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Protection from Adware, Spam, Viruses, Online Scams:
The State of Search Engine Safety … Key Findings — Overall, 4.0% of search results link to risky Web sites, which marks an improvement from 5.0% in May 2006. Dangerous sites are found in search results of all 5 of the top US search engines (representing 93% of all search engine use).
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Today @ PC World, Podcasting News, Security Fix, The Browser, Search Engine Land, Between the Lines and Social Strategist
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Joseph Menn / Los Angeles Times:
Online tunes are more risky than Web porn — About 9% of adult sites produce spyware, adware or spam, compared with 19% of digital music sites found in a study by McAfee. — Whatever threat online pornography might pose to society's morals, online music might pose a bigger threat to society's computers.
Jeremy Guscott / Times of London:
Bono and Rubinstein plan to shake Palm — Palm sells 25 per cent stake to Bono's Elevation Partners and invites key former iPod chief to shake up the Treo maker — Palm has sold a 25 per cent stake to a private equity partner in a move that will bring two key former Apple executives …
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PC World: Techlog
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Wall Street Journal:Palm to Sell 25% Stake, Overhaul Board
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New York Times:Palm Is Said to Sell Stake to Equity Firm in Revamping
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Sramana Mitra on Strategy
Think Secret:
With iPhone launch date out, other details emerge — A trio of iPhone television commercials Sunday night delivered the news many have been waiting for: June 29. That's the day that customers will be able to take home an Apple iPhone. — Just weeks ago, Apple had been targeting …
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BBC:
Launch date for iPhone revealed — Apple has confirmed that its much-anticipated iPhone product will launch on 29 June in the US. — The date was given in a series of TV adverts broadcast on Sunday, and was later confirmed by a spokesman for the California-based company.
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
Yahoo opens Panama search ad platform — Yahoo announced Monday that its Panama search advertising platform is now open to third parties. — Under Panama, which was launched in February, sponsored search results are based on items such as relevancy and not just on the advertiser's bid price.
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PR Newswire:
Yahoo! Opens Access to Search Marketing Platform APIs — Dedicated third-party partner services and free, open access to Yahoo!'s "Panama" advertising platform technology will drive further growth and innovation in digital advertising — SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 4, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Microsoft teams with Linux distributor Xandros — Microsoft and Linux distributor Xandros announced on Monday a technical and legal collaboration, the latest step in the software giant's ongoing program to partner with open-source companies. — Over the next five years, the two companies said …
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PR Newswire:
Microsoft, Xandros Broad Collaboration Agreement Extends Bridge Between Commercial Open Source and Microsoft Software — REDMOND, Washington, and NEW YORK, June 4 /PRNewswire/ — Agreement enhances mixed-source customer choice and features business, technical and IP collaboration.
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TechCrunch, BetaNews, All about Microsoft, eWEEK.com, Computer Business Review and Jeremy's Blog
Guy Kawasaki / How to Change the World:
By the Numbers: How I built a Web 2.0, User-Generated Content, Citizen Journalism, Long-Tail, Social Media Site for $12,107.09 — Because of Truemors, I've learned a lot about launching a company in these "Web 2.0" times. Here's quick overview "by the numbers." — 0. I wrote 0 business plans for it.
Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
A Start-Up's Risky Niche: Movie-Based Videogames — LOS ANGELES — For decades, videogame companies have drawn inspiration from Hollywood, borrowing movie characters, settings and story lines for game titles. But the results have been decidedly mixed, leading to a checkered reputation …
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BBC:
Sony price cut for Blu-ray player — Sony has cut $100 (£50) off the price of its new next-generation DVD player as it tries to get ahead in the market. — The BDP-S300 now costs $499 - half what the firm's first Blu-ray player cost at its launch six months ago.
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Cleve Nettles / 9 to 5 Mac:
Some VERY Interesting iPhone Developments — More info from around the proverbial "industry water cooler" has come out today on the iPhone. Some interesting tidbits are starting to put the puzzle pieces together on how the iPhone will operate with the Macintosh OS (and Windows).
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Microsoft: Silicon Valley Team Building Stealth Search Engine — Microsoft has gathered a team of twenty or more "rock star" developers who've been tasked at building their next generation search engine, a source has told us. The team, which supposedly came together recently …
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parislemon, WebProNews, Search Engine Watch Blog, DealBreaker.com, rexduffdixon.com, I4U News and Microsoft News Tracker
Microsoft:
Microsoft Details Dynamic IT Strategy at Tech •Ed 2007 — Bob Muglia demonstrates new technology innovations designed to help IT professionals and developers evolve their organizations. — ORLANDO, Fla. — June 4, 2007 — Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business …
Brooks Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
Hearst-Argyle, YouTube to Share Revenue From TV Video Clips — Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., one of the nation's largest operators of local TV stations, will distribute news, weather and entertainment video to Google Inc.'s YouTube in a revenue-sharing agreement.
The Smoking Gun:
Google As Terror Tool? — One of the plotters behind the alleged scheme to explode gas pipelines at John F. Kennedy airport directed his co-conspirators to use Google Earth to obtain detailed aerial photos of the targeted facility. In a federal criminal complaint, an excerpt from which you'll find below …
Drew / Dembot:
Rocketboom Sponsorship Launch — Tomorrow on Monday we will be launching a new sponsorship model on Rocketboom! — Just over a year ago, we ran out money for Rocketboom. … The plan had materialized months prior but I never wanted to take the risk. I certainly was into the excitement, but what if no one bid?
Constance Loizos / Mercury News:
N.Y.-based IAC to open Bay Area venture — FIRM'S STYLE ALARMS SOME AREA START-UPS — IAC/InterActive Corp., the New York-based media and e-commerce conglomerate run by former Hollywood mogul Barry Diller, already has pieced together an empire of dozens of Web properties …
