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IEBlog:
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available — This evening we released IE7 Beta 2 at http://www.microsoft.com/ie. This release is not the preview or the update to the preview, but the real Beta 2 of IE7 for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP 64-bit Edition.
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Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy: IE7 Beta Release Party: Product Teams, Editors, Podcasters and Bloggers
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:Microsoft IE 7 — yesterday's browser tomorrow!
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Microsoft:
The Continuing Fight for Genuine Software — Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative expands programs to help customers identify counterfeit software. — REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2006 — For those outside the software industry, it can be difficult to appreciate the scope and impact …
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Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
Microsoft Bringing 'Genuine Advantage' Authentication to Office — In its increasingly aggressive drive to stamp out piracy, Microsoft is bringing Office into the WGA fold, and adding a new notifications service to WGA itself. — Windows Genuine Advantage has worked so well that Microsoft …
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Office Evolution
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:Microsoft piracy check comes calling
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Microsoft News Tracker
Andrew Garcia / eWEEK.com:
First 802.11n Products Show Standard's Promise — Review: Linksys products based on the 802.11n draft are the fastest wireless LAN devices eWEEK Labs has tested, but there are issues with legacy networks. — Some of the first products based on 802.11n show the wireless standard's performance potential—and problems.
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Wi-Fi consumers cautioned to wait on new gear — Two different groups testing new wireless products based on a draft standard of next-generation Wi-Fi technology caution consumers against buying pre-standard gear. — On Monday, the Fairpoint Group and the technology trade publication eWeek released results …
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TechBlog, eHomeUpgrade, The Technology Chronicles, PC World's Techlog and Ed Bott's Windows Expertise
Audrey Hudson / Wired News:
RFID 'Til the Cows Come Home — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The national ID system is going to the dogs — and the pigs, and the sheep and the cows and the chickens. — Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns this month released a government road map that would see most farmers voluntarily tag …
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Kevin Maney
Chris Sherman / Search Engine Watch:
Sphere: A New Approach to Blog Search — The blogosphere continues to both fascinate and frustrate, because great content is out there, but it's often drowned in a sea of garbage. Newly launched Sphere aims to change that with a different approach to blog search.
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC unveils radical revamp of website — The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com. — Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media and technology …
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down the avenue:
Video Goes Digital — Tonight, I wound up at the Churchill Club's monthly event on the future of video on the web. There's a podcast of the event if you later want to consume the audio. — It was a top notch group of panelists including Microsoft's General Manager for MSN Entertainment …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia's N73 and N93 launched — Well hello there N73 (bottom) and N93, how nice to see you in the for realz at last. Other than finally making these phones official we don't really have too much new information to offer. Both models run Series 60 3rd edition and feature large 2.4-inch QVGA …
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Nick / Rough Type:
The great Google float — The best business model ever created has to be the float. You hold on to other people's money for them, and you get to keep the interest. It's a beautiful thing. One of my favorite business stories is the tale of how J.C. Fargo, the president of American Express …
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B2Day, Google Blogoscoped, V7N Search Marketing News, Splasho and A Small Business Guide …
blogs.sun.com:
When I First Met Scott... I remember the first time I met Scott McNealy - I'm sure he doesn't remember it. It was in the board room in our old headquarters in Palo Alto. I was with one of the folks from the startup I ran, and we were meeting on the advice of a mutual customer. I think it was 1992 or '93.
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
'World of Warcraft' battles server problems — With 6 million subscribers, each of whom pays $15 a month, Blizzard Entertainment's online game "World of Warcraft" has become a billion-dollar enterprise. — Now comes the hard part: Making sure WoW is always up and running.
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Kotaku
Robert Hof / Business Week:
Ganging Up on Google — A phalanx of foes — from eBay to search rivals and Uncle Sam — is lining up to keep the search giant in check — The family of Joan Miro had a bone to pick with Google. The search giant used some of his images in its Web-site logo on Apr. 20 …
adorama.com:
Kodak announces new 10X dual zoom lens camera — Kodak today announced its second dual-lens camera, the Easyshare V610, claiming it's the world's smallest digital camera to have a 10X optical zoom range. Using a design that's almost identical to the original, 5MP (which was announced earlier this year) …
Erick Schonfeld / B2Day:
Startup Watch: Dave TV (AdSense for Video) — Not that we need yet another Internet TV site, but a startup called Dave.TV is about to launch a Web version of its video-sharing software in early May (called MyDave.TV). To watch Dave.TV today you need to download client software to your PC first.
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Apple:
Apple Introduces 17-inch MacBook Pro — MacBook Pro with 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo Processor Up to Five Times Faster Than PowerBook G4 — CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new 17-inch MacBook™ Pro notebook computer featuring the Intel Core Duo processor …
