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Yahoo:
Yahoo! Makes Strategic Investment in Right Media — Yahoo! to Join Right Media Exchange to Offer Non-Premium Inventory to Marketers — SUNNYVALE, Calif. & NEW YORK, Oct 17, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, and Right Media Inc. …
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Right Media Blog, The 360, Conversion Rater, Greg Yardley's Internet Blog and Screenwerk
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Yahoo:
Yahoo! to Acquire AdInterax — Yahoo! to Develop Self-Service Rich Media Platform for Marketers — SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct 17, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AdInterax …
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IP Democracy, Silicon Valley Watcher, Search Engine Watch Blog and Search Engine Roundtable
John Markoff / New York Times:
It's a Shipping Container. No, It's a Data Center in a Box. — Sun Microsystems has developed a novel "data center in a box" in an effort to transform the fundamental economics of corporate computing. — The expandable computer system, called Project Blackbox, is based …
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Between the Lines, GigaOM, ongoing, SeekingAlpha Hardware Stocks and Blackfriars' Marketing
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Kris Oser / eMarketer:
Google Expected to Pocket 25% of Online Ad Revenue in 2006 — eMarketer releases estimated ad revenue and market share for Google and Yahoo! — As Yahoo! and Google report their third-quarter earnings this week, eMarketer's new estimates of US full-year advertising revenue …
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Paul Kedrosky's …
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Ben Charny / MarketWatch:
Google to score ad revenues coup: eMarketer — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Google Inc. is on track in 2006 to become the first company ever to pocket 25% of all U.S. online ad spending in a calendar year, according to a new report from eMarketer, an online ad tracker.
paulgraham.com:
The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups — Oct 18: Deadline for next YC funding round. — In the Q & A period after a recent talk, someone asked what made startups fail. After standing there gaping for a few seconds I realized this was kind of a trick question.
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yahoo Releases New "Panama" Search Advertising System Early — Yahoo's long-anticipated next-generation search advertising platform, Panama, has now gone live. I've been at Yahoo for the past two days testing it and understanding how it works from those who built the new system.
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Bryan Gardiner / PC Magazine:
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate — The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) isn't known its leniency when it comes to the distribution of copyrighted material. — So it was no surprise on Thursday at the Digital Home Developers Conference that Brad Hunt …
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Leander Kahney / Wired News:
Straight Dope on the IPod's Birth — Thanks to Apple Computer's penchant for CIA-like secrecy, there are several myths concerning the birth of the iPod. — One of these myths is that the iPod has a father — one man who conceived and nurtured the iconic device.
ninemsn:
The geeks shall inherit the earth — Australian entrepreneurs are being forced to leave home in search of the funding they need to become the next YouTube in the Web 2.0 dotcom boom. Joshua Gliddon reports — Cameron Reilly has $5000 in the bank and a plane ticket.
Doc / Doc Searls' IT Garage:
The art of business vs. the business of art — Yesterday I heard from an Apple enterprise customer who had recently bought 80 Macbooks. Ten of them, so far, have had to bo back for heat, shut-down or freezing problems. This customer wondered if they were taking a risk buying another 300 of the things.
Stefanie Olsen / CNET News.com:
Wikipedia co-founder plans 'expert' rival — One of Wikipedia's founders and closest critics is launching an alternative to the free online encyclopedia this week. — Larry Sanger, a co-founder of Wikipedia and the site's former editor-in-chief, is launching a rival site called Citizendium.
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
It Pays to Have Pals in Silicon Valley — Peter Thiel, a PayPal co-founder, went on to start Clarium Capital, a hedge fund. He also runs a venture firm with other PayPal alumni. — Every now and then, a group of former PayPal employees get together to catch up on life and work.
Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
Skills Gap Hurts Technology Boom in India — Nandan M. Nilekani, the chief executive of Infosys, at its headquarters in Bangalore. He says India must educate and provide jobs for its youth. — TIRUCHENGODE, India — As its technology companies soar to the outsourcing skies, India is bumping up against an improbable challenge.
Google Blogoscoped:
Niniane Wang, Googler — Niniane Wang (her first name is pronounced like "Vivian," the V substituted) is working at the Googleplex, currently leading "a confidential project." She's also a regular blogger and photographer. I've bugged her on her work at Google, life and everything in-between …
