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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Yahoo rolls out the welcome mat to developers; Plots major profile integration — Yahoo took the wraps off of its Open Strategy (Y!OS) on Thursday at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. — For Ari Balogh, Yahoo's CTO, the keynote was a coming out party. Dan Farber, on scene at the Web 2.0 Expo, quotes Balogh:
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Neal Sample / Yodel Anecdotal:
Developer welcome mat — You're a developer. Your dream is to impact an insane number of people with your work. And you're impatient — you don't want to start small, dazzling just a few people with your coding wares. — Enter the Yahoo! Open Strategy (Y!OS).
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Juan Carlos Perez / Computerworld: Yahoo to radically open its platforms, boost social networking strategy
Microsoft:
Microsoft Reports Record Third-Quarter Revenue — Quarter marks the worldwide launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. — Income Statements — Segment Revenue/Operating Income(Loss) — Third Quarter Form 10-Q View the PowerPoint Earnings Release
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Microsoft: Yahoo ‘unrealistic’; Deadline stands; Quarter mixed — Update: Microsoft CFO Christopher Liddell said Thursday that Yahoo had “unrealistic expectations” about the price it could fetch and reiterated the software giant could walk away from the deal.
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geeksugar:
Inside Scoop: Apple to Unveil New iMacs Next Week! — Our Apple tipsters haven't let us down before, so we know that this hot-off-the press news is definitely fact and not fiction. Stay tuned, because next week (most likely Tuesday) Apple will be introducing new iMacs to their product line-up!
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Memo to Yahoo: Incoming-Duck and Cover! — And, as BoomTown wrote yesterday, so the war of attrition for Yahoo begins. — Not with a bang, but a whimper. And so much whine, I am considering serving up a nice plate of cheese to all players. — But while the first moves by Microsoft …
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Mary Jo Foley / All about Microsoft:
How would Microsoft Live Mesh mesh with Yahoo's Y! OS? — While it's still premature to be trying to map how Microsoft and Yahoo assets will align if and when Microsoft ends up taking over Yahoo, the Web-services development arena is likely to be one area where the two vendors' offerings look increasingly unlikely to mesh.
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Mike Ricciuti / CNET News.com:
Ballmer: You want XP, we'll keep XP — The death of Windows XP may have been greatly exaggerated. — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by June 30, if customers demand that it stick around. So far, they have not. — “XP will hit an end-of-life.
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Pete Kazanjy / Team Fusion:
VMware Fusion 1.1.2 Launches: Enhanced MacBook Air, Time Machine Support. Adds Simplified Chinese Localization. — The VMware Fusion team would like to announce the general availability of VMware Fusion 1.1.2, a free update for all VMware Fusion users. You can download this newest version here.
Stephen Shankland / CNET News.com:
Morgan Stanley exec named new Google CIO — Google has found its new chief information officer, CNET News.com has learned: Benjamin Fried, a programmer who rose through the ranks to run much of Morgan Stanley's computing infrastructure. — Fried, a managing director who led Morgan Stanley's …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Filtering Google Searches By Freshness — One of the more useful Google advanced search features is the date filter, which limits results to recent pages. Results can be limited to the past day, week, month, year, etc. Google's Matt Cutts and GoogleOperatingSystem wrote about it late last year.
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The Jeff Pulver Blog:
I resigned from Pulvermedia — Just wanted to share the news that I have resigned as a director from PulverMedia. — And I am not able to say anything else nor can I address any questions about this.
Phil Libin / Evernote Blog:
Thanks a Million - Open Registration Today Only — The new Evernote closed beta is about two months old and we've just passed an important milestone: our first one million notes! During this time, we've made lots of improvements to the service and we'll be announcing a few more big things in the next couple of weeks.
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Scott Moritz / Techland:
Delay seen for RIM's new BlackBerry — Research in Motion (RIMM) is facing a delay with the introduction of its new hotly anticipated 3G BlackBerry phone for AT&T (ATT). — The release of the phone, apparently named Meteor, has been pushed to as late as August, from the planned June launch, say people close to the companies.
Paul / Netcraft:
Clinton and Obama XSS Battle Develops — While Clinton and Obama are battling it out in the political arena, security researchers are continuing to find vulnerabilities in the candidates' and supporters' websites. Interestingly, while a typical exploit is to redirect one party's site to their opponent's …
Jesse Jones / KING-TV:
Get Jesse: Sued for ‘OK’ eBay feedback — Steve Shellhorn was sued for $10,000 by an eBay seller who sold him some coins. — Shellhorn bought some Morgan silver dollars from a man in North Carolina. The price was fair, but Shellhorn says the coins were packed poorly.
