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Chris Gaither / Los Angeles Times:
At Google, Innovation Is Not Just Fun, Games — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Eric Schmidt has a message: Don't let the lava lamps fool you. Google Inc. is serious. — As Google's chief executive, Schmidt presides over a headquarters filled with trinkets, pets, free food and bouncy-ball chairs.
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Sadagopan's weblog …, Publishing 2.0, Barnako.com, Rex Hammock's Weblog and Clickety Clack
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John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog:
ERIC SCHMIDT STILL SEES GOOGLE AS A TECHNOLOGY COMPANY; BUT WE KNOW IT'S MORE... From an interview in the LA Times: … But to equate Google not doing its own content with a free pass from the media company classification is, well, absurd. That presumes that media companies only make packaged goods …
BBC:
Top Microsoft blogger to resign — A business blogger who changed the wider world view of Microsoft is leaving the software giant for a Silicon Valley start-up. — Robert Scoble's blog about his life and events inside and outside Microsoft became the unofficial corporate voice of the company.
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Scripting News, Michael Gartenberg, Todd Bishop's Microsoft …, Scobleizer, Web Strategy and Paul Kedrosky's …
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Reuters:
Scoble leaves Microsoft for start-up — The world's most famous corporate blogger, Robert Scoble, credited with helping to break down a siege mentality at his employer, Microsoft, confirmed on Sunday that he is leaving to join a recently formed Silicon Valley Internet media start-up.
Mitch Ratcliffe / Rational rants:
The meaning of Scoble's move — I saw Robert Scoble at a Buzz Bruggeman-hosted dinner a few weeks ago and heard the early rumblings about his career direction. He was dealing with his mother's death, he had one of those beards people grow when they are about to make a change …
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InsideMicrosoft, The Doc Searls Weblog, Download Squad and Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim
Reuters:
EBay U.S. to unveil further Skype tie-ins Tuesday —Text+LAS VEGAS, June 11 (Reuters) - Online marketplace eBay Inc. (EBAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is set to detail on Tuesday how it plans to combine its Skype Web telephone-call service into its core U.S. auction business, executives said on Sunday.
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Joris Evers / ZDNet:
Microsoft: Zombies most prevalent Windows threat — Many Windows PCs have been turned into zombies, but rootkits are not yet widespread, according to a Microsoft security report slated for release Monday. — More than 60 percent of Windows PCs scanned by Microsoft's Windows Malicious …
Gina Trapani / lifehacker.com:
Windows Vista Beta: How to dual-boot Windows XP and Windows Vista — Because I'm a sucker for a good-looking operating system in beta, I downloaded and installed the publicly-available Beta 2 of the next generation of Windows, called Vista, this weekend. — Now, Microsoft says only developers …
Washington Post:
The Internet's Future — THE SENATE will hold hearings tomorrow on "net neutrality," the idea that the pipes and wires that form the Internet should treat all content equally. An alliance whose membership ranges from the Christian Coalition to MoveOn.org is demanding that Congress write …
Tim / O'Reilly Radar:
Startup Centers — Paul Graham recently wrote a couple of thought-provoking essays on the social and economic conditions that are most conducive to the formation of startup companies, How to Be Silicon Valley and Why Startups Condense in America. — Paul had sent one version of these essays …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Newsmaker: Net neutrality: Meet the winner — Thomas Tauke must be one of the most ecstatic lobbyists in Washington right about now. — As Verizon Communications' executive vice president for public affairs, policy and communications, Tauke has spent the last few months embroiled …
Paul Vitello / New York Times:
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears — In that old battle of the wills between young people and their keepers, the young have found a new weapon that could change the balance of power on the cellphone front: a ring tone that many adults cannot hear. — In settings where cellphone use …
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Alec Saunders .LOG, Techdirt, Web Strategy, Pocket PC Thoughts, O'Reilly Radar, Digital Download, Smalltalk Tidbits … and Paul Boutin
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
TechCrunch Turns One Year Old — I started writing TechCrunch one year ago, on June 11, 2005. Looking back, it's been the best year of my life, although there were also some incredibly difficult times as well. I'm sure years from now I'll have more perspective on things.
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Marissa Mayer / Business Week:
The Talent Scout — Marissa Mayer helps run one of the world's most innovative companies by being an amazing talent finder. As Google's vice-president for search products and user experience, she is the last stop before founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin on the way to final approval …
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Blogger / iBloggedThis:
Apple MacBook discoloration issues — If your brand new MacBook mooing isn't enough of a problem, now there are reports of a casing discoloration issue. It appears that there are more than a few people on Apple's support site, who are experiencing this issue.
Julie Ask:
Verizon's Chaperone — Verizon Wireless launched their new kid-tracking service this morning. See press release. Handsets are limited, but the Migo is a good starting point. Service is pricey at a combined nearly $20 per month for all of the offerings, but Chaperone (as they've named the service) …
Michelle Meyers / CNET News.com:
Vloggercon: Where everyone's the media — Up on stage is the team from Rocketboom, the wildly successful video news blog that has evolved into a viable business model. — In the audience is Stephen Voltz, who is just beginning the process of setting up a video blog.
Loren Baker / Search Engine Journal:
Google GBuy More Than Paypal Alternative — Google GBuy More Than Paypal Alternative — Google is expecting to launch an online payment system similar to (but expect something Google-rific) eBay's (and Yahoo's) Paypal system. The Google payment system, dubbed GBuy …
