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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Sheryl Sandberg Will Become COO of Facebook — Facebook will announce that it will hire top Google executive Sheryl Sandberg as COO this afternoon, in a major hire that is sure to shake up the company and also deliver a blow to rival Google. — At Google (GOOG), Sandberg is the vice president …
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Facebook Press Releases:
Facebook Names Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer — Facebook today announced that Sheryl Sandberg will join the company as Chief Operating Officer starting Mar. 24, 2008. As COO, Sandberg will be responsible for helping Facebook scale its operations and expand its presence globally.
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Business Wire:
Yahoo! onePlace(TM) Revolutionizes Mobile Content — Innovative Service to Offer Users a Better Way to Manage Important Internet Content on Mobile — Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) continues to enable the global mobile ecosystem with the unveiling of Yahoo! onePlace(TM) - a revolutionary mobile content management solution.
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Nokia:
Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight powered experiences to millions of mobile users — Extends choice for developers on the world's leading mobile platforms — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS …
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:Microsoft Silverlight coming to mobile devices this year
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Charles Wiles / Official Google Mobile Blog:
Shifting Google Gears to mobile — Ever use a mobile web application and suddenly lose your cell connection? That's happened to me many times. If you've shared my pain, you'll be excited to know that we've launched Google Gears for mobile, which lets users access Gears-enabled mobile web apps offline.
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Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Worldwide Availability of Office Live Workspace Beta — Customers get immediate access to the new service that extends Microsoft Office, provides anywhere access to documents and enables sharing functionality. — Microsoft Corp. today announced the public availability …
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Christopher Null:
What is a firewall and why do you need one? — Of the many computer security measures available to end users, none is more confusing to the novice than the firewall. I can understand why. Unlike anti-virus or anti-spyware tools, a firewall doesn't immediately telegraph what it does.
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
ASUS' 9-inch Eee PC, now with living pixels! — We showed you quite a bit of the 9-inch Eee PC from ASUS yesterday, but they wouldn't let us turn it on. Now that CeBIT has officially begun, however, ASUS is lighting up those pixels loud and proud. ASUS tells us the screen is 1024 x 600 …
Justin Berka / Infinite Loop:
Movie studios could be behind missing iTunes rentals — When Steve Jobs announced iTunes Movie Rentals in January, he promised that iTunes would offer at least 1,000 movie rentals by the end of February, of which at least 100 would be HD rentals. Since then, everyone just assumed that would actually be true.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Steven Spielberg's Ghost Town — Hollywood super producer Steven Spielberg is preparing to launch a new social network, we've heard from multiple sources. The focus will be on users who've had or who are interested in sharing paranormal and extraterrestrial experiences.
Mark Hendrickson / TechCrunch:
Spot Runner Acquires Weblistic, Seeks Synergies Between TV and Online Advertisements — Spot Runner, an online service that helps local businesses develop and run professional-looking advertisements for TV and radio, has acquired Weblistic, a company that helps these same businesses run online advertising campaigns.
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Audiophiles can't tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers — We've always believed that the perceived quality boost that comes from using high-end cables is really just a trick of the mind (read: justifying the ridiculous cost of premium cables to yourself) …
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson targets a style-conscious audience with a small and neat slider phone — The stylish new T303 slider phone furthers Sony Ericsson's commitment to broaden its appeal to a wider audience. Petite and good looking, it offers designer good-looks without the price tag to match.
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Josh Catone / ReadWriteWeb:
How the Barack Obama Campaign Uses Wikis to Organize Volunteers — The Republican nominating contest for President of the United States is all but sewn up — Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee are footnotes and with 256 GOP delegates at stake today, John McCain may have enough pledged delegates …
Jessica E. Vascellaro / Wall Street Journal:
IAC's Ask.com to Cut 8% of Staff — Ask.com announced an internal restructuring that eliminates 40 jobs as well as plans to turn back the search engine's focus to better answering search queries posed as questions. — The job cuts, which amount to roughly 8% of the company's existing work force …
Nick Heath / CNET News.com:
Windows-based cash machines ‘easily hacked’ — Security experts have hacked ATMs to show how easy it is to steal money and bank account details from modern cash machines. — ATMs, or automated teller machines, today face the Internet-born threat of worms and denial-of-service attacks …
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
eMusic making good money from back catalog — Operating a virtual storefront where all of the products are digital has one key advantage over bricks-and-mortar retailers: add a few more hard drives, and the shelf space can be expanded indefinitely. That's why the nation's largest music retailer …
