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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Microsoft doesn't support Firefox? — Darren Barefoot notes "I guess Microsoft doesn't want my money." — This pisses me off. — If I were Bill Gates I'd issue a memo that said "any team that ships without Firefox support automatically gets 3.0s for all members." — "Huh?"
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Darren Barefoot:
I Guess Microsoft Doesn't Want My Money — Yesterday, Steve Ballmer announced the official launch of Microsoft adCenter, their contextual ad word product, aimed at rivalling the monster that is Google AdWords: … We run Google AdWords campaigns for a few of our clients.
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Windows Live Local Offers a Unique View of Where the Stars Hang Out — Microsoft's online mapping service provides the inside scoop on where top celebrities spend time in the cities they call home. — REDMOND, Wash. — May 4, 2006 — Celebrity watchers rejoice!
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Suit accuses Google of profiting from child porn — Google has made child pornography an "obscenely profitable and integral part" of its business and must be stopped, a new lawsuit claims. — Jeffrey Toback, a representative in New York's Nassau County Legislature, charged …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Microsoft QnA Enters Crowded Market — More Microsoft news today: Live.com has announced the upcoming launch of QnA, and a few screen shots have been conveniently leaked as well (see end of post). — QnA is a question and answer service that looks like it will be a very close copy of Yahoo Answers.
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Phil Windley / Between the Lines:
Unconferences and the value of participatory events — The Internet Identity Workshop ended Wednesday afternoon and I've had a day to decompress. This was really an outstanding event and one I'm proud to have been a part of. Even though I was one of the organizers, along with Kaliya Hamlin …
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Kim Cameron / Kim Cameron's Identity Weblog:IIW 2006 WAS A SUPEREVENT — Sessions that self-organized around …
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Joal Ryan / E! Online:
"Star Wars" on DVD, Again... For the First Time — Star Wars fan Philip Wise has purchased a home-video copy of George Lucas' seminal sci-fi film six times—"seven, including the Beta edition"—and he's not done yet. Because Lucas isn't done yet. — Repeatedly released in various formats during …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Appeals court takes dim view of Net-tapping rules — WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court suggested on Friday that government regulations levying extensive Internet wiretapping requirements on universities and libraries may go too far. — The U.S. Court of Appeals here sharply questioned whether …
Joel Bainerman / EE Times:
Israeli start up creates wearable display — REHOVOT, Israel — Israel-based Mirage Innovations has developed a lightweight, compact and affordable personal video display device for use with portable media players, game consoles, cellular phones and PDAs. — Mirage claims its NanoPrism technology …
John Romero / planet rome.ro:
Oblivion Re-Rated = Bad News — The ESRB just re-rated Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Teen to Mature. On the surface the bad news for Bethesda is that fewer units will be sold to an M audience and it's a little bit of a black eye as well because of the "nude content introduced into the game from a third party mod".
Michael V. Copeland / Business 2.0:
A car that could save the planet—fast — Silicon Valley's big brains think they can beat Detroit and Tokyo and save the planet - all while doing 0 to 60 faster than almost anything on the road. — SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2. Magazine) - Ian Wright has a car that blows away a Ferrari 360 Spider …
James Ransom-Wiley / Joystiq:
Xbox 360 spotted on South Park ... with 4 wired controllers? — Microsoft's Xbox 360 made its South Park debut last night. In one scene (seen here), Stan, Kyle, Butters, and Kenny are all using wired controllers. What up with that? — Could this be a hint? Is Microsoft planning a major Xbox 360 announcement at E3?
Jennifer A. Kingson / New York Times:
Going Online for Savings — The offers sound almost too good to be true: "Earn more than 5x the national average," screams the envelope from ING Direct, advertising the Orange savings account; "The best rate, no fees, no risk," shouts a similar offer from HSBCdirect.com.
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Kevin Maney:
CBS "Innertube" — This literally just landed in my in-box: an e-mail headlined "CBS CORPORATION LAUNCHES INNERTUBE — A NEW BROADBAND ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL." Says it will be free, ad-supported programming for the Internet only. Full press release is in "read more" below.
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mobiledia.com:
Motorola Cell Phone Automatically Adjusts to the Elderly — Often the special needs of the elderly can be a disadvantage when attempting to use cell phones, and these options can be especially confusing to consumers with minimal technical abilities. To help ease the problem …
CNET News.com:
Free Wi-Fi in S.F. more than flipping a switch — Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. Will EarthLink and Google leave a barrel of money trying to deliver universal Wi-Fi access to the hilly city's 740,000 residents? — San Francisco politicians, like many of their counterparts …
