Check out Mini-Techmeme for simple mobiles or Techmeme Mobile for modern smartphones.
2:45 PM ET, April 24, 2008

Techmeme

 Top Items: 
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Memo to Yahoo: Incoming-Duck and Cover!  —  And, as BoomTown wrote yesterday, so the war of attrition for Yahoo begins.  —  Not with a bang, but a whimper.  And so much whine, I am considering serving up a nice plate of cheese to all players.  —  But while the first moves by Microsoft …
RELATED:
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Does Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer need an intervention?  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may need an intervention before this obsession with Yahoo-which is really about an obsession over Google-spins out of control.  —  We're about to hit a second milepost in what is a frenetic week …
Kelly Fiveash / The Register:   Microsoft could go it alone without Yahoo!
Mike Ricciuti / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: You want XP, we'll keep XP  —  The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated.  —  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by June 30, if customers demand that it stick around.  So far, they have not.  —  “XP will hit an end-of-life.
Discussion: The Register
RELATED:
Aoife White / Associated Press:
Microsoft not ruling out Windows XP extension  —  LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium - Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer offered a glimmer of hope on Thursday to fans of the company's Windows XP operating system, saying the company may reconsider its decision to stop selling it soon.
Discussion: CrunchGear and InfoWorld
David Lawsky / Reuters:
Microsoft could keep XP if customers want it: CEO  —  LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium (Reuters) - Microsoft could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said.  —  “XP will hit an end-of-life.
Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Twitter Turmoil Not Finished: Engineering VP Lee Mighdoll Out  —  Blaine Cook isn't the only high-profile engineer to leave Twitter in recent weeks.  Lee Mighdoll, brought on in early January as the startup's VP of engineering and operations, is also out.  —  “After three months …
RELATED:
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
VP Lee Mighdoll Out At Twitter, Business Plan Still MIA  —  Twitter VP Engineering and Operations Lee Mighdoll has left Twitter after 3 months, reports Silicon Alley Insider.  —  Peter Kafka quotes Biz Stone saying “both Lee and Twitter came to the conclusion that the match was not perfect …
Discussion: Mark Evans and WinExtra
Neal Sample / Yodel Anecdotal:
Developer welcome mat  —  You're a developer.  Your dream is to impact an insane number of people with your work.  And you're impatient — you don't want to start small, dazzling just a few people with your coding wares.  —  Enter the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS).
RELATED:
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:   Yahoo SearchMonkey Launches Into Private Beta
Jeffry Bartash / MarketWatch:
Motorola posts wider loss  —  Handset sales plunge again; second quarter seen weak  —  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Motorola Inc. on Thursday posted a wider first-quarter loss after selling fewer wireless phones than expected and incurring costs for layoffs.
Discussion: Digital Daily and All About Nortel
RELATED:
Leslie Cauley / USA Today:
Motorola plots its comeback as cellphone icon
Discussion: mocoNews.net
Colin Barr / Technology news:
Motorola phone sales tumble 39%
The Jeff Pulver Blog:
I resigned from Pulvermedia  —  Just wanted to share the news that I have resigned as a director from PulverMedia.  —  And I am not able to say anything else nor can I address any questions about this.
Discussion: GigaOM and VoIP Watch
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
CNET and Yahoo Broadly Expand Editorial and Ad Relationship  —  When it reports its first-quarter earnings this afternoon, CNET Networks (CNET) will also announce a much expanded editorial and advertising relationship with Yahoo (YHOO) that will give the tech news site broad distribution on the highly trafficked Internet portal.
Phil Libin / Evernote Blog:
Thanks a Million - Open Registration Today Only  —  The new Evernote closed beta is about two months old and we've just passed an important milestone: our first one million notes!  During this time, we've made lots of improvements to the service and we'll be announcing a few more big things in the next couple of weeks.
Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
MySpace Apps Are Go For All Users  —  MySpace officially opened its Application Gallery to all users this morning after launching it in public beta last March.  In that time over 1,000 applications have been approved and added to the gallery and there have been over 2.1 million application installs across the site.
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
The Heron has landed: Ubuntu 8.04 officially released  —  Version 8.04 of the Ubuntu Linux distribution was officially released today.  Ubuntu is released every six months with many new features and the latest versions of popular desktop software applications.
Crave at CNET UK:
iRiver E150, E200 to go aluminium and lose speakers  —  We've just had some top-secret, hot-off-the-press exclusive news about iRiver.  You know the E100 we just reviewed?  It's going to be getting a serious overhaul for the next version, to be known as the E150 or the E200.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft earnings cheat sheet: Vista SP1 impact; Strong results expected; Is Yahoo a distraction?  —  Did Microsoft keep its focus amid all the Yahoo hubbub?  It may not matter given the bump from the weak dollar that Microsoft is expected to get in the third quarter.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of Techmeme at 2:45 PM ET, April 24, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Techmeme Sponsor Posts: 
Tribe AI:
Is AI just hype?  —  Find out how top enterprises use Tribe to get real business results.
Techmeme Leaderboards:
Discover the top reporters on AI, VR, policy, and much more  —  We've analyzed Techmeme's news crawl to identify the most influential and prolific writers on 48 news topics.  Download reports immediately for just $100.
Zoho:
Authy killed their desktop apps.  Time to switch to a reliable authenticator.  Time to switch to Zoho OneAuth.  —  Twilio's Authy recently announced end of life (EOL) for their desktop apps on March 19, 2024—five months ahead of schedule.
Comprehensive.io:
Browse salary data from 3,000 startups for free  —  Click for FREE, immediate access to real-time compensation benchmarking data.  Paid version helps HR automate comp reviews and communicate total compensation to employees.
Sponsor Techmeme
 
 See Also: 
Techmeme: site main
Techmeme River: reverse chronological Techmeme
Techmeme Mobile: for phones
Techmeme Leaderboard: Techmeme's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
Techmeme RSS feed
Techmeme on X
Techmeme on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Martin / gHacks technology news:
Stage 6 Clone announced
Discussion: Download Squad and Mashable!
Kelly Jackson Higgins / darkREADING:
Researchers Infiltrate and ‘Pollute’ Storm Botnet
Discussion: DSLreports
Susie Pan / DigiTimes:
LG Display to start 8G panel production sooner than Taiwan-based rivals
Discussion: Gizmodo and Engadget
PR Newswire:
EarthLink Announces First Quarter Results
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:
Listening to the Audience (Twitter) at Web 2. Expo: The Balance …
Percy Cabello / Mozilla Links:
Facebook Chat in your Firefox sidebar
Discussion: Webware.com and Download Squad
Julian Sanchez / Ars Technica:
Lessig, Google, Obama, and Jesus: a net neutrality mash-up
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
Microsoft's Tellme launches its best app ever...for BlackBerry
 Earlier Items: 
Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Negroponte, developers at odds over future of OLPC platform
Frank Reynolds / FindLaw Legal News:
New Backdating Suit Takes Another Bite at Apple, CEO Jobs
Chris Kohler / Game|Life:
Nintendo: Average Wii Sits on Shelf for Just an Hour
Yahoo! Local & Maps Blog:
Searching on a map just got a whole lot easier on Yahoo! Local
Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
Geezeo Takes Investment From TheStreet.com With Option To Buy
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Lights. Camera. Cellphone Action.
Tori Richards / Reuters:
Hacker testifies News Corp unit hired him
Discussion: Mashable! and Valleywag
Tom / New Scientist Technology Blog:
Science fiction inspires DARPA weapon
Discussion: Gizmodo, Engadget, Slashdot and Voices
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
Sister Sites:

Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page