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John Markoff / New York Times:
As Apple Gains PC Market Share, Jobs Talks of a Decade of Upgrades — It may have dropped the word "computer" from its name, but Apple is certainly selling plenty of Macs. — Driven in part by what analysts call a halo effect from the iPod and the iPhone, the market share of the company's personal computers is surging.
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
The Vista wow becomes a whisper — I wasn't a big fan of the "Wow" campaign around Windows Vista. But its newest incarnation — "100 Reasons Why Everyone's So Speechless" — might be even worse. — The new site (which Microsoft officials just told me has been on the Web since January …
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Mac OS X 10.5 gets geotagging support — There were a lot of one-liners to sift through in Apple's feature list for the Leopard, the Mac OS X 10.5 update due Friday, so I thought it worthwhile to call out the geotagging support. — The Preview software, which lets users get details …
Mossblog:
Free My Phone — Suppose you own a Dell computer, and you decide to replace it with a Sony. You don't have to get the permission of your Internet service provider to do so, or even tell the provider about it. You can just pack up the old machine and set up the new one.
Charles Forelle / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Bows to EU Regulators On 2004 Antitrust Measures — Software Giant Won't Appeal EU Court Ruling — BRUSSELS — Microsoft Corp. threw in the towel on its nine-year antitrust fight with European Union regulators, saying it won't appeal a court judgment handed down last month …
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John Murrell / Good Morning Silicon Valley:Microsoft surrenders; antitrust allies celebrate VE Day
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:Microsoft finally in "full compliance" with 2004 EU antitrust ruling
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Owen Thomas / Valleywag:
Facebook: Who needs Google? Facebook's stealth ad system — Facebook, in the midst of a high-stakes negotiation over its future, has just dramatically upped the ante. How? The social network is quietly starting to promote its long-rumored ad-targeting system — under a clever costume.
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Erika Brown / Forbes:
Bikinis And Bums On Cue — Here's a story line that M.C. Escher could appreciate: Four fresh-out-of-college girls share an apartment in Los Angeles and star in a reality show filmed by a guy who is their friend. Except—this isn't a reality show. All the dialogue is scripted.
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Libraries Shun Deals to Place Books on Web — Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections.
Lucy Sherriff / The Register:
Cops pull plugs on TV-links, claim 'facilitation of infringement' — Copyright or copy-ridiculous? — Last week's arrest of a 26-year-old Cheltenham man, and the related closure of the TV-links website, has prompted a flurry of speculation that the very foundations of the internet (linking to stuff) might be under threat.
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PR Newswire:
Online Advertising Network Collective Media Closes Series A Funding — Proceeds to accelerate development of proprietary ad network platform and support rapid US growth — Collective Media, a leading online advertising network, today announced it has closed a Series A round of funding led …
David Kravets / Wired News:
Exclusive: I Was a Hacker for the MPAA — Promises of Hollywood fame and fortune persuaded a young hacker to betray former associates in the BitTorrent scene to Tinseltown's anti-piracy lobby, according to the hacker. — In an exclusive interview with Wired News, gun-for-hire hacker Robert Anderson tells …
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Aminu Abubakar / Agence France Presse:
Home-made helicopters hit northern Nigeria — KANO (AFP) - Mubarak Muhammad Abdullahi, a 24-year-old physics undergraduate in northern Nigeria, takes old cars and motorbikes to pieces in the back yard at home and builds his own helicopters from the parts. — "It took me eight months …
Frank Watson / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Google, DoubleClick: Myths and Facts — The ups and downs of Google's purchase of DoubleClick has created a lot of misinformation. Detailing what is happening may help people get a better grasp on the situation and an understanding of the inner fight going on in the industry.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
New data on Facebook application virality — Facebook has unveilved new valuable marketing data to application developers that show which channels inside Facebook lead to the most application installations. While the stats are not perfect, they do provide new insight into how your Facebook users find and add your application.
Andrew Adam Newman / New York Times:
Penguin Audio Ends EMusic Deal — Last month eMusic, the company that gives Apple's iTunes the most competition in song downloads, announced that it would go up against the market leader on another front: audiobooks. — But eMusic has been dealt an early blow.
Mike Shields / Mediaweek:
CondéNet Uses Facebook to Draw Users, Ads — CondéNet has in recent months attracted new users to several of its sites while beefing up ad inventory—all on Facebook's dime. — The Web arm of magazine giant Condé Nast has been one of the more aggressive publishers …
