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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AOL One Step Behind Again: New Home Page Identical To Yahoo — AOL has started beta testing a new home page (the main AOL.com portal). AOL Senior Product Manager (and occasional TechCrunch contributor) Frank Gruber introduced it on his personal blog earlier today, although he is not the product manager for the product.
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Frank Gruber / Somewhat Frank:
AOL LAUNCHES INDIA, US & CANADA PORTALS — As hinted at last week, AOL has launched AOL India. The portal, a localized version of the United States version, is housed at aol.in. The portal looks very clean and light and could be considered an expression of AOL's now open and free business model.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Reports Record Profits — Robust demand for Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system drives 72% growth in earnings per share — Segment Revenue/Operating Income(Loss) — Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $14.40 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 …
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Owen Thomas / Business 2.0 Beta:
Microsoft 3Q '07 Earnings: Live Coverage — Microsoft (MSFT) has reported its third-quarter fiscal 2007 earnings today after the close. The stock (latest quote) was up nearly 5 percent in after-hours trading, but has now dropped a bit. I blogged the earnings call live as it happened.
Wall Street Journal:
Apple Ex-Finance Chief Settles With SEC — Apple Inc.'s former chief financial officer Fred Anderson has settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission on his alleged participation in the backdating of stock options at the computer maker and the agency is expected to pursue a civil lawsuit …
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John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:In Jobs We Trust — Despite the parting shot from former Apple …
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GameDaily:
Analysts Weigh In on Kutaragi's Departure — Perhaps Ken Kutaragi's departure shouldn't be surprising. SCE said it was in the works for a while, but was he squeezed out thanks to the PS3's limping out of the gate? Or was it simply time for him to move on?
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Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Most press I ever got for not doing an interview... This whole WIRED vs. Calacanis/Winer stand off has really developed into a very interesting debate on the future of news. It's a discussion that, as Dave Winer said, is long over due and that we've been doing for long.
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Publishing 2.0, Scripting News, Glass House, Terry Heaton's PoMo Blog, Epicenter and Smalltalk Tidbits …
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Heather Green / Blogspotting:Why I Prefer Doing Interviews by Phone or in Person
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Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, rexduffdixon.com, Brad Linder's digital home and Scripting News
Brian Bergstein / Associated Press:
'$100 laptop' to cost $175 — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and it will be able to run Windows in addition to its homegrown, open-source interface.
TiVo.com:
Already have a TiVo box? — You can choose from a variety of service plans and we'll throw in a wireless adapter as our gift to you ($59.99 value!). — Prepay — Monthly — 1 year for $179 — = $14.92 per month — $16.95 per month — with 1-year commitment — 2 years for $299
Tomio Geron / Red Herring:
YouTube Lining Up Summer Ads — Video-sharing site experiments with pre-roll and post-roll spots. — Beware YouTube watchers, ads are comingas soon as this summer. — The video-sharing site that was acquired by Google in November is experimenting with the precise length, form …
Valleywag:
BLOGGING: Expanding no more — It's the web media equivalent of the central cosmological constant: does the universe of personal sites expand ad infinitum, or else collapse under its own weight? And we may finally have an answer. The number of active blogs tracked by Technorati has stalled at about 15 million.
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Virtual Economics, Pronet Advertising, Social Media Club, The Viral Garden and B.L. Ochman's weblog
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Cozmo Wants to Kill Your TV — TiVo came along and is helping kill the idea of a TV time slot. The growth of on demand online video has been helping finish the job. Cozmo.Tv wants to create a TV 2.0 by changing the way you consume online video from a random walk to personalized content.
Business Wire:
Barbie® Revolutionizes the Way Girls Play — Groundbreaking Barbie Girls™ Platform Provides Hybrid Play Experience With Fashion, Music and Online Virtual World — NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Today, Mattel unveiled the next generation of fashion doll play with Barbie Girls&trade …
Mike / CrunchNotes:
My Policy on Embargoes and Exclusive Stories — I'm getting a lot of feedback from people complaining that we aren't writing about them because we don't get an exclusive on the story. I just want to make my policy on embargoes and exclusives clear. — Embargoes: This is news that's delivered …
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
Microsoft's 'Big Bang' Is When? … Windows Server is the nucleus of Microsoft's enterprise strategy, around which all other products—even Windows client—revolve. Longhorn's eventual release, which Microsoft claims will be later this year, will likely set off major software upgrades, including Office 2007 and Windows Vista.
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:Windows Server: It's still 'Longhorn' for now
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eMarketer:
Viral Marketing's Video Love Affair — Next to 'cool microsites' and games, viral video is hot. — Marketers with viral campaign experience think highly of microsites, games and video clips, according to Marketing Sherpa's "2007 Viral Marketing Survey." — An eMarketer subscription is like having your own
