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Reuters:
Microsoft may delay Windows Vista again — Gartner — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s long- awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.
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Michael A. Silver / gartner.com:
Windows Vista Unlikely to Ship Before 2Q07 — Microsoft's track record is clear; it consistently misses target dates for major operating system releases. We don't expect broad availability of Windows Vista until at least 2Q07, which is nine to 12 months after Beta 2. — Price: US$195.00
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mozilla.com:
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.3 — Firefox 1.5.0.3 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. — Security fix for denial of service vulnerability.
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BBC:
Cash card taps virtual game funds — A real world cash card that allows gamers to spend money earned in a virtual universe has been launched. — Gamers can use the card at cash machines around the world to convert virtual dollars into real currency. — The card is offered by the developers …
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Seth Schiesel / New York Times:
Entropia Universe Players Can Cash Their Online Earnings at the A.T.M. — When you put your card into an automated teller machine, view your balance on the screen and then receive money from the dispenser, you probably understand that a merely electronic notion — your bank account …
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Gwen Hinze / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Blogging WIPO: The Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty Hits the Fast Track - SCCR 14, Day 1 — The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Committee meets this week to discuss the latest redraft of the contentious new Broadcasting Treaty.
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
UN cooking podcast-killing treaty — The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill innovative Internet audio/video offerings — like podcasting, YouTube, Google Video, and Democracy Player — in order to protect the business models of a few entrenched broadcasters.
Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Retaliation for Antispam Success? — An unusual spam war has erupted on the net, pitting an apparently irate spammer against an Israeli antispam firm that claims it's making junk e-mailers think twice about bugging its customers. — Blue Security's controversial method uses reverse spam …
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Greg Linden / Geeking with Greg:
Personalized news from Spotback — Michael Arrington reports that a new startup, Spotback, has launched a personalized news site. — From the Spotback FAQ: … The site is clean, responsive, and easy to use. No login is required, just start rating articles.
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jkOnTheRun:
Plethora of Samsung Q1 reviews are out — Since the roll-out of the Samsung Q1 UMPC/ Origami yesterday a number of major publications have produced reviews and overviews of the little Tablet PC. Here are some of the major ones: — Stuff Magazine- mixed reaction, interesting claim they typed the article using DialKeys.
Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Xbox Live and Xbox.com are back online — Xbox Live, Xbox.com and the Xbox Forums are now back online. In addition we have some new features for you. An all new 'My Xbox' section (with the ability to quickly see the number of friends online, messages) with quick links to : — View your recent players list
Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Suit Levels Spyware, Typosquatting Allegations at Yahoo — A class-action lawsuit filed Monday against Yahoo! Inc. and group of unnamed third-parties accuses the company of engaging in "syndication fraud" against advertisers who pay Yahoo to display their ads on search results and on the Web pages of partner Web sites.
Stuart / mesh blog:
marketing 2.0 and that darn long tail — For the past 50 or more years, advertising has been based on one basic concept: yelling at people via the television, works. You could get enough of them in one place, nice and passive, and if you delivered the right message enough times you could create awareness.
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Steve Rosenbush / Business Week:
News Corp.'s New Net Bets — Its Fox Interactive Media has picked up two small Web companies to complement earlier Internet acquisitions such as MySpace — The Fox Interactive Media unit of giant News Corp. (NWS) said on May 1 that it had acquired two small Internet companies to help expand …
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Loren / Incremental Blogger:
Specialized input panel for Excel — If you're a heavy Tablet and Excel user and have ever felt like the built in Tablet Input Panel (TIP) didn't quite match what you wanted to do in Excel, TipX may have come to your rescue. — I've just been playing with TipX—a special purpose Tablet Input Panel add …
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
The Genius of Apple's Stores — Apple Computer is firing on all cylinders these days, but of all the things contributing to its success, hardly anyone mentions its chain of retail stores. — The stores are as important to Apple as the iPod or OS X when it comes to driving …
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Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
French DRM law gutted — It didn't take long for the new French DRM legislation to get spoiled in committee, and you can't blame French consumers for expecting canard à l'orange and being served some very dodgy escargot instead. — The legislation in question originally contained …
Guardian:
Mobile operators face wi-fi challenge — The UK's mobile phone networks will come under attack today as wireless internet provider The Cloud announces a low-cost tariff for unlimited web access, making it easier for people to make free calls through the web from big cities, rather than use their mobile phones.
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Jenstar / JenSense:
MySpace.com and Yahoo Publisher Network apparently don't mix — MySpace has long been a marketing tool and a great way to drive traffic to other sites or advertising. But if you happen to be monetizing with MySpace and using Yahoo Publisher Network, you may get your account suspended …
Cynthia Brumfield / IP Democracy:
Verizon: FiOS TV Going Gangbusters — Verizon issued its Q1 06 earnings results today showing a rise in revenue (normalized to include both Verizon and MCI, which merged with Verizon in early January) but a drop in net income. Revenues rose 3.1% year-over-year to $22.97 billion …
