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Tims / Tim Sneath:
INTRODUCING MICROSOFT SILVERLIGHT — It is with tremendous pleasure that I can reveal Microsoft Silverlight: our next-generation, cross-platform, cross-browser web client runtime. Silverlight (previously codenamed "WPF/E") is a lightweight subset of XAML for building rich media experiences on the web.
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Somasegar's WebLog, Between the Lines, istartedsomething, Incremental Blogger, Paul Mooney, GottaBeMobile.com and Channel 9
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Unveils Silverlight to Power the Next Generation of Media Experiences on the Web — Leading media companies and solution providers announce support for new solution for video and interactivity on Mac- and Windows-based Web browsers. — Today at the 2007 National Association …
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All about Microsoft, Guardian Unlimited, Basement.org, Parvez Ansari Told you and MSTechToday
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft, Adobe Set A Collision Course on Web — Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Inc. are on a collision course as they seek to dominate a new kind of software that will change how personal computers and the Web work together. — The companies have been partners in the past …
Ryan Stewart / The Universal Desktop:"WPF/E" becomes Silverlight, struts its video side
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Read/WriteWeb
Aaron Ricadela / Business Week:Microsoft Aims to Outshine Adobe's Flash
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Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:Microsoft Unveils New Browser-Based Video Platform at NAB …
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The Universal Desktop
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Microsoft Urges Review of Google-DoubleClick Deal — Microsoft, a veteran defendant of epic antitrust battles in the United States and Europe, is urging regulators to consider scuttling Google's plan to buy DoubleClick, an online advertising company. — Microsoft contends that the $3.1 billion deal …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Why Google bought DoubleClick — If there was any need for proof that Google considers advertising its core competency, then last few days provide ample testimony to that fact. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has partnered with Clear Channel Communications to sell radio ads …
Google:
Clear Channel Radio and Google Will Jointly Drive Radio Advertiser Expansion — Agreement Makes Guaranteed Inventory Available to Google Advertisers On More Than 675 Clear Channel Radio Stations — SAN ANTONIO AND MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 16, 2007 — Clear Channel Radio and Google Inc. …
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New York Times:
Google Reaches Deal With Clear Channel to Sell Radio Ads — Google will begin selling advertisements across all of the stations of Clear Channel Communications, the No. 1 radio station owner in the United States, at the end of June, the companies will announce today.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
DodgeBall founder quits Google — Dennis Crowley, founder of DodgeBall, a hipster SMS-social networking service that Google bought back in May 2005 has quit Google, reports Young Manhattanite. Alex Rainert, employee #2 for DodgeBall has also left the company. They both resigned on April 13th, 2007.
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HipMojo.com, Vecosys, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, This is going to be BIG., Like It Matters and mocoNews.net
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Krucoff / Young Manhattanite:YM Exclusive: Dodgeball Founders Leave Google
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Valleywag, Digital Markets, Google Blogoscoped, Mashable!, 901am and Google Operating System
USA Today:
Vonage: No tech 'workaround' — NEW YORK — Vonage has finally confirmed what many had feared: The embattled Internet phone company has no "workaround" in hand to sidestep Verizon's patented Internet phone technology. — Moreover, Vonage (VG) isn't sure that such a plan is even "feasible …
Nokia:
Highly desirable handset dressed in 18-carat gold plating — Espoo, Finland - Inspired by nature, and one of its most beautiful elements, gold, Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 8800 Sirocco Gold - a bold and prestigious new style statement. Encased in a luxurious 18-carat gold plating …
Marc Orchant / Office Evolution:
LeapTag - a new way to find online content — I've been test driving LeapTag, a new browser add-on for finding content related to topics of interest to you that combines a number of unique ideas I've not seen in similar tools. LeapTag, as the name implies, uses tags you define to conduct searches for related content.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Intel's MID UMPCs: So long XP/Vista, hello Linux — Big news on the UMPC front this morning folks. Looks like Intel is shedding the Origami gorilla (read: Microsoft) as they prep a Linux-based platform to compete with Vista and XP-based UMPCs. Intel will unveil their new MID …
Bob Tedeschi / New York Times:
Giving Away Information, but Increasing Revenue — THOSE who don't have $6,000 or enough prominent connections to get into a TED conference can take heart. The price of admission just went to zero, provided you can settle for a more remote experience. — The TED organization …
Verizon:
More Messages Mean More Value As Verizon Wireless Introduces Unlimited Text, Picture, Video And Instant Messaging To Anyone In The U.S. — BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced America's Choice® Select plans that include Unlimited Messaging.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
New patent hints at Apple TV 2.0 — A new Apple patent may give some foresight to the company's plans for offering a "true" multimedia center experience for the living room, as either enhancements to the Apple TV or an entirely new device. The patent is for a "Multi-media center for computing systems" …
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Apple 2.0
Rachel Rosmarin / Forbes:
Brought To You By Goople — Google, meet Apple. Apple, meet Google. — Oh, you two already know each other? Great! Time for the two of you to hurry up and tie the knot, then. Or at least start working together. — It's easy to see why tech fantasists root for a future tie-up between the two companies.
