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7:55 PM ET, April 25, 2006

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IEBlog:
Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 (and more) Available  —  This evening we released IE7 Beta 2 at http://www.microsoft.com/ie.  This release is not the preview or the update to the preview, but the real Beta 2 of IE7 for Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP 64-bit Edition.
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John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine:
The Great Microsoft Blunder  —  Internet Explorer is a dead albatross.  —  I think it can now be safely said, in hindsight, that Microsoft's entry into the browser business and its subsequent linking of the browser into the Windows operating system looks to be the worst decision …
Jeremiah Owyang / Web Strategy:   IE7 Beta Release Party: Product Teams, Editors, Podcasters and Bloggers
John Paczkowski / Good Morning Silicon Valley:   Microsoft IE 7 — yesterday's browser tomorrow!
Microsoft:
The Continuing Fight for Genuine Software  —  Microsoft's Genuine Software Initiative expands programs to help customers identify counterfeit software.  —  REDMOND, Wash., April 24, 2006 — For those outside the software industry, it can be difficult to appreciate the scope and impact …
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Mary Jo Foley / microsoft-watch.com:
Microsoft Bringing 'Genuine Advantage' Authentication to Office  —  In its increasingly aggressive drive to stamp out piracy, Microsoft is bringing Office into the WGA fold, and adding a new notifications service to WGA itself.  —  Windows Genuine Advantage has worked so well that Microsoft …
Discussion: Office Evolution
Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Microsoft piracy check comes calling
Andrew Garcia / eWEEK.com:
First 802.11n Products Show Standard's Promise  —  Review: Linksys products based on the 802.11n draft are the fastest wireless LAN devices eWEEK Labs has tested, but there are issues with legacy networks.  —  Some of the first products based on 802.11n show the wireless standard's performance potential—and problems.
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Wi-Fi consumers cautioned to wait on new gear  —  Two different groups testing new wireless products based on a draft standard of next-generation Wi-Fi technology caution consumers against buying pre-standard gear.  —  On Monday, the Fairpoint Group and the technology trade publication eWeek released results …
Chris Sherman / Search Engine Watch:
Sphere: A New Approach to Blog Search  —  The blogosphere continues to both fascinate and frustrate, because great content is out there, but it's often drowned in a sea of garbage.  Newly launched Sphere aims to change that with a different approach to blog search.
Discussion: Between the Lines and SearchViews
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Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
Sphere, a useful blog search engine
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Mark Sweney / Guardian:
BBC unveils radical revamp of website  —  The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com.  —  Ashley Highfield, the BBC director of new media and technology …
Discussion: GigaOM
down the avenue:
Video Goes Digital  —  Tonight, I wound up at the Churchill Club's monthly event on the future of video on the web.  There's a podcast of the event if you later want to consume the audio.  —  It was a top notch group of panelists including Microsoft's General Manager for MSN Entertainment …
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Ben Fritz / Variety:
Touchstone pacts for mobile spinoff  —  In a first-of-its-kind meeting of the minds in the interactive space, the three major guilds and Touchstone Television have reached an agreement on ABC's long-stalled "Lost" spinoff for mobile phones.  —  Actors, writers and directors will earn residuals …
Discussion: MocoNews.net and InterMedia
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Nick / Rough Type:
The great Google float  —  The best business model ever created has to be the float.  You hold on to other people's money for them, and you get to keep the interest.  It's a beautiful thing.  One of my favorite business stories is the tale of how J.C. Fargo, the president of American Express …
blogs.sun.com:
When I First Met Scott...  I remember the first time I met Scott McNealy - I'm sure he doesn't remember it.  It was in the board room in our old headquarters in Palo Alto.  I was with one of the folks from the startup I ran, and we were meeting on the advice of a mutual customer.  I think it was 1992 or '93.
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News.com:
'World of Warcraft' battles server problems  —  With 6 million subscribers, each of whom pays $15 a month, Blizzard Entertainment's online game "World of Warcraft" has become a billion-dollar enterprise.  —  Now comes the hard part: Making sure WoW is always up and running.
Discussion: Kotaku
adorama.com:
Kodak announces new 10X dual zoom lens camera  —  Kodak today announced its second dual-lens camera, the Easyshare V610, claiming it's the world's smallest digital camera to have a 10X optical zoom range.  Using a design that's almost identical to the original, 5MP (which was announced earlier this year) …
Discussion: Wi-Fi Networking News and Engadget
Apple:
Apple Introduces 17-inch MacBook Pro  —  MacBook Pro with 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo Processor Up to Five Times Faster Than PowerBook G4  —  CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2006—Apple® today unveiled its new 17-inch MacBook™ Pro notebook computer featuring the Intel Core Duo processor …
Robert Hof / Business Week:
Ganging Up on Google  —  A phalanx of foes — from eBay to search rivals and Uncle Sam — is lining up to keep the search giant in check  —  The family of Joan Miro had a bone to pick with Google.  The search giant used some of his images in its Web-site logo on Apr. 20 …
Karen Breslau / Wired News:
The Ressurection of Al Gore … One evening last December, in front of nearly 2,000 people at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium, Al Gore spoke in uncharacteristically personal and passionate terms about the failed quest that has dominated much of his adult life.
Discussion: WorldChanging
 
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