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The evolution of the NetFlix envelope — The key to Netflix's lean operations is its lightweight, versatile mailer. Here's how 7 years of tweaking paid off. — SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - When the DVD first came out, Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings had a key insight:
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Robert X. Cringely / pbs.org:
Native Speaker: — There May Be an End-run for Apple Around Windows After All — Dave Winer, in his NerdTV interview several months back, said that he viewed his software developer job as giving customers whatever they want. It wasn't his job to say "no" to customers, but rather to say …
Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Chief of Ask Jeeves to Lead Microsoft's Internet Unit — Microsoft has hired Steven Berkowitz, the chief executive of Ask Jeeves, to run its floundering Internet division, Microsoft said yesterday. — Mr. Berkowitz became president of Ask Jeeves in 2001 and chief executive in 2003.
Fred / A VC:
Google - Oh My — Google posted the following numbers yesterday: — Quarterly revenues - $2.25bn, up 79% year over year — Quarterly EBITDA - $1bn - up 86% year over year — Now let's just take a second to comprehend those numbers. — We are witnessing a business that is approaching $10bn …
Business Week:
My Virtual Life — A journey into a place in cyberspace where thousands of people have imaginary lives. Some even make a good living. Big advertisers are taking notice — As I step onto the polished wood floor of the peaceful Chinese country house, a fountain gurgles softly …
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Ryan Block / Engadget Mobile:
Motorola's RAZR 2 / Canary pics! — Remember The Boy Genius, the dude who scored those CDMA Q shots way back in the year 2005? He's back, and hooked us up with some shots of Motorola's Canary, what we understand to be the true successor to the RAZR. Contrary to prior reports that this thing …
Marc Perton / Engadget:
Apple's iTunes pricing to stay at 99 cents — Apple Computer's Steve Jobs has apparently won his long-running battle with the record industry over the pricing of songs in the iTunes Music Store. Jobs has long insisted that the store's 99-cents-per-song price point should stay in place …
Jason Calacanis / Weblogs, Inc.:
Moving on up at WIN: Judith Meskill and Brad Hill take on new roles. — We've had a massive growth spurt in 2006 here at Weblogs, Inc. and as a result we're bumping people up. I'm thrilled to report two promotions today that will have a huge impact on both the growth of our business and our ability to produce quality blogs.
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CNN:
TSA: Computer glitch led to Atlanta airport scare — ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A bomb scare that led authorities to evacuate security checkpoints at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday was the result of a "software malfunction," Transportation Security Administration Director Kip Hawley said.
Richard MacManus / Web 2.0 Explorer:
Why Google is extending RSS — Jeff Jarvis picked up on my post the other day about GData, Google's new syndication protocol which is an extension of both RSS and Atom. Like most people, Jeff isn't sure what this means - and neither is Dave Winer. I'm in the same boat …
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Yahoo Visual Timeline 1996-2006 — Building upon Philipp's idea, which is as simple as it is unique, I thought that since Google was dominating so much search engine oriented news recently that it's time to give a bit of attention to Yahoo. — Here is the visual screen capture timeline of Yahoo.com …
James Orry / pro-g.co.uk:
Xbox Live Arcade to get MAME and SEGA games — The Buzz: A Microsoft staffer, wishing to remain anonymous, has revealed that MAME and games from SEGA are heading to Xbox Live Arcade. — Speaking to SPOnG, a Microsoft source close to the Xbox Live Arcade project has spilled the beans …
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Simon Burns / vnunet:
Microsoft to upgrade Xbox 360 CPU — New CPU technology can reduce temperature and lower cost — Microsoft will upgrade the CPU used in its Xbox 360 games console early next year, the CPU's manufacturer announced today. — The new CPU will be built using technology that can reduce heat …
The State:
Might McNealy step down at Sun? — PRESSURE BUILDS FOR DEEP JOB CUTS — After years of struggling financially, Sun Microsystems is facing such fierce pressure that some investors and analysts are calling for large layoffs, fueling rumors that co-founder and Chief Executive Scott McNealy could step aside.
Reuters:
eBay's Google guard: Yahoo or Microsoft? — eBay has had talks with both Yahoo and Microsoft to determine whether one of them might be a suitable ally against common threats from Google, The Wall Street Journal said Friday. — "After years of working closely with the search giant …
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Rhys Blakely / Times of London:eBay explores 'super union' to thwart Google
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Andrew McLaughlin / eHomeUpgrade:
Seagate Readying a 750GB Perpendicular Barracuda Drive — Someone with a fast hand over at Dailytech noticed that Seagate accidentally released a PDF specification of their new 750GB Barracuda drives. These new drives will be available in both PATA and SATA based on the new perpendicular …
Oliver / MobileCrunch:
Alltel Introduces "Limited" "Unlimited Free Calling" with "My Circle Plan" — By offering unlimited free calls to ten pre-selected numbers with their new "My Circle" plan, Alltel hopes to increase ARPU and offset off-net settlement charges resulting in overall improved profits off of their voice customers.
Hugo 'poogie' Ortega / Uber Tablet:
Hugo Ortega spends time with the Lenovo X41 — Tonight my intention is to review the Lenovo X41 Tablet PC. Having not been a great fan of "reviews" in the past I've often struggled to put my own thoughts into a review. My biggest dilemma with reading a review is deciphering whether I'm with the reviewer, or against.
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Technorati Top 100 Is Changing Radically — Have you checked out the Technorati Top 100 (by unique links) lately? It's starting to change in very interesting ways. — First, Dave Winer is gone. That's right — Scripting News is no longer a top 100 blog. — So what knocked him off?
Your mail is here, come and get it!:
What do hippopotami have to do with Windows Live Mail? Lots. — Hello, everyone! My name is Ben Poon and I'm the Beta Program Manager for Windows Live Mail. I've waited a long time to introduce myself to all of you because I wanted to have something great to share on my first post here.
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buygoogle.com:
What the analysts missed - — I could write another glowing post about Google's dazzling results, but I've done that many times before. If you want to read about how rare and wonderful it is that a member of the S&P 500 can sustain an incredible growth rate while simultaneously increasing margins …
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