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Jonathan Thaw / Bloomberg:
Microsoft's AdCenter May Fail to Topple Google From Dominance — May 3 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.'s new Web advertising software, three years in the making, may fail to crack Google Inc.'s dominance of the Internet ad market. — The AdCenter software will be demonstrated at meetings …
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Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Yahoo & Microsoft Have Talked Partnering, Merging — I was talking with Kevin Delaney of the Wall Street Journal on Monday about search things in general and mentioned the sense it makes for Microsoft and Yahoo to get together. Microsoft is behind with the core search technology.
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Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:
Ballmer defends Microsoft's spending increase — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is confident that the company's plan to invest more across several businesses is the right move in the long run. — But the news last week that the spending would likely be at the expense of higher near-term profits sent …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
France backs down on iTunes DRM stance — The French government has apparently reconsidered a proposal to force Apple Computer to make the songs it sells through its iTunes Music Store playable on devices that compete with its iPods. — A French Senate committee has removed wording …
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Coolz0r:
Screw YouTube — Okay. I'm out of YouTube. I refuse to use the service any longer. Recent changes made it very obvious they don't want users with large archives. The site is very very slow and I have over 30 pages of videos. Browsing to page 28 took me exactly 12 minutes …
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Nathan Weinberg / InsideGoogle:
Screw YouTube — Miel's quit YouTube. Considering he introduced me to the service, which I began to love, contribute to, and trumpet as the next great success story, you'd think I'd be surprised. Not even a little. — See, I got kicked off YouTube over two months ago. The reason?
Timbl / Decentralized Information Group …:
Neutrality of the Net — This is an international issue. In some countries it is addressed better than others. (In France, for example, I understand that the layers are separated, and my colleague in Paris attributes getting 24Mb/s net, a phone with free international dialing and digital TV …
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Mike / Techdirt:Tim Berners-Lee On Net Neutrality: It's Important, But Now What?
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Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Gartner predicts longer Vista delay — The wait for Microsoft's delayed Windows Vista could be even longer than expected, according to a research report issued this week. — In March, Microsoft announced that widespread distribution of Windows Vista would be delayed until early 2007.
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Best Cellphone Company? All of Them, to Hear Them Say It — FOR decades, marketers in crowded categories like banking and fast food have tried to avoid price wars by promoting qualities like service and convenience. Now cellphone companies have joined the fray, and their ads …
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Alice Z. Cuneo / RCR Wireless News:Loss of Cingular brand could cost AT&T
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mmetrics.com:
M:Metrics data indicates selection, pricing play a big role — SEATTLE, Wash May 2, 2006 — With E3 on the horizon, mobile gaming finds itself in the spotlight, with even Paris Hilton getting into the game. But despite Hilton's proclamation that, "mobile gaming is hot right now," …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
News Bits: Skype, Pandora and Meebo — There are a few product updates going out tonight or tomorrow morning involving Meebo, Pandora and Skype that are worth mentioning. — Skype Adds Skypecasts — Skype is releasing version 2.5 beta of its client software on Wednesday.
Willow Duttge / AdAge:
Ad Agency Sues Blogger for Defamation — Action Follows Public Battle Over Maine Tourism Ad Work — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — An ad agency that specialized in travel advertising is suing a Maine-based blogger for defamation after he began to post regularly about the work the agency was doing for its client, the state of Maine.
Kate Kaye / ClickZ:
Report Shows Marketers Stick with Proven Interactive Media — Mobile, RSS and advergaming may get lots of media attention, but many marketers are looking the other way. A new Forrester Research report shows that a wide spectrum of interactive marketers is continuing to bank on proven methods …
Lorne Manly / New York Times:
Microsoft Teams Up With Hollywood to Offer Original Web Shows — Nearly 10 years after wholeheartedly but prematurely embracing original entertainment programming on the Web, Microsoft is re-entering the fray. But instead of attempting to contort itself into a media company by hiring scores …
Michael Gartenberg:
More on the Samsung Q1 — I've been a little slow getting my review of the Samsung Q1 together but but Linda Epstein has a good set of comments here. — Some of the nice points of the unit i've found? A built in VGA connector. That's really useful if you're looking to use one of these devices …
Reuters:
'Net Neutrality' Battle Widens — WASHINGTON — The U.S. financial sector, a powerful force in Washington, may be gearing up to jump into a Capitol Hill fight over the future of the internet and stop an effort it says could add billions in costs just to maintain current offerings.
VoIP Blog:
Skype 2.5 — Skype just released the new addition of its software. As part of the new software enhancements, registration is simplified for new Skype customers, and dialing traditional phone numbers is more intuitive, making calls to landlines or cell phones anywhere in the world, easy and affordable.
opera.com:
Mini Gets Mighty: Introducting Opera Mini 2.0 for your mobile phone — Opera Software today released Opera Mini 2.0, the new version of the tiny and fast Web browser that runs on almost every mobile phone. With over 2.5 million users since its first release in January 2006, Opera Mini has revolutionized mobile Web browsing.
Kevin Newcomb / ClickZ:
Ask.com Launches Second Post-Jeeves Campaign — After showing the power of Ask.com's tools to civilize wild primates, the butler-less search engine will launch a second wave of TV ads today showcasing one of the company's top scientists. — Known as "AG" to his team, Apostolos Gerasoulis …
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