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Wall Street Journal:
Yahoo in Talks With Google To Handle Some Search Ads — Yahoo Inc. is close to announcing that it plans to carry search advertising from Google Inc. as part of a test that could lead to a broader partnership, according to people familiar with the matter. — The short-term test …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo Search May Test Google Ads — Yahoo in Talks With Google To Handle Some Search Ads from the Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo may be testing Google ads on the Yahoo search result pages. — The Wall Street Journal said this is a very limited test, triggered by a “very limited percentage of Yahoo's Web search queries.”
DealBook:
Yahoo to Announce Test Partnership With Google — Another shot has been fired in the bitter battle between Microsoft and Yahoo. — The Internet company plans to announce Wednesday afternoon that it will begin a test advertising partnership with Google, people briefed on the plan told DealBook.
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:BREAKING: Yahoo To Test Outsourcing Ads To Google; Two Week Run …
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Business Wire
Nate Westheimer / Silicon Alley Insider:
Google's App Engine: Aiming At Facebook, Not Amazon — There's no shortage of stories about Google's newly launched App Engine, but almost all of them get it wrong — because they compare the new service to Amazon's EC2 and S3 services (AMZN). — If the Silicon Valley echo chamber wants …
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Computerworld, TechCrunch, Skrentablog, The Real McCrea, All Facebook, Internet Marketing …, ReadWriteWeb and Alec Saunders .LOG
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Kip Kniskern / LiveSide:Red Dog: Ray Ozzie's answer to the Google App Engine?
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STARTUP CHATTER, All about Microsoft, Virtualization.com, Tech Sanity Check and Data Center Knowledge
Preston Gralla / Computerworld Blogs:
Five reasons why Vista beats Mac OS X — IT TOPICS:Desktop Applications, Enterprise Software & Services, Macintosh & Apple, Operating Systems, Software, Windows & Microsoft — The conventional wisdom, that Mac's OS X is superior to Windows Vista, is flat-out wrong.
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duncanriley.com, Hardware 2.0, Mark Evans, Chris Pirillo, MacUser, CrunchGear and Geek News Central
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Tom Krazit / One More Thing:Mac security not so much about the Mac — SAN FRANCISCO …
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The Mac Observer
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
I Saw The Future Of Social Networking The Other Day — Anyone who's been reading this blog for more than a few months knows I'm bullish on mobile social networking. — The space is wide open at this point - no one has created an application that has gotten enough traction to go mainstream.
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Michael Masnick / Techdirt:
New RIAA Argument: Throwing A Promo CD In The Garbage = Unauthorized Distribution — from the next-up:-picking-your-nose=distribution dept — Last summer, the EFF sued Universal Music Group, after UMG had eBay takedown the sales of certain CDs. The CDs were promotional CDs …
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Bret Taylor / Bret Taylor's blog:
We need a Wikipedia for data — I just started blogging. I am not sure what I want to write about, but I think one theme will be “things I want but want someone else to build.” This article describes one of those things. — At Google, I worked on a number of projects that required data from third party data sources.
Adobe:
Adobe Media Player Now Available — For immediate release — New Adobe AIR Application Redefines Next-Generation TV Experiences for Viewers and Broadcasters — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Media Player 1.0 software.
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Elisabeth Lewin / Podcasting News:Wizzard To Use Adobe Media Player For Video Podcasts
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The Technology Chronicles
Business Wire:
Yahoo! Announces Agreement to Acquire IndexTools' Analytics Business — Acquisition intended to enhance platform for comprehensive Web — analytics and extend offerings for on-line marketers — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced that it has entered …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Former Yahoo Exec to OpenX; OpenX to L.A. — Former Yahoo Senior Vice President Tim Cadogan will take the CEO job at OpenX, the popular open-source ad server start-up, backed by Index Ventures, Accel Partners and others. — As part of the change, the company will move from its London HQ to Los Angeles.
Aidan Malley / AppleInsider:
Latest iPhone 2.0 beta reveals 3G chipset — Hidden away in the latest test firmware for iPhone developers is the mention of the chipset that will power third-generation cellular Internet access in Apple's next generation of the device. — Discovered by the creators of the popular ZiPhone jailbreak …
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VentureBeat, Computerworld, Apple 2.0, IntoMobile, Infinite Loop, CrunchGear, MacDailyNews, The Apple Core and Geek.com
Symbian Smart Phones World:
Exclusive: Latest update on the hotly anticipated Nokia Tube - The Rumours are over - Hands on the Nokia “Tube” — + Exclusive: latest update on the hotly anticipated Nokia Tube — Hands on the Nokia “Tube” — The Rumours are over! — Now whether the phone was inadvertently …
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One More Thing, CrunchGear, Engadget, IntoMobile, TG Daily, Geek.com, jkOnTheRun and Gizmodo
BBC:
BBC announces Nintendo Wii deal — The BBC's iPlayer video service will soon be available via the Nintendo Wii. — The video download and streaming service that lets people catch up with BBC programmes will soon be a channel on the hugely popular game console.
Kevin J. Delaney / Wall Street Journal:
Legg Mason Wades Into the Yahoo Fray — Manager Says Shareholder Would Back Independence If Microsoft Lowers Its Bid — A major Yahoo Inc. shareholder said Microsoft Corp. “blundered” last weekend by threatening a hostile Yahoo takeover at a lower price.
