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Microsoft Responds to Yahoo! Announcement — Reiterates Full and Fair Proposal for Microsoft-Yahoo! Combination — REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - News) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Yahoo! Inc. …
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Microsoft Responds to Yahoo! Announcement — Reiterates Full and Fair Proposal for Microsoft-Yahoo! Combination — REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 11, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
HotOrNot Apparently Very Hot: Acquired For $20 Million — San Francisco based HotOrNot, founded by James Hong and Jim Young in October 2000, has been acquired, we've heard from multiple sources. — The buyers are investors connected with Avid Life Media, and paid somewhere around $20 million for the site.
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Dan Frakes / Macworld:
10.5.2 update shows Apple listens to users — Over the years, Apple periodically comes under fire for not listening to its customers—specifically, for deciding on particular features (or a lack thereof) and then sticking by its guns regardless of the reaction. Although some of this criticism is off-base, some of it is spot-on.
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Francis Eliott / Times of London:
Internet users could be banned over illegal downloads — People who illegally download films and music will be cut off from the internet under new legislative proposals to be unveiled next week. — Internet service providers (ISPs) will be legally required to take action against users …
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BBC:
Illegal downloaders ‘face UK ban’ — People in the UK who go online and illegally download music and films may have their internet access cut, under plans the government is considering. — A draft consultation Green Paper suggests internet service providers would be required to take action over users who access pirated material.
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U.S. Internet Advertising Grew by 27% to $25.5 billion in 2007, According to IDC - Google Loses Market Share for First Time in Two Years — As consumers spend more time on the Internet, companies are redistributing advertising dollars from traditional media to online media to follow this trend.
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Andru Edwards / Gear Live:
Flash on iPhone is just around the corner — We've been waiting for Flash support to hit the iPhone ever since...well...it launched. We've had to make do without Flash for almost eight months, and YouTube even had to convert a bunch of their catalog to H.264 in order for the service to be enjoyed on the iPhone.
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Best frenemies for life: Google and Nokia partner on mobile search application — Nokia and Google have just announced a partnership that will allow users of Nokia's handsets easy access to Google's search engine, through Nokia's pre-installed search application, called Nokia Search.
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
VentureBeat raises $320,000 seed round, traffic growing — VentureBeat has just raised a seed round, and I wanted to be the first one to let you know. The news is beginning to leak after we filed a regulatory document. — VentureBeat has grown steadily since launching more than a year ago.
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Netflix:
Netflix, Citing a Clear Signal From the Industry, Will Carry High-Def DVDs Only in Blu-ray Format — With the industry now having picked a winner in the face-off between the two competing high- definition DVD formats, Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX), the world's largest online movie rental service …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
PGP: Whole disk encryption for Mac OS X is ‘in active development’ — PGP Corp. is planning to release a version of its whole-disk encryption software for Apple Macintosh computers running OS X. — Jon Callas, PGP's chief technology officer, told me on Monday that the software is …
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Teen hacker re-unlocks Apple's iPhone — A teen hacker known for his deftness with iPhones has figured out how to unlock models running the latest firmware versions by cracking a protection that that has frustrated hackers for weeks. — The breakthrough by George Hotz, aka Geohot …
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Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
News.blog: ARM demos Google Android handset — Prototypes of the first mobile handsets using Google's Android software debuted at the GSMA's Mobile World Congress here on Monday, and I got a sneak peek at a demonstration. — Google launched Android, an open development platform in November.
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Saul Hansell / Bits:
Some EBay Sellers Will Get a Price Break, but Hated Feedback System Stays — EBay is giving a little to disgruntled sellers, but it is holding firm on the changes it has made recently that many of them like least. — In a post on eBay's announcement board today, Lorrie Norrington …
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Zibri / Zibri's Blog:
ZiPhone ! — Redownload file. NEW OPTION to ierase 3.9 bl basebands! — (This time i removed osx version because it still doesn't work) — Well.. I think that's enough testing... here you have ZiPhone ! — It's by far the most simple program to setup your iPhone. — Just run it and you will see it.
Esther Dyson / Wall Street Journal:
The Coming Ad Revolution — While the big news in the online world focuses on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, a more profound revolution is taking place on the online social networks: The discussion about privacy is changing as users take control over their own online data.
