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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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PC World:
Gartner Explains Why Windows Is Broken — Esther Schindler, CIO.com — In a session at the Gartner Emerging Trends conference this week, analysts Neil MacDonald and Michael Silver identified many reasons that Windows (and thus Microsoft) are in trouble. — Microsoft's operating system …
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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.
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 …
Business Wire:
GE Reports First Quarter 2008 Net EPS of $.43, down 2%, and Continuing EPS of $.44, down 8%; Revenues of $42.2 billion, up 8%; Orders of $24 billion, up 8%; Solid Industrial Earnings Offset by Financial Services — 1Q 2008 Highlights — Continuing earnings per share (EPS) of $.44 …
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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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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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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 …
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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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.
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
DealBook:
Google C.E.O. Taps Quattrone as Adviser in Yahoo Battle — Update: Mr. Quattrone's firm, Qatalyst, has been officially hired by Google, people close to the company told DealBook. — Look who Google's turned to for help. — Frank P. Quattrone is advising Eric E. Schmidt, Google's chief executive …
Underwire / Wired:
Flickr Users Cry Mutiny Over New Video Feature — Flickr users are revolting. Again. — Several groups protesting this week's addition of video to Yahoo's popular photo-sharing site have sprung up to object to the new feature. — One group, We Say No to Videos on Flickr …
Tom Hogarty / Lightroom Journal:
Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 — The Lightroom 1.4.1 and Camera Raw 4.4.1 updates have been posted to the following locations: Lightroom(Mac, Win), Camera Raw(Mac, Win). The updates provide all of the changes included in the original Lightroom 1.4 and Camera Raw 4.4 releases …
