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Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
New iTunes version still not fully Vista-ready — A new version of Apple's iTunes software released Monday addresses a number of compatibility issues with Microsoft's Windows Vista, but a few problems remain. — The updated version supports the upcoming Apple TV product and includes …
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Inside Google Desktop:
The New Sidebar and Gadgets — With the dramatically increasing amount of content out there, you need better ways to find relevant information, whether searching your computer or reading the latest headlines in sidebar. How could we improve the way you stay up-to-date with sidebar and gadgets?
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Karen / Official Google Blog:New and improved Desktop — For the past several months …
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Ministry of Tech
WordPress.com:
OpenID — You can now use your WordPress.com blog as an OpenID. — Are you fed up with having to remember dozens of usernames and password? Does the idea of creating yet another account on yet another site leave you cold? — OpenID is a new standard that hopes to alleviate some of the pain …
BBC:
Microsoft attacks Google on books — Microsoft is to launch an attack on Google, saying the search giant's rival book-scanning service "systematically violates copyright". — Since December, Microsoft's project - Live Search Books - has allowed users to access certain publications which were no longer under copyright.
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Microsoft:Thomas C. Rubin: Association of American Publishers
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Thomas Claburn / InformationWeek:
Forrester Report Claims R&D Studies Are Biased — Despite U.S. spending of almost $300 billion on knowledge, the analyst firm found common flaws: bias, flawed analysis, and shortsightedness. — National investments in innovation are largely wasted and technology studies confirm the political …
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Peter Sayer / InfoWorld:
France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence — Law could lead to imprisonment of amateur videographers and Web site operators who publish their images — The French Constitutional Council has approved a law that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists.
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Techdirt, 901am, 27B Stroke 6, Lost Remote, Between the Lines and Slashdot
Andy Plesser / Beet.TV:
Exclusive: Microsoft and the Associated Press Teaming with Thousands of Newspapers and Broadcasters in New Online Video Network — The Associated Press, the world's largest news organization, and Microsoft have developed an online video platform for thousands of U.S. newspapers …
Reuters:
Yahoo CEO says business repairs done — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) spent 2006 fixing the basic plumbing of its Web search advertising system, preparing the company to allow its business to "come alive," Chairman and CEO Terry Semel said on Tuesday.
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James Orry / Pro-G - All Updates:
Commodore returns with new gaming PCs — Commodore Gaming has announced it will launch a new breed of gaming PCs that will see the return of the legendary Commodore brand. — Commodore is a name which will bring memories flooding back to many a gamer and it's been announced that the legendary brand …
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Live Search's WebLog:
Breaking Out of the Browser — Got Vista? Then check out these two Live Search gadgets for your Vista Sidebar and stop waiting for that browser to load! Today we're announcing the launch of two new gadgets that bring some of the most popular Live Search services directly to your desktop:
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Scribd "YouTube for Documents" Gets $300K — Scribd, a site for sharing documents, is coming out of private beta this morning with a fresh Angel investment of $300K on top of their original Y Combinator nest egg of $12,000. Scribd is most easily described as a text version of YouTube.
Marguerite Reardon / CNET News.com:
AT&T turns cell phones into TV remotes — AT&T Homezone subscribers are now able to program their digital video recorders from their cell phones. — AT&T said that starting Tuesday, it will allow customers of its Homezone product, a service that offers video-on-demand and other content …
mamamusings:
why twitter matters — I'm completely fascinated by Twitter right now—in much the same way I was by blogging four years ago, and by ICQ years before that. — If you haven't tried it yet, Twitter is a site that allows you to post one-line messages about what you're currently doing—via the web interface, IM, or SMS.
Danny O'Brien / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Senate Committee: Broadcasting Treaty Must Be Limited — Eighteen months ago, we heard that the controversial proposed WIPO Broadcasting Treaty was not on the radar of U.S. congressional representatives. That has changed, thanks to your letters, and much hard work by a broad coalition …
Microsoft:
Q&A: Visual Studio 2005 Refresh Helps Developers Take Full Advantage of Windows Vista — "Soma" Somasegar, chief of Microsoft's Developer Division, discusses opportunities and benefits that customers and partners can experience by harnessing the power of Windows Vista to build secure, reliable and connected applications.
