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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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Your mail is here, come and get it!:
M6 is coming soon — We've been working away, incorporating your feedback into Windows Live Mail. We're just about ready for our "M6" release of the Windows Live Mail beta. We used to post a summary of some of the new features after the release was live, but we've had so many requests for a sneak peak …
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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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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog:Windows Live QnA Beta - Microsoft's Answer To Google & Yahoo Answers
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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 …
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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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Microsoft files for *bleep*ing good patent — The United States Patent and Trademark Office is a wonderful institution. No, really. Where else can you receive a patent for a particular method of swinging on a playground swing? Of course, not all patents fall into that category.
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 …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Apple patents digital media reservation system — Time for another peek into the Apple patent catalog for some gool ol' speculation into that mysterious product pipeline which Steve Jobs called the "best I've ever seen in my life." This time, a patent titled "reservation of digital media items" …
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?
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 …
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".
Microsoft:
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!
Valleywag:
Google Doodles doesn't care about Mexican people — Yahoo gets festive today for Cinco de Mayo, while Google snubs the Mexican holiday for the seventh year running: — Olé, Olé, the Fifth of May. — Nothing on the American site... ...or on Google Mexico.
