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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Monitor:
THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY — There is going to be quite a bit to blog about today, with respect to Microsoft. First up, Wall Street Journal reports that closed-door discussions have broken down between Adobe and Microsoft over PDF. Microsoft had planned to incorporate PDF in Office 2007.
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Things That, InterMedia, Digital Backcountry, Scobleizer, Incremental Blogger and Office Evolution
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Brian Jones / Open XML Formats:
Legal issues around PDF support — About 8 months ago we announced to our MVPs that we would provide PDF publish support natively in the 2007 Office system. We made the move due to overwhelming customer demand for PDF support, and it was received really well.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
eBay to Launch Blogs, Wikis and Search Tags — Auction giant eBay is preparing to integrate blog and wiki publishing tools into its selling platform, according to a report on Auctionbytes. eBay Blogs will enable sellers to more efficiently market their products. eBay Wikis meanwhile collect …
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Bloomberg:
Microsoft, AOL, Google Asked by U.S. to Keep Internet Records — June 1 (Bloomberg) — The U.S. is asking Internet companies including Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and AOL to preserve records of customers' Web activity to aid terrorism and child pornography investigations.
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USA Today:
U.S. asks Internet firms to save data — Top law enforcement officials have asked leading Internet companies to keep histories of the activities of Web users for up to two years to assist in criminal investigations of child pornography and terrorism, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
AppleInsider:
Apple's struggles to gain PC market share continue — The popularity of Apple Computer's iPod digital music players is helping it sell more Macs, but so far it hasn't been enough to spark a rise in the company's share of the personal computer market. — According to research firm Gartner …
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Conrad Quilty-Harper / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:Apple's market share falls/rises, depending on who you ask
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The Browser
Arshad Mohammed / Washington Post:
VOIP, Cellphone Bills Could Rise for Subsidy — Consumers could see their mobile and Internet telephone bills rise under a Federal Communications Commission proposal that would increase the amount such companies pay to subsidize telephone service in poor and rural parts of the country.
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Paula Musich / eWEEK.com:
FCC Mulls Taxing VOIP Calls — Be the first to comment on this article — Businesses that moved to voice over IP calling services to lower their phone bills could see a portion of their savings disappear if the most recent FCC proposal to add VOIP services to the Universal Service Fund is adopted.
mozilla.com:
What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.4 — Firefox 1.5.0.4 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version. — Improvements to product stability — Several security fixes
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Ryan Saghir / Orbitcast:
SIRIUS Wearable Unveiled? Zing's new device (PHOTO) — Looks like CNET has given us a photo of the upcoming Zing Wi-Fi MP3 Player - this very well could be the first actual glimpse we get at the new SIRIUS Wearable device - or at least something close to it.
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Rafe Needleman / CNET News.com:Coming soon: the Wi-Fi MP3 player
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Scripting News, Orbitcast, Scobleizer, TechEffect, dailywireless.org, Anything But iPod and Engadget
BBC:
Web users to 'patrol' US border — A US state is to enlist web users in its fight against illegal immigration by offering live surveillance footage of the Mexican border on the internet. — The plan will allow web users worldwide to watch Texas' border with Mexico and phone the authorities …
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Engadget, TechEffect, Things That, Ubergizmo, The Browser, MySanAntonio.com and we make money not art
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
YARR! Swedish police site broadsided after Pirate Bay raid — It looks like the raid on The Pirate Bay and confiscation of its servers upset somebody. That's one conclusion to be drawn from the sudden unavailability of the web site of Sweden's national police.
Dan Choi / Joystiq:
$40 XBL Vision camera & UNO bundle detailed by MS source along with prices & dates for other 360 accessories — Our friendly anonymous source at Microsoft has provided us with a few more details concerning the 360 accessories announced back at E3. — Perhaps the most important involves …
Thomas Crampton / New York Times:
Russian Download Site Is Popular and Possibly Illegal — PARIS, June 1 — Rising consumer popularity is turning AllofMP3.com, a music downloading service based in Moscow, into a global Internet success story, except for one important detail: The site may well be illegal.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
eBay tries e-mail in Net neutrality fight — SAN JOSE, Calif.—eBay this week unleashed a political machine that should make politicians envious: a national e-mail blast over Net neutrality. — Meg Whitman, chief executive of the Internet auctioneer, called on more than a million eBay members …
Scot Finnie / Computerworld:
Visual Tour: 20 Things You Won't Like About Windows Vista — June 01, 2006 (Computerworld) — The same thing happened with Windows XP. When Beta 2 arrived, I found myself torn between what was new and good about the operating system, and what was new and bad.
