Top Items:
Google:
Google to Acquire Postini — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Postini, a global leader in on-demand communications security and compliance solutions serving more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide.
Discussion:
Ars Technica, alarm:clock, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, eWEEK.com, Download Squad, New York Times, Between the Lines, TechCrunch, CenterNetworks, HighContrast, A VC, Search Engine Land, Randy Holloway Unfiltered, Digital Trends, 901am, Google Operating System and Search Engine Roundtable
RELATED:
Dave Girouard / Official Google Blog:
Welcome, Postini team — We launched Google Apps so that it would be easier for employees to communicate and share information while reducing the hassles and costs associated with enterprise software. Companies are responding: every day, more than 1,000 small businesses sign up for Google Apps.
Discussion:
Rev2.org, Search Engine Journal, Skype Journal, Search Marketing Gurus, New York Times and Slashdot
Mike Sachoff / WebProNews:
Google To Purchase Postini For $625 Million — Google has announced that it is acquiring Postini, an on demand communications e-mail security company. — Google will pay $625 million for Postini and the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Google.
Eric A. Taub / New York Times:
Sony Cuts PlayStation 3 Prices as Many Xboxes Fail — Facing slower-than-expected sales of its PlayStation 3 video game system, Sony said it would announce Monday that it planned to lower the price of its console in the United States by $100, to $500, effective Thursday.
RELATED:
Ben Kuchera / Ars Technica: Sony announces price cut, new 80GB PlayStation 3 model for North America
Tor Thorsen / GameSpot:E3 07: 60GB PS3 $499, 80GB due in August
Discussion:
Crave, PR Newswire, Joystiq, DailyTech, ComputerShopper.com's …, DigitalBattle, Slashdot and digg
Conrad Quilty-Harper / Engadget:Sony cuts PS3 price to $499, new $599 80GB model to hit North America in August
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Mosh, Yahoo's New Social Network Initiative — Here's a juicy tip - we've been hearing about a new Yahoo social network initiative called Mosh, which is at mosh.yahoo.com but can only be accessed from inside the Yahoo offices. If you happen to be using the guest wifi at Yahoo …
Discussion:
digg
RELATED:
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:Improving Google's Social Network
Discussion:
Rev2.org, WebProNews, Wired News, Insider Chatter, Googlified, Mashable!, franticindustries and Pronet Advertising
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Google, Yahoo Both Working On Next Generation Social Networks
Discussion:
Media 3.0 with Shelly Palmer
Alertbox:
Write Articles, Not Blog Postings … I recently served as a "consultant's consultant," advising a world leader in his field on what to do about his website. In particular, this expert asked me whether he should start a weblog. I said no. — You probably already know my own Internet strategy …
Bill Ray / The Register:
Is your phone free? — OpenMoko sets Open source handset loose — The OpenMoko project has debuted what could be the ultimate geek handset: a Linux-based mobile phone, complete with an open-source operating system and application suite. — The Neo 1973 handset, which starts at $300 …
Nick Wingfield / Wall Street Journal:
EA Chief Cites Need For More Innovative Games — Electronic Arts Inc. became the world's biggest maker of videogames by relying on a formula now widespread in the industry: pumping out sequels of familiar game franchises, like Madden football, that consumers bought almost on cue.
Discussion:
Bubblegeneration Strategy Lab, Kotaku, Next Generation, Information Arbitrage, GigaOM and GamesIndustry.biz
Robert McMillan / PC World:
Security Firm Auctions Bugs — A Swiss company has launched an eBay for details on unpatched security vulnerabilities. — Recommend this story? — Psst. Want to buy a zero-day? — A Swiss startup called WabiSabiLabi Ltd. has some for sale, but to qualified buyers only.
Discussion:
Techdirt
Sarah Ellison / Wall Street Journal:
Dow Jones Makes Late Push To Find Other Buyers — As negotiations with News Corp. continue, Dow Jones & Co. is making one last push to find other possible buyers for itself, according to people familiar with the matter. — The long-shot efforts by the publisher of The Wall Street Journal …
PR Newswire:
Lexmark revises financial outlook — LEXINGTON, Ky., July 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK - News) today announced that financial results for its second quarter of 2007 will be lower than expected. — Although based on partial data for the quarter …
Dana Blankenhorn / Open Source:
Can OpenMoko break the wireless monopoly? — Open source telephony takes a big step forward today as the OpenMoko neo1973 starts shipping to developers. Its public Wiki is also open for business. — The phone runs an open Linux kernel and what it calls Mobile FOSS, meaning everything inside it is Free and Open Source Software.
Discussion:
eWEEK.com
Mike Kobrin / CrunchGear:
Exclusive: iRiver Clix Rhapsody Review — The second-generation iriver Clix is an impressive little device, but iriver followed in SanDisk's footsteps and used its partnership with Rhapsody to create a pretty slick little end-to-end solution called the Clix Rhapsody.
Marcus Yam / DailyTech:
Sharp to Release Blu-ray Disc Player This Fall — Sharp announces a "Quick Starting" Blu-ray Disc player for late fall — The Blu-ray Disc player pool will have to make room for another, as Sharp Electronics will be releasing this fall its first player for the high-def optical format, reports High-Def Digest.
Discussion:
Neowin.net
