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Wall Street Journal:
EBay Seeks to Add StumbleUpon to Portfolio — EBay Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire StumbleUpon Inc., an Internet company that helps people discover Web pages that match their interests, according to people familiar with the matter. — The potential price for a deal is in the range of $75 million, these people say.
Microsoft Help and Support:
The Safely Remove Hardware feature and the Windows Explorer "Eject" command do not work correctly with an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer … SYMPTOMS — Consider the following scenario. You have an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer through a USB connection.
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update hands-on — Well, that Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update did land at about 2:00AM PST as expected, and brought with it a few fun features we were hot to test out — but none more than the Xbox's expanded video playback capabilities.
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Windows Live Messenger Comes to Xbox LIVE, Uniting Friends and Families on the TV, PC and Mobile Phone — Starting tomorrow more than 6 million members of Xbox LIVE can instant message with people on PCs and mobile phones, one of the hundreds of enhancements coming with the Xbox 360 Spring Update
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Analytics Launches New Version With New UI & Features — Google Analytics today has released a new version of their web analytics tool. I spoke with Brett Crosby, Senior Manager of Google Analytics about the release, which he explained was a completely "new platform" to enable …
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John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:
Mpire and the year of the widget — Looking to capitalize on its shopping analytics, Seattle's Mpire today is rolling out about 80 new e-commerce "widgets." — The free "widgets" — small online applications or tools that easily plug in to Web sites — will allow bloggers and online publishers …
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Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Last.fm Launches Video - Aims To Be The MTV Of Web 2.0 Age — Online radio station Last.fm is adding a video section to its site this week, enabling users to create their own personalised video channels - similar to how users can already create radio stations based on their music tastes.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
RateItAll Launches Read/Write Widget — RateItAll, a social network based around online reviews and opinions, has released a new distributed rating widget. It enables users to not only view (read) a widget, but to interact with it and enter data (write). The initial application …
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Peter Rojas / Engadget Mobile:
Palm Treo 755p hands-on — Let's be real: the new Treo 755p is more or less what the 700p should have been. There's not exactly anything wrong with it, just that it's been a year since the 700p came out and all the improvements to the 755p are rather minor.
Pixeleen Mistral / Second Life Herald:
Op/Ed: Philip Linden's Folly — How the hell did we get in this mess? — The Linden's proposed faux verification system and the wanton selfish destruction of innocence — by Inigo Chamerberlin — I intended writing this as a simple expose of just what Aristotle/Integrity is …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
War Of The People Search — I moderated a fascinating panel tonight at Google headquarters that included execs from three "people search engines" - the CEO of Wink (Michael Tanne), the CEO of Spock (Jaideep Singh), and the COO of Zoominfo (Bryan Burdick). — The panel was very timely.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Screen Shot of Truemors: Guy Kawasaki's Rumor Service — We mentioned Guy Kawasaki's newest venture, Truemors, last week along with some early comments we got from the private beta testers ("rumor reporting bulletin board with twitter-like capabilities"). — We've now gotten …
Mark Wallace / 3pointD.com:
Microsoft Flies A Blimp Into Second Life — Mysterious news on the Millions of Us blog this evening: it seems there's now a Microsoft island in the virtual world of Second Life. At least, that's what the »teleport link« in the blog entry implies.
BBC:
Touch-and-pay cards get go ahead — UK consumers will soon be able to settle bills of less than £10 with a touch of their credit and debit cards. — The system, which is being led by Visa and Mastercard, will be running from September, said payment group Apacs.
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Sol Invictus / Hellgate Guru News:
Elite Subscriptions - $9.95 a month and other details! — The latest issue of Games for Windows Magazine has revealed the elite subscription pricing behind Hellgate: London, which will be free to play online should you opt out of subscribing for additional features.
