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Enid Burns / ClickZ:
Pew: Nearly 50 MM Americans Create Web Content — At home broadband users are more likely to create and post user-generated content on the Web, according to the "Home Broadband Adoption 2006," a report published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. — Forty-eight million American adults …
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Make Easy Money with Google and AdSense:
The new Google AdSense API — RateItAll.com just sent out a press release titled Online Social Network RateItAll.com Integrates Google AdSense via an API to Deliver Revenue Sharing to its Members. This press release is interesting for three reasons: — It's dated May 18 but was sent on May 30
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John Battelle's Searchblog, Mashable*, SearchViews, Google Operating System and InsideGoogle
Garrett French / Search Engine Lowdown:Google's AdSense API: the Cash-Rewards-for-User-Contribution Trend
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Social Networks are the New Media — No one can argue that MySpace has been the "it girl" for the past year. And the fact that she belongs to Rupert Murdoch only seems to have heightened the envy, and gotten everyone's knickers in a twist. As a result, it seems that nearly every media company …
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Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Web 2.0 Service Mark Controversy (Tim responding this time) — A lot of people have been waiting for a statement from me (Tim O'Reilly) about the Web 2.0 service mark. I'm back, and here it is. This is a long post, because the issues are complex, and I hope people will read to the end.
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The Jason Calacanis Weblog, Scripting News, Helping Bloggers Succeed and duncanriley.com
Robert Weisman / Boston Globe:
Why Google makes everyone else nervous — Firm's ad-based software is changing the media landscape — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. first gained notice early in the decade, as a small and quirky start-up with a disarmingly simple Internet search engine and an idealistic slogan, ``Don't Be Evil.
Stan Beer / itwire.com.au:
Ultimate Vista and Office 2007 at an ultimate price — There's no word better than "ultimate" to convey the impression that you're getting nothing but the best. However, when it comes to Microsoft's new software, whatever you end up getting is going to cost you heaps.
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft's Ballmer Heads to Wall Street to Counter Criticism — May 30 (Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.'s Steve Ballmer is heading to Wall Street to meet with analysts and investors in an effort to blunt criticism that he's ignoring shareholders. — The chief executive officer …
Mark Peplow / Nature:
Simple sounds make for sound investments — Easily pronounced stocks do better on the market. — For those of you struggling to pick a winner in the complex world of stocks and shares, help is at hand. A psychology study has found that, at least in the short-term, stocks with names …
New York Times:
Technology and Easy Credit Give Identity Thieves an Edge — PHOENIX — In a Scottsdale police station last December, a 23-year-old methamphetamine user showed officers a new way to steal identities. — His arrest had been unremarkable. This metropolitan area, which includes Scottsdale and Phoenix …
techspot.com:
Winamp Tweak Guide — Editor: Julio Franco H. — Nullsoft Winamp website — Find software prices. — When it comes to media players there is no doubting on the popularity of Winamp. Its ease to use and extensive customisation via plug-ins have made it quite a legendary piece of software …
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Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Apple's Great Glass Elevator As Buggy As Willy Wonka's — Oops. Last week, the fancy glass elevator at Apple's new NY retail store got stuck, and got stuck extravagantly. The NYPD had to be called in to help evacuate the passengers, and two people got their hands blistered on the "hot lights in the shaft".
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The Technology Chronicles, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Tech_Space and Trying not to offend
Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Old media to embrace internet upstarts — High-level media and advertising executives are to meet for a brainstorming session aimed at capitalising on the surging popularity of social networking websites. — McKinsey, the management consultancy, is understood to have asked senior executives …
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Google makes some missteps as it finds its way in corridors of power — WASHINGTON — Of the billions of searches conducted by Google, potentially its most important is playing out in offices above an Asian fusion restaurant: the quest for influence in the nation's capital.
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SearchViews, Digital World Tokyo, Global Voices Online, IP Democracy and Search Engine Watch Blog
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google's video replay — news analysis Google appears to be in fast-forward mode with its new video ads. — The search giant may have bumbled with the January beta launch of the Google Video hosting service. But experts said the company will have better luck with a new computerized auction service …
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Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
New Age judge blasts Apple — Californian appeals court Judge Conrad Rushing has put the public interest above private corporate interest in a verdict that deals a blow to Apple Computer. That's the good news. — The bad news is that the New Age judge, in making the correct decision using …
Gizmodo, The Gadget Blog:
Ferrari Dual-Core Notebooks — Acer-Ferrari is upping the ante with its two latest laptops. The Ferrari 5000 and 1000 are claimed to have the latest cutting-edge technology developed in the world of Formula One—so, it has car parts? Sweet! — The 5000 is a 15.4-inch desktop replacement …
marchex.com:
Marchex Acquires Assets of Open List; Open List to Complement and Accelerate Content Strategy for Marchex Web Sites — SEATTLE, WA - May 30, 2006 - Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX, MCHXP) today announced that it has acquired certain assets of Open List, Inc. (www.openlist.com) …
