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11:50 AM ET, April 18, 2008

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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
Microsoft readies ‘Albany’ subscription trial for consumers  —  Microsoft is set to start testing privately a consumer Software + Service bundle code-named “Albany,” an all-in-one bundle of Office Home and Student, Windows Live OneCare, Office Live Workspace and various Windows Live services.
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
Microsoft Takes the Toll Road to Albany  —  This morning, Microsoft announced the managed beta for Albany, which is codename for a bundle that includes Office 2007 Home and Student, Windows Live OneCare and supporting online services, such as mail and messaging.
Discussion: ReadWriteWeb
Microsoft:
Microsoft Launches Beta of New All-in-One Service for Consumers
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:   Microsoft plans Office subscription service
louisgray.com:
Most Bloggers Don't Deserve Any Ad Revenue  —  It's routinely shocking to me that so many bloggers think they should try and make a profit from their Web site.  —  Urged on by the success of mega blog networks like TechCrunch and spurred forward by stories from ProBlogger …
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Comscore: The Google fallout  —  Google's first quarter earnings call didn't have much in the way of theatrics, but a serious brush back pitch was delivered to Comscore.  What should we make of Google CEO Eric Schmidt essentially throwing Comscore under the bus?
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Yahoo! Search Marketing Blog:
Minimum Bids No Longer Fixed at $.10  —  How to manage your new Sponsored Search minimum bids  —  Starting today, minimum bids for some Sponsored Search keywords will no longer be fixed at $.10.  Throughout the next week, you may start noticing new minimum bids on some of your keywords.
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable:   Yahoo Jacks Up Advertisers Minimum By 2-4X Overnight
Jena McGregor / Business Week:
The World's Most Innovative Companies  —  Smart ideas for tough times: The 50 companies that make up our annual ranking nurture cultures that value creative people in good times and bad  —  Suddenly, innovation has a bull's-eye on its back.  As the recession debate shifts from “what if” …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
After complaints, Apple tweaks Software Update for Safari  —  Following a storm of criticism, Apple has changed its Software Update software to mark a distinction between new programs, such as its Safari on Windows browser, and updates to existing ones.  —  Last month, Apple started …
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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 …
Fred / A VC:
The Difference Between Wordpress and Facebook  —  Is about $14.8bn according to the publicly available information about the most recent financings of the two companies ($15bn for Facebook and $200mm for Automattic).  —  But consider this comscore chart of unique visitors over the past year.
Discussion: Changing Way and The Social Times
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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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Web 3.0 Will Be About Reducing the Noise—And Twhirl Isn't Helping
BBC:
Paypal to block ‘unsafe browsers’  —  Web payment firm Paypal has said it will block “unsafe browsers” from using its service as part of wider anti-phishing efforts.  —  Customers will first be warned that a browser is unsafe but could then be blocked if they continue using it.
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Ryan Naraine / eWeek:
PayPal Plans to Ban Unsafe Browsers
Matthew Lasar / Ars Technica:
Big ISPs a no show at second FCC net neutrality hearing  —  Federal Communications Commissioner Chair Kevin Martin ascended to the podium at Thursday's hearing on net neutrality, sounding even more rushed and befuddled than usual.  The FCC “did also invite the carriers to participate …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Pageflakes Acquisition Confirmed  —  The personalized start page is dead.  Long live the personalized start page.  Pageflakes, a nice-looking but perennial also-ran in the world of start-page startups, has been officially acquired by Brad Greenspan's Live Universe, a deal we reported earlier this week.
Discussion: Mashable!
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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 …
Discussion: SYNTAGMA and ben barren
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Watch Restricted YouTube Videos  —  I've noticed that an increasing number of YouTube videos are restricted to a limited number of countries, probably because the company that uploaded them doesn't have global distribution rights or because it wants to use different marketing strategies in other countries.
Discussion: Lifehacker and WatchingTV Online
Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
iPhone sellers braced for hit on cheap handsets  —  Mobile operators with exclusive contracts to sell Apple's iPhone are bracing themselves for significant losses on unsold stock as they clear the shelves to make way for a new, faster version expected this summer.
Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, p2pnet and Business Week
Android Developers Blog:
Android Developers Have Risen to the Challenge  —  Posted by Azhar Hashem, Product Marketing Manager for Android, Google Developer Products Team on 17 April 2008 at 9:47 PM  —  I'm thrilled to share the news that developers from over 70 countries submitted 1,788 entries to the Android Developer Challenge!
Discussion: LinuxWorld.com
 
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Prince McLean / AppleInsider:
Mac shipments suspended from NYC Schools over WiFi flaw
John Oates / The Register:
eBay ponders Skype bail out
Discussion: WebProNews
Dave Mosher / LiveScience:
Robot Dials 9-1-1  —  The U.S. medical system faces …
Discussion: Gizmodo, TechRadar.com and Digg
David Murphy / Maximum PC:
Dell Crystal  —  Dell's newest 22-inch display—one remarkable enough …
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
AT&T to trim workforce  —  AT&T will cut roughly 1.5 percent …
Discussion: Engadget
Rory Cellan-Jones / BBC NEWS | dot.life:
Google - about to overtake ITV
Discussion: Search Engine Land
Margaret Kane / CNET News.com:
New Zappos: Shoes—and gadgets to boot
Dan Nystedt / InfoWorld:
Google stock soars in after-market trading
Discussion: Mashable! and InfoWorld
 Earlier Items: 
Carleen Hawn / FoundRead:
Why You Must Embrace Rejection to Succeed
Discussion: ben barren
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Comes With Music may come with high price tag
Eliot Van Buskirk / Listening Post:
Coming Soon: The Joy Division Zune
Ionut Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Yet Another Google Video Redesign
Helen Pidd / Guardian:
No 10 goes digital with a spot of Twittery-pokery
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
Windows Mobile 7 Could Be Too Little Too Late, But Might Come On Microsoft Hardware
Discussion: Crave and PalmAddicts
Waxy.org:
Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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