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Vodafone:
Vodafone to Offer Apple's iPhone in Ten Markets — Vodafone today announced it has signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iPhone in ten of its markets around the globe. Later this year, Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal …
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Jonathan Richards / Times of London:
Apple forced into iPhone contracts U-turn — Italy has become the first country to sell the iPhone on a non-exclusive basis, suggesting that Apple's strategy of tying its device to one network in each territory may be unravelling. — This morning Vodafone and Telecom Italia announced …
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iLounge
Robert Hof / Business Week:
Why Yahoo Shares Lost Only 15% — The bottom didn't fall out of the stock after Microsoft yanked its bid. One reason, says CEO Yang: “We have more alternatives” than before the offer — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images — When Microsoft (MSFT) pulled its sweetened, $33-a-share offer …
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:Google, From Stirrer to Spoiler, Ends Microsoft's Yahoo Search
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The Register
Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:The Declining Value Of Redundant News Content On The Web
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broadstuff
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
We Lost A Blogging Giant Today: Duncan Riley Leaves TechCrunch — Today was Duncan Riley's last day at TechCrunch, and he will be greatly missed. — Duncan joined us exactly one year ago and was our most prolific writer, covering tech and startup news seven days a week.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Signing Off, And What Does A TechCrunch Writer Actually Use? — This is my last post at TechCrunch as a full time writer (I may yet do the occasional guest post). It's exactly 12 months to the day since I started writing here and the date seemed like a good time to go.
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Profy.Com
Jenna Bilotta / Official Google Reader Blog:
Share anything. Anytime. Anywhere. — Have you ever wanted to share something that you were reading, but you didn't want to go through the hassle of subscribing to a whole feed for a single interesting article? And what about sharing content from sites with no feeds?
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Duff's Device, Google Operating System, Lifehacker, rexblog.com, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, TechBays, TechCrunch, David Risley, 901am, Google Blogoscoped, Micro Persuasion, Mashable!, Scobleizer, Brij's One More Idea, EirePreneur, Googlified, VentureBeat, Search Engine Journal, The Last Podcast and WebGuild
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Google's PR Head Elliot Schrage Heads to Facebook — The Googlefication of Facebook continues, as Elliot Schrage, the search giant's vice president of global communications and public affairs, takes the title of vice president of communications and public policy at the popular social networking site.
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CNET News.com, Search Engine Land, FaceReviews, Mashable!, Valleywag, All Facebook and Inside Facebook
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Yahoo! Search Blog:
A Safer Way to Search — Today, we're announcing the beta release of SearchScan, a new feature from Yahoo! Search that helps protect users from viruses, spyware and spam. We've heard from users that security and privacy continue to be major concerns when they are online.
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Yodel Anecdotal, WebProNews, Search Engine Journal, Digital Alchemy dot TV and Search Engine Land
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Susan Stellin / New York Times:
Free Wi-Fi, but Not for All — The battle between free and paid wireless Internet access is starting to look like a draw. Or more accurately, a third variation is winning — a combination of the two. — Travelers want to log on everywhere at no charge, while hotels …
Microsoft:
Zune Expands Beyond Music to Deliver Integrated All-in-One Entertainment Experience — New software updates bring popular television shows to online store, enhancements to online music community and subscription service. — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Zune, the company's …
Pete Kazanjy / Team Fusion:
More Displays. More 3D. More to Love: VMware Fusion 2.0 Public Beta 1 Now Available — The VMware Fusion team is proud to announce VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1. — This public beta, a free download, boasts a handful of industry firsts for Mac virtualization, including true multi-display support …
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Compiler, The Apple Core, MacUser, Virtualization.com, The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Cult of Mac and MacDailyNews
Mark / dive into mark:
The day the music died — This is a letter I sent to my father to explain what it means that Microsoft is pulling support for MSN Music. Tech issues like this often bubble up into the media that he reads, but they are rarely explained well. My father assumes I have an opinion on such stories, and he is rarely wrong.
Doug Aamoth / CrunchGear:
Live in London: ‘HTC Touch Diamond’ announcement — Doug Aamoth here in London at the HTC announcement. Hit the jump for more. — VIDEOS TOO! — 12:00 - Peter Chow takes the stage. Introduces a guy from Orange and a guy from Microsoft. Talks about the HTC Touch and the TouchFLO interface.
John R. Quain / New York Times:
Microsoft to Put Voice-Activation Software in Hyundais — Microsoft is expected to announce Tuesday in Seoul, South Korea, that it will develop a version of its Windows Automotive software for the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, the world's fifth-largest automaker.
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DailyTech
Marty Graham / Wired News:
Monster.com Founder Starts Social Networking Site for the Dead — Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor helped you find a job, and helped ease you into middle age. Now he wants to help you build the last web page you'll ever need. — Tributes.com is scheduled for a soft launch in June.
