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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 …
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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0:
Apple tweaks Software Updater following criticism — At the core of the redesign is a separation of software updates from new products in Windows Apple Software Update 2.1 (2.1.0.110 to be precise). — On the down side, Apple continues to push Safari to Windows users and continues to pre-check the download.
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.
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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Mark Evans, Feedonomics, The Last Podcast, The Blog Herald, I'm Not Actually a Geek, Maple Leaf 2.0 and TechCrunch
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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 …
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Google Investor Relations:
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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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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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 …
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 …
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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Hugh Crean / Farecast Blog:Microsoft Acquires Farecast
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Search Engine Journal, TechCrunch, Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog, Tech Tracks and Profy.Com
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.
Waxy.org Links:
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 …
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.
