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Henry Porter / Guardian:
Google is just an amoral menace — The ever-growing empire produces nothing but seems determined to control everything — If indeed a new era of global responsibility has come into being with measures that actually restrain banks and isolate tax havens, it may be time for the planet's …
Daniel Lyons / Newsweek:
I'm A PC. Keep The Change. — Microsoft was built by engineers. Marketing has always been its weak spot. But its new ads poking fun at Apple hit the mark. — From the magazine issue dated Apr 13, 2009 — She is an unlikely assassin—a cute young woman with long red hair, geeky glasses and a funky scarf.
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Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Another Microsoft Ad That Ignores Windows — Tired of all the banter about Lauren, the lady who spurned the 17-inch MacBook Pro for an HP laptop? Meet Giampaolo, the newest protagonist in Microsoft's “Laptop Hunters” ad campaign for Windows: — The format of the commercial is the same as the …
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Dell netbook roadmap leaks out, get ready for the Mini 11 — Oop, it looks like a Dell middle manager somewhere got a little too excited and let a full set of netbook roadmap slides leak out. The biggest news is a planned Mini 11 due sometime between now and the end of Q3 …
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Ian Betteridge / Technovia:
Some quick thoughts about Google versus the newspapers … Rupert Murdoch has really put the cat amongst the pigeons with his comments about Google: … Some people will paint this as an old-media dinosaur not understanding new media, but I'm not so sure. If you've read Michael Wolff's biography …
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Is This the Future of the Digital Book? — PLENTY of authors dream of writing the great American novel. — Bradley Inman wants to create great fiction, dramatic online video and compelling Twitter stream — and then roll them all into a multimedia hybrid that is tailored to the rapidly growing number of digital reading devices.
Brandon Keim / Wired Science:
Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics — In just over a day, a powerful computer program accomplished a feat that took physicists centuries to complete: extrapolating the laws of motion from a pendulum's swings. — Developed by Cornell researchers, the program deduced …
Kevin Purdy / Lifehacker:
Portable Ubuntu Runs Ubuntu Inside Windows — Windows only: Free application Portable Ubuntu for Windows runs an entire Linux operating system as a Windows application. As if that weren't cool enough, it's portable, so you can carry it on your thumb drive.
Carlos Miller / Photography is Not a Crime:
Phoenix police raid home of blogger whose writing is highly critical of them — In what should send a frightening chill down the spine of every blogger, writer, journalist and First Amendment advocate in the United States, Phoenix police raided the home of a blogger who has been highly critical of the department.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Why Google should want Twitter: Currency — Here's a good clue as to why Google should be interested in Twitter. It's not just search. It's currency. Google isn't good at currency. It needs content to ferment; it needs links and clicks to collect so PageRank can determine its value.
Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Next-gen iPod touch, iPhone to support low-power 802.11n — Wireless radio component specifications contained within beta distributions of iPhone 3.0 firmware reveal support for a new chip enabling low power 802.11n that's bound for Apple's third-generation iPod touch.
Arnold Kim / Normalkid:
Online vs Print, and the Evolution of Media — Here are a few random thoughts I've had recently about blogging, online media and traditional print media. — Online Ads vs Newspaper Ads — Here's a promising chart for all online-media folk published by Alley Insider.
