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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Finance Disappoints — Update: I am going to be on CNBC's On The Money show to discuss Google Finance @ 7pm EST/ 4pm PST along with Paul Kedrosky and David Vise. — The much awaited launch of Google Finance service finally happened - in beta of course. And in one word, it is simply disappointing.
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First Thoughts on Google Finance: All Whiz, No Bang — Google has finally launched Google Finance, its Yahoo Finance slayer. While it's nice to see Yahoo Finance get some more competition, so far there is little here (yet) to cause a cross-service stampede.
Charlene Li / Charlene Li's Blog:
Google Finance: Nice charts, but users won't switch quickly — Google Finance launched tonight - I had a sneak peak from Google last week and got a chance to play with it a bit after it went live tonight. I also had a chance to speak with a Yahoo! spokesperson after the Google site launched and was able to get their reaction.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Finance - Lots of Flash & Ajax — The rumor is that Google internally tested Google Finance through two full versions before releasing it today, and the extra attention shows. This is a great looking product overall. And they've taken things at least a step further than Yahoo Finance in its current form.
Laurence Frost / Associated Press:
French Lawmakers OK Online Copyright Bill — French Lawmakers OK Online Copyright Bill, Forcing Apple to Break Open Format Behind iTunes, iPod — PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers approved an online copyright bill Tuesday that would require Apple to break open the exclusive format behind …
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French MPs vote to open up iTunes — The French parliament has backed plans to give consumers more choice over music downloads from the internet. — MPs backed a draft law to force Apple, Sony and Microsoft to share their proprietary copy-protection systems by 296 to 193 votes.
Tom Braithwaite / Financial Times:France drafts copyright law to open up iTunes
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Tony Smith / The Register:
Samsung unveils 32GB Flash-based 'HDD killer' — Samsung has launched what it reckons its the world's first 32GB NAND Flash-based hard disk drive replacement unit. The company claimed the so-called "solid state disk" can access data three times faster than an HDD can and write files …
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Wolfgang Gruener / tgdaily.com:
Samsung launches 32 GB Flash disk for mobile computers — Taipei (Taiwan) - Samsung is first to announce a Flash storage device that aims to completely replace the traditional hard drive in some mass market mobile computers. The 32 GB solid state disk (SSD) drive comes in a 1.8" …
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Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:
Biz not sure how to treat upstart YouTube — The entertainment world is putting the squeeze on YouTube.com, but will it be more like a hug than a headlock? — In a few short months, the Web site has emerged from the obscure ranks of dozens of online viral-video outposts to dominate …
Seán Byrne / cdfreaks.com:
Starforce enforces DRM by instant reboot (without warning) — Despite all the problems DRM has been causing lately, it seems like companies involved in copy protection just keep trying to create more dangerous copy protections. Originally, they were more of a nuisance causing compatibility issues, installing wanted software, etc.
Timothy B. Lee / cato.org:
Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act — Timothy B. Lee is a policy analyst at the Show-Me Institute in St. Louis. He holds a degree in computer science from the University of Minnesota and is the science and technology editor …
Brian Krebs / Washington Post:
Bringing Botnets Out of the Shadows — Online Volunteers Monitor Illegal Computer Networks — Nicholas Albright's first foray into some of the darkest alleys of the Internet came in November 2004, shortly after his father committed suicide. About a month following his father's death …
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Announces Xbox 360 Inventory Surge and Spring Games Lineup — Xbox Live on Xbox 360 speeds past 10 million downloads. — REDMOND, Wash. — March 21, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the broader availability of Xbox 360™ consoles and provided details about the new games …
Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Living virtually — I messed up the other day when I linked to SuperTour (I linked to the wrong page, this is the right link). — Living virtually is getting a lot of attention. A lot of people at Mix have told me they don't want to try Second Life or World of Warcraft because of the time these things take.
Lisa Stone / Surfette:
Cybersalon: I'll always be both Daddy's and Mommy's girl — Tonight I'm part of a Berkeley Cybersalon panel that will be asked some bald questions about so-called "big media," blogging and the role of elitism. (Dave Winer quotes Sylvia Paull's email invitation here, including address, nibbles and accessibility to all.)
Diane Mermigas / Hollywood Reporter:
Social network sites can be a tangled Web — CHICAGO — Media players are hustling to find ways to make money from the social-networking phenomenon at the same time they are struggling to understand how it is transforming their business. — Unlike anything else in an increasingly personalized …
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