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Tom Sanders / vnunet:
Sun promises to open source Java — Community must help to pevent fragmentation — Sun Microsystems is planning to release the source code of the Java programming language, chief executive Jonathan Schwartz said at the JavaOne conference in San Francisco.
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Chris Preimesberger / eWEEK.com:
Sun's Open-Source Outreach Met with Mixed Emotions — Sun Microsystems has been a prime supporter of open source in the enterprise, in its own way, for years, mainly through the OpenOffice, NetBeans and OpenSolaris communities. — Yet due to restrictive and often-tangled licensing practices …
research.microsoft.com:
MSR MapCruncher for Virtual Earth — QUICK INFO — File Name: — MapCruncher-2.00.zip — Version: — 2.0 — Date Published: — Download Size: — 1.4 MB — Overview — Have you ever looked at satellite photos of a building in Virtual Earth — and wished you could zoom right in and see its floorplan?
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MapCruncher: Interactive Web Maps Come to Life — MapCruncher - a prototype technology from Microsoft Research that makes it easy for users to create their own, personalized mash-ups - may revolutionize the way people use online maps. — REDMOND, Wash., May 16, 2006 - "We love maps," says Jon Howell - and it shows.
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Rocketboom's Amanda Congdon Live — Rocketboom's Amanda Congdon does the closing keynote at today's Syndicate Conference in NYC. — Most in my circles know what Rocketboom is about, but for those who don't, check it out - user generated digital rich content syndicated to the masses …
Pamela Parker / ClickZ:
FeedBurner Migrates RSS Ad Network to Sites — RSS advertising and metrics player FeedBurner is moving beyond feeds with its latest initiative. The company seeks to expand the volume and type of inventory it offers advertisers by enticing publishers, especially bloggers, to display its ads on their Web sites.
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Dick / Burning Questions:
The Feed Powers The Site — This morning, we unveiled another enhancement to our advertising platform: a feed-driven approach to positioning ads on Web sites and blogs. The feed is the keystone to publisher content; by managing the feed and providing the FeedFlare service …
Stephen Lawson / InfoWorld:
Update: Motorola Q set to take on BlackBerry — The Q's weak point is Microsoft, a recent entrant to the world of push e-mail, one analyst said — Motorola Inc. hopes to roll out its much-anticipated Q smart phone next week, President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Zander said Tuesday.
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Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Digging into Google Notebook javascript — A product launch just isn't the same without digging through some source code to see what goodies are hidden under the hood. It seems like most new Google products have code hanging around that doesn't seem to do anything (yet).
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Matt Marshall / SiliconBeat:
AOL's Uncut Video; a YouTube copycat, but history suggests it's a long-shot — AOL releases UnCut Video, a complete YouTube copycat. — The only difference is that UnCut doesn't support tagging (via TechCrunch). Too bad it's such a blatant clone. These sorts of moves rarely succeed.
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telephonydiscussion.com:
The empire strikes back: WITH QoS — Back-drop: — "So what" ...is Quality of Service (QoS)? The constant use of the term reminds us of the Chicken Little — cries that the sky is falling ...but this time it is true in the case of the ITU circuit based business — models!
Associated Press:
Google Inc. Tweaks Its Video Service — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Internet search leader Google Inc. is making it easier to post and share online videos on its site, hoping to widen the appeal of a service that so far has been eclipsed by upstart YouTube.com.
AppleInsider:
Apple's MacBook sports user-replaceable hard disks — First on AI: Owners of Apple Computer's new MacBook consumer notebooks will find that upgrading or replacing the computer's hard disk is as simple as adding more memory. — The notebooks, which are some of the most redesigned personal computers …
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Samsung SGH-P900 Gets FCC Thumbs Up — Remember that sweet TV phone with the rotating screen? Well it is coming to the states, even though there is no support for the T-DMB digital mobile television service over here, yet. This is a traditional clamshell phone that can flip open …
Brian Krebs / Washington Post:
In the Fight Against Spam E-Mail, Goliath Wins Again — Eran Reshef had an idea in the battle against spam e-mail that seemed to be working: he fought spam with spam. Today, he'll give up the fight. — Reshef's Silicon Valley company, Blue Security Inc., simply asked the spammers to stop sending junk e-mail to his clients.
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Hiawatha Bray / Boston Globe:
Lotus Notes gets upgrade — IBM software's open format, word editor take aim at Microsoft — The next version of IBM Corp.'s flagship collaboration software, Lotus Notes, will challenge the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite by offering built-in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation graphics software.
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Rob Fahey / gamesindustry.biz:
Xbox 360 with HD-DVD to be priced below PS3 — New information raises prospect of high-definition video Xbox 360 bundles — Retail sources in the UK have told GamesIndustry.biz that Microsoft has intimated to them that the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360 will be priced such that console …
