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The Head Lemur / raving lunacy:
The Head Lemur joins Microsoft! — DATELINE Phoenix. Arizona — Following the surprise move of Robert Scoble to Google, it was announced this morning that Alan Herrell, aka the head lemur will replace Scoble as the primary Evangelist for Microsoft. — Sources close to Management …
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Josh Hallett / hyku | blog:
Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper Join Forces! — In a move that has shocked just about everyone in the PR industry, long-time PR bloggers Steve Rubel and Jeremy Pepper have joined forces to form PepperRubel PR. Perhaps in a testament to their blogging roots, it was another blogger, me, that discovered their new venture.
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Time for a change of scenery: I'm joining Yahoo! — By now, you've probably seen Jeremy Zawodny's post: he's joining Google, and I'm leaving Google for a new job at Yahoo! This is part of Yahoo!'s acquisition of all Web 2.0 companies (I did a panel at the Web 2.0 conference …
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Jeremy Zawodny's blog
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Strumpette's Death Pool Ends — You know, Smurfette is so right. I just can't hack it at Edelman. It's time to throw in the towel. So, I have decided to turn a new page and join forces with Jeremy Pepper. It's the only way I could ever shake him from leaving so many wonderful comments.
Werner Vogels / All Things Distributed:
AMAZON GETS IM — In order to get closer to their customers, humanize Amazon, increase sales, and stay modern, Amazon.com has decided to make all Instant Messenger (IM) handles of its employees public. This way Amazon.com customers will get unprecedented access to the talented engineers …
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Richard Siklos / New York Times:
Death by Smiley Face: When Rivals Disdain Profit — THE tectonic changes facing media companies are by now the topic of an often-recited sermon. Put briefly, digital technology is placing control over much information squarely in the hands of consumers and creating all kinds of opportunities …
GameSpot:
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Q&A - Questions for the Lead Designer — The lead game designer of World of Warcraft answers our questions about the eagerly awaited expansion for the smash online role-playing game. — With a reported 6 million subscribers and counting …
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WOW Insider
Jennifer A. Kingson / New York Times:
The Convenience of an A.T.M., but So Much More — Would you like some financial services with that coffee? — Convenience stores, best known to weary motorists as sources for drinks and snack chips, are starting to gain a reputation as good places to pay bills, cash checks, send money and buy cellphone minutes.
GameSpot:
World of Starcraft — News & Previews - Images - Videos - Downloads - Hints & Cheats - Related Games - Forum - - Buy It — World of Starcraft—World Exclusive Hands-On Preview Impressions First Look — To put it mildly, the human brain cannot possibly fathom and the English language …
Kevin / Kevin.Jarnot.Com:
They Come in Peace...and for the BBQ — Just found an April Fools joke on Google Earth. Area 51 has some visitors: — Amusements | Perm Link — Trackback Pings — Listed below are links to weblogs that reference They Come in Peace...and for the BBQ:
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Monitor:
WHAT THE "CAPABLE" STICKER MEANS — This afternoon Microsoft formerly announced the Windows Vista Capable program, which shouldn't be confused with being Windows Vista ready. — Reporters have asked me if the program, which puts Windows Vista Capable stickers on some PCs, is in response to last week's shipment delay.
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
April Fools Watch — Adotas mentions new AdSense unit sizes of 1×1 pixel and 2560×1920 pixels. What about people with bigger screens than that though? — How the heck did the Sydney Morning Herald find out about Google's quantum-based spam filtering? — Philipp notices Google's new room search prototype.
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica:
Duke Nukem Forever — Rating: Not yet rated (my money says AO) — What a long, strange trip it's been. I wasted away most of my junior high years playing Duke Nukem 3D. Our own Opposable Thumbs writer Rodney designed any number of maps for it and we would be sending pipe bombs …
Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System:
Google Browser — You want a browser that doesn't use all your RAM. — Firefox is a memory hog — You want a secure browser. — Internet Explorer is not secure — You want a fast browser. — Opera is fast, but not that fast. — You want a cross-platform browser.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Stealth Startup Goop to Launch — Rumors about Palo Alto based stealth startup Goop have been buzzing for weeks now. A standard landing page accepting email submissions for beta testing is now up, and some information has been leaked about the company. — CEO Peter Gibbons …
