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Valleywag:
Liveblogging the Google Press Squeeze: Refresh like crazy! — Right, you're gonna wanna watch the live feed of the Google Press Event with me, 'cause that's what we're liveblogging now. At work? I'll try to explain it all as it goes down. — 9:35: Just turned on the stream.
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InsideGoogle, Paul Kedrosky's …, Things That, Good Morning Silicon Valley and Search Engine Watch Blog
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Google Press Day — I am going to try and live blog the Google press day event. It is packed room, and tons of journalists are in the room. Despite all that, we are all disconnected. There is a problem with the WiFi and there is no connection. I am posting this from my crackberry.
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Business Wire:
New Google Search Technologies Make Information Easier to Discover, Organize and Share — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 10, 2006—Today, Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced new technologies to enhance and improve the search experience. Three new products — Google Co-op …
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B2Day, Micro Persuasion, paidContent.org, Between the Lines, Niall Kennedy's Weblog and Guardian Unlimited
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Google Press Day 2006 — I'm sitting in the back of Google's cafeteria, which today has been repurposed for what (to me) looks like a very large amount of journalists. Right now, Elliot Schrage is welcoming folks. He just mentioned that the day is being webcast, so I'm going to assume it's okay to blog this.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AIM Pages Launches - First Impression — AIM Pages, the new AOL Myspace competitor that we've been buzzing about for the last couple of weeks, launched this morning at aimpages.com. — First impression: The site is clean and organized (something I'm not sure the Myspace crowd wants), and module based (about me, photos, etc.).
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Message, Vecosys, Read/WriteWeb, the j. botter weblog, The Jason Calacanis Weblog, Geek News Central … and Bloggers Blog
PR Newswire:
Yokel, Inc. Launches Yokel.com — Local Shopping Search Engine Provides Internet Users with the Most Complete Directory of Products from Local Retailers — BOSTON, May 10 /PRNewswire/ — Yokel, Inc. today officially launched, unveiling the beta version of its flagship site http …
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy as Stakes Escalate — The Microsoft- Google rivalry is shaping up as a titanic corporate clash for the ages. — It may not turn out that way. Markets and corporate fortunes routinely defy prediction. But it sure looks as if the two companies …
USA Today:
Domain names become premium Web real estate — SAN FRANCISCO — Everyone should have Amy Schrier's problem. — For six months, she resisted selling the domain name Blue.com for $200,000. Using a formula she devised to fetch the highest market value for domain names …
Greg Sandoval / CNET News.com:
YouTube offers mobile upload service — As it tries to expand the ways people can post videos online, YouTube launched on Wednesday a service that allows users to upload homemade clips via their mobile phones or PDAs. — A growing number of handheld devices are capable of recording video.
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dailywireless.org, Lifehacker, unmediated, InterMedia, Micro Persuasion and blackrimglasses.com
Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Spectacular Windows Vista Title Lineup — Momentum for games on Windows accelerates with new showcase games, breakthrough DirectX graphics technology and Xbox Live online gaming capabilities. — LOS ANGELES — May 9, 2006 — Today at the Electronic Entertainment Expo …
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Dave Pettit / Wall Street Journal:
The Perfect News Site, 2016 — Readers Want More Context, New Ways to View — Readers want more context and background included in news reporting. They want new ways to receive their news, on next-generation handheld devices, for instance, rather than simply on a Web page.
Ken Belson / New York Times:
U.S. to Auction Frequencies for In-Flight Internet Use — Many fliers look forward to boarding planes so they can get away from their phones and e-mail. That sanctuary will inch one step closer to oblivion today when the Federal Communications Commission begins to auction off frequencies for in-flight Internet service.
Jennifer Granick / Wired News:
Spot a Bug, Go to Jail — Breaking News from AP and Reuters — See Also — Circuit Court — A new federal prosecution again raises the issue of whether computer security experts must fear prison time for investigating and reporting vulnerabilities.
Bradley Johnson / AdAge:
Wal-Mart Backs Online Auction for TV Ad Dollars — Retail Giant and Other Marketers Look to Build $50 Million Test System — NAPLES, Fla. (AdAge.com) — A group of marketers led by Wal-Mart's Julie Roehm today put out the call for advertisers to contribute $50 million for a test …
Yahoo! Search blog:
Livesearch on AlltheWeb — Today we are introducing a new search technology called Livesearch on AlltheWeb. It helps you find what you want faster, by showing search results instantaneously as you type. Livesearch also shows related queries, spelling suggestions, and enables …
