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Google Blogoscoped:
Inside Google Spreadsheets — Thanks to Sam Davyson, I was able to take a first look at the new Google Spreadsheets. At this time, Google is sending out invites to the first people who signed up for what must be the 15th or so product launch this year. See movie 1 [WMV] …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Google Takes Aim at Excel — SAN FRANCISCO, June 5 — Stepping up its attack on Microsoft's core business, Google plans to make available on Tuesday a test version of a Web-based spreadsheet program that is intended to make it simple to edit and share lists and data online.
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google tests Web-based spreadsheet to organize data — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. is going back to the future by reinventing the spreadsheet as a Web-based application, seeking a simpler on-ramp for consumers to input data into databases, the company said on Monday.
John Markoff / New York Times:
Google to Release Web-Based Spreadsheet — SAN FRANCISCO, June 6 — Google plans to make available on Tuesday morning a test version of a Web-based spreadsheet program that is intended to make it simple to edit and share lists and numeric information online.
Nick / Rough Type:
Google's Office add-on — Google Spreadsheets, released in beta today, is being touted in both the print and online media as a challenger to the ubiquitous Microsoft Excel - even as part of Google's mythical "Office killer" suite of online applications. The New York Times headline runs "Google Takes Aim at Excel."
Discussion:
Between the Lines, J. LeRoy's Evolving Web, Business Filter and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:Google Spreadsheets To Launch Shortly
Discussion:
Search Engine Roundtable
Jeremy Reimer / Ars Technica:Coming soon: Google Spreadsheet. @SUM(trouble) for Microsoft's bottom line?
Google Blogoscoped:Google Spreadsheet? — What's still missing in Google's online OS?
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Threat Chaos, Web Strategy, CyberNet Technology News, Lifehacker, Search Engine Journal and Damien Mulley
Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Season of Bad Laws, Part 4: Music Services Sell Out Fair Use — According to our DC sources, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property is planning on marking up and expediting a not-yet-introduced bill entitled the Section 115 Reform Act (aka SIRA) this coming Wednesday, June 7.
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Candace Lombardi / CNET News.com:
Study: Web is the No. 1 media — Web media is the dominant at-work media and No. 2 in the home, according to a new report from the Online Publishers Association. — The Web also ranked as the No. 1 daytime media. — A research project, conducted by Ball State University's Center for Media Design …
Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
Microsoft to Announce Ventures in Europe — PARIS, June 5 — Microsoft plans to announce in Brussels on Tuesday that it is investing in a London-based computer networking company and a Dublin developer of mobile phone software — fresh evidence of what some leading venture capitalists …
Neilio / BeatnikPad:
Optimized Firefox 1.5.0.4 for G4, G5, and Intel — Dans "mozilla and firefox", dimanche, le 4 juin 2006, à 11:55 PM EST. — I just finished building optimized Firefox builds and have now posted them for download. There are now optimized builds for every Mac CPU currently available …
Microsoft:
New Research Reveals Collaboration Is a Key Driver of Business Performance Around the World — Verizon Business, Microsoft sponsor international study; create first-of-its-kind collaboration index to measure impact of communications culture, technologies. — BASKING RIDGE, N.J., and REDMOND …
Ken Belson / New York Times:
A.C.L.U. Raises Surveillance as Issue in Big Phone Merger — The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Federal Communications Commission yesterday to withhold approval of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth until it reviews allegations that the companies gave customer records to the government without warrants.
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IP Democracy
greg hughes:
Identity Theft - A list of data breaches, why I'm shocked and angry, and why you should be, too... A coworker sent me a link to a news article today, yet another one about a data breach from - you guessed it - a stolen laptop. This one was an auditor working for Ernst & Young and doing …
Alvisbrigis / Second Life Future Salon:
Second Life to Help Catalyze Broad Change — Here's a far-out spur-of-the-moment post I wrote that places Second Life in a broader evolutionary context. Hope it's not too whacked out, that it's at least a little useful and that y'all enjoy it. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated …
Jaime Schopflin / Apple:
Apple Introduces the New U2 iPod — CUPERTINO, California—June 6, 2006—Apple® today introduced the new iPod® U2 Special Edition as part of a continued partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group (UMG). The new U2 iPod is based on the fifth generation 30GB iPod and holds …
Luca Filigheddu / Thoughts on VoIP, technology:
Firefox VoIP — Firefox has now his VoIP client. — Abbeynet Labs released today the first version of a Firefox VoIP extension, that means that you can now have a full featured SIP user agent directly into Firefox. This is a very useful tool to enhance the VOW experience.
Mark Fletcher / Wingedpig.com:
Moving On — Well all, sadly it is time for me to move along from Bloglines. The service is in great hands with Ask and I am confident it will live long and prosper under their watch. — But "why" you cry? According to my ever-present Ask PR twin, "to spend more time with my family."
