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Paul Thurrott / WindowsITPro:
Microsoft Confirms Vista Upgrade Limitations (Updated with Workaround) — With a support note quietly posted to its Web site, Microsoft confirmed what enthusiasts have long feared: Users who purchase Upgrade versions of Windows Vista will not be able to perform clean installs of the operating system.
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Jessica Mintz / Associated Press:
Few Rush Out to Buy New Windows Vista — Microsoft's Long-Delayed Vista Operating System Hits Retail Shelves, but Few Rush Out to Buy — NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers can finally get their hands on Microsoft Corp.'s long-delayed Windows Vista, but unlike the mad midnight rushes retailers saw …
Ryan Shrout / pcper.com:
Windows Vista Gaming Performance - NVIDIA and ATI Compared … Introduction — Introduction — Chances are you might have heard of some software package that was released today; a new version of Windows or something like that. It's only the biggest software release in the last five or so years …
Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Yahoo Planning to Add 100 Web Sites for Entertainment — Yahoo said Tuesday that it planned to build individual Web sites around 100 entertainment "brands" this year that would pull together content from Yahoo's sprawling array of online properties. — The effort, called Brand Universe …
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Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
Has Yahoo Picked Marketing as Its Game? — Yahoo is cooking up new media model — one that involves creating little-to-no content. The company is harnessing its ability to build online audiences around brands, something it trumpeted at a media lunch held Tuesday at its Sunnyvale headquarters.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
New Technorati "WTF" Feature Clones Digg — Technorati has launched a new feature called Technorati WTF. No, it doesn't stand for "what the..." It's short for "Where's the Fire?" — Basically, Where's the Fire appears to be a digg clone. It allows users to share what's hot.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Technorati's Mysterious Disappearing WTF Product — Steve Rubel somehow came across a new Digg-like Technorati product called "WTF," which stands for "Where's the Fire?" It was briefly live at technorati.com/wtf, but is no longer available. — From the screen shots (see below, care of Rubel) …
flickr.com:
Official Old Skool Merge Topic — heather says: — If you've any questions or feedback regarding today's announcement regarding the upcoming account merge deadline, this topic's for you. — < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next > — FlyButtafly (ncient) says: — Nooooooooooooooo...oooooo...oooooooo... .
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Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:There's Some Mighty Pissed Off Flickr Members Right Now
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Joris Evers / CNET News.com:
Alleged porn spammer settles with FTC — An alleged marketer of online porn has agreed to pay a $465,000 penalty to settle spam charges, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. — Under a proposed settlement, TJ Web Productions has also agreed to adhere to federal spam laws, the FTC said in a statement.
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Jan Libbenga / The Register:
Google loses European GMail trademark battle — Google has failed to win the right to register the term "Gmail" as a wide-ranging European trademark. — The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM), the body which is responsible for European community trademarks …
Lee Rainie / Pew Internet:
Tagging — Just as the internet allows users to create and share their own media, it is also enabling them to organize digital material their own way, rather than relying on pre-existing formats of classifying information. — A December 2006 survey has found that 28% of internet users …
BBC:
PC World says farewell to floppy — The time has come to bid farewell to one of the PC's more stalwart friends - the floppy disk. — Computing superstore PC World said it will no longer sell the storage devices, affectionately known as floppies, once existing stock runs out.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Mainstream Media Usage of Web 2.0 Services is Increasing — Written by Alex Iskold and edited by Richard MacManus — I was reading a Time magazine article online today, entitled Marketing to your mind. This article was very provocative and I enjoyed reading it. But after I was done, something else caught my attention.
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
G'night Burbank Scores HBO Online Pilot — Hayden Black, the creator of mock news show Goodnight Burbank, has signed a deal to create a pilot for the new HBO Online, he said via email this morning. — Black said the new show's working title is "Abigail's X-Rated Teen Vlog" and he will be writing …
