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GOOGLE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2008 RESULTS — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. — “Our ongoing innovation in search, ads, and apps helped drive healthy growth globally across our product lines, yielding another strong quarter for Google …
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Google Defies the Economy and Shows Profit Surge — SAN FRANCISCO — The American economy may be weakening, but Google said once again that the slowdown has not affected its business. — Easing concerns that its growth would stall, the Internet search giant on Thursday reported better …
John Cook / John Cook's Venture Blog:
Secret Farecast buyer is Microsoft — It's official: Microsoft is the mystery buyer of Farecast, the Seattle online travel startup. Responding to an inquiry from the P-I today, Microsoft issued this statement from spokeswoman Whitney Burk: … We reported earlier this week that the company …
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Alexander van Elsas / Alexander van Elsas's Weblog …:
The noise in Web 2.0 is mainly a Tech Elite's problem — Erick Schonfeld has a funny article today on TechCrunch in which he predicts/hopes that web 3.0 is about removing the noise. We all recognize the problem he describes. He is in so many different networks with so many followers …
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Sarah Perez / ReadWriteWeb:Battle of the AIR Apps: Twhirl vs. Alert Thingy
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Secret Merger Talks Between Technorati And b5media Blow Up — Blog search engine Technorati was days away from merging with blog network b5media when the whole deal blew up earlier this week, according to a source familiar with the negotiations. — Technorati has been searching …
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Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Windows Mobile 7 Could Be Too Little Too Late, But Might Come On Microsoft Hardware — You may not remember this because the news came out during CES, but back in January there was a gigantic leak of Windows Mobile 7 details, including an Alaskan Senator's dump truck full of images.
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Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — From an anonymous source close to the company, I've found myself in possession of the “Infocom Drive” — a complete backup of Infocom's shared network drive from 1989. This is one of the most amazing archives I've ever seen …
Paul Kapustka / GigaOM:
Lessig Lectures the FCC on the Need for Neutrality — Now we know why none of the major carriers showed up for Thursday's open FCC meeting at Stanford University: Who wants to take on Larry Lessig, the lion of Net Neutrality, in his own den? — Class was in session when Stanford law …
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Ryan Naraine / Ryan Naraine's Security Watch:
After Criticism, Apple Software Updater Gets UI Makeover — Apple has made a small but significant tweak to its Automatic Software Update utility to make a clear distinction between security patches and new products being pushed out to Windows users. — The UI redesign, which adds …
Helen Pidd / Guardian:
No 10 goes digital with a spot of Twittery-pokery — When Tony Blair wanted to get his message across without having to rely on lobby journalists to pass it on undiluted, he went over their heads to talk to the public from the GMTV sofa or by begging to be allowed in the pages of Take A Break, the 1m-selling women's magazine.
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:
Yahoo Jacks Up Advertisers Minimum By 2-4X Overnight — Yahoo's new minimum bids are now official live, and several advertisers have posted their new minimum bid increases at both WebmasterWorld and Search Engine Watch Forums. — Each advertiser who noticed a change in their minimum bid …
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Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Motorola reorganizes phone unit — Motorola Inc. has reorganized its mobile phone business, aligning hardware and software teams within product categories as it prepares to make the unit into an independent company. — Spokeswoman Jennifer Erickson said the new structure was announced late Wednesday in an internal memo.
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Yet Another Google Video Redesign — Google Video redesigned its homepage and now only includes a list of “hot” videos. “The Google Video home page allows you to browse and play hot videos directly from the home page, making it easier for you to discover popular, interesting videos from across the web.
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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Ballmer says Vista is a ‘work in progress’ — More than a year after Windows Vista's release, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer this morning acknowledged some of the operating system's shortcomings — calling it a “work in progress” during a speech to the company's Most Valuable Professionals conference in Seattle.
