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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That's Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen — Gartner analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald told a conference audience yesterday that Microsoft's Windows product is collapsing and must make radical changes to its operating system or risk becoming a has-been.
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Gary Morgenthaler / Business Week:
Apple's OS Edge Is a Threat to Microsoft — A recent upgrade to the Mac operating system moves Apple closer to challenging Microsoft for overall computing dominance, even in the corporate market — The 20-year death grip that Microsoft has held on the core of computing is finally weakening—pried loose with just two fingers.
Matt Asay / CNET News.com:
“Windows is too monolithic,” declares Gartner, opening the door for Linux — “The Innovator's Dilemma” is finally catching up with Microsoft. As Gartner analyst Michael Silver declares (and ZDNet's Larry Dignan captures), … That monolithic nature will become ever less relevant …
Richard MacManus / ReadWriteWeb: Windows “Collapsing” - 2011 Tipping Point For Web Apps In The Enterprise
Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
New chip will let an iPod store 500,000 songs — A new storage technology will pave the way for MP3 players and other gadgets to store a hundred times more information — Mobile phones, iPods and other consumer devices may soon be able to hold a hundred times more information …
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The New Release of Live Maps and Virtual Earth 3D is now Live! — I'm so glad to finally announce that the latest version of Live Maps is online and ready for you to play with. This ended up being a much bigger release than originally planned including three full sprints of development.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Launching ToDo List Product? — TechCrunch reader Nicolas Hoizey noticed a blog post on the official Google Docs Blog today written by Andrew Cheng, a Google Marketing Manager. Hoizey sent us the NetNewsWire screen shot above (click for large view). — The post, based on the screen shot, appears to be a simple to do list.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
On the Menu at the Yahoo Top Managers Lunch Yesterday: Fear and AOL-oathing — For some reason, none of the half-dozen SVPs and EVPs I spoke to, who attended a lunch that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang held yesterday for several dozen top-level execs, wanted to tell me exactly what was on the menu …
Ryan Naraine / eWeek:
Oracle Warns of Critical DB Server Vulnerabilities — The database server giant plans to issue patches for at least 41 vulnerabilities across hundreds of product lines. — Database server giant Oracle Corp. plans to ship a major security update on Tuesday, Apr. 15 to cover more than 40 vulnerabilities in a wide range of products.
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Darmano / Logic+Emotion:
The Top 10 Made Up Words of Web 3.0 — You won't find these in Wikipedia. But someone had to write them down. Inspired by Web jargon and making their first appearence on Twitter, I give you the Top 10 made up words of Web 3.0: — 1. Socialstainable — The act of socially conscious …
Jordan Golson / Valleywag:
Did you sign Google's noncompete? Good, you're fired — A recently departed DoubleClicker tells us that Google managers asked employees at the online ad company it acquired last month to sign one-year noncompete agreements. Most agreed, thinking that it would spare their jobs — but then layoffs came a week later.
Mark Wilson / Stuff.tv:
Nike+ coming to iPhone and iPod Touch — I'm in Nike's HQ in Oregon where, apart from checking out the footwear it's fashioned for all 32 Olympic events (yes, including horse riding), I've had a chinwag with a Nike+ spokeperson to see where the running companion is headed following the arrival of miCoach.
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Yahoo's Minimum Bid Change Happening Next Week — As expected Yahoo told me that you can expect some of your minimum bids to change as soon as early next week. So if you are running ad campaigns on Yahoo Search Marketing, and your quality is not up to Yahoo's level, then your minimum bid may spike up.
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USA Today:
More cities offer WiFi on buses — CINCINNATI — Tim Harrington sits aboard the express bus from Mason, Ohio, to Cincinnati, his computer propped in his lap. He logs on, picks through his e-mail and begins his workday during the 30-to-40-minute rush-hour trip.
Tom Krazit / One More Thing:
AMD CTO Phil Hester out, no replacement named — Updated throughout at 10:30am PT after speaking with AMD. — AMD's chief technology officer, Phil Hester, has resigned his post atop the company's engineering efforts. — According to a flash report from The Wall Street Journal, Hester will not be replaced.
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Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft Remains Favorite In Crowded Battle for Yahoo — Yahoo Inc.'s directors meet Friday to discuss alternatives to a Microsoft Corp. takeover, with many insiders still seeing a Microsoft deal — without the participation of News Corp. — as the most likely outcome.
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Business Wire:
GE Reports First Quarter 2008 Net EPS of $.43, down 2%, and Continuing EPS of $.44, down 8%; Revenues of $42.2 billion, up 8%; Orders of $24 billion, up 8%; Solid Industrial Earnings Offset by Financial Services — 1Q 2008 Highlights — Continuing earnings per share (EPS) of $.44 …
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Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:Earnings: GE Q1 Earnings Down 8 Percent; NBC Revs Up 3 Percent …
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