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Robert McMillan / InfoWorld:
Microsoft: Vista follow-up likely in 2009 — VP of development hints at possible features, code name for Microsoft's next client OS — With Vista just out the door, Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009 …
Duncan Riley / 901am:
Wikipeda could shut within 3-4 months: Wikimedia — In a rather extraordinary example of begging for money, Florence Devouard, Chairwoman of the Wikimedia foundation has told an audience at the Lift07 conference that Wikipedia has the financial resources to run its servers for another 3-4 months …
Think Secret:
Mac OS X 10.5, iLife '07, iWork '07 as early as March — Development of Mac OS X 10.5 is wrapping up faster than many at Apple even anticipated, and at present, a release can be expected as early as late March, sources say. — Alongside the release of Version 10.5, code-named Leopard …
Ryan Block / Engadget:
Debunk: Microsoft files for Zune phone with FCC — probably not — There's some buzz going around right now about a "Zune phone" filed with the FCC — we did a little extra digging, and we're not really convinced that's what's at hand. We know a Zune phone is in the works …
Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Parallels: "We won't virtualize OS X until Apple says so" — When the news came out that Parallels was actually owned by enterprise software maker SWSoft about a month ago, there was a not-so-tiny detail from Forbes article that drew a lot of interest. That detail was that SWSoft's CEO hinted …
Graeme Wearden / CNET News.com:
Price of cybercrime tools shrinks — SAN FRANCISCO—It's becoming cheaper and easier to get hold of the tools needed to launch a cybercrime attack, according to security company RSA. — Jens Hinrichsen, the company's product marketing manager for fraud auction, said Thursday that RSA …
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Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
Google: Web is OK for TV (despite what you may have read) — Does Google really think the Internet, as well as its own infrastructure, isn't up to the task of delivering Web TV? That's the impression you might have been left with had you read any permutations of a Reuters story out of Amsterdam …
Steve Gordon / The Register:
The slow death of DRM — Column The DRM walls are crumbling. Earlier this week, Steve Jobs called on the major record labels to allow online music sales unfettered by digital rights management restrictions. — Today, the Wall Street Journal disclosed that EMI is in negotiations …
Douglas MacMillan / Business Week:
Apple Embraces Casual Gaming — The consumer electronics maker is rolling out games for the iPod and is in talks with EA about games for the forthcoming iPhone — As iconic as Apple may be in consumer electronics—from personal computing to digital music and, now, mobile phones—it hasn't exactly set the gaming world on fire.
Zee Linden / Official Linden Blog:
State of the Virtual World - Key Metrics, January 2007 — In December I posted a number of key metrics for the first time. As part of our effort to drive toward complete transparency and openness, Logan Linden and I have upgraded some of our internal systems to create the Excel Workbook posted here.
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Jemima Kiss / Guardian Unlimited:
More WeMedia Miami — 11:23 Craig Newmark says the technology is just a means to a democratic end, and that the newspaper may have just been a precursor to the internet. — Scroll down for updates — 08:00 Craig Craigslist Newmark is one of the big draws today, though Craig very modestly wouldn't agree with that.
Nick / Rough Type:
The future of computing demand — Sun Microsystems has posted videos of its Analyst Day presentations from earlier this week. Following a tip from CEO Jonathan Schwartz, I watched CTO Greg Papadopoulos's presentation on the future of computing demand (pdf of slides). It's well worth a look.
Liz Gannes / GigaOM:
A Taxonomy of Social Networks? — Earlier this week, Om called social networks a feature. It's a good point, though, one that seems all too obvious to someone like me who's covered way too many social networks and often ends up bored before making it through yet another registration form.
Steve Rubel / Micro Persuasion:
The Future of Cable TV in an Open World — The race is on to turn your TV into an open content platform. This will bring more programming to your set and much of it won't come from the traditional networks. Conspicuously absent from the game are your local cable and satellite providers.
