Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:00 AM ET, April 27, 2007

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
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.
Discussion: parislemon, Webware.com and digg
RELATED:
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 …
RELATED:
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.
Discussion: The Register, Reuters and Media Biz
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 …
RELATED:
Dan Gallagher / MarketWatch:
Apple shares hit new all-time high
Discussion: Macsimum News and Apple Gazette
John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:
In Jobs We Trust  —  Despite the parting shot from former Apple …
Discussion: SiliconValley.com
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?
Discussion: GigaOM and Kotaku
RELATED:
Kotaku:
Ken Kutaragi Steps Down at Playstation
Discussion: Gizmodo, Neowin.net and Blue's 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.
Discussion: Engadget and GigaOM
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.
RELATED:
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.
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.
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
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 …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 6:00 AM ET, April 27, 2007.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
All new Zoho Workerly 2024  —  Staffing businesses around the world face a unique set of challenges when it comes to managing their temporary workforce.  With a constantly shifting job market and changing staffing needs …
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Business Wire:
SanDisk Announces First Quarter Results
Discussion: BARRONS.com
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
MySpace, armed with as much as $100M, goes to China
The Boy Genius Report:
Nokia N75 now available on AT&T
Discussion: Engadget
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Vonage weighs down all VoIP Service Cos
Discussion: Techdirt
Cote / People Over Process:
Flex SDK Going Open Source: Video and Analysis
Sean Ammirati / Read/WriteWeb:
Interview with Chris DiBona of Google
Reuters:
Sony to launch video-sharing network on Friday
Greg Linden / Geeking with Greg:
Yahoo Pig and Google Sawzall
 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Xbox 360 Elite vs. classic: the test
Matt / Signal vs. Noise:
Helpful distortion at NYC & London subway maps
Discussion: The Map Room
Bilal Hameed / Startup Meme:
Joost Signs Advertising Deal With 31 Major Brands
Michael Geist / Michael Geist's Blog:
World Intellectual Property Day
Rustybrick / Search Engine Roundtable:
Screen Captures of the New Google News Results in Action
Michael Calore / Wired News:
Web Mashups Turn Citizens Into Washington's Newest Watchdogs
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
MPAA: We are committed to fair use, interoperability, and DRM
CEO / This is going to be BIG.:
Top Ten Reasons Why Web 2.0 Sucks