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8:30 AM ET, February 27, 2008

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InfoWorld:
Update: EU fines Microsoft another $1.3 billion for antitrust abuse  —  The European Commission fined Microsoft a massive €899 million ($1.3 billion) for continued failure to honor the 2004 antitrust ruling against it, Commissioner for Competition Neelie Kroes said Wednesday.
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John Oates / The Register:
EC jacks up Microsoft fine by €899m  —  First company ever fined for failure to comply  —  The European Commission has added another €899m ($1.35bn) to the fine Microsoft must pay for failing to comply with the original anti-trust ruling in 2004.  —  The fine covers the period from the 2004 decision to 22 October, 2007.
Discussion: Mashable!
EU Press Room:
Antitrust: Commission imposes € 899 million penalty on Microsoft for non-compliance with March 2004 Decision  —  Antitrust: Commission imposes € 899 million penalty on Microsoft for non-compliance with March 2004 Decision … “Microsoft was the first company in fifty years …
Peppi Kiviniemi / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Hit with Huge EU Fine  —  BRUSSELS — The European Commission Wednesday fined Microsoft Corp. a record €899 million, or $1.35 billion, for failing to comply with the commission's 2004 antitrust ruling.  —  The commission said that, until Oct. 22, 2007, Microsoft had charged …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Gets More Orderly: Multi-Tab For Profiles  —  Facebook has always had much cleaner, less chaotic profile pages than “anything goes” competitor MySpace (MySpace continues to experiment with less chaotic default themes).  Facebook just seems to like things to stay orderly and structured on their site.
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Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
Will Facebook Profile Tabs Lead to Better Apps?  —  One of the big social news stories this evening was Facebook's announcement that it is actively working on a redesign to user profiles that would break the profile page down into three, main tabbed components.
Discussion: Between the Lines and Rev2.org
Rob Hof / Tech Beat:
Has Google Peaked?  —  That seems to be the central question on investors' minds today as they digest news from comScore that clicks on Google's paid search ads were down 12% in January from October and flat from a year ago.  Google's stock, already hit in recent weeks from a disappointing …
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Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google Disaster: Comscore Reports Awful January*
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Does the rapid descent of Google's stock mean anything? Nobody knows.
Discussion: WebProNews and Insider Chatter
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: More On New Macs, Higher Margins, Weak iPods and iPhones; Where Has Steve Jobs Been Flying?  —  The Street is feeling chatty today about Apple (AAPL) today, and there's lots to talk about.  The analysts are musing on the announcement today of a refresh of the MacBook and MacBook Pro line …
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Portfolio.com:
Comcast Astroturfs the Old-Fashioned Way  —  How big are the stakes in the so-called network neutrality debate now raging before Congress and federal regulators?  —  Consider this: One side in the debate actually went to the trouble of hiring people off the street to pack …
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Chris Soghoian / CNET News.com:
Comcast hits the snooze button
Henry Work / TechCrunch:
Yelp Raises $15 Million Fourth Round, Rumored Valuation $200 Million  —  Yelp, the popular local review site, will soon announce a new $15 million dollar round of financing led by DAG Ventures.  The valuation is rumored to be in the $200 million range.  Yelp says that they will be using …
Discussion: The Drama 2.0 Show and Joe Duck
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
When will iTunes replace Wal-Mart as No. 1 music retailer?  —  Apple's iTunes will likely whip past Wal-Mart Stores to become the largest U.S. music retailer sometime this year.  —  The NPD Group issued a report Tuesday that said Apple had outpaced Best Buy and Target to become the No. 2 U.S. music retailer.
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Life Encyclopedia: Too Popular to Live  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The concept of a comprehensive encyclopedia of life on the Internet proved too popular.  Its computers were overwhelmed and couldn't keep it alive when it debuted Tuesday.  —  The encyclopedia, which eventually …
Discussion: Slashdot and Wikinomics
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Toshiba's 815T PB on Softbank threatens humanity  —  We kind of wish this was fake — and we're tentatively overjoyed that it's not — but we can't help but feeling a little freaked at the Toshiba 815T PB on Softbank, developed to coincide with a new show featuring (you guessed it) robo-phones called Ketai Sousakan 7.
Discussion: Gizmodo and Tech Blog
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
AOL CEO Randy Falco: Microsoft-Yahoo a Mistake  —  Happy to Let Them Fight Google on Search and Leave Display Ads to Him  —  PHOENIX (AdAge.com) — AOL CEO Randy Falco thinks a potential merger between Microsoft and Yahoo to compete with Google is all about search — and a mistake.
 
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