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2:15 PM ET, April 27, 2007

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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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Seeking Alpha:
Microsoft F3Q07 (Qtr End 3/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript  —  Executives  —  Analysts  —  Kirk Materne - Banc of America Securities  —  Presentation  —  Operator  —  Welcome to the Microsoft 2007 fiscal year third quarter earnings conference call.
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Strong Quarter at Microsoft, and an Upbeat '08 Outlook, Bring Wall St. a Sigh of Relief  —  Microsoft reported quarterly sales and profits that surpassed Wall Street's expectations yesterday, suggesting that early sales of its new Windows Vista operating system were off to a solid start.
Nick / Rough Type:
Microsoft is dead in theory  —  A few days ago, Paul Graham proclaimed, "Microsoft is dead."  He later explained that what he really meant was, "Microsoft doesn't matter."  —  But whether it's dead or just irrelevant, the company remains an extraordinarily healthy economic organism.
Discussion: Channel 9
Matthew G. Nelson / ClickZ:   Microsoft Online Ad Revenue Up 23 Percent in Q1
The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
New Calacanis link-baiting rules  —  I've developed some deep relationships over the past couple of years blogging and I realize that those relationships manifest themselves in the links I find when I do my 28x a daily ego search over at Technorati.  The quickest way to develop a relationship …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
The master of linkbait has arrived  —  Jason Calacanis's latest post about linkbaiting is a masterpiece of the genre — in the sense that it isn't actually linkbait but a semi-satirical take on the entire concept of linkbaiting.  It's meta-linkbait.  In a way, it's the kind of post …
Christopher Finke / Now I Have a Blog Too:
Let's see if this works...  Love him or hate him, controversial blog-boss Jason Calacanis knows his linkbait.  Brooklyn-born Calacanis, formerly the editor of the Silicon Alley Reporter, made a "how-to linkbait me" post on his popular blog, which he writes with his trusty bulldog Toro by his side.
Discussion: Scripting News and SYNTAGMA
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.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft's OLPC coup and unintended consequences  —  Microsoft's move to make Windows available for $3 to emerging markets is already having an impact on Linux.  —  According to an AP report, Nicholas Negroponte said the $100 laptop for kids in developing countries actually runs about $175.
Darren Murph / Engadget:
Negroponte suggests the OLPC can support Windows, may hit US schools  —  Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about the OLPC, Negroponte, and the Sugar interface, in comes the man himself using the "W" word in an open-sourced conversation.
Jim Finkle / Reuters:   U.S. schools may join inexpensive laptop project
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Sold on eBay, Shipped by Amazon.com  —  Your next eBay purchase could arrive at your door in a brown Amazon.com box.  —  Amazon.com, the online retailer, is expanding a program designed to allow independent sellers to use its network of distribution centers to store and ship their products …
Serdar Yegulalp / InformationWeek:
Ubuntu Linux Vs. Windows Vista: The Battle For Your Desktop  —  Is Linux finally ready to take on Windows as a desktop OS?  We tried out both Vista and Ubuntu on individual PCs to see which works better.  Here's who won.  —  The prevailing wisdom about Linux on the desktop runs something like this …
Discussion: Slashdot
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Windows Vista = Windows Me II?
Discussion: The Tech Report
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 …
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Anything But iPod:   Barbie Girl: 512MB MP3 Player for Tweens
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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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Akamai Releases FoxTorrent 1.0 - Firefox BitTorrent Add-on  —  Red Swoosh (acquired by Akamai for $15 million earlier this month) released v1.0 of FoxTorrent today.  This is a fully functional BitTorrent client for Firefox that works cross platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) …
 
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Blue Sky squeezes GPS onto a SIM
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Cellphones are dangerous/not dangerous, bee-friendly edition
Gord Hotchkiss / Search Engine Land:
Q&A With Google Personalization Gurus Sep Kamvar and Marissa Mayer
Discussion: WebProNews
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Office 2003 to get security upgrade
Wall Street Journal:
PlayStation Creator Resigns As Chief of Sony Unit
The Boy Genius Report:
Nokia N75 now available on AT&T
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