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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft, Novell Reach Accord on Linux — Microsoft Corp. reached a rapprochement with a major seller of the Linux operating system, a deal that makes a kind of peace between two opposing camps in the software industry. — The deal with Novell Inc. is designed to make it easier for customers …
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Don Dodge on The Next …, Mr Wave Theory, Ted's Radio Weblog, Engadget, Techdirt and Slashdot
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GrokLaw:
The Morning After - Reactions to Novell-MS — I've collected for you a representative sampling of reactions to the unfortunate Novell-MS alliance. First, my own: this is apparently some kind of a covenant not to sue, not a true cross licensing deal. I think that's how they plan to step over and around the GPL.
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Between the Lines, Inside eWEEK Labs, Rational rants, deal architect, Technocrat and All about Microsoft
Ephraim Schwartz / InfoWorld Tech Watch:Three reasons why Microsoft will put Linux on their desktop
Business Week:
Jeff Bezos' Risky Bet — Amazon's CEO wants to run your business with the technology behind his Web site. But Wall street wants him to mind the store — It was one of the Web's typical flash frenzies, a gaggle of geeks seeking the new, new thing. At 2 a.m. on Aug. 24 …
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Amazon Rolls Out its Visionary WebOS Strategy — Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus. — WebOS services are going to be utilized by thousands of companies - and will power the next generation of web applications. Amazon is at this point leading the charge …
Financial Times:
Google in bid to halt YouTube legal threat — By Joshua Chaffin and Aline van Duyn in New York and Richard Waters in San Francisco — Google is engaged in a frantic round of negotiations aimed at persuading traditional media companies to supply their content to YouTube …
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Rafat Ali / PaidContent:Google In Frantic Talks To Halt YouTube's Legal Threat; Offers Tens …
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IP Democracy, Screenwerk, The Kelsey Group Blog, CNNMoney.com, HipMojo.com and Agence France Presse
Federal Trade Commission:
Zango, Inc. Settles FTC Charges — Will Give Up $3 Million in Ill-Gotten Gains for Unfair and Deceptive Adware Downloads — Zango, Inc., formerly known as 180solutions, Inc., one of the world's largest distributors of adware, and two principals have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges …
Jeff Howe / Wired News:
Gannett to Crowdsource News — The publisher of "America's newspaper" is turning to America to get its news. — According to internal documents provided to Wired News and interviews with key executives, Gannett, the publisher of USA Today as well as 90 other American daily newspapers …
Gizmodo:
Zune: First Full Review — Microsoft was kind enough to get us some hands-on time with the Zune, not batting an eye as we eagerly slided the player down our pants, enjoying the material it was made out of. Our thoughts first, then a gallery later. — The outside is made out of a rubberized plastic …
I, Cringely:
The $200 Billion Lunch: We're switching to IPv6, dontcha know, and it might be worth it. — Remember Y2K? If you worked in Information Technology in the waning days of the last millennium, you probably remember Y2K as a combination of Christmas and the hardest workday of your life.
Gina Trapani / Lifehacker:
Geek to Live: Make a ringtone from any MP3 — Everyone in your office jump when you hear that tired old Nokia ringtone? Most modern cell phones support custom ringtones that can alert you when it's your phone that's got an incoming call. — Google up "ringtones" and you'll get tons …
Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
AllAdvantage Is Back — We got more than one email this week asking us to join the rebirth of AllAdvantage, the bubble-era pyramid scheme. The new company is called AGLOCO, and it is pre-launch, but the idea is the same — get paid to surf the web. This time, the motto is "own the internet."
Darnell Clayton / The Blog Herald:
Is Orkut Adding Google Talk Next Week? — It seems as if the search engine king is preparing to bundle is online chat software within its original social network, Orkut. … Integrating Orkut within Gtalk is probably a smart move for Google, as the two features compliment each other very well.
Winston / The Next Phase:
Greasemonkey Script: Gmail and Reader Integrator — GMAIL AND READER INTEGRATOR — I wrote a Greasemonkey script that integrates Gmail with Google Reader. — Features — Spilt-window view of Gmail and Reader on a single page — Links to collapse| expand either Gmail or Reader
JJ Hawkins / PVR Wire:
TiVo with a Twist: Ways to Enhance the TiVo Experience — If you've read any of my posts since I started writing for the site, it's no secret I love TiVo. Over the course of the last 42 months the company has milked $543.90 in subscription fees out of me and another $250 for the cost of a Series2.
Laurie A. Duncan / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
VMWare's Fusion begins private beta — Some beta testers that we won't name for their own protection have let us know that VMWare is now ready to take Parallels to task in the desktop virtualization market with Fusion. — What is Fusion? According to the private beta site …
Andy Abramson / VoIP Watch:
Voxilla On Fonality's IP PBX Play — Little did I know this morning that I was onto something when it came to Fonality having more up their sleeve than has been announced. — If I read between the lines of Marcelo's post today there is clearly more to it than meets the eye with Fonality and what they mean to the enterprise.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Yahoo China to file aggressive suit against Qihoo nemesis — Alibaba, the large Chinese company that owns Yahoo China, is preparing to file another hard-hitting suit against competitor Qihoo and its leader, Zhou Hongyi (pictured above). — Yahoo China has already filed one suit against Qihoo …
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!:
MySpace Founder Sues News Corp Over Censorship — Brad Greenspan, the guy who started the company that created MySpace before it was sold to News Corp in July 2005, just notified me that he's suing News Corp today over alleged censorship. He's also launched CensorSpace …
