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Microsoft:
Microsoft to Acquire AdECN, Inc. — Deal furthers Microsoft commitment to provide advertisers and publishers with a comprehensive search and display advertising platform. — Microsoft Corp. today announced it has agreed to acquire AdECN, Inc., an advertising exchange platform company based …
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft buying AdECN online ad exchange (Updated) — Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, just told financial analysts here in Redmond that the company is acquiring AdECN, an online ad exchange. There's no official word yet. Here's what he said:
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft: Expect Windows installed base to hit 1 billion by mid-2008 — The Windows installed base will hit the 1 billion mark by the end of Microsoft's fiscal 2008 (which ends on June 30), according to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. — "There will be more PCs running Windows than automobiles …
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: We are 'hell-bent' on succeeding in ads — Hefty investments in online services and consumer electronics will let Microsoft maintain its historically rapid growth rate, CEO Steve Ballmer told financial analysts on Thursday. — The largest software company is hosting its Financial Analysts …
Charles / Channel 9:
S. Somasegar (Soma) and Scott Guthrie on Orcas Beta 2: What's in it? — Visual Studio 2008 Code Name "Orcas" Beta 2 has just hit the wire and, since it's Beta 2, this means VS2008 is feature complete (oh, and it's GoLive! as well)!!! — "Orcas" represents a major evolution for Visual Studio and our suite of .NET languages.
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
Microsoft to get early Silverlight, Web tools out the door — Microsoft is readying releases of its Web development tools as it looks to replace Adobe's Flash platform with Microsoft's own Web browser plug-in Silverlight. — Later this week, Microsoft is set to release a string of a tools …
Somasegar / Somasegar's WebLog:
Announcing the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET FX 3.5 Beta 2, and Silverlight 1.0 RC — I am pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2, and Silverlight 1.0 RC. — You can download Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 and the .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2 from here.
Jack / Twitter Blog:
Taking a bite out of the big apple — First, Twitter was a fun side project, then it was cared for lovingly at Obvious until it was time to form Twitter, Inc. Today, we're excited to announce an important moment for Twitter. We've raised funding from our friends in New York City at Union Square Ventures.
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Fred Wilson / Union Square Ventures:
Twitter — The Internet is largely a communications medium. It's also used for content distribution, commerce, and a number of other things. But the thing I do most on the Internet is communicate. Via email, Skype, instant messaging, blogging, commenting, and twittering. It makes sense.
Open Source at Microsoft:
RSS: Get the latest on Open Source at Microsoft — By embracing diverse application development approaches and partner business models, Microsoft participates in a world of choice in which individuals and organizations can pursue their goals based on what uniquely inspires them, including open source.
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Peter Galli / eWEEK.com:Microsoft to Submit Licenses for OSI Approval
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Matt Asay / CNET News.com:Microsoft decides 'open' is better than 'shared': What this says about OSI
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Mitchell / mitchell's blog:
Email Call to Action — Do you think email is important part of Internet life? Are you interested in seeing something interesting and exciting happen in the mail space? Believe that Thunderbird provides a much-needed option for open source email alternatives and want to see it get more attention on its own?
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Ryan Paul / Ars Technica:
Mozilla to push Thunderbird out of the nest — In a blog entry written yesterday, Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker discusses plans to create a new organizational structure for Thunderbird so that Mozilla can focus exclusively on the Firefox web browser. — Mozilla's CEO is concerned …
John C. Dvorak / PC Magazine:
Me and My Mac — That's right. I'm using a Mac, and, surprise, I like it. Deal. — Not too long ago, while beginning work on some projects for a company, I was asked whether I wanted a PC or a Mac—laptop or desktop—to use while in the office. Since the place was essentially a Macintosh shop …
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Dan Nystedt / PC World:
Microsoft Cuts Price of HD DVD Player, Offers Free Movies — Microsoft is cutting the price of its HD DVD player add-on to Xbox 360 and will give away five free movies with player purchases. — Recommend this story? — Microsoft Corp. is cutting the price of an HD DVD (high definition DVD) …
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Sprint:
Sprint and Google to Collaborate on WiMAX Mobile Internet Services — Media Contacts: — John Polivka, 972 405-5139 — Erin Fors, 650-253-1175 efors@google.com — Mobile broadband pioneer Sprint (NYSE: S) announced it is working with Google Inc. to bring WiMAX mobile Internet customers search …
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Matt Freestone / Windows Connected:
Why all the secrecy about Vista SP1? — One thing I have always loved about the computer industry is that if you're the big kid on the block, you're always wrong. No matter what you do, you're wrong. No matter how you approach things you're wrong. And, most specifically …
Marc Gunther / Fortune:
Washington Post's survival fight — Newspapers are dying. At the Washington Post Co., CEO Donald Graham is banking on the Internet to save serious journalism. If he can't figure this out, nobody can. Fortune's Marc Gunther reports. — (Fortune Magazine) — Barry Svrluga …
