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Dan Farber / Outside the Lines:
Microsoft's Manhattan Project — This week Microsoft gave evidence that it will continue to be a major force for at least the next decade. The company outlined its products and strategies that more fully embrace the “cloud,” such as the Azure set of cloud services; Web-based …
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Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
How Can You Be So Sure About Azure? — [Editor's note: This commentary derives from my comment response added to the aforementioned post.] — During Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference I posted first-take analysis, “Azure: Windows Becomes the Web,” which I followed up with “Microsoft's Server Stack Gets Higher.”
MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Try Netflix Watch Instantly on your Mac right now — Netflix is in the process of beta testing its Watch Instantly feature for Mac computers, and now it's opened up the test for all users who wish to opt-in. Simply follow this link and you'll be good to go: http://www.netflix.com/silverlightoptin .
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Gizmodo, louisgray.com, The Official Netflix Blog, Engadget, Download Squad, Hacking NetFlix and Lifehacker
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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:
Regarding Opera Mini and the App Store — [UPDATE: Addendum regarding iPhone SDK guideline 3.3.2 appended.] — I've done some digging on this “Opera Mini was rejected from the App Store” story, and the truth appears to be very different than what has been reported and assumed.
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Technologizer, OSNews, MacRumors, Slashdot, Edible Apple, PhoneNews.com, PalmAddicts, Infinite Loop, iLounge, Cellpassion, BetaNews and digg.com
San Francisco Chronicle:
Salesforce.com CEO's head is still in a ‘cloud’ — Despite the economic downturn, Salesforce.com in San Francisco is one company that's still growing. — Chairman and CEO Marc Benioff co-founded Salesforce.com in an apartment in San Francisco in 1999 at the height of the dot-com bubble …
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Steve Hall / Adrants:
Renamed WiFi Networks Guilt Freeloaders Into Buying Coffee — This is truly brilliant. With free WiFi popping up at cafes the world over, the number of people impolitely “stealing” it without so much as buying a simple coffee has increased as well. To both reprimand and capitalize on this trend …
Matt Hamblen / PC World:
Motorola Confirms Layoffs — Motorola officials confirmed Friday that $800 million in cuts planned for 2009 will require laying off about 3,000 workers, with a little more than two-thirds of those job cuts coming from the handset division. — About layoffs will be made globally …
Agence France Presse:
Internet collaboration still in infancy: Wikipedia founder — LONDON (AFP) — The age of public collaboration over the Internet is still only in its infancy, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told AFP in an interview. — The 42-year-old web guru, in an effort to show Wikipedia's impact thus far …
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James Falconer / IntoMobile:
Sprint HTC Touch Pro Now Available Online! — Sprint customers will be overjoyed at the news that the Sprint HTC Touch Pro is now available online! The QWERTY slider can be snapped up at the Sprint site for $299.99 with free shipping and free activation of a new line.
Fred / A VC:
Hacking Education — I spent a lot of time on this blog in the past month exhorting everyone to give teaching tools to the neediest public schools. I did that because education is possibly the most important thing we can do for our world and our children.
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Robert Scoble / Scobleizer:
Never underestimate Microsoft's ability to turn a corner — This week Microsoft didn't get much hype for its three major announcements. Certainly it didn't stay on top of TechMeme as long as, say, if Steve Jobs gets a sniffle. But don't miss what they did.
Suzanne Tindal / CNET News:
Windows 7 pre-beta hits BitTorrent — The pre-beta version of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system released to developers at the Professional Developers Conference has already made it onto prominent BitTorrent sites, where thousands of enthusiasts around the world are currently downloading it.
