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Chris Flores / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Microsoft demonstrates Multi-touch — For years Microsoft has been investing in many forms of natural input in order to simplify the way people interact with their PC's and devices. The advent of the original Windows graphical user interface forever changed the way people used their PC's.
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David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
The man who would run Yahoo — In a Fortune exclusive, Microsoft's Kevin Johnson talks about innovation, disruption, and what he's going to do about Google. — (Fortune Magazine) — He made his mark at Microsoft as head of the company's worldwide sales force at a time when it seemed everyone hated …
Maggie Shiels / BBC:
Microsoft demos ‘touch Windows’ — Technology reporter, BBC News, in Silicon Valley — Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse. — It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year.
John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:
VIDEO: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Highlight Reel, Part One — Here are a few video highlights from the first half of the D6 interview of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer, conducted by conference co-hosts Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. (Click here for highlights from the second half of the interview.)
Matt Hickey / CrunchGear:
Windows 7 screen grabs look better than they sound — So Microsoft's Sinofsky had a pretty good dance with CNET about Windows 7, really not saying much of anything. But a picture's worth a thousand words, right? Howzabout a ton of pics? — We can confirm these are indeed screen shots …
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:Gates to spend 20 percent of his time on Microsoft projects in retirement
John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer and Windows 7 Preview
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John Markoff / Bits:Slow Dissolve: Bill and Steve at the D Conference
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Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:Gates and Ballmer to show a little Windows 7 skin at D6
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Owen Thomas / Valleywag:Security ejects Valleywag from D6 conference
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John Markoff / New York Times:
The Guessing Game Has Begun on the Next iPhone — SAN FRANCISCO — Can Steven P. Jobs top the iPhone ... with another iPhone? — Last June, Mr. Jobs began selling what has become one of the most talked-about consumer products in history. Now he faces a new challenge as Apple prepares …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Updated: TiVo Partners With Chicago Tribune To Deliver Critic's Picks; Will Offer Movies From Disney — TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) has announced a partnership with the Chicago Tribune that will allow TiVo subscribers to automatically record the recommendations of TV critic Maureen Ryan.
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Darryl K. Taft / eWeek:
Google Opens Google App Engine — Google also announces pricing for the development technology.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:3,000 Developers To Converge On Google I/O Tomorrow. Here's What To Expect.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
HP packs two independent servers on a blade — HP can now pack two servers one blade and cut energy consumption by 60 percent based on its calculations. — HP was set to announce its new blade set-up on Wednesday. The server twofer-dubbed the HP ProLiant BL2×220c G5 (right) …
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InfoWorld:
Belgian newspapers ask Google for $77.5 million in damages — A group of Belgian newspaper publishers wants Google to pay up to €49.2 million ($77.5 million) in damages for violating copyright law by publishing their articles on Google News and caching their Web pages.
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Aoife White / Associated Press:Belgian newspapers want $77M from Google
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Gene Marcial / Business Week:
Yahoo's End Game — Negotiations with Microsoft and Google are taking place behind the scenes, writes BW's Gene Marcial. A deal of some kind is imminent, according to his sources — Yahoo! finally looks ready to do a deal, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Kevin Poulsen / Threat Level:
Man Allegedly Bilks E-trade, Schwab of $50,000 by Collecting Lots of Free ‘Micro-Deposits’ — A California man has been indicted for an inventive scheme that allegedly siphoned $50,000 from online brokerage houses E-trade and Schwab.com in six months — a few pennies at a time.
Nick Douglas / Gawker:
Host Joanne Colan Leaves Rocketboom — According to a source at the Creative Artists Agency, host Joanne Colan is leaving Rocketboom, one of the Internet's first prominent news videoblogs. During her tenure, Colan never managed to transform the show (directed by creator Andrew Baron) …
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Dan Farber / Webware.com:
Evri building a data graph of the Web — Evri has a new twist on content navigation and discovery. Debuting Wednesday at D6, Evri is not a search engine, according to CEO Neil Roseman, but a “data graph of the Web” that leads to “incremental content engagement.”
Jenna Wortham / The Underwire:
Weezer's Memetastic Video Director Spills the ‘Pork and Beans’ — Weezer hit the virtual jackpot with “Pork and Beans,” the band's hot new music video that mashes together a decade of internet memes in less than four minutes. — Whether you think of the savvy short as the web celeb edition of …
