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Rafat Ali / paidContent.org:
More on Yahoo Reorg: Sue Decker's Memo — We got the full internal memo Sue Decker sent this afternoon to the team, on Yahoo's (Nsdq: YHOO) reorg..the full memo is here. See our earlier post on the reorg. Salient points from the memo: — Jerry and I and the rest of the management team …
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Miguel Helft / New York Times:
Yahoo's New President Oversees a Shake-Up — Susan L. Decker, Yahoo's new president, is putting her stamp on the company in a reorganization of its management ranks that creates a new division responsible for generating the bulk of the company's revenue. — The latest in a string …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Hey Kids! Let's Put On a Yahoo Reorg! — News is trickling in, but here's a short skinny on the upcoming Yahoo reorg I reported on earlier today. By the way, it will be announced later today I am told. — Indeed, as reported by Valleywag, Greg Coleman is out as its head of global sales …
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Kara Swisher / BoomTown:Yahoo No-Sacred-Cow Vision Quest, Day 43: The Reorganization?
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Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Announcing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta — update @ 14:53 PDT: The exec closest to the development process, Core Operating System Division (COSD) Sr. VP Jon DeVaan, gives his personal take on Windows Vista SP1 over at Press Pass — check it out. — Now is the time and the time is now …
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Brandon LeBlanc / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper — Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta Whitepaper — Introduction — When developing Windows Vista, Microsoft set out to provide higher levels of productivity, mobility, and security, with lower costs. After more than six months …
WindowsServer / Windows Server Division WebLog:WINDOWS SERVER 2008 TIMING UPDATE
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Hulu Translates To "Cease" and "Desist" in Swahili. Oops. — Congratulations are in order to YouTube-competitor Hulu, which took just five months to come up with a name after announcing itself in March. CEO Jason Kilar says the name "captures the spirit of the service we're building" in an open letter published today.
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Worm In The Apple — Apple Chief Steve Jobs' not-so-secret plan to take over the world is going well. On the desktop, Apple's Macs are chewing away at Dell and Gateway's market share. The iPod has squashed Microsoft's Zune beneath its tank treads. Now the iPhone threatens to roll through …
Kasper Jade / AppleInsider:
Source: iPod shuffle refresh to go (RED) — With much of the excitement lately surrounding anticipated evolutions of Apple's video iPod and iPod nano families, little has been said about an upcoming refresh to the company's diminutive iPod shuffle line, an expansion of which is likely to include a new (RED) model.
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Brian Caulfield / Forbes:The Next iPod — Don't even think about buying an iPod between now and Sept. 5.
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Justin Smith / Inside Facebook:
Speculation: Facebook adding Friend Lists; implications for Top Friends, LinkedIn? — We knew it would happen, we just didn't know it might happen this soon. — I just received a tip from top application developer Trey Philips that Facebook has added two new undocumented functions …
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Facebook Developers News Feed:
A Shift to Engagement. — As we indicated earlier, today we are introducing new guidelines that will change how applications are ranked in the application directory. Currently, the focus is on total number of users, but going forward it will be based on user engagement.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia's iPhone — no, seriously — Oh come on, what the hell is that? A Nokia branded iPhone? It was presented during Nokia's GoPlay event this morning as a glimpse of what's coming with Nokia interface design. Oh, and it's due out next year. When pressed during the Q …
Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Earthlink bows out of San Francisco Wi-Fi deal — The financially struggling Earthlink Inc. on Wednesday bowed out of a deal to join Google Inc. in providing free wireless Internet access throughout San Francisco, according to the mayor's office. — Earthlink Chief Executive Rolla Huff …
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Daniel Langendorf / last100:
The Gphone is coming; how Google could rewrite the rules — Note: Gphone concept sketches by Lorin Wood. — If done right, the Gphone and not the iPhone will be the one to change the face of the wireless industry. — Apple's iPhone, at least in its initial release …
David Pogue / New York Times:
A Camera for Generation Z — For the first decade of the digital camera revolution, most manufacturers used only one carrot to dangle in front of prospective buyers: more megapixels. You felt inferior if your camera took three-megapixel photos when the latest models had five.
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Patent troll sues Google, nine others over e-mail filtering and autoresponders — What do Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Borders, AOL, and IAC all have in common? They all make use of automated e-mail responders, and they're all being sued for it. A company called Polaris IP is accusing 10 companies …
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May Wong / Associated Press:
Calif. Startup Targets Music Fans — Startup Offers New Way for Music Fans to Reach Out to Artists, and Musicians to Respond — SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Being a groupie can be as easy as picking up the phone. — "I love you, Tyrese!" a female caller shouts in a message to the R&B singer.
