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PR Newswire:
Apple Reports Second Quarter Results — Earnings Grow 88 Percent Year-over-Year — CUPERTINO, Calif., April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007. The Company posted revenue of $5.26 billion …
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San Francisco Chronicle:
Google surpasses Microsoft as world's most-visited site — It's official: Google rules the world. — The Mountain View search engine has outstripped Microsoft on two fronts, becoming both the most visited Web site and the most valuable global brand. — The events are major milestones for Google …
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Brian Krebs / Security Fix:
Virus Writers Taint Google Ad Links — Virus writers have been gaming Google's "sponsored links" — the paid ads shown alongside search engine results. They are aiming to get their malicious software installed on computers whose users click onto ad links after searching for legitimate sites …
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Roger Thompson / Exploit Prevention Labs:Google sponsored links not safe?
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Maija Palmer / Financial Times:
Autonomy to spin off consumer arm — Autonomy, the Cambridge-based search software company, on Wednesday announced plans to demerge and float its consumer division, with allows people to search internet TV and video clips. — The consumer division will be renamed Blinkx, and listed on London's AIM exchange for growth stocks in May.
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Autonomy Press Releases, alarm:clock, Connecting the Dots, Mashable!, Startup Meme, broadstuff, TechFold, Beet.TV and Search Engine Watch Blog
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:Autonomy Exercises Option To Buy Blinkx; Merges With Its Consumer …
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GigaOM, Times of London, Search Engine Land, The Next Net, E L S U A, NewTeeVee and Mashable!
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Yet another Microsoft search exec calls it quits — The shake-ups in Microsoft's search organization aren't over yet. — On April 24, Microsoft announced internally that Dane Glasgow, general manager for Live Search, is leaving the company to work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family.
TalkBMC - opensville:
Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open Source — Next week I'm leading the "Open Source, the Web, Interoperability, and Microsoft" panel at Mix07 in Vegas, my first Microsoft conference. Naturally, I've been pondering the topic so I don't end up on stage with my pants around my ankles.
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
'Second Life' to strengthen its voice — SAN FRANCISCO—In the next several months, Second Life avatars may find their long-awaited voice, said Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab, publisher of the virtual world. — Many Second Life members have long desired to bring voice to their text-based avatars.
Matt Cutts / Gadgets, Google, and SEO:
Google and privacy — In my previous post I talked about some useful things I'd discovered about Google's Web History feature. As you might expect, several commenters asked about various aspects of privacy for Web History. I gave a quick response in my comments, but I figured …
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land:
Google Maps Introduce User-Generated Content — When Google launched its personalized mapping tool, My Maps, the company said it would soon be integrating user-generated content. It appears that is now happening on many Google Maps searches (hat tip to NLC Marketing Blog). — Here are some example searches:
Ryan Block / Engadget Mobile:
iPhone Q&A for AT&T employees — Not a lot here, but for those clammoring for any possible news about the iPhone, we got our hands on an internal AT&T iPhone Q&A document. The highlights: — With an iPhone you'll have access to Cingular's MyAccount via the device as well as via iTunes.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
GrandCentral Mobile Is Live — Telephone management startup GrandCentral launched a mobile version of the service yesterday, although they have not announced the product yet. The mobile site is available at grancentral.com/mobile. It will not load properly from a desktop browser …
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Samsung announces 1.8-inch 120GB disk for UMPCs and perhaps, iPods — Oh Samsung, you and your obsession with the "world's biggest" puts even Jersey girls to shame. Chalk-up two more this morning with the world's highest capacity 1.8- and 2.5-inch hard disk drives.
David Chartier / Download Squad:
Six ways Twitter can make money — A web 2.0-sized boatload of buzz has surrounded Twitter, the addictive service that allows its users to answer one simple question: what are you doing? The service has made appearances in everything from your friend's blog to the New York Times, and everyone seems jazzed about how fun tweeting is.
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Google gets in on 'Intel Inside' campaign — Intel is injecting some of Google's famous ad magic into its "Intel Inside" campaign. — The world's largest microprocessor supplier and the most popular search engine were set to announce on Wednesday a co-marketing initiative that will allow makers …
Nick Starr / The Boy Genius Report:
Sprint Announces PPC-6800 — Sprint has sent out the data sheet for their upcoming PPC-6800 (HTC Titan). What a great phone, if it only included Windows Mobile 6 and EV-DO Rev A. instead of hinting at the possibilities of being able to upgrade Featuring a 2.8" QVGA LCD screen, WiFi …
