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Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Google Moves to Sell Space for Video Spots on Network of Web Sites — GOOGLE is taking its first steps to go after the huge market for television advertising this week with a new service that will place video commercials on the many Web sites where it sells advertising.
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Inside AdWords crew / Inside AdWords:
Click-to-play video ads for AdWords — We're very excited to announce the release of click-to-play video ads on the content network. Here's Bismarck, from the Video Ads team, with the details on this new feature: … We hope you'll keep your eyes out for this new feature and let us know what you think.
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
Google 'Click to Play' Video Ads — Today Google is launching "click-to-play" video ads that will appear in its AdSense network. The ads will be part of the same auction as text and graphical ads and feature the same targeting capabilities. It's a fascinating development that starts …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google PPC Video Ads - I'm Betting Against It — Google will launch a new pay-per-click video ad product and syndicate it out through its Adsense Network today. Like Google's normal text ads, Advertisers will bid for placement and will be charged when a user clicks on the video.
Microsoft:
A Computer You Can Afford — Microsoft FlexGo technology makes good sense for customers and industry partners alike. — REDMOND, Wash. , May 22, 2006 — When Ana Maria Garcia's husband lost his job, her family's chances of owning a PC seemed remote at best.
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pcpro.co.uk:
Dell plans to open two retail stores — Dell has announced plans to open two retail stores later this year, abandoning its adherence to Internet and mail order sales. — The Austin-American Statesman reports that the computer maker will open a store in Dallas, close to its Texas home …
Microsoft:
Microsoft Extends Virtualization Strategy, Outlines Product Road Map — Microsoft puts Windows Server virtualization and System Center Virtual Machine Manager on the fast track, and announces the intent to acquire Softricity Inc., a leader in application virtualization solutions within the virtualization space.
Andrew Donoghue / CNET News.com:
Counting the cost of counterfeiting — Q&A As the head of Microsoft's antipiracy program, Michala Alexander has one of the more unenviable posts in the software giant's U.K. operations. — Despite successfully shutting down a prolific trader in unlicensed software last week, Alexander admits that the odds are stacked against her.
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manchestereveningnews.co.uk:
Motorists 'ignoring phone ban' — HUGE numbers of motorists risk causing accidents by driving while using their mobile phones, eating, drinking, smoking, reading maps or even putting on or removing clothing, a survey reveals today. — More than half of motorists still talk and text …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Time.com Adds "Sphere It" Links — San Francisco-based blog search engine Sphere is less than a month old, and already has links to its "Sphere It" functionality embedded in a number of time.com articles (example). Tony Conrad, Sphere's CEO, says that they are currently testing the feature with Time.com.
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Business 2.0:
Your wireless future — Phones that get you into concerts, tell co-workers not to call now - or even display which friends are at a show. The next phase of the mobile revolution is about to begin. — (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Want to get a sense of where wireless technology is headed?
Tony Smith / The Register:
LG quietly launches 8GB music player — LG UK has launched an 8GB HDD-based alternative to Apple's iPod with the catchy name 'MFJM53'. But there's nothing pedestrian about the player's design, with its clean lines and its 1.77in, 262,144-colour, touch-sensitive OLED screen.
Nick / Rough Type:
Microsoft's PC utility — Microsoft is today announcing a utility-like computing service for PCs, called FlexGo, aimed at providing poor people with a low-cost means of getting a computer. The service essentially applies the model of pay-as-you-go mobile phone service to the personal computer.
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Security Advisory (919637) — Vulnerability in Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution — Microsoft is investigating new public reports of limited "zero-day" attacks using a vulnerability in Microsoft Word XP and Microsoft Word 2003. In order for this attack to be carried out …
Cerias / CERIAS Weblogs:
Reporting Vulnerabilities is for the Brave — May 22nd, 2006 by Pascal Meunier in Policies & Law, R&D, Infosec Education, Secure IT Practices, Kudos, Opinions and Rants — I was involved in disclosing a vulnerability found by a student to a production web site using custom software (i.e. …
Evan Blass / Engadget:
POSDATA shows off WiBro PDAs for Korea — When a manufacturer takes styling cues from a number of popular devices — in this case, the RAZR, the Wizard, and the gone-but-not-forgotten Clie — and throws in a number of high end features whose acronyms make us a little weak-kneed, the resulting products are bound to be pretty sexy.
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Google retains lead in U.S. search market — Google's share of the U.S. Web search market continues to edge beyond Yahoo and Microsoft, according to the latest monthly numbers released by analysis firm ComScore Networks. — The search giant's market share among home …
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Neil Kjeldsen / TechCrunch:
Download Your TV - The Current Options — Downloadable television, first made popular by Tivo and its competitors, is compelling stuff. As consumers become accustomed to watching a show whenever they choose, pausing at will and fast tracking through commercials, tuning in to a station …
USA Today:
TiVo's Guru Guide to help viewers sift through shows — NEW YORK — People used to be able to get by with a TV Guide. Now it seems they need a TV concierge to help sort through all the choices. — At least that's the thinking behind the TiVo Guru Guide, a new feature that the digital video recorder …
