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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Sun following the IBM deal collapse: Customer confusion en route — Sun Microsystems won't be acquired by IBM after all. Now the explaining—mostly to customers and shareholders—really begins. — Sun will tell its customers that the IBM deal was just a slight detour and that the company's plan …
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems — I.B.M., after months of negotiations, withdrew its $7 billion bid for Sun Microsystems on Sunday, one day after Sun's board balked at a slightly reduced offer, according to a person close to the talks.
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Bret Taylor / FriendFeed Blog:
A new design for FriendFeed at http://beta.friendfeed.com/ — We've been spending a lot of time thinking about how to improve FriendFeed. And we've been tinkering with those ideas at http://beta.friendfeed.com. — Today, we're opening up that site for you to try it for yourself.
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Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
New FriendFeed: Simpler, Faster, Better (Maybe Too Fast) — FriendFeed cofounder Paul Bucheit was recently asked what it was like to be the R&D department for Facebook. His response was appropriately humble, but you can't help but wonder how long it will be before Facebook …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
YouTube, Sony Pictures in talks over feature films — “YouTube is in negotiations with Sony Pictures to get licensing rights to some of the studio's movies. The Professional” is from Sony Pictures and is available at Crackle.com. — YouTube is in talks to acquire licensing rights …
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Greg Sandoval / CNET News:
Why baseball benched Microsoft Silverlight — The thwacking sounds of bats striking balls will once again fill stadiums, as Monday is opening day for Major League Baseball. This year, Microsoft will watch from the sidelines. — MLB.com no longer uses Microsoft's Silverlight to stream games to its 500,000 subscribers.
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
MLB's Web Video Puts Everyone Else To Shame — Today is Major League Baseball's Opening Day, which means the first real game in more than five months for most players and fans. It's also a big day for the league's Internet division: MLB Advanced Media is pushing a full slate of games …
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Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider:
New iPhone To Have FM Radio Transmitter, Video Editing — In addition to faster wi-fi networking via a new wireless chip, Apple's (AAPL) next iPhone — which we expect the company to announce on June 8 — will have a built-in FM transmitter, 9 to 5 Mac reports.
Ty McMahan / Digits:
Payment Processor Revolution Money Pumped With $42M — At a time when both consumers and merchants are looking for ways to cut costs, several major financial firms and individual investors have pumped $42 million into Revolution Money, the payment-processing company backed by AOL co-founder Steve Case.
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
How I Came to Get a PC and Not a Mac — I don't buy new computers very often, and for a long time I slightly favored Macs over Windows PCs. So no one perhaps is more surprised than me that my now four-month old laptop is a Sony and not an Apple. I found my decision process to be similar …
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Nokia:
Email the way you want it - Nokia E75 begins shipping — Espoo, Finland - The Nokia E75 has arrived in stores, bringing the company's best efficiency and productivity solution to the market. The new arrival is the first device to ship with the new email user interface …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget Mobile:Nokia's E75 now shipping to eMail lovers, pixel haters
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: Barclays Expects New iPhones; Ups Target, Ests — Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes this morning pounded the table on Apple (AAPL), repeating his Overweight rating, upping his price target to $143, from $113, and increasing his estimates. For the September 2009 fiscal year he now sees $5, up from $4.85.
Yinka Adegoke / Reuters:
Time Warner laying ground for possible AOL spin — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc said on Monday it is asking some bondholders to change credit terms, a move expected to pave the way for a spin-off of its beleaguered Internet unit AOL. — The media conglomerate …
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Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
Closing the loop: Howard Stern picks BlackBerry Bold over Pre — Howard Stern got his Palm Pre demo and picked the BlackBerry Bold instead. — As noted last week, Palm worked the word of mouth marketing for the Pre and received a lot of air time from Stern. That word of mouth turned into a commercial for RIM, however.
Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters:
Sony PS3 outsells Nintendo Wii in March in Japan — TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii in March for the first time in 16 months in Japan thanks to hot new PS3 titles from Sega Sammy (6460.T) and Capcom (9697.T), a game magazine publisher said.
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Now streaming on Netflix: SpongeBob, Cartman — Viacom's MTV Networks has brought some of its television content to Netflix's library of streaming online video, the companies announced Monday. — The offering consists primarily of kids' shows from the Nickelodeon network …
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Apple listing implies iPod touch to eventually gain digital camera — Apple holds aspirations of extending digital camera functions found on its popular iPhone handset to its iPod touch digital media players, according a listing posted on the company's website last month.
Robin Wauters / TechCrunch:
Glam Media Lands A $10 Million Round, Its Fifth in 5 Years — Distributed media network Glam Media has raised $10 million more, this time specifically for its Japanese and German operations, reports PaidContent. The fifth round of funding in as many years of existence comes …
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Information Architects:
Web Trend Map 4 - Final Beta — Here it is, posted in a panic: Web Trend Map 4. We'll give you a week for final feedback before we send it to the printer. Download: For the final feedback round, we only offer a PNG (2.6MB). There are more formats to come. Feedback: Use the comment section below for feedback. ...
Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
T-Mobile to Use Google Software in Devices for Home — SAN FRANCISCO — T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push deep into the home with a variety of communications devices that will use Google's new Android operating software that already runs one of its cellphones.
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benheck.com:
Commodore 64 Original Hardware Laptop — Visit Hack N Mod for more hacking coolness! — Click photo to super-size it — This project somehow has the distinction of being both the longest and fastest portable electronics project I have ever done. I originally started making a C64 laptop …
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