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New York Times:
Microsoft and Google Set to Wage Arms Race — Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, described Google in an interview late last year as a worthy adversary, a company to test Microsoft's mettle. "This is hypercompetition, make no mistake," Mr. Gates observed.
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Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Google's Double Standard — Okay, there's been too much written about this already, so I'll try to keep my 2 cents short. — Concerned about Microsoft's decision to make MSN Search the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7 (earth shattering, isn't it?), Marissa Mayer said:
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:Google Worried About Microsoft's Browser Advantage? What Advantage?
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Screenwerk, Office Evolution, SearchViews and Mike Davidson
Reuters:
Microsoft may delay Windows Vista again — Gartner — SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp.'s long- awaited release of the upgrade to its flagship Windows operating system will likely be delayed again by at least three months, research group Gartner Inc. said on Tuesday.
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Munir Kotadia / CNET News.com:RSA: Microsoft to shelve token support in Vista
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Blog Search Engine Sphere Launches — New blog search engine Sphere launched just moments ago and has also announced a $3.75 million round of venture financing. In addition to covering the launch of Sphere here, we have a podcast interview with CEO Tony Conrad and advisor Toni Schneider over at TalkCrunch.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:Sphere Launches With New Cash
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Gwen Hinze / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Blogging WIPO: The Broadcasting/ Webcasting Treaty Hits the Fast Track - SCCR 14, Day 1 — The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights Committee meets this week to discuss the latest redraft of the contentious new Broadcasting Treaty.
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Cory Doctorow / Boing Boing:
UN cooking podcast-killing treaty — The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill innovative Internet audio/video offerings — like podcasting, YouTube, Google Video, and Democracy Player — in order to protect the business models of a few entrenched broadcasters.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Intel to Offer Its Own Plan for Global Internet Access — SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 — Aiming to help close the so-called digital divide, the Intel Corporation plans to announce a design for a sub-$400 educational laptop and a five-year, $1 billion program to train teachers and to extend wireless digital Internet access worldwide.
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Seth Schiesel / New York Times:
Entropia Universe Players Can Cash Their Online Earnings at the A.T.M. — When you put your card into an automated teller machine, view your balance on the screen and then receive money from the dispenser, you probably understand that a merely electronic notion — your bank account …
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Jenstar / JenSense:
MySpace.com and Yahoo Publisher Network apparently don't mix — MySpace has long been a marketing tool and a great way to drive traffic to other sites or advertising. But if you happen to be monetizing with MySpace and using Yahoo Publisher Network, you may get your account suspended …
CNET News.com:
Net neutrality missing from sweeping telecom bill — update The U.S. Senate took the first serious step on Monday toward rewriting the nation's telecommunications laws, a move that raises politically sensitive questions about digital copyright and Net neutrality and that could take years to complete.
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Newsmaker: Asking more of Ask.com than of Jeeves — Ask.com relaunched earlier this year with new features and a new logo as part of an attempt to shake off its old Ask Jeeves image. Now it also has a new chief executive—Jim Lanzone, who was promoted this week to replace Steve Berkowitz.
Leander Kahney / Wired News:
The Genius of Apple's Stores — Apple Computer is firing on all cylinders these days, but of all the things contributing to its success, hardly anyone mentions its chain of retail stores. — The stores are as important to Apple as the iPod or OS X when it comes to driving …
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Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Amazon Search Finds Microsoft — Dropping of Google Means Landmark Gain for Software Giant — Amazon.com Inc. said yesterday that it has dropped Google Inc. as the provider of search engine results on its Web site in favor of one powered by Microsoft, a move that signals a small rebellion …
www-306.ibm.com:
IBM acquires BuildForge — Organizations are increasingly under pressure to deliver enterprise products and services faster. Development organizations are hard pressed to manage complex applications, coordinate globally distributed development and production teams while maintaining high software quality.
