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Gemma Soames / Times of London:
Ballmer: Facebook risks being 'a fad' — The Microsoft chief says that Facebook's appeal could fade - after being linked to an investment that would value the site at $10 billion — Steve Ballmer, the Microsoft chief executive, believes that the craze for individual social networks …
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William Rees-Mogg / Times of London:
Microsoft's chief executive has seen the future - and the future is advertising — Steve Ballmer's plans for the computer software giant include taking on Yahoo! and Google in their own internet territory — Steve Ballmer doesn't do half-measures. The veteran Microsoft chief executive …
Tom / iphonebuglist.com/blog:
Tom Thinks that he doesn't know what an iPhone Extreme is... I'm working on making this site more appealing. I was looking to see if I could automatically submit the bugs/enhancement requests directly to Apple by clicking a button. While looking through their source on the feedback site, I noticed something really odd.
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AppleInsider:
'iPhone Extreme' reference spotted in Apple.com HTML code [Solved] — This one's a stretch, but a one-off mention of a product dubbed "iPhone Extreme" in the HTML code of one of Apple Inc.'s iPhone web pages has raised some eyebrows. — Credit for this find goes out to Tom over at the iPhoneBugList …
Yahoo! Search Blog:
From "To Do" to "Done" in One Search — That sums up Yahoo! Search in a nutshell; the whole point is we want to get you from "to do" to "done." Whatever it is you want to do: research a topic, find a website, plan a vacation, research a medical condition, view a funny video …
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NextEnergyNews.com:
Scientists Invent 30 Year Continuous Power Laptop Battery — Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed …
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Elise Ackerman / Mercury News:
The stupidest idea ever? — VENTURE CAPITALIST WAS DISSATISFIED WORKING ON SMART IDEAS, SO HE WENT THE OTHER WAY — As managing director of Garage Technology Ventures, Guy Kawasaki funded all the really smart ideas he could find. None hit it big. — So earlier this year the guru …
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Apple kicks off Leopard month with Boot Camp warning — Don't expect a separate Boot Camp for Tiger, says analyst — Apple Inc. kicked off the month in which it plans to launch its new Mac OS X 10.5, "Leopard," OS by reminding users that the beta license for Boot Camp …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony's $399 PS3 confirmed by Best Buy? — Thanks to a helpful tipster, we have a couple of Best Buy documents showing a $399 Playstation 3 with 40GB disk and Spiderman 3 (yes, Blu-ray) bundle with an "In Stock Date" of October 28. However, the more important "Street Date" field is unfortunately empty at the moment.
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Victoria Shannon / New York Times:
Microsoft to Increase Ad Business — Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, vowing that the company's $6 billion plunge into the ad business two months ago was not just an experiment, said today that advertising would become 25 percent of the company's business within a few years.
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Live Search:
Microsoft acquires Jellyfish.com — We want to welcome some new folks to the Live Search family - we recently purchased a company called Jellyfish.com, based in Madison, Wisconsin. Jellyfish has done some really innovative work in comparative shopping engines.
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Download Squad, Rev2.org, PC World, Epicenter, The Register, alarm:clock, VentureBeat, Microsoft Watch, paidContent.org, Valleywag, BetaNews, ComparisonEngines.com, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, ReveNews Online Revenue …, LiveSide, ClickZ News Blog, WebProNews, Mashable!, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, All about Microsoft and Search Engine Journal
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
First RIAA trial gets under way with jury selection, opening statements — Duluth, Minnesota — Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas (the name of the suit changed after the RIAA dropped the sole Virgin recording from the case) got under way this morning in Courtroom One of the Federal Building in Duluth.
Business Wire:
V-MODA Intros VIBE Duo Headset with Call/Music Control Button for Apple iPhone — New VIBE Duo Offers Ultimate Control-Playback Functionality for iPhone Users — HOLLYWOOD—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Music lifestyle brand V-MODA today announced the latest version of its VIBE Duo …
Ed Foster / InfoWorld:
Amazon Makes You Lie to Log Off — Are e-commerce websites making it harder and harder for users to log off? That's certainly a trend one reader has seen evidence of, including confirmation from Amazon that the best way to sign out from your account is to lie to them about who you are.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
AOL Finds An Obvious Use For WOW.com: A World Of Warcraft Social Network — The wow.com domain name has laid dormant since at least 1998, when it was acquired by AOL along with other assets of Compuserve. The domain has been coveted by a number of AOL business units over the years, though.
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