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Ryan Katz / Think Secret:
WWDC surprise: Apple to announce iTunes movie rentals — July 18, 2006 - With three weeks until Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, Think Secret has learned exclusively that CEO Steve Jobs will use his keynote address to announce the debut of movie rentals through the iTunes Music Store.
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Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Microsoft buys Windows utility software maker — update Microsoft on Tuesday said it has bought Winternals Software, a small maker of Windows utility programs, in a deal that the software maker hopes will add key technical talent to its operating system development team.
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Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server "Longhorn" Virtualization — Collaboration will enable customers to virtualize Xen-enabled Linux on Windows Server. — REDMOND, Wash., and PALO ALTO, Calif. — July 17, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. and XenSource Inc. today announced …
Saj / in.rediff.com:
Are Internet Service Providers blocking blogs? … What do you think about the story? — Sub: Wanted - World\'s largest IT destination need someone with common sense to create IT ACT — Seriously!! Long time back when IIT lad sold MMS, Baazee .com CEO flew from USA to help the Indian Cops and they arrested him, telling ...
Ben Edelman:
How Vonage Funds Spyware — For years, I and others have observed Vonage ads shown by spyware. In its litigation against Intermix, the New York Attorney General specifically documented Vonage's ads appearing in Intermix KeenValue pop-ups. BusinessWeek last week reported …
Microsoft:
Nortel and Microsoft Form Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Transformation of Business Communications — Shared vision for unified communications to drive new growth opportunities for both companies. — REDMOND, WASH., and TORONTO—July 18, 2006—The convergence of the communications …
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Oliver / MobileCrunch:
MoveDigital Means Movies on Your Mobile — Marshall from Techcrunch just tipped me off to some really big news for people with mobile devices...MoveDigital, a pioneering company that specializes in the movement storage and sharing of big files has just launched with new functionality …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:MoveDigital launches metered torrents, mobile streaming …
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Intel:
New Dual-Core Intel® Itanium® 2 Processor Doubles Performance, Reduces Power Consumption — Aggressive Growth in Itanium Hardware and Software Solutions Deliver Mission Critical Computing Freedom — SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 18, 2006 - Intel Corporation today unveiled five …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Digg to Add Sports, Swarm & Stack — Version 3 of Digg launched late last month with tweaks to the user interface, and new categories to expand Digg beyond technology news. The release, along with user stats that show massive growth, pushed Digg into the consciousness of mainstream Internet users for the first time.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Vote for Bix (Or Not) — The easy availability of broadband and the sharp increase in the number of high-speed Internet users makes it a perfect time for entrepreneurs to experiment with content in general, and user generated content in particular, despite the lack of what could be sustainable business models.
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Brainy Robots Start Stepping Into Daily Life — Robot cars drive themselves across the desert, electronic eyes perform lifeguard duty in swimming pools and virtual enemies with humanlike behavior battle video game players. — These are some fruits of the research field known as artificial intelligence …
CNET News.com:
Symantec sees an Achilles' heel in Vista — Some of Microsoft's efforts to make Windows Vista its most stable and secure operating system ever could cause instability and new security flaws, according to a Symantec report. — Researchers at Cupertino, Calif.-based Symantec examined …
Signal vs. Noise:
Fireside Chat with Khoi Vinh and Jeffrey Veen: "In-house vs. on your own" — [Note: This is our first Fireside Chat, a round table discussion conducted using Campfire.] — In-house vs. on your own — We brought Khoi Vinh and Jeffrey Veen together to talk about the differences between working …
Neil Patel / Pronet Advertising:
Google's growing list of domains — Have you ever wondered how many domain names Google owns? Currently Google owns 520 domain names. Their domain collection has been growing over the last couple years because of all of the companies they started and have bought.
Clint Ecker / Infinite Loop:
Parallels software now available in Apple stores (updated) — Parallels' wildly popular and well-reviewed Desktop for Mac virtualization software for OS X had made the leap from online distribution into the real world. In a phone conversation this morning, a company representative stated …
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Richard Lowe / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Beyond Google's sweet spot — New advances in technology have flung open the doors to what was once the sacrosanct domain of the cellular operator, and nontraditional providers like Google are making their way inside, hoping for a piece of the action.
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
Dare Violate a Copyright in Hong Kong? A Boy Scout May Be Watching Online — HONG KONG, July 16 — Movie and song copiers beware: use an Internet discussion site in Hong Kong to violate copyrights and you may be turned in to law enforcement authorities by an 11-year-old Boy Scout.
