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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Windows is ‘collapsing,’ Gartner analysts warn — The researchers damn Windows in current form, urges radical changes — Computerworld) Calling the situation “untenable” and describing Windows as “collapsing,” a pair of Gartner analysts yesterday said Microsoft Corp. must make radical changes …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That's Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen — Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience yesterday that Microsoft's Windows product is collapsing and must make radical changes to its operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb:
Windows “Collapsing” - 2011 Tipping Point For Web Apps In The Enterprise — Today there's been a sensational claim by 2 Gartner analysts that “Windows is collapsing”. In Computerworld, Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald are quoted as saying that “Microsoft has not responded to the market …
Mark Wilson / Stuff.tv:
Nike+ coming to iPhone and iPod Touch — I'm in Nike's HQ in Oregon where, apart from checking out the footwear it's fashioned for all 32 Olympic events (yes, including horse riding), I've had a chinwag with a Nike+ spokeperson to see where the running companion is headed following the arrival of miCoach.
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9 to 5 Mac, Gizmodo, Unwired View, Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog, Engadget, iLounge and Switched
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
On the Menu at the Yahoo Top Managers Lunch Yesterday: Fear and AOL-oathing — For some reason, none of the half-dozen SVPs and EVPs I spoke to, who attended a lunch that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang held yesterday for several dozen top-level execs, wanted to tell me exactly what was on the menu …
Virtual Earth:
The New Release of Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D is now Live! — I'm so glad to finally announce that the latest version of Live Maps is online and ready for you to play with. This ended up being a much bigger release than originally planned including three full sprints of development.
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Screenwerk, Search Engine Land, CNET News.com, Search Engine Watch Blog, Google Earth Blog and Webware.com
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Jordan Golson / Valleywag:
Did you sign Google's noncompete? Good, you're fired — A recently departed DoubleClicker tells us that Google managers asked employees at the online ad company it acquired last month to sign one-year noncompete agreements. Most agreed, thinking that it would spare their jobs — but then layoffs came a week later.
Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
New chip will let an iPod store 500,000 songs — A new storage technology will pave the way for MP3 players and other gadgets to store a hundred times more information — Mobile phones, iPods and other consumer devices may soon be able to hold a hundred times more information …
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Darmano / Logic+Emotion:
The Top 10 Made Up Words of Web 3.0 — You won't find these in Wikipedia. But someone had to write them down. Inspired by Web jargon and making their first appearence on Twitter, I give you the Top 10 made up words of Web 3.0: — 1. Socialstainable — The act of socially conscious …
Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Remains Favorite In Crowded Battle for Yahoo — Yahoo Inc.'s directors meet Friday to discuss alternatives to a Microsoft Corp. takeover, with many insiders still seeing a Microsoft deal — without the participation of News Corp. — as the most likely outcome.
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The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, CNET News.com, paidContent.org, Silicon Alley Insider and WinBeta
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David S. Joachim / New York Times:
Devices That Track Every Precious Need — IT'S 10 p.m. Do you know where your children are? How about your pets? And your car? — It is possible to get answers to all these questions instantly over your cellphone or computer, using the same technology that guides you from place to place on a road trip.
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Sam / Go Big Always:
Twitter: A two-way social computer? — Ok, not Twitter but something Twitter-like. Twitter is nice because it strips everything away and focuses 100% on people and the economy of interaction (140 characters in a box, the end). — Twitter as social network
Mark Glaser / MediaShift:
The Social Press Release: Multimedia, Two-Way, Direct to the Public — The Social Press Release: Multimedia, Two-Way, Direct to the Public — Silicon Valley journalist/blogger Tom Foremski had had enough. Two years ago, he wrote a poison pen letter to the PR industry in a blog post titled Die!
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Silicon Valley Watcher, duncanriley.com, Maura Welch's blog, Search Engine Watch Blog and Getting Ink
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:PR industry: Still grasping for a clue
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Earnings: GE Q1 Earnings Down 8 Percent; NBC Revs Up 3 Percent; Stock Slides On Outlook — Yes, we're getting close to that time again... GE, the parent company of NBCU, has announced surprisingly weak Q1 results with continuing income sliding 8 percent to $4.36 billion from $4.9 billion.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Launching ToDo List Product? — TechCrunch reader Nicolas Hoizey noticed a blog post on the official Google Docs Blog today written by Andrew Cheng, a Google Marketing Manager. Hoizey sent us the NetNewsWire screen shot above (click for large view). — The post, based on the screen shot, appears to be a simple to do list.
Dibya Sarkar / Associated Press:
Retailers Fined for Digital TV Offenses — Federal regulators on Thursday fined Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Best Buy Co., and other retailers $3.9 million combined for failing to properly label that analog-only televisions will need to be retrofitted after the switch to digital TV next year.
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