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Michael Bazeley / SiliconBeat:
With $13.5 million from Fox, Simply Hired is simply on a roll — It seemed like only yesterday when we were introduced to Simply Hired in a scratchy phone call with management (we were in an East Bay parking lot seeking a decent cell phone signal). We were a bit underwhelmed at the time …
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Apple:
Apple Reports Second Quarter Results — Revenue Grows 34 Percent Year-over-Year; Earnings Increase 41 Percent — CUPERTINO, California—April 19, 2006—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2006 second quarter ended April 1, 2006. The Company posted revenue …
Associated Press:
Rights group says Yahoo gave China information used to jail a third Chinese user — BEIJING (AP) — Yahoo (YHOO) turned over a draft e-mail from one of its users to Chinese authorities, who used the information to jail the man on subversion charges, according to the verdict from his 2003 trial released Wednesday by a rights group.
David Kirkpatrick / CNN:
Microsoft's new brain — Brutal competition. A stock going nowhere. Microsoft is in crisis, so Bill Gates has unleashed his new hire, software genius Ray Ozzie, to remake the company - and conquer the Web. — (FORTUNE Magazine) - Last June, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer summoned …
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B2Day, OakLeaf Systems, IP Democracy, Business Filter, JD on EP, Microsoft News Tracker and Joho the Blog
Michael Bazeley / SiliconBeat:
ShopWiki tries to push into shopping search space — The shopping comparison site space seemed crowded a couple of years ago. But Shopzilla honed its way in, eventually selling to E. W. Scripps for $525 million last summer. Is there room for yet another player? ShopWiki, a start-up out of New York, hopes so.
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Mashable*, ComparisonEngines.com, Search Engine Watch Blog, SharkJumping and Clickety Clack
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Alan Meckler versus Jason Calacanis — What: Wall Street Journal is hosting an e-debate between Alan Meckler, chief executive of Jupiter Media, and Jason Calacanis of Weblogs Inc. (now part of AOL, a dvision of Time Warner) The debate is about can bloggers make money and a living off their blogging efforts.
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duncanriley.com, B.L. Ochman's weblog, Somewhat Frank, Message, Mark Evans and mathewingram.com/work
Paul Thurrott / winsupersite.com:
Windows Vista February 2006 CTP (Build 5308/5342) Review, Part 5: Where Vista Fails — I still remember the day very clearly. It was Monday, October 27, 2003. Several thousand developers—and, let's face it, quite a few garden variety Windows enthusiasts—charged into Hall …
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Braden Cox / The Technology Liberation Front:
A Pro-DRM FCC Commissioner — Last night a FCC commissioner came out in favor of...DRM? Yes, at a reception sponsored by the DC Bar Association in her honor, Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, the newest addition to the FCC, spoke eloquently on a number of issues but perhaps most remarkable …
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Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google to search inside business software programs — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc., the consumer Web search favorite, will help office workers dig deeper into business software programs and databases to find relevant information tidbits, the company said on Tuesday.
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Yahoo! Publisher Network:
It Pay the Bills — Yahoo!'s resident toublemaker weighs in on the past and present of contextual advertising — When people can't think of anything particularly good to say about their job, I often hear "well, it pays the bills...", which often elicits a response of "yup" and a knowing nod.
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Kids outsmart Web filters — Last November, Ryan, a high-school sophomore, figured out a way to outsmart the Web filters on a school PC in order to visit the off-limits MySpace.com while doing "homework" in the computer lab. — A teacher eventually spotted the social network on the screen in front of …
Alison Maitland / Financial Times:
Skype says texts are censored by China — Skype, the fast-growing internet communications company that belongs to Ebay, has admitted that its partner in China has filtered text messages, defending this compliance with censorship laws as the only way to do business in the country.
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Skype Journal, Aswath Weblog, Networking Pipeline, IP Democracy and The Social Software Weblog
Igear / iPod Gear:
Counterfeit Apple iPod Nanos and Shuffles — Apple's iPod has become so popular that counterfeiters are making their own versions and passing them off as authentic. At first glance, the fake iPods appear very real. Apple is warning its resellers of the existence of these fake iPods and how to identify them.
Monica Chen / digitimes.com:
Intel preferred over VIA for UMPCs — Market sources indicated that Microsoft originally planned to partner with VIA Technologies to promote its "Origami" Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), as VIA's C7-M embedded processor is priced at US$700-800, compared to the Intel Celeron M and Pentium M series at US$1,200-1,400.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Mashups for fun—and profit? — Mashup Web sites, from celebrity stalking sites to an online pedometer for running enthusiasts, are certainly all the rage. Now comes the hard part: making money off these things. — Though a handful of mashups have received venture capital backing …
Amanda Cantrell / CNN:
Apple investors look for Intel effect — When company reports results Wednesday, analysts will have a close eye on sales of new Macs. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - When Apple reports its second-quarter earnings Wednesday, investors and analysts will watch closely for evidence of how the company's switch to Intel chips is panning out.
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Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
GSM-based, Windows Mobile 5-toting Treo — Some hawt spy photos of the new Windows Mobile Treo or just fuzzy pictures of someone's painted Sidekick? You decide. — It seems that a temporary "test engineer"—can you hire those guys at Adecco?—was going off about a new WM5 Treo with GSM …
Jay Small / Small Initiatives:
Registration evolution at Scripps sites — The following item, regarding user registration at sites I work with in my "day job," was also posted to two newspaper industry e-mail lists. My apologies if you've already seen it as a member of either list. — At 13 of E.W. Scripps' daily …
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Danielfe / Dan Fernandez's Blog:
Visual Studio 2005 Express Announcements! — Dear Visual Studio Express community, — We are incredibly excited to announce that effective April 19th, 2006, all Visual Studio 2005 Express Editions including Visual Basic, Visual C#, Visual J#, Visual C++, and Visual Web Developer Express will be free permanently!
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