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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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Digital Markets, The Media Age, IP Democracy, Good Morning Silicon Valley, Tech Beat and Search Engine Journal
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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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Today @ PC World
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 …
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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.
Ohio University:
Ohio University announces changes in file-sharing policies — Ohio University announces changes in file-sharing policies ATHENS, Ohio (April 25, 2007) - In an effort to ensure that every student, faculty member and researcher has access to the computer resources they need …
Brian Oberkirch / Like It Matters:
Live: All Things Digital — Go check out All Things Digital, the new online home of Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and John Paczkowski. — Walt and Kara have extended their highly regarded D Conference with a showcase site that wraps up all Walt's weekly columns and adds a new 'Mossblog' to the mix …
Steve / The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs:
Radically, transparently stupid — Maybe you've heard of Steve Rubel. He's this smarmy PR guy from Edelman PR who thinks he's Mr. Know It All when it comes to blogging. He's always talking about "radical transparency" even though, let's face it, he makes his living telling friggin lies.
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Valleywag
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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:
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Startup Meme, NLC Internet Marketing Blog, Google Blogoscoped, Googlified and WebProNews
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Finalists for 2007 EPpy Awards Announced — NEW YORK Washingtonpost.com has earned five finalist nods in the 2007 EPpy Awards, which are sponsored by Editor & Publisher and MediaWeek magazines. The finalists were announced today. — EPpy winners will be revealed at the Interactive Newspaper Conference …
Chris Sherman / Search Engine Land:
Stop Presses! Google Bested In Search Shoot-Out! — PC World has released the results of its most recent search engine shoot-out, and surprise, surprise, found that "Google is indeed the best search engine." — However... This wasn't just a casual test, and Google wasn't the best across …
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