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Wagner James Au / GigaGamez:
Second Life Goes Open Source- First Thoughts, With Linden Lab's Replies — Analysis — I was only hours from posting a sequel to the ongoing "Is Second Life Over-Hyped?" controversy, when Linden Lab spun the conversation in a totally different direction: starting today …
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Sears opens 'Second Life' showroom — Sears Holdings is looking to connect with consumers in a new way and drive sales of home goods by opening a showroom on online universe Second Life. — The operator of Sears and Kmart stores is unveiling "Sears Virtual Home," a prototype showroom in Second Life …
Google:
Samsung and Google Align to Create Rich Experience for Mobile Phone Users Worldwide — Cooperation ensures quick and easy access to GoogleTM search, Google MapsTM for mobile, and a fast, new GmailTM application for Samsung enthusiasts worldwide — Seoul, Korea and Las Vegas …
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Yahoo!:
RIM and Yahoo! Bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to BlackBerry Users, Expanding Global Relationship — Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) have expanded their strategic global alliance to bring Yahoo! Go for Mobile 2.0 to millions of BlackBerry(R) users around the world.
Yahoo!:
Yahoo! Reinvents Internet Search for the Mobile Phone — Yahoo! Launches oneSearch(TM), a First of Its Kind Service Designed to Instantly Give Consumers The Information They Want While on the Go — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) today launched Yahoo! oneSearch, an entirely new search service designed …
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Windows Home Server prototypes on parade — Over at the Microsoft press tent at the Consumer Electronics (CES) Show, Microsoft is showing off a few protypes of its just-announced Windows Home Server product. — Although there were rumors circulating over the past month that Windows Home Server …
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Karlgaard / CESblog:
Yahoo Snaps Up Mybloglog.com — Yahoo Inc. is making notoriety a mouse click away. — The Internet portal has purchased Mybloglog.com, an Orlando, Fla.-based website that enables readers of web pages to leave information about themselves, building a social network among fans of such things …
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TechCrunch, Jeremy Zawodny's blog, Matt McAlister, PaidContent, 10e20, Scott Rafer at WINKsite and Susan Mernit's Blog
Eliot Van Buskirk / Wired News:
Who's Killing MP3 and iTunes? — Everyone knows the MP3 format is used by more devices and people than any other file-based digital-audio format. Most also know that record labels prefer DRMed alternatives such as the ones sold by Apple's iTunes, because they make it harder for people to share music.
Times of London:
Yo ho ho - buccanerds give studios a broadside — A website that tells you where to get the latest films for nothing has enraged movie moguls. Simon Kurs meets the swashbucklers fighting claims of piracy — First came the pirate radio ships of the 1960s offering new musical thrills to the pop-starved young.
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Smaran / TorrentFreak:
TPB: The MPAA are "rabid, obsessed lunatics" — In a recent interview with the UK's Sunday Times, Gottfrid Svartholm, one of the co-founders of The Pirate Bay calls the MPAA a bunch of "rabid, obsessed lunatics." — The Sunday Times article titled "Yo ho ho - buccanerds give studios a broadside" …
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Microsoft:
Windows Vista Ushers in New Era of Gameplay — Microsoft unveils powerful Games for Windows lineup and more at 2007 CES. — Kicking off the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with a bang, Microsoft Corp. today unveiled revolutionary games …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
O Googlers, where art thou? — Some employees found instant riches in the Internet search company's initial public offering — affording them the luxury of pursuing new dreams — Who in their right mind would leave a job at Google Inc., a company legendary for pampering workers with free annual ski trips and gourmet food?
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Dan Farber / Between the Lines:
Dennis Howlett's equation: Attention + composition = x2 revenue — Fellow Enterprise Irregular, blogger and IT/finance consultant Dennis Howlett offers a guest post on the state of business application software, connecting the dots between Erasure, Last.fm, social media, attention, Paris Hilton …
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John Siracusa / FatBits:
MWSF 2007 keynote bingo — I debated doing a MacWorld bingo card for a long time. At first, I was sure I wasn't going to create one. WWDC bingo was a cute diversion, but do I really want to commit to doing one of these for every Stevenote? I also didn't know if people would be hungry for more bingo after WWDC's bingo bust.
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat:
Fraudwall, an anti-click fraud company, raises millions — Ron Conway, a well-known Internet investor, and entrepreneur Jim Pitkow have co-founded a company to stop advertising fraud online. They've invested an undisclosed amount of millions, alongside other angel investors.
Mike / Techdirt:
Court Says Keyword Advertising Isn't A Trademark Violation — from the good-answer dept — Every few months it seems like we have another lawsuit of this nature, and with different courts coming to totally different conclusions, it's likely that this is going to continue for some time.
John Markoff / New York Times:
A Personal Computer to Carry in a Pocket — The world of desktop computing is finally going mobile, and the shift can be seen in the explosive growth of wireless data for cellular carriers. — To handle functions from text and instant messaging to mobile MySpace and ESPN, computer users are increasingly turning to the cellphone.
Matthew Creamer / AdAge:
Ad Age Agency of the Year: The Consumer — John Doe Edges Out Jeff Goodby — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Stop me if you've heard this one before. A pair of Maine theater geeks decide to film an experiment in which a certain mint is dropped into a bottle of a certain no-calorie soft drink, unleashing a foamy geyser.
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Jaffe Juice, Cymfony's Influence 2.0, Adrants, Open The Dialogue, Uninstalled, AdJab and blackrimglasses.com
