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Thomas Hawk / Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection:
There's Some Mighty Pissed Off Flickr Members Right Now — Taken from the Flickr Blog announcing Yahoo's acquisition, March 2005 — [I am CEO of Zooomr] … Update #2: The SmugMug blog is offering a 50% special discount for Flickr users that want to migrate over there.
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Anil Dash, Mathew Ingram, This is going to be BIG., Mashable!, Dan Blank, Venture Chronicles, Geek News Central and digg
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Onethumb / SmugBlog:
The Dark Side of the Flickr Acquisition — You asked for it, you got it: SmugMug is offering 50% off to all Flickr refugees. Just sign up for our free trial using the coupon code flickr and if you like what you see, you'll get 50% off your first year. — We're getting some email …
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... .
Jason Calacanis / The Jason Calacanis Weblog:
Taking the payola out of DEMO-ing: The TechCrunch 20 Conference (or, I'm back in the conference business baby!) — I've always loved DEMO-style conferences (like the one going on in Palm Desert today) where entrepreneurs show off their creations for the first time to an audience of their peers, the press, and investors.
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ProBlogger Blog Tips, Crossroads Dispatches, The Gong Show, Tech~Surf~Blog, Profy.Com and Scobleizer
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
The TechCrunch20 Conference — I am very excited to announce a new conference, called the TechCrunch20. This is a joint venture between us (TechCrunch) and Jason Calacanis, who broke the news about this earlier today. The format is simple: Twenty of the hottest new startups will announce …
Business Wire:
Google Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2006 Results — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. — "Our impressive performance in the fourth quarter demonstrates …
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Brandon Hill / DailyTech:
Workaround Discovered For "Clean Install" With Vista Upgrade DVDs — Microsoft internal documentation reveals workaround for Vista Upgrade DVDs with no need for a previous version of Windows — Just when everyone thought that all hope was lost when it comes to performing a clean install …
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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.
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 …
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Google Blogoscoped
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Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Web giants ask for feds' help on censorship — WASHINGTON—Google, Yahoo and Microsoft representatives on Tuesday implored the U.S. government to help set ground rules for complying with demands by foreign law enforcement agencies for user records or censorship.
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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 …
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Blogspotting, Cost Per News, Joho the Blog, Screenwerk, This Old Network, Tech Beat, SearchViews and Church of the Customer Blog
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?
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Valleywag, Conversion Rater, John Battelle's Searchblog, Business 2.0 Beta, Search Engine Land and NewTeeVee
Arik Hesseldahl / Business Week:
The New Media Mogul—You — What do Blinkx, Magnify.net, Splashcast, Panjea, Eyejot, Vringo, and BUZ have in common? They aim to give consumers control of their own media — Uploading video to the Internet is so 2006. Now the question is what to do with those clips once they're in cyberspace.
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BBC:
BBC's download plans get backing — TV shows like Doctor Who are expected to be available for download later this year after the BBC Trust gave initial approval to the BBC's on-demand plans. — Under the proposals, viewers will be able to watch popular programmes online or download …
Jordan Running / Download Squad:
How to get rid of Snap's obnoxious link previews — If you've seen them, you've probably been annoyed by them. I'm talking about Snap's "Preview Anywhere," a little gizmo people can stick on their web site or blog that, when the visitor rolls the mouse over any link, will pop up a big bubble …
Bink / Bink.nu:
Jim Allchin retired from Microsoft as of Jan. 30, 2007 — After 17 years with the company, Jim Allchin retired from Microsoft as of Jan. 30, 2007 - the day on which Microsoft officially released the Windows Vista operating system to consumers. — James (Jim) Allchin served as co-president …
Business Wire:
Michael Dell Assumes Duties as Chief Executive Officer of Dell Inc. — Dell Will Remain as Chairman of Board — ROUND ROCK, Texas—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL - News) announced today that Michael Dell will assume the duties of Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Major Nelson / Xbox Live's Major Nelson:
Demo: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 — Name: Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Demo — Available for: Gold Members in all Xbox Live regions — Dash Details: Following up the 2006 platinum seller Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (GRAW), Ubisoft brings the sequel GRAW2 …
Yahoo! Widgets Blog:
The Ever-Changing Widget Landscape — The world of Widgets has changed a lot since Konfabulator came along back in 2003, when it was the only option of its kind for developers. Since then, similar offerings have emerged from several places, including Apple, and tomorrow, Microsoft as part of Vista.
comScore:
comScore Networks Releases Top Web Properties Worldwide for December; Reviews Biggest Gainers for 2006 — Worldwide Internet Usage Increases 10 Percent in 2006; Top Gaining Categories for 2006 Include Search, Multimedia, Community, E-mail, and Games — comScore Networks …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Games That Sell While Others Languish — Some of the video game industry's smartest minds thought that couch potatoes wanted richer graphics and more challenging virtual worlds. It turns out that a lot of potatoes simply wanted to get off the couch. — That may be the best explanation …
