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Jay Rosen / Washington Post:
Web Users Open the Gates — A decade after major news providers such as The Washington Post began publishing on the Internet, they are finally beginning to ask the right questions about what the Web can do for them and their readers — and to realize how disruptive web technology is to traditional journalism.
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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
As the Internet Grows Up, the News Industry Is Forever Changed — The news industry, congenitally nervous about its future, looks at the Web this spring and sees cause for panic. — Advertisers are rushing to the Internet. Readers, even of the best newspapers and magazines …
Steve Fox / Washington Post:
Web Site Starts From a Memo, Gains Millions of Readers — As Bob Kaiser settled into his first-class seat for the flight home to Washington from Tokyo, he took out his pen and pad and began to muse about the future — and frogs. — "The Post is not in a pot of water …
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Chris Pirillo:
Is Windows Live Messenger Your Friend? — Sean Carver is a rock star. No, seriously - he's one of the guys at Microsoft who has always listened to my feedback. Not sure he's always able to push my suggestions through the pipeline, but he really does listen (and I wish I could say that about more people I kenw).
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Yahoo Opens IM to Developers — Yahoo Messenger, with 60 million worldwide users, just got a lot more interesting. Today at 6pm PST Yahoo is launching Yahoo Messenger 8.0 for Windows PCs and releasing a software development kit to allow third parties to create content plugins that users can add to their Yahoo IM.
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Elinor Mills / ZDNet:
Yahoo Messenger gets plug-ins — Yahoo introduced on Monday a beta of its Yahoo Messenger with Voice chat application that includes free plug-ins designed to let people to do things like track eBay auctions, see friends' wish lists on Amazon.com, collaborate real-time on event planning and compare calendars with contacts.
Jon's Radio:
User-generated content vs. reader-created context — For an internal IDG newsletter I was asked to pick the industry buzzword that most annoys me and write a brief essay explaining why. I chose user-generated content and wrote the following: … It's not enough to merely be annoyed …
Tom Foremski / IMHO:
Sun CEO will announce thousands of layoffs this Thursday — Sun Microsystems (SUNW) will on Thursday announce a large round of layoffs in a bid to cut about one-half billion dollars in annual costs as it transforms itself into a broad based computer software and services company.
The Australian:
Ozzie, Ozzie, Ozzie: chant of change at Microsoft — The appointment marks the emergence of a ferocious technology intellect, writes Richard Waters in San Francisco — MICROSOFT has a new brain. Ray Ozzie, a white-haired Chicago native with a courtly manner, is in many ways the anti-Bill Gates.
Anil Dash:
Office 2007 is the Bravest Upgrade Ever — Short and sweet, the Ribbon and new UI in Microsoft Office 2007 is the ballsiest new feature in the history of computer software. I've been using Office 12 for about six months, and not only has it made me more productive, I'm struck by the sheer ambition of the changes in this version.
Hakon Wium Lie / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Microsoft's forgotten monopoly — The story of how Microsoft used its monopoly in operating systems to acquire a dominant position in office applications and browsers has often been told. But there's another Microsoft monopoly that's rarely mentioned, even though most of us see it every day.
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Michael Kinsley / Slate:
My History of Slate — The founding editor looks back at our first 10 years. — In August 1995, I made a secret trip to Seattle to talk with Microsoft about starting an online magazine (whatever that might be). On the plane back home to Washington, D.C., I found myself sitting next to Christopher Buckley, the comic novelist.
USA Today:
The phone booth returns — sans phone — Just in time for his return to the silver screen, Superman's trusty phone booth is back. Only this time, there's a bit more room for his biceps. — Because the pay phone itself is gone, today's booths are BYOC — bring your own cellphone.
Brian Ashcraft / Kotaku:
Live, Nude Black DS Lite! — Here it is, four days before it goes on sale, the black DS Lite. A retailer at a UK games store snuck this bad boy home, stripped it and took a buncha photos. Our own Florian will be line-standing for one of these black beauties to give one lucky contest winner.
Ian Harvey / Globe and Mail:
Handhelds give blind insight — It's not quite the visor worn by Commander Geordi LaForge, a character on Star Trek: The Next Generation, but there are some interesting parallels to an assistive technology that is allowing blind users to "see" by sound. — The technology is part of a wave …
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Chris Leckness / MobilitySite:
Dell Annouces Latitude D420, Sleek Ultraportable — DELL INTRODUCES SLEEK ULTRAPORTABLE FEATURING EXPANDED SECURITY, CONNECTIVITY, DURABILITY — Latitude D420 Available with Starting Weight of Three Pounds, Can Offer More Than Seven Hours of Battery Life
Ben Fritz / Variety:
Friend or foe? — Film exex want to tap into Jobs' savvy but worry about his growing clout — Five years ago, when Steve Jobs was in negotiations to sell songs on iTunes, he gave music execs a choice: Either work with me or get left in the dust. — They worked with him.
