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Wall Street Journal:
EBay Seeks to Add StumbleUpon to Portfolio — EBay Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire StumbleUpon Inc., an Internet company that helps people discover Web pages that match their interests, according to people familiar with the matter. — The potential price for a deal is in the range of $75 million, these people say.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
eBay Close to Acquiring StumbleUpon — First reported here at TechCrunch on April 18, eBay is now said to be close to finalizing its deal to acquire StumbleUpon for $75 million, according to a new online report from the Wall Street Journal. — The high flying startup has been rumored to be in acquisition talks since November .
Phil Rosenthal / Chicago Tribune:
Microsoft buys stake in CareerBuilder job site — Microsoft Corp., has bought a minority equity stake in CareerBuilder.com, the online job site owned by Tribune Co., Gannett Co. and McClatchy Co., the companies announced today. — Microsoft is acquiring 4 percent of CareerBuilder, sources said.
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Microsoft Help and Support:
The Safely Remove Hardware feature and the Windows Explorer "Eject" command do not work correctly with an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer … SYMPTOMS — Consider the following scenario. You have an Apple iPod that is connected to a Windows Vista-based computer through a USB connection.
Gizmodo:
Hands On: Treo 755 Hands On with Sprint EVDO, Palm OS, and Google Maps — Here's the deal on the Palm Treo 755: It's a 750 generation variant, running on Palm OS and Sprint instead of Windows Mobile and AT&T/Cingular/Whatever. That means its got that Sprint EVDO we know and love …
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Ryan Block / Engadget:
Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update hands-on — Well, that Xbox 360 Spring 2007 Dashboard update did land at about 2:00AM PST as expected, and brought with it a few fun features we were hot to test out — but none more than the Xbox's expanded video playback capabilities.
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Andy Beal / Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim:
First Look - Google Print Ads Now Part of AdWords — We've looked around and we're pretty confident that Marketing Pilgrim has the first screenshots of Google Print integrated with AdWords. — Using the AdWords console, advertisers can select the following: — Date range for ads to run.
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Last.fm Launches Video - Aims To Be The MTV Of Web 2.0 Age — Online radio station Last.fm is adding a video section to its site this week, enabling users to create their own personalised video channels - similar to how users can already create radio stations based on their music tastes.
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John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:
Mpire and the year of the widget — Looking to capitalize on its shopping analytics, Seattle's Mpire today is rolling out about 80 new e-commerce "widgets." — The free "widgets" — small online applications or tools that easily plug in to Web sites — will allow bloggers and online publishers …
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James Quintana Pearce / mocoNews.net:
Rumor: Ericsson Looking To Buy Motorola — This is very much a "rumors are rife" story, so take it as such: Ed Snyder at Charter Equity Research has allegedly claimed that two of the main shareholders in Motorola told him that Carl Icahn has spread rumours that Ericsson is looking to buy Motorola …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
War Of The People Search — I moderated a fascinating panel tonight at Google headquarters that included execs from three "people search engines" - the CEO of Wink (Michael Tanne), the CEO of Spock (Jaideep Singh), and the COO of Zoominfo (Bryan Burdick). — The panel was very timely.
Microsoft:
Microsoft SQL Server "Katmai" Builds on Proven Success of SQL Server 2005, Empowering Customers to Manage the Data Explosion — Vision for next release of SQL Server announced at Microsoft's first Business Intelligence Conference. — Today at the first Microsoft Business Intelligence …
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
JAJAH Lands $20 million Series C Funding From Intel — VOIP provider JAJAH closes Series C funding of $20 million today, with the lead investment coming from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel. — Previous TechCrunch coverage here. — As part of the deal Intel …
Paul Miller / Engadget:
Intel's Centrino Duo and Centrino Pro Santa Rosa chipsets go live — If you haven't noticed by now, the laptop industry is going Santa Rosa crazy today, and for good reason: Intel's next-gen chipset is officially "out" as of now, following up the Napa / Yonah combo of last year.
Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Introducing NewTeeVee Pier Screenings! — Online video is great, but it's such a solitary experience. This summer we're going to try a little experiment — getting us off our butts and around from behind our screens. Maybe even outdoors. — On a pier overlooking the San Francisco Bay …
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Surge in Mac users good for Apple, not so good for security — According to web metric analysts WebSideStory and Net Applications, the number of people surfing the web in the US on a Mac doubled over the past eight months. This represents an increase from a long-term flat-line of about 3% to around 6%.
