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Tom Krazit / CNET News.com:
Apple planning iPhone SDK event March 6 — Apple distributed invitations Wednesday morning for “an iPhone software road map” event next week, which means we're finally going to hear details on the plans for an iPhone software development kit. — As you might be aware, next week is March …
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Jacqui Cheng / Infinite Loop:
Apple: Event on March 6 about iPhone SDK, enterprise — The SDK may be late, but it won't be that late if Apple is inviting media to the bay area on March 6 for an iPhone Software Roadmap event. That's right: the company sent out invitations this morning inviting members of the press …
Peter Burrows / Byte of the Apple:
Apple versus RIM: Now it's Game On — The invite to the media event next week suggests that Apple has figured out how it wants to tap demand from all those corporate types that wish their employer would support the iPhone as well as other devices such as the Blackberry.
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Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
Yahoo! Loses Mobile Giant Opera to Google; Did Google Just Buy a Mobile Browser? — Starting on the first of next month, the widely popular mobile browser Opera will switch from offering Yahoo! to using Google as its default search engine. While Yahoo! has its own relatively sophisticated mobile offerings …
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Opera:
Opera brings Google search to your pocket — Google is now the default search option in Opera's industry-leading mobile browsers — Opera today made Google™ the default search engine in Opera's mobile Web browsers. Now anyone using Opera Mobile or Opera Mini can access Google's …
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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
About.com CEO Scott Meyer To Leave — Scott Meyer, the CEO of About.com, part of New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), is leaving by next week, our sources say, and has been confirmed by the company. His last day will be Thursday next week. No replacement is being named now.
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New York Times, HipMojo.com, Valleywag, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Mashable! and Silicon Alley Insider
Computerworld:
Finjan uncovers database storing more than 8,700 stolen FTP credentials — Security vendor Finjan has uncovered a data hoard containing more than 8,700 stolen FTP server credentials, including information from more than 2,500 U.S. companies. — Secrets of rock star programmers
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
What made me cry: Microsoft's World Wide Telescope — Lots of people are asking me questions about what made me cry at Microsoft a few weeks ago. — If I told you “a telescope” you'd make fun of me, right? Tell me I'm lame and that I don't deserve to be a geek and that I should run away and join the circus, right?
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Wikileaks gets legal help after domain name deletion — Wikileaks.org, a Web site that specializes in posting leaked documents often provided by whistleblowers, had its domain name yanked by a federal judge in California earlier this month. — Now Wikileaks is receiving some independent legal support …
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook adds features to lure in filmmakers — update: Nick follows up, and notes the addition of Facebook Music too. — Facebook is making moves on Hollywood. The company has introduced a new fan “Page,” called Facebook Film. It's a template of a Facebook Page that comes loaded …
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Chris Kanaracus / Computerworld:
Ballmer launches Windows Server 2008, lauds user base — IDG News Service) Besides launching a set of updated products on Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer lauded the company's IT user base, calling users the “heart and soul” of the industry. — The glowing rhetoric fit the theme …
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Stowe Boyd / /Message:
Esther Dyson on The Coming Ad Revolution — Reston: Esther is going to invest in Dopplr, because sociality changes the way that advertising works: … I wrote years ago that in the future, all e-commerce would be socialized. Lools like we are about to pass over that horizon.
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Raju Vegesna / Zoho Blogs:
Zoho Writer Update: DocX Support, Thesaurus, Group Sharing & More — After adding business friendly features like Pagination, Headers & Footers, Headnotes & Footnotes, Offline Support etc in our previous updates, we are further enhancing Zoho Writer functionalities with today's update.
CNET News.com:
Data-mining detects the disaffected — Posted by Mark Rutherford Post a comment — Here's another reason to get off that anti-social kick and get with the networking. — The Air Force is developing a data-mining technology meant to root out disaffected insiders based on their email activity …
Yael Gruntman / Globes Online:
Microsoft buys Israeli ad targeting co YaData — Microsoft Israel R&D Center president Moshe Lichtman: I am convinced that their contribution to the Israeli R&D center and to Microsoft globally will be significant. — Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) has acquired Israeli start-up YaData Ltd. …
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BBC:
EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn — The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. — Microsoft must now pay a record 899 million euros ($1.4bn; £680.9m) after it failed to comply with a 2004 ruling that it abused its position.
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Bernard Lunn / ReadWriteWeb:
Distributed Mass Customization: Is Etsy the Next eBay? — A lot of people scratched their heads when Etsy raised $27 million. What on earth? Handmade goods, that's about as low tech as you can get! — Then Umair Haque, a well respected blogger and strategist - albeit one who is known for being a bit …
Abbey Klaassen / AdAge:
AOL CEO Randy Falco: Microsoft-Yahoo a Mistake — Happy to Let Them Fight Google on Search and Leave Display Ads to Him — PHOENIX (AdAge.com) — AOL CEO Randy Falco thinks a potential merger between Microsoft and Yahoo to compete with Google is all about search — and a mistake.
Fred / A VC:
Thinking About GOOG This Morning — On Monday, I bought some more GOOG (and some more AAPL). I explained my rationale for both trades in this twitter post. I went into even more detail on the Google purchase in this covestor post. — I was busy yesterday and not paying attention to techmeme …
