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Chris Flores / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Microsoft demonstrates Multi-touch — For years Microsoft has been investing in many forms of natural input in order to simplify the way people interact with their PC's and devices. The advent of the original Windows graphical user interface forever changed the way people used their PC's.
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David Kirkpatrick / Fortune:
The man who would run Yahoo — In a Fortune exclusive, Microsoft's Kevin Johnson talks about innovation, disruption, and what he's going to do about Google. — (Fortune Magazine) — He made his mark at Microsoft as head of the company's worldwide sales force at a time when it seemed everyone hated …
Maggie Shiels / BBC:
Microsoft demos ‘touch Windows’ — Technology reporter, BBC News, in Silicon Valley — Microsoft's next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse. — It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year.
John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:
VIDEO: Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer Highlight Reel, Part One — Here are a few video highlights from the first half of the D6 interview of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and CEO Steve Ballmer, conducted by conference co-hosts Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. (Click here for highlights from the second half of the interview.)
John Paczkowski / D6 Highlights:
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer and Windows 7 Preview — With Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates soon relinquishing his daily role at the software company he co-founded as it grapples with Google, European regulators, Yahoo, and Windows Vista critics hoping to upgrade from XP to Windows 7 …
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Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Gates to spend 20 percent of his time on Microsoft projects in retirement — At a reception prior to the start of the D6 conference, Bill Gates held court among a throng of reporters. He explained some of the specifics of his July 1 “retirement” from daily duties at the company he founded.
Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:Gates and Ballmer to show a little Windows 7 skin at D6
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John Markoff / Bits:Slow Dissolve: Bill and Steve at the D Conference
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John Markoff / New York Times:
The Guessing Game Has Begun on the Next iPhone — SAN FRANCISCO — Can Steven P. Jobs top the iPhone ... with another iPhone? — Last June, Mr. Jobs began selling what has become one of the most talked-about consumer products in history. Now he faces a new challenge as Apple prepares …
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iPhoneclub.nl:
Exclusive: More proof of curved, white iPhone 3G — Slow news day? Not anymore! Dutch communitysites iPhoneclub.nl and Macfreak.nl both received a couple of pictures of the supposed new casing of the second generation iPhone. These pictures haven't surfaced on the internet before.
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
HP packs two independent servers on a blade — HP can now pack two servers one blade and cut energy consumption by 60 percent based on its calculations. — HP was set to announce its new blade set-up on Wednesday. The server twofer-dubbed the HP ProLiant BL2×220c G5 (right) …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Mobaganda: A Dead-Simple Invite Site Built On Google's App Engine — If you like your invite apps dead-simple, check out Mobaganda. You don't even have to log in. Just click on start, add the name, date & time, and location, and create an event. The site, which is built on the Google App Engine …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch: 3,000 Developers To Converge On Google I/O Tomorrow. Here's What To Expect.
Gene Marcial / Business Week:
Yahoo's End Game — Negotiations with Microsoft and Google are taking place behind the scenes, writes BW's Gene Marcial. A deal of some kind is imminent, according to his sources — Yahoo! finally looks ready to do a deal, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Nancy Gohring / IDG News Service:
Court Finds Dell Guilty of Fraud — Dell was found guilty on Tuesday of fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt collection practices in a case brought by the New York attorney general. — The Albany County Supreme Court found that Dell deprived customers …
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InfoWorld:
Belgian newspapers ask Google for $77.5 million in damages — A group of Belgian newspaper publishers wants Google to pay up to €49.2 million ($77.5 million) in damages for violating copyright law by publishing their articles on Google News and caching their Web pages.
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Matt Hickey / CrunchGear:
Windows 7 screen grabs look better than they sound — So Microsoft's Sinofsky had a pretty good dance with CNET about Windows 7, really not saying much of anything. But a picture's worth a thousand words, right? Howzabout a ton of pics? — We can confirm these are indeed screen shots …
Chris Albrecht / NewTeeVee:
TiVo Adds Disney Movie Rentals — TiVo announced today that its subscribers will soon be able to rent Disney movies through their DVRs directly from their TVs. The service will be provided through an arrangement with CinemaNow. — Details like pricing, titles, and when the service …
Jesusdiaz / Gizmodo:
Asus Eee PC 1000 to Debut First Week of June — According to an invitation from Chairman Jonney Shih, Asus will present their EeePC 1000 at Computex 2008, the classic IT fair to kick off in Taipei next week, starting on June 3. The 10-inch EeePC 1000 will appear alongside the newly-redesigned 9-inch EeePC 901.
Jenna Wortham / The Underwire:
Weezer's Memetastic Video Director Spills the ‘Pork and Beans’ — Weezer hit the virtual jackpot with “Pork and Beans,” the band's hot new music video that mashes together a decade of internet memes in less than four minutes. — Whether you think of the savvy short as the web celeb edition of …
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