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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Google and Creator of ‘Family Guy’ Strike a Deal — LOS ANGELES — Google is experimenting with a new method of distributing original material on the Web, and some Hollywood film financiers are betting millions that the company will succeed. — In September, Seth MacFarlane, creator of …
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Steven Musil / CNET News.com:Google taps ‘Family Guy’ guy for Web series
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Sergey Solyanik / 1-800-MAGIC:
Back to Microsoft — Last week I left Google to go back to Microsoft, where I started this Monday (and so not surprisingly, I was too busy to blog about it). — I think I am the first person in the Seattle/Kirkland area to do so, so this merits an explanation. Isn't Google an insanely cool place to work for?
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Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life:
The GOOG->MSFT Exodus: Working at Google vs. Working at Microsoft — Recently I've been bumping into more and more people who've either left Google to come to Microsoft or got offers from both companies and picked Microsoft over Google. I believe this is part of a larger trend especially …
Donald Bell / CNET News.com:
Rhapsody's new MP3 store offers full song previews — Today, Real Networks has announced several improvements to their Rhapsody music service, including a new online music store and integration with Verizon's VCAST mobile phone music service. — Taking a cue from competitors such as Amazon and Napster …
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Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:Rhapsody Agrees DRM Is Dead; Launches MP3 Store
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Marc Andreessen Joins Facebook's Board Of Directors — Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, Opsware and Ning and the former CTO of AOL, is adding a new notch in his belt: he has joined the board of directors of Facebook, two sources close to the company confirmed to us …
Associated Press:
Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday — REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.
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Randall Stross / New York Times:
Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air — MICROSOFT Windows has put on a lot of weight over the years. — Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code, it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame. Adding features, plugging security holes, fixing bugs …
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Windows-Now.com, Computerworld, TidBITS, Brandon Live!, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Slashdot, Memex 1.1, TeleRead and Digg
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Book Restaurant Reservations On The Go With OpenTable — OpenTable, the web-enabled restaurant management provider, has introduced a new mobile feature that lets users make restaurant reservations from their from their phone's browser. The new site, which is available here …
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
A Movie on Your TV at Home, Before You Can Rent It — The very future of how we consume media rests on the movie star shoulders of Will Smith. That is Hollywood hyperbole — but it contains a speck of truth. — In an industry first, Sony Pictures' hoped-for blockbuster “Hancock,” …
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Andrew Chen / Futuristic Play:
25 reasons users STOP using your product: An analysis of customer lifecycle — Churn from a customer lifecycle perspective — As much as I blog about viral marketing, it can't be avoided that having healthy product retention is an equally (and incredibly) important part about having a successful product.
Rob Webb / RobWebb2k:
LinkedIn quietly launches Research Network and DirectAds...let the monetization begin. — LinkedIn DirectAds — LinkedIn has quietly launched a beta version of a dynamic CPM text advertising platform called LinkedIn DirectAds. No formal announcement of the launch was made on the LinkedIn blog or elsewhere.
Deborah Gage / San Francisco Chronicle:
Merchants asked to secure their sites — Today is the deadline for any business that accepts credit cards over the Internet to meet new security standards for their Web sites. — But not all businesses are expected to make the deadline, and for those that do, it's not clear how much more secure their sites will be.
