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Todd Bishop / Todd Bishop's Microsoft Blog:
Microsoft to lure search users with cash — Microsoft isn't talking yet about the big search initiative it's expected to announce Wednesday, but I was able to figure out details with a little digging today. Here's an advance look at the story I wrote for the paper. — tb
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Kevin Heisler / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Microsoft to Launch “Live Search Cash Back” Tomorrow — The major Microsoft Live Search announcement scheduled for tomorrow will be the official launch of a new product: Microsoft Live Search Cash Back. — The program in partnership with eBay and its PayPal unit will offer cash back to consumers …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Playing With Live Search Cashback — Microsoft launched Live Search Cashback and Greg will have a more detailed post on his pre-briefing. But I wanted to take you through the experience of using Cashback as a searcher. — It has been a rainy week here in New York, and I figured I would start …
Robert A. Guth / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft to Launch Cashback Search Service — Microsoft Corp. hopes to make gains on Google Inc. in the lucrative business of Internet search through a new service that pays consumers who buy items they find through the software company's search service, according to people familiar with the company's plan.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:Microsoft To Offer Cash Back To Search Engine Users In Effort To Fight Google
Andy Space / 9 to 5 Mac:
Apple, CBS sued over ‘Mighty Mouse’ — Apple and CBS are being sued for trademark infringement by a competing interface manufacturer. — The case against Apple and CBS was filed by a firm called Man and Machine. It alleges Apple began selling its Mighty Mouse over one year after Man …
Joseph Weisenthal / paidContent.org:
Time Warner: What Will It Do With $9.25 Billion In Cash? More Acquisitions On The Way; AOL Talks — With the complete separation of the cable unit, Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) will get nice $9.25 billion dividend. So what's the plan for all that cash? According to CEO Jeff Bewkes …
BBC:
Design revamp for ‘$100 laptop’ — The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed for schoolchildren in developing countries. — The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had its price slashed to $75 per device.
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Official Google Blog:
Introduction to Google Search Quality — Search Quality is the name of the team responsible for the ranking of Google search results. Our job is clear: A few hundreds of millions of times a day people will ask Google questions, and within a fraction of a second Google needs to decide …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Twitter's New VC Round: Red Hot — Love it or hate it, Twitter, a service that embodies our narcissism, is one that we can't stop talking about. Even though it is still a tool of the tech-elite, the San Francisco-based start-up that came out of Ev Williams Odeo has become a favorite among the chattering classes.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
HP's Hurd: U.S. demand ‘spotty’; Data center, app consolidation continues — HP CEO Mark Hurd was inevitably asked about the U.S. economy during the company's earnings conference call and the message was clear: It's hard to chart tech spending right now. — HP reported a strong second quarter due …
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Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Moblyng converts Flash applications to work on mobile devices — One day soon, with the help of Moblyng, you'll likely be able to stream music playlists on social networks from your phone. — In the meantime, though, you can use Moblyng to watch a YouTube video or to put Slide slideshow widgets …
Financial Times:
Moody's shares tumble on rating error — Moody's awarded incorrect triple-A ratings to billions of dollars worth of a type of complex debt product due to a bug in its computer models, a Financial Times investigation has discovered. — Internal Moody's documents seen by the FT show …
Matthew Ogle / Last.fm:
Building the Next Last.fm — Since 2002, Last.fm's determined team of music lovers has been on a mission to make online music easier, better and more discoverable. — We're still working as hard as ever halfway through 2008, laying the foundations for a next-generation Last.fm.
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Stampede! Facebook Opens Its Profile Doors — This morning, Facebook is planning on showing a little leg to the press, throwing a “casual Open Door session...to learn more about the upcoming New Profile Design.” — You know, the long expected renovation of main Facebook pages consumers use daily …
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Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News.com:
Ballmer keeps to script on Yahoo — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is sticking to the company line of give-me-a-piece-of-Yahoo-but-not-the- whole-enchilada. — That was the word he conveyed while in Israel to mark the opening of a new R&D facility, according to a Reuters report.
Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
New York Times announces Times Machine — Yesterday I got a great tour with my cell phone of the new New York Times building. While there I met some of the top geeks behind the New York Times and they told me a few things and showed me some interesting stuff. — In the Research and Development department they showed me:
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