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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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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 …
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.
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Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
Suing Bloggers is an Invitation for Bad PR — Late last week Warren Kremer Paino Advertising sued Maine blogger Lance Dutson for copyright infringement, defamation and trade libel and injurious falsehood. They charged he caused damage to their client, the Maine Office of Tourism, because he critiqued their marketing strategy.
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Communication Overtones
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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Alice Z. Cuneo / AdAge:
AT&T Plans to Kill Cingular Brand — But Some See Change of 'Cingular' to 'AT&T Wireless' as Mistake — SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) — It cost $4 billion to turn it into one of the best known names in the country, a future-forward, dynamic brand with a strong connection to young consumers and a share lead in the wireless marketplace.
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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 …
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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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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Mark Evans
Evan Blass / Engadget:
Professors banning in-class laptop use — In yet another sign that Luddism is alive and well in academia (remember Lakehead University's silly WiFi ban?), the Associated Press has picked up on a disturbing "trend" of professors banning laptops in their classrooms.
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Consortiuminfo.org:
OpenDocument Approved by ISO/IEC Members — The six month voting window for ISO/IEC adoption of the OASIS OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard closed on May 1, and at midnight (Geneva time) last night it was announced internally that ODF had been approved by the ISO members eligible and interested in casting a vote.
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 …
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IP Democracy, paidContent.org, Todd Bishop's Microsoft …, Good Morning Silicon Valley and B2Day
leftlanenews.com:
Gone in 20 Minutes: using laptops to steal cars — High-tech thieves are becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to stealing automobiles equipped with keyless entry and ignition systems. While many computer-based security systems on automobiles require some type of key …
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.
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.
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TechSpot, jkOnTheRun, SiliconBeat, Make Money Online … and IP Telephony, VoIP, Broadband
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.
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core:
Silent recall on MacBook Pro batteries … If it wasn't bad enough that to have processor and CPU whine, poor Airport reception and solar ambient temperatures, it appears that some early MacBook Pro batteries are now failing. — Christopher Price from PCSIntel.com has uncovered what appears …
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog
BSD / Sidekick 3:
First Official Sidekick 3 Marketing Shot — This is the first official marketing shot of the upcoming Sidekick 3. You can read my first official review of the Sidekick 3 here. This sweet shot is the highest resolution picture yet on the Internet and I think the availabilty of the image shows …
