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New York Times:
Microsoft Said to Plan Proxy Fight for Yahoo — Microsoft has begun to make preparations to proceed with a proxy fight against Yahoo as it seeks to gain control of the Internet company, people briefed on the matter said on Tuesday. — The aggressive tactic is part of the hard-nosed takeover campaign …
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Yahoo outlines golden parachutes for employees — Yahoo laid out its golden parachute plans for all of its full-time employees Tuesday, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing outlines two change-in-control severance plans, should the Internet search pioneer find itself under new ownership, aka Microsoft.
Wall Street Journal:
Wii Fit, Other Innovations Unveiled — Nintendo plans to announce Wii Fit, a product to get users to exercise. The launch is part of a wave of innovations from game companies hoping to spur further growth in the industry.
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Luke Plunkett / Kotaku:
Wii Fit To Launch In US On May 19 — According to the Wall Street Journal, of all places, Nintendo have gotten around to announcing a release date for money-printing balance (remember, balance, not fitness) training game Wii Fit. It'll be released in the US on May 19 …
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Introducing The Most Advanced News Site On The Planet — Well, another news aggregator launched today. This one is called Newspond, and while they didn't set a record for baseless hyperbole, they come close. — The site, like TechMeme and Digg, tries to determine breaking and important news …
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Dan Fost / New York Times:
They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side — CONTEMPLATING his career path a couple of years ago, a young computer programmer named Brad Neuberg faced a modern predicament. “It seemed I could either have a job, which would give me structure and community,” he said, “or I could be freelance and have freedom and independence.
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Innovation in Software
Darrren Waters / BBC:
Brain control headset for gamers — Technology editor, BBC News website, San Francisco — Emotiv's Tan Le wears the Epoc headset — Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone. — A neuro-headset which interprets the interaction …
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Bryan Gardiner / Epicenter:
Is Apple Ready to Bust a Blu-ray Move? — Apple has never been big on alliances, coalitions or other formal industry-wide groupings. Case in point: The company joined the Blu-ray Disc Association in 2005 promising to help promote the high definition format and then did pretty much nothing …
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Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Update on Windows Vista SP1 Prerequisite KB937287 — We've heard a few reports about problems customers may be experiencing as a result of KB937287, the servicing stack update I blogged about last week, and I wanted to provide a quick update for you. Immediately after receiving reports of this error …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:Microsoft suspends distribution of Vista SP1 prerequisite update
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
With Earnings Up 38%, H.P. Raises Its Forecast — SAN FRANCISCO — While some technology companies have warned of softening in the global economy, Hewlett-Packard is not seeing slowing demand in its own international business, company executives said Tuesday.
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Owen Van Natta to Leave Facebook — One of the earliest executives at Facebook, Owen Van Natta (pictured here), will be transitioning out of the social-networking company in the next few weeks. — Van Natta played a key role in important negotiations related to Facebook's early lucrative ad deal …
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Lessig Blog:
Two announcements — At lessig08.org, you can watch a 10 minute video explaining the launching of a Change Congress movement, and the decision I am trying to make about whether to run for Congress. That decision will be made soon. I've been spurred to consider it seriously by the enormous support …
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Techdirt, TechCrunch, p2pnet, hypebot, Threat Level, Valleywag, Public Knowledge, Online Video Watch, Laughing Squid, Boing Boing, TEDBlog and O'Reilly Radar
BBC:
Warning given over techno addicts — A growing number of people are becoming addicted to their mobile phones, Blackberries and other digital devices, researchers are warning. — Techno addiction can become so bad that people wake up several times a night to check their e-mails and text messages.
Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Microsoft: Bill Gates Comes To Stanford — Microsoft (MSFT) Chairman Bill Gates is giving a talk at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium this afternoon. The talk is called “On Software, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Giving Back.” The company has already pre-announced the one official bit of news …
