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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yahoo Unveils Public Details Of "Panama" Ad System Upgrade — Yahoo's finally gone public with details about its new "Panama" ad system upgrade, which when launched later this year will bring the system up to matching what Google's long offered, though both Yahoo and Google …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Eyeballs 2.0 - Boom or Bust? — Yahoo, should have been the king of online advertising, it is not. It should have owned the market now dominated by Google's Ad Sense. It does not, but has now launched a comprehensive plans to compete with Google in the market place.
Richard Waters / MSNBC:
Yahoo unveils overhaul of online advertising — Yahoo will on Monday unveil a long-promised overhaul of its online advertising system, setting the stage for a showdown with Google and Microsoft in the race to dominate the fast-growing search engine advertising industry.
Saul Hansell / New York Times:Yahoo Is Unleashing a New Way to Turn Ad Clicks Into Ka-Ching
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
SGI files for Chapter 11 protection — Silicon Graphics Inc. announced on Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks to reorganize and re-emerge from its financial woes. — SGI, a former high-flying server and workstation maker for Hollywood and the graphics industry …
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Reuters:
Silicon Graphics files for Chapter 11 — Computer firm's stock plunges on news, as company blames delays in rolling out new technology, competition from rivals. — BOSTON (Reuters) - Silicon Graphics Inc., a struggling maker of high-performance business computers, Monday filed …
Dave Taylor / The Intuitive Life Business Blog:
Silicon Graphics files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy — It's another harbinger of the end of the first major wave of computing companies in the Internet business: today long-time graphics darling Silicon Graphics threw in the proverbial towel, filing for bankruptcy.
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BBC:
Beatles lose Apple court battle — The Beatles have lost their court challenge against Apple Computer over its iPod and iTunes download service. — Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of George Harrison and John Lennon control the Apple Corps label.
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Philippe Naughton / Times of London:
Jobs invites Beatles to join iTunes after Apple legal victory — The Beatles were invited to join the iTunes music revolution today after losing their trademark battle with Apple Computer. — Apple Corps, the company set up by the Fab Four in 1968, had wanted multi-million pound damages …
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Good Morning Silicon Valley
Andrew Chung / Toronto Star:
Revenge of the nerds — Three computer geeks at the U of T are renowned developers of anti-censorship software, including a program out this month that could allow people to outwit the world's most repressive regimes — Looking at them you might not guess it.
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Frank Gruber / TechCrunch:
Do More: Online To Do Lists Compared — Time is our most valuable commodity. Productivity pays. Procrastination costs us time and money, and leaves us stressed, exhausted and unreliable in the eyes of others. — For many, the classic "To Do" list is the remedy.
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Download Squad
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
For MTV Fans, a Parallel Universe of Programs: At Once Online and on TV — Even for overachievers who are used to multitasking, the idea of watching two versions of the same television show at the same time — one on television and one on a computer — is something that is probably foreign to most people over the age of 30.
Maura Welch / Boston Globe:
Online plagiarism strikes blog world — Beth gets more than 500 hits per day at her blog, Cursed to First, which serves as a very personal homage to the Red Sox and the Patriots, so she knew that spicy entries like ''Chicks dig the long ball" were being read. She didn't realize until recently that they were also being ripped off.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Look Who's Talking — I returned from New York last night, after a fun weekend. Excellent weather combined with street fairs - the big city was pulsating. And it had a raw energy, which can be felt, not described. I think a lot of that has to do with people moving about, and walking in the streets.
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Ryan Singel / Wired News:
Cell-Phone Tracking: Laws Needed — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The cell-phone industry and privacy advocates are calling on Congress to clarify the widespread police practice of using mobile phones to track suspects without probable cause. — The industry wants clear, standardized rules governing …
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