Top Items:
New York Times:
MySpace and Record Companies Create Music Site — SAN FRANCISCO — In the latest effort by the ailing music industry to bolster its declining prospects, three of the four major music companies have struck a deal with MySpace to start an music Web site. — As part of the deal …
Discussion:
mathewingram.com/work, Techdirt, Download Squad, Digital Daily, CNET News.com, Guardian Unlimited, Listening Post, TG Daily and Lost Remote
RELATED:
Staci D. Kramer / paidContent.org:
Live: MySpace Music Call: DRM-free Downloads, International Plans And More — Work in progress Waiting for the MySpace Music call to begin ... In the meantime, some details on what is being billed as a “global initiative that will include a 360 music experience”:
Discussion:
PDA, Ars Technica, WebProNews, Reuters, TechCrunch, Orbitcast, FaceReviews, CrunchGear, Electronista, Coolfer and AppScout
Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft: June 30 Windows XP cut-off set in stone — Microsoft made it official on April 3: There will be no new reprieves for Windows XP (other than on Ultra Low-Cost PCs). — Some customers and partners had been hoping the company might extend again the deadline for all PC makers …
RELATED:
Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Extended Availability of Windows XP Home for ULCPCs — Q&A: Michael Dix, General Manager of Windows Client Product Management, discusses Microsoft's commitment to deliver Windows to customers for a new category of devices known as ultra low-cost personal computers (ULCPCs).
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:Microsoft will extend life of Windows XP—again
Discussion:
Smalltalk Tidbits …
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Craigslist Valuation: $80 Million in 2008 Revenue, Worth $5 Billion — As we prepare to release our SAI 25: World's Most Valuable Startups list, we're running through some final valuation numbers. One company that is a shoo-in for the list is Craigslist (yes, it has been around a while …
Discussion:
ClickZ
RELATED:
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Apple passes Wal-Mart, now #1 music retailer in US — Over the past few years, we have watched Apple climb the music sales chart courtesy of the iTunes. Last month we learned that Apple passed Best Buy to become the number two retailer in the the US. Now, Apple has ascended to the top of the charts …
Discussion:
Good Morning Silicon Valley, CNET News.com, The Apple Core, TG Daily, Digital Daily, Engadget, Coolfer, TechBlog, Apple 2.0, Gadget Lab, CrunchGear, MacUser, SmoothSpan Blog, CyberNet, Electronista, Download Squad, BetaNews, Gizmodo, Gadgetell, The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, BloggingStocks, Silicon Alley Insider, Alec Saunders .LOG, Apple Gazette, Insanely Great Mac, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Podcasting News, Macsimum News, Technology Live, Listening Post, Dan's Tech-n-Stuff Weblog and last100
Chrisshipley / The Guidewire:
Imitation Is Flattery? Or Just Bad for Entrepreneurs? — There are a dozen other, perhaps more important and insightful, posts I'd rather be writing today. But, alas, my friends at TechCrunch put a wall in my path today and I just can't ignore it, despite counsel from perhaps wiser advisers to do just that.
Discussion:
Silicon Alley Insider, BoomTown, /Message, Jeremy Toeman's LIVEdigitally, VentureBeat and STARTUP CHATTER
RELATED:
Daniel Terdiman / Geek Gestalt:Arrington: ‘Demo needs to die’
Discussion:
Valleywag, The Guidewire, The Drama 2.0 Show, Pat Phelan, Online Media Cultist and Ewan Spence's All New Musings
Bryan Gardiner / Wired News:
Trademark Dispute Pits Apple vs. The Big Apple — The Big Apple has a new logo, and Apple says: Drop dead. — At issue is the emblem for New York City's GreeNYC campaign, which has started to appear around the city on bus shelters, hybrid gasoline-electric taxicabs and even Whole Foods shopping bags.
Gavin O'Malley / MediaPost Publications:
Study: ‘Influencers’ Possess Less Clout — IN THE WORLD OF SOCIAL media, so-called “influencers” might have less clout than some marketers think. — According to a new study from Canadian research firm Pollara, self-described social media users put far more trust in friends and family online …
RELATED:
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for April 2008 — Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: April 3, 2008 — Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: April 8, 2008 — This is an advance notification of eight security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on April 8, 2008.
RELATED:
Don Reisinger / CNET News.com:
How much trouble is Dell really in? — Is it just me or was Dell on top of the world a few years ago? Not only was it pummeling just about every other PC manufacturer in the industry, its online business was buzzing and its business integration was better than ever. And then it all came crashing down.
RELATED:
Andy Golding / Google News Blog:
Psst...secrets of Google News exposed! — Often publishers ask us why Google News didn't include one of their articles, or skipped the image associated with an article. In the search for answers, we've noticed that there's a lot of confusion about how we include and rank articles.
Eric Lai / Computerworld:
Psst! Wanna save $110 on Windows Vista SP1? — Microsoft still letting buyers still ‘upgrade’ to Vista without XP or 2000 — Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. continues to give its tacit blessing for consumers to exploit a technical loophole that allows them to upgrade to Vista with Service Pack 1 …
RELATED:
Jnack / John Nack on Adobe:
Photoshop, Lightroom, and Adobe's 64-bit roadmap — As you've probably seen, among the great features in the Lightroom 2.0 beta is its ability to run 64-bit-native on Mac (Intel, 10.5.x) and Windows (Vista 64). If you think it feels great to beat Aperture to the punch here, you're right. :-)
Dave Greenfield / Team Think:
IBM and Linden Partner on Enterprise-Class Second Life — IBM and Linden Labs are partnering to develop a version of Second Life that will live behind the corporate firewall. — As I mentioned in my previous post, Second Life is far too fat and clumsy to be taken seriously in the enterprise.
RELATED:
Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Slide Caught Posting Fake Positive Reviews For Their Own App — Multiple fake reviews for the Funwall App on Facebook have been deleted after it was discovered that the reviews came from employees of Slide, the apps owner. — Fake reviews seem to be part of the norm these days …
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
iMac stocks dwindle - new models soon? — iMac stocks across Apple's reseller chains are running down, suggesting the company is closing in on a refresh for its range of all-in-one desktops. — If whispers emerging from Apple partners are to be believed, the product upgrade may not be immediate …
DigiTimes:
iPhone used less for talk, more for Web and music, says iSuppli — US iPhone owners are spending their time enjoying all its capabilities - voice, data communications and multimedia entertainment - rather than exclusively using it for traditional voice calls, according to a latest consumer survey by research firm iSuppli.
