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SKYPE ANNOUNCES SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES — Skype today announced two key personnel changes. Alex Kazim, Skype's President, will be leaving Skype in January to return to eBay. Kazim, an 8-year eBay veteran, joined Skype immediately following eBay's acquisition of the company 14 months ago.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Who's Skype's Daddy? Niklas Of Course — We reported about yet-another-tremor at Skype, as Henry Gomez replaced Alex Kazim. (Official press release is here.) I had pointed out that there was more to the story than meets the eye. — Despite all the happy shiny talk, there has been a lot of tension between eBay and Skype-people.
David Light / dpad.gotfrag.com:
NINTENDO WII: WII FOR $200? MORE COLORS? — What's Nintendo's gameplan post-launch? A local Toys-R-Us may have let slip some yet-to-be-confirmed details for the Wii come Spring '07. — Upon looking for a Wii at a regional Toys-R-Us store (which has been a constant effort) …
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Associated Press:
Google gets into Web site registration — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google Inc. on Friday will join the crowded field of services registering Web site addresses in a move aimed at encouraging more usage of the online search leader's free software products. — The Mountain View-based company …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Adobe hitches long-term wagon to Flash, Apollo — While Adobe's 2007 financial standing is likely to improve courtesy of the latest Creative Suite product cycle and its new version of Photoshop, management is looking to Flash and its Apollo platform to keep the momentum going in 2008.
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Rafat Ali / PaidContent:
BREAKING: More AOL Changes: EVPs Jim Bankoff, Joe Redling and John Buckley Leaving; Also CTO — More upheaval at AOL, as the company goes through a transition period under a new leadership: three of the top EVPs at the company are leaving, paidContent.org has learned.
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Gates: Digital locks too complex — Microsoft boss Bill Gates has told a group of influential bloggers that copy protection for digital music and video is too complex for consumers. — Mr Gates was speaking to an invited party of bloggers and web developers at Microsoft's Seattle headquarters.
Mike / Techdirt:
Tip: When Leaving Your Job At An ISP, Don't Cancel All Its Customer Accounts — from the just-a-suggestion dept — It's no surprise that people who are leaving their jobs (especially to go work for a competitor) may have a certain dislike for their ex-employer — but it's still amazing …
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Grant Gross / InfoWorld:Man gets time in jail for disrupting wireless Internet services
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Lifehacker:
Picasa Web Albums adds features — Upload videos, order prints and more with the latest additions to Picasa Web Albums, the online element of Google's popular Picasa photo organizer. — The service now allows you to upload videos to your albums; add tags to your photos …
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
Cingular turns cell phones into wallets in N.Y. trial — Some Cingular Wireless cardholders in New York City will be testing a new service that allows them to make purchases with their cell phones. — The mobile operator said Thursday that it's teaming with cell phone maker Nokia …
Joni Morse / RCR Wireless News:
Modeo hopes ride on NYC launch — Launch delayed to first quarter — With a new leader in place, Crown Castle International Corp.'s mobile TV subsidiary Modeo L.L.C. says with confidence that its upcoming New York City trial will attract partners, enabling the company to carry …
Nancy Gohring / InfoWorld:
Amazon says IBM WebSphere infringes patents — Amazon countersues IBM, seeks to invalidate some IBM patents — In a strongly worded rebuttal, Amazon.com on Thursday countersued IBM. The companies have charged each other with patent infringement. — The countersuit, filed …
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Renkoo launches, just in time to schedule holiday cocktails — Renkoo, a Redwood City start-up that has worked in secrecy for a year on a more interactive version of Evite's event service, has launched. — Evite is the big player in this industry. Renkoo pitches itself as "Evite done right …
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Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
The "FF class" of stock, for founders who want cash early — A form venture capital funding in Silicon Valley is getting increased interest from founders of start-ups. — It is called the "FF class" of stock, for founders who want to cash out a small percentage of their stake in a company …
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Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
Top mistakes made by new online publishers — Commentary: Don't fall into the traps that have left too many other journalists muttering that 'no one can make money online.' — Perhaps you've heard the horror stories: You can't make any money publishing online. No one does any original reporting on the Web.
Garett Rogers / Googling Google:
Review your reviews on Google — Doing my daily scour through Google's robots.txt file, I noticed a brand new entry that led me to a new not-quite-ready-to-be-launched service — or at least a new way of representing information they know about you. … This file hosted on Google's web server told …
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Christopher Breen / Macworld:
Macworld Video: Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta — The Macworld Video Podcast returns with a special episode devoted to the just-released Adobe Photoshop CS3 beta, which will be available Friday from Adobe's Web site. As mentioned in our news story on the beta release, anyone with a Photoshop CS2 …
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