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We're Googlers now — We've always had a hard time keeping secrets, and it's been really tough to keep this one - Google has acquired JotSpot. Yep, that's right - we're all Googlers now, and we couldn't be more excited. — But let's talk about you, our users and customers.
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Google Acquires Wiki Collaboration Company Jotspot — Google's office strategy just got a whole lot richer with the announced acquisition of the wiki based company Jotspot. A business oriented service that plugs a long list of different applications like calendars and photo sharing into a wiki framework …

Google Acquires JotSpot, Socialtext Provides Free Migration — Socialtext, the first wiki company, announced today a free hosted wiki program for JotSpot customers following that company's acquisition by Google. Socialtext will migrate JotSpot wiki content and provide one year …

Whether it meant to or not, Google just responded to the Microsoft/Socialtext SocialPoint deal — Yesterday, as my colleague Dan Farber pointed out, when you merge Microsoft's Sharepoint with Socialtext namesake wiki, you get SocialPoint. Wrote Dan at the end of the post …

Is JotSpot the new foundation for Google Office?
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Breaking News: Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit — We just received confirmation that Condé Nast, owner of Wired and other magazines/websites, acquired Boston-based Reddit earlier this morning, and will make the announcement later today. The price is not being disclosed.
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Microsoft and Zend Technologies Announce Technical Collaboration to Improve Interoperability of PHP on the Windows Server Platform — Companies seek to improve performance, reliability and stability of PHP on Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server "Longhorn."
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Microsoft Office Live Will Launch Web Service to Help Small Businesses Attract Customers, Generate Repeat Business — Microsoft Office Live adManager Beta and Office Live Business Contact Manager will be available to help small businesses stay in touch with their customers.


Here Comes Microsoft 2.0: Embracing Lighweight, Open Source Apps Online — Microsoft has made a number of announcements in the last 24 hours that show it is not going to let the oncoming Google Office steal its thunder without a fight. It looks to me like the transformation of Microsoft …

China: We don't censor the Internet. Really — ATHENS, Greece—While many countries block off some Web sites, China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship. — Which is why it came as a surprise on Tuesday …
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Windows Media Player 11 (final) is now available — Windows Media Player has long been a [bain] mainstay of our Windows computing existence, whether by choice or by force. Finally, the WMP version I consider a serious contender of a media player is out. WMP 11 can be downloaded and is the best to date.
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Google shares ad wealth with videographers — Google has begun sharing advertising revenue with the makers of a popular video clip in a groundbreaking deal that could drive up the costs of competing in the fledgling video-sharing sector. — The search company has agreed to turn …


Better ROI From YouTube Video Than Super Bowl Spot — Dove's Viral Hit 'Evolution' Is a Real Beauty — CINCINNATI (AdAge.com) — Think dove's "campaign for Real Beauty" generated a ton of buzz for relatively little expense? You haven't seen anything yet. — Traffic spike
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Add attachment icons to Gmail — The Gmail attachment icons userscript takes advantage of the previously-mentioned Stylish Firefox extension to add attachment icons to your Gmail account. — In case you're not keen on what Stylish does, it allows you to add your own CSS style elements …

A Home Valuation Web Site Is Accused of Discrimination — Zillow.com, the Web site that provides free home valuations, has been accused by a coalition of community activist groups of undervaluing the homes in black and Latino neighborhoods. — In a letter sent by the National Community …

Evidence of attraction — Over the last few months, I've made a number of observations, starting here, about the growing dominance of Wikipedia over search engine results for common terms. My findings were anecdotal, drawn from the searches I do day-in and day-out as well as a few dozen random ones …

Attack of the Bots … AT FIRST, IT LOOKED LIKE typical network congestion. So the system administrators weren't too concerned when TypePad blogs and LiveJournal social networks flickered like a light bulb in a faulty socket. But 15 minutes later, at 4 pm on May 2, 2006, the sites went dark …
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