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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Amazon: Grid Storage Web Service Launches — Amazon Web Service is launching a new web service tonight called S3 - which stands for "Simple Storage Service". It is a storage service backend for developers that offers "a highly scalable, reliable, and low-latency data storage infrastructure at very low costs".
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michael parekh on IT, Geeking with Greg, J. LeRoy, Squash, Box.net Blog, Oliver Thylmann, Digital Inspiration and Alex Barnett blog
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Rob Hof / Business Week:
Amazon's Newest Product: Storage — Huh? That's right, the online store with "Earth's biggest selection" of everything from books to zithers will announce Tuesday morning that it's adding a new and different kind of service: an unlimited data storage service aimed at software developers who are creating new Web sites and services.
Owen Gibson / Guardian:
Internet means end for media barons, says Murdoch — · Magnate hails second great age of discovery — · Power 'moving from the old elite to bloggers' — Rupert Murdoch last night sounded the death knell for the era of the media baron, comparing today's internet pioneers …
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David Hayes / kansascity.com:
The bottom line on blogging — Honesty is the best policy — Robert Scoble should be a boss's worst nightmare. — He's been known to openly criticize the company he works for, with thousands of opinion-leaders listening in. In the process, he's become one of his company's most publicly recognizable employees.
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Overwhelmed with pitches, Dave, say it isn't so! — Dave Winer says he's gonna give up his blog this year. That's caused a lot of conversations here at SXSW. I'm still processing what that will mean for Dave. For me. For everyone. — Anyway, I totally understand why Dave would want to walk away.
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Announces Plans for New Windows Live Family Safety Settings — Free, Web-based Family Safety Settings moves beyond traditional parental controls, helps provide guidance to parents from experts such as American Academy of Pediatrics. — REDMOND, Wash. — March 13, 2006 …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
25 Things I Hate About Google — Google's purchase of Writely sort of drove me over the edge last week. When I saw the news confirmed, I exclaimed out loud to myself, "Oh, give me a break." A break from what, freakishly talking to myself? No, a break from Google going in yet another direction …
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Michael Kanellos / CNET News.com:
Upstart aims to ease Web crawling for classifieds — If you're in the market for a slightly used Toyota Corolla or want to have dinner with an ex-felon, Vast just might be the search tool for you. — Vast, which launches Tuesday, is a search engine and Web crawler designed …
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Jeff Martin / Official Google Blog:
A new home for @Last Software — I was sitting at the breakfast table this morning, drinking a cup of coffee while I looked out at the snow. It was pretty much like any other winter morning, except — it wasn't. When I went to sleep last night, I was employed by a small start-up called @Last Software.
Ann Harrison / Wired News:
The Pirate Bay: Here to Stay? — Last month, the Motion Picture Association of America announced one of its boldest sorties yet against online piracy: a barrage of seven federal lawsuits against some of the highest-profile BitTorrent sites, Usenet hosts and peer-to-peer services.
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Thomas Hawk's Digital …
Niall Kennedy / Niall Kennedy's Weblog:
Windows RSS platform — The Windows RSS platform is included in Internet Explorer 7 and Windows Vista, both due out later this year. The platform exposes feed and list data to all Windows applications via a common API, manages enclosure downloads, and applies common security settings to feed data and downloads.
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tnstelecoms.com:
COMBINED AT&T/BELLSOUTH WILL CONTROL 22% CONSUMER TELECOM SPENDING, 34% BUSINESS SPENDING … JENKINTOWN, PA, March 13, 2006 - As regulators now consider the proposed AT&T/BellSouth merger, new study findings from TNS Telecoms indicate that the combined AT&T/BellSouth will control 22% …
Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Man vs. Machine in Newsreader War — Man vs. machine stories are an old standby in journalism. — Think back to John Henry racing a steam drill and forward to Garry Kasparov trying to outmaneuver IBM's Deep Blue in 1997 to the Onion tweaking the genre with its accountant battles Excel story.
Traci Hailpern / feedburner.com:
FeedBurner Expands Operations with San Francisco Office — Chicago-based feed management leader continues steady growth by establishing West Coast presence and staff dedicated to developing strategic partnerships — Chicago, IL — March 14, 2006 — FeedBurner, the market-leading feed management provider …
Business Week:
Battling For The Eyes Of Texas — Verizon's TV service is winning fans in a Fort Worth suburb. Will it sell nationwide? — If you're wondering why your cable and satellite stocks are slumping or why AT&T Chief Executive Edward E. Whitacre Jr. is paying a fat premium for BellSouth Corp. …
Astrid Wendlandt / Reuters:
French plan would open iTunes to other devices — PARIS (Reuters) - France is pushing through a law that would force Apple Computer Inc to open its iTunes online music store and enable consumers to download songs onto devices other than the computer maker's popular iPod player.
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Tom Raftery's I.T. views, PaidContent.org, Smalltalk Tidbits … and Life On the Wicked Stage
