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Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Google's Double Standard — Okay, there's been too much written about this already, so I'll try to keep my 2 cents short. — Concerned about Microsoft's decision to make MSN Search the default search engine in Internet Explorer 7 (earth shattering, isn't it?), Marissa Mayer said:
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New York Times:
Microsoft and Google Set to Wage Arms Race — Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, described Google in an interview late last year as a worthy adversary, a company to test Microsoft's mettle. "This is hypercompetition, make no mistake," Mr. Gates observed.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
New Blog Search Engine Sphere Launches — New blog search engine Sphere launched just moments ago and has also announced a $3.75 million round of venture financing. In addition to covering the launch of Sphere here, we have a podcast interview with CEO Tony Conrad and advisor Toni Schneider over at TalkCrunch.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Sphere Launches With New Cash — Sphere, a San Francisco- search engine company that specializes in searching blogs, for relevant information has closed a $3.75 million in fresh capital from Hearst Publishing, Trident Capital and About.com founder Scott Kurnit.
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Between the Lines, Google Operating System, Corante Web Hub, TalkCrunch, SiliconBeat and paidContent.org
Rob Hyndman / robhyndman.com:
Bottom-Up Marketing - at mesh — When we started organizing mesh we all agreed that we were going to get the word out ourselves, using essentially the same tools that we'd all grown accustomed to using on the web. Of course, we're 5 guys with day jobs holding a conference …
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Mathew / mathewingram.com/work:
Web 2.0 marketing — bottoms up! — One of the concepts we're trying to tackle as part of mesh (May 15th and 16th in beautiful downtown Toronto, get your tickets before it's too late, etc. etc.) is the idea that Web 2. and blogs and all that they represent are fundamentally rewriting the rules …
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Michael McDerment Blog
John Markoff / New York Times:
Intel to Offer Its Own Plan for Global Internet Access — SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 — Aiming to help close the so-called digital divide, the Intel Corporation plans to announce a design for a sub-$400 educational laptop and a five-year, $1 billion program to train teachers and to extend wireless digital Internet access worldwide.
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IP Democracy
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Dean Takahashi / siliconvalley.com:
Intel, AMD power up the push for a cheap PC — AIMING TO BRING COMPUTING TO WORLD'S POOR — Two of Silicon Valley's biggest technology rivals will promote initiatives this week to grow their global business by providing low-cost computers to developing countries.
Financial Times:
Apple sets tune for pricing of song downloads — Apple Computer on Monday revealed it had renewed contracts with the four largest record companies to sell songs through its iTunes digital store at 99 cents each. The agreements came after months of bargaining, and were a defeat for music companies …
Sara Kehaulani Goo / Washington Post:
Amazon Search Finds Microsoft — Dropping of Google Means Landmark Gain for Software Giant — Amazon.com Inc. said yesterday that it has dropped Google Inc. as the provider of search engine results on its Web site in favor of one powered by Microsoft, a move that signals a small rebellion …
Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Newsmaker: Asking more of Ask.com than of Jeeves — Ask.com relaunched earlier this year with new features and a new logo as part of an attempt to shake off its old Ask Jeeves image. Now it also has a new chief executive—Jim Lanzone, who was promoted this week to replace Steve Berkowitz.
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Search Engine Watch Blog
Carlo / Techdirt:
Here's An Idea: If You Don't Like What's On TV, Don't Watch It — from the personal-responsibility-goes-missing- again dept — The idea of so-called family-friendly cable TV packages is turning into quite the Goldilocks tale. First, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin tacitly threatened operators …
samsung.com:
SAMSUNG's D520: Stylish Simplicity and Stunning — Seoul, Korea - 2 May, 2006 -Samsung maintains its leadership in the mobile industry with the launch of the new slim SGH-D520. A masterpiece in design, the tri-band D520 is slimmed and trimmed with all of today's latest features.
mindstorms.lego.com:
Hackers, Get Ready! LEGO Group Announces Open Source Firmware, Developer Kits for LEGO® MINDSTORMS® NXT — Consumer-directed robotics experience creation to enter "NXT" phase with open firmware, Software, Hardware and Bluetooth Developer Kits to launch in August
Ellen Lee / San Francisco Chronicle:
Video bloggers claim spotlight — Online diaries looking a lot like television — Jay Dedman's life plays out in snippets of video, captured on a handheld video camera and posted on his online diary, Momentshowing. — A Manhattan subway bomb scare spurs him to post a photo montage of Sept. 11 and the days before and after.
Microsoft:
SAP and Microsoft Introduce Duet Software; Bringing Together the Worlds of Productivity and Enterprise Applications — Companies tout on time delivery, early customer adoption and new business scenarios for Duet, formerly known as "Project Mendocino." — WALLDORF, Germany and REDMOND …
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