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Waxy.org:
Yahoo and Upcoming, Sitting In A Tree — Two years ago, I launched Upcoming.org and announced it to the world. Today, along with my partners Gordon Luk and Leonard Lin, I'm unbelievably proud to announce that Upcoming.org is now a member of the Yahoo! family. — I've always had a warm and fuzzy feeling about Yahoo.
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Yahoo! Search blog:
What's Upcoming at Yahoo! Local — As readers of the Yahoo! Search blog know, our vision is a far-reaching one — to enable people to find, use, share, and expand all human knowledge. — Events are a particularly exciting area of human knowledge — chock full of rich local, social, and temporal data.
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Search Engine Journal, Thomas Hawk's Digital …, Jeremy Zawodny's blog, Threadwatch.org and OnoTech
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¿Y! Tu? (aka Holy Schmoly, aka Leeerrooooy Jeeenkinns) — (links filled as they come, check out the upcoming update, refresh css) — It seems like the cool thing for all my friends to do these days is to announce that they're now working for Yahoo! I think you know where this is heading …
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Getluky / getluky.net:
Yahoo! Acquires Upcoming.org — Today marks the day that Yahoo! has officially acquired Upcoming.org. Here's the official announcement, which covers the basics: … Tackling the tricky problems behind events is a worthy challenge. Many sites make an attempt to be a calendar on the Internet …
Michael Liedtke / biz.yahoo.com:
Yahoo Inc. Acquires Upcoming.org — Yahoo Inc. Acquires Event Planning Site Upcoming.org — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo Inc. has acquired Upcoming.org, an online event planning site that's expected to infuse the Internet powerhouse with more content about local communities.
Greg Reinacker / Greg Reinacker's Weblog:
NewsGator acquires NetNewsWire — The rumors and stories this morning are true...NewsGator has acquired NetNewsWire. Here's the press release, and a Q&A about the deal. This is awesome news - we're all very excited about it! — The rationale here is similar to what I posted about the FeedDemon deal.
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inessential.com:
NewsGator acquires NetNewsWire — It's true! NewsGator has acquired NetNewsWire and hired me as a product architect! There's a press release and a Q&A page that go into more detail. — You can also read what my co-workers Greg Reinacker and Nick Bradbury have to say.
sun.com:
Sun and Google Expand Technology Reach And Global Opportunity — Multi-year, Strategic Agreement Promotes Java Technology and Google Toolbar — MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., - October 4, 2005 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Google Inc. today announced an agreement to promote and distribute …
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Carlo / Techdirt:
Sun Welcomes You To 1999 With Its Google Non-Announcement
Sun Welcomes You To 1999 With Its Google Non-Announcement
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InsideGoogle, tecosystems, The Unofficial Google Weblog, paradox1x, JD on MX and Search Engine Watch Blog
Stephen Shankland / ZDNet:
Google, Sun plan partnership
Google, Sun plan partnership
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Aaron Wall's SEO Book.com, The Internet Stock Blog, TechSpot, cameron reilly and IP Democracy
Kasper Jade / appleinsider.com:
Apple planning launch of video iPod — Apple Computer has begun production of a new version of its iPod digital music player that will be capable of playing videos, AppleInsider has learned. — Reliable sources believe the iPod could be introduced as early as next week …
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PC World's Techlog, Apple | News.blog, Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz, Scobleizer, The Apple Blog and Gizmodo
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Ed Bott / Ed Bott's Windows Expertise:
Single-play DVDs? It's a hoax — On the Internet, a hoax can spread just as fast as a genuine news story. That's the lesson from the bogus story published in an obscure UK business magazine yesterday that claimed Microsoft is about to unleash a new single-play DVD format.
www2.sprint.com:
Sprint Nextel Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit — Sprint Nextel Files Lawsuit Against Vonage, Voiceglo and theglobe.com for Infringing Seven Patents — Media Contact: — Debra Peterson, 913-794-3765 — Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) today announced one of its subsidiaries filed …
Evan Ratliff / New Yorker:
THE ZOMBIE HUNTERS — On the trail of cyberextortionists. — One afternoon this spring, a half-dozen young computer engineers sat in the headquarters of Prolexic, an Internet-security company in Hollywood, Florida, puzzling over an attack on one of the company's clients, a penileenhancement business called MensNiche.com.
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