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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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Michael A. Silver / gartner.com:Windows Vista Unlikely to Ship Before 2Q07
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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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Don Dodge on The Next …
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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?
Linda A. Epstein / ultramobilepcs.com:
First Impressions & Photos From the Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC Launch Event in San Francisco … First Impressions of the Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC — Q1 - The Porsche of Ultra Mobile PCs... I waitied a long time to see the Q1 in person and it was worth the wait.
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jkOnTheRun:
Plethora of Samsung Q1 reviews are out — Since the roll-out of the Samsung Q1 UMPC/ Origami yesterday a number of major publications have produced reviews and overviews of the little Tablet PC. Here are some of the major ones: — Stuff Magazine- mixed reaction, interesting claim they typed the article using DialKeys.
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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GigaLaw.com Daily News
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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 …
Jonathan Silverstein / ABCNEWS:
Google's First Female Engineer — In an Interview With ABC News Now's 'Ahead of the Curve,' She Dishes on Google's Past, Present and Future — May 1, 2006 — It's hard to believe that search engine giant Google hasn't even celebrated its 10th birthday yet.
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The Unofficial Google Weblog
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Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Xbox Live and Xbox.com are back online — Xbox Live, Xbox.com and the Xbox Forums are now back online. In addition we have some new features for you. An all new 'My Xbox' section (with the ability to quickly see the number of friends online, messages) with quick links to : — View your recent players list
Daniel Shen / digitimes.com:
BenQ and HTC speed up HSDPA phone launch — Taiwan-based BenQ and High Tech Computer (HTC) are speeding up the respective launch of their HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access) phones, with BenQ expected to deliver its first HSDPA phone, the EF91, to T-Mobile in July and HTC to begin shipping its model …
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Engadget Mobile
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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 …
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 …
BBC:
Cash card taps virtual game funds — A real world cash card that allows gamers to spend money earned in a virtual universe has been launched. — Gamers can use the card at cash machines around the world to convert virtual dollars into real currency. — The card is offered by the developers …
mozilla.com:
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.3 — Firefox 1.5.0.3 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. — Security fix for denial of service vulnerability.
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," …
Joanna Glasner / Wired News:
Retaliation for Antispam Success? — An unusual spam war has erupted on the net, pitting an apparently irate spammer against an Israeli antispam firm that claims it's making junk e-mailers think twice about bugging its customers. — Blue Security's controversial method uses reverse spam …
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Guardian:
Mobile operators face wi-fi challenge — The UK's mobile phone networks will come under attack today as wireless internet provider The Cloud announces a low-cost tariff for unlimited web access, making it easier for people to make free calls through the web from big cities, rather than use their mobile phones.
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Rcade / Workbench:
Settlement Reached with Dave Winer — I've reached an agreement with Dave Winer regarding the Share Your OPML web application. I destroyed his original code and user data along with everything that was built from it and gave up my claim to a one-third stake in feeds.scripting.com.
