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Google Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript — Executives — Kim Jabal - Director of Investor Relations — Larry Page - Founder and President of Products — Sergey Brin - Founder and President of Technology — Jonathan Rosenberg - Senior Vice President of Product Management
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Google Quantifies Its Momentum — Google's third quarter earnings announcement today came in strong, as expected given the company's growing domination of search and momentum over the last several months. The other big players may be struggling, but Google has the numbers to show that they are not.
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google profit jumps — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) on Thursday posted a 92 percent jump in quarterly profit and revenue near the top end of forecasts as the company tightened its grip on the Web search market, sending its shares up 7 percent.
John K / Got Ads?:
Google Q3 2006 - Early Days of a Monopoly — Google's Q3 '06 results were another stellar performance, looking even stronger relative to Yahoo's weak Q3 results — Google made $1.87B in revenue for the quarter, up 70% from Q3 2005, and up 10% from Q2 '06.
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Sony claims Xbox 360 requires HD DVD, etc., thus costs $700 — Ok, here's a new one: with Sony's announcements today they've issued a titled "Next-generation Console Comparison Fact Sheet," (downloadable here [DOC]) so let's see some facts. First up, were you aware that to use …
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Walter S. Mossberg / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Upgrades Internet Explorer — But Not Much Is New — Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser is one of the most-used software products in the world. It is the main tool through which most computer users view the entire Internet. — But IE hasn't had a significant overhaul in five long years.
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Andy Kim / Potion Factory Blog:
Introducing Tangerine — We're proud to announce the beta release of Tangerine, our third application. Tangerine lets you easily create playlists with upbeat music, or playlists for relaxing. It does that by analyzing the BPM and beat intensity of the songs in your iTunes library.
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Ian Kallen / The Technorati Weblog:
Blog Claiming with OpenId — Blog claiming enables a blog author to associate their identity with their blog. Technorati has long supported a number of different ways for members to verify that they can author on a blog: — Logging into it programmatically with a username and password (AKA "quick claiming")
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / TechCrunch:
Technorati Announces Support for Open ID — Blog search engine Technorati announced tonight that bloggers will now be able to claim ownership of their blogs with Open ID credentials and that more work in support of Open ID is on the way. — Open ID is a standards based protocol that any server …
Andrew Donoghue / ZDNet:
Gartner: Apple should quit hardware business … The future success of Apple, Dell and Intel lies with a licensing deal between Steve Jobs' company and the PC maker according to analyst Gartner — Increasing component costs and pressure to cut its prices mean Apple's best bet for long-term success …
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Guardian:
Preserving a copy of the future — The British Library and the recording industry are arguing about proposals to extend the lifespan of copyright. Wendy M Grossman looks at the issues behind the row — Will you still need me, the songs asks, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?
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The Technology Liberation …
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Brian Ward / TechEffect:
Logitech snags another niche company — The Harmony remote is the Cadillac of universal remote controls. Logitech bought the company that made it, Intrigue Technologies back in 2004 for $29 million. Likewise, Slim Devices is the foremost producer of digital music networking equipment …
CNN:
Innovation, independence mark new breed of inventors — (CNN) — Six geeks + one laboratory + 24-hour workdays = success. — That's the formula at Squid Labs, one of a growing number of small businesses generating innovative new products for complex scientific problems.
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BBC:
Single on memory stick for Keane — Rock band Keane will be the first act to release a single on USB flash drives, their record label says. — 1,500 of the gadgets will go sale with MP3 copies of the band's latest single, Nothing In My Way, later this month.
Greg Sterling / Screenwerk:
Yahoo!'s Big Small Business Opportunity — Yahoo! Small Business — Let's forget about whether there are 10 million, 14 million or 22 million small businesses. In a way it doesn't matter. Most of them don't have a website or, if they do, it's not especially polished or functional.
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Official Google Webmaster Central Blog:
Googlebot activity reports — The webmaster tools team has a very exciting mission: we dig into our logs, find as much useful information as possible, and pass it on to you, the webmasters. Our reward is that you more easily understand what Google sees, and why some pages don't make it to the index.
David Pogue / New York Times:
A New Gadget on Campus. Who's It for? — There's nothing quite as embarrassing as a grown-up trying too hard to look young and hip. A youthful attitude is one thing, but some haircuts, dance moves and jeans sizes just aren't well suited for middle-age paunches and hairlines.
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