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Confirmed: Comcast Bought Plaxo, Deal Closed Today
Washington Post - 47 minutes ago
The rumors were accurate: Comcast will announce their acquisition of social contact list Plaxo today. Financial terms are not being disclosed, but the purchase price is between $150 and $170 million.
Comcast to Buy Networking Site Plaxo Wall Street Journal
Comcast to acquire contact manager Plaxo The Associated Press
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Icahn Said to Plan Yahoo Proxy Fight
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By ANDREW ROSS SORKIN The billionaire investor and activist shareholder, Carl Icahn, has decided to move ahead with plans for a proxy fight at Yahoo and will propose a dissident slate of directors, people with knowledge of the plans said Wednesday.
Icahn to run board slate for Yahoo: sources Reuters
Icahn Will Launch Proxy Contest To Unseat Yahoo's Entire Board Wall Street Journal
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Verizon Snubs Google's Platform
BusinessWeek - 1 hour ago
When Google (GOOG) revealed last November that it planned to develop its own operating system, called Android, for mobile phones, and had garnered the support of big names such as Germany's T-Mobile (DT) in an industry group dubbed the Open Handset ...
Verizon Wireless, Mozilla Join LiMo Foundation InformationWeek
Is Verizon Joining LiMo to Spite Google? eWeek
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DailyTech
Philly Won't Fight to Save Wi-Fi Network
PC World - 1 hour ago
The city of Philadelphia is moving on after its brief municipal Wi-Fi relationship with EarthLink, no longer trying to find a way to keep the network up and running.
EarthLink Cuts Off Philly WI-FI CRN
EarthLink To Pull Philly's Muni Wi-Fi, Anaheim's Days Numbed InformationWeek
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What Visual Basic’s Office return means for Mac IT
Macworld - 2 hours ago
by John C. Welch, Macworld.com Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit overshadowed the release of an Office 2008 update by announcing a feature that won’t even be available until the next major overhaul of its productivity suite—the return of VBA functionality.
Microsoft Bringing VBA Back for Mac eWeek
Mac BU talks Office 2008 SP1, VBA's triumphant comeback Ars Technica
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Polar Bear Is Made a Protected Species
New York Times - 2 hours ago
A polar bear on the Beaufort coast of Alaska. Federal scientists say Alaska could lose all its polar bears if summer sea ice shrinks.
Now endangered, polar bears a bigger draw in Churchill, Canada Los Angeles Times
Comment by Reed Hopper Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation
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MS: 360 first to reach 10 million in US
GameSpot - 2 hours ago
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot Today Microsoft added another public proclamation to the stack, saying that the Xbox 360's US installed user base has reached beyond the 10 million mark.
Xbox 360 hits 10 million sold in the US Afterdawn.com
Xbox Has 10 Million Fans In The US eFluxMedia
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Turkish Press
Google Absent from MySpace Data Portability Initiative
eWeek - 3 hours ago
By Clint Boulton MySpace's technology chief says Google, or any company, can join its Data Availability program at any time. MySpace's Data Availability initiative may break the ice for other social networks when it comes to data portability, ...
EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS ZDNet
Google Wants to Help Web Sites Make New Friends New York Times
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RIM Gets Bold with New BlackBerry
eWeek - 3 hours ago
By Reuters Research In Motion unveils the new BlackBerry Bold aimed at high-end business users, with high-speed HSDPA support and integrated GPS and Wi-Fi.
Thunder, Storm in RIM’s forecast CNNMoney.com
The BlackBerry: In search of the 'prosumer' Computerworld
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WWDC Sold Out with Over 5000 Attendees
Apple Insider - 3 hours ago
By Prince McLean Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, scheduled for June 9-11, has sold out for the first time ever. Attendance at the event has rapidly grown as interest in the Mac platform has snowballed in proportion to rapid new sales of Macs.
Apple's WWDC sold out for the first time in history Ars Technica
iPhone Round-Up: O2 3G Hints; WWDC Sold-Out; One Phone Limit Washington Post
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Gates Sees Boom Ahead in Home, Business Touchscreens
InternetNews.com - 3 hours ago
Before a summit of global business leaders, Microsoft's soon-to-retire chairman talks up efforts in natural interfaces and other emerging technology areas.
Gates stresses affordability at CEO summit KOMO
Bill Gates demos Touchwall, vertical Microsoft Surface Ars Technica
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Brisbane Times
Google starts to blur faces in Street View photos
The Associated Press - 53 minutes ago
BOSTON (AP) - After privacy complaints, Google Inc. is beginning to automatically blur faces of people captured in the street photos taken for its Internet map program.
Google attempts to protect identities in Street View feature BetaNews
Google Blurs Faces of Those Caught on Street View PC World
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Appscout
Zoho Ties Login To Google, Yahoo
InformationWeek - 1 hour ago
The feature makes it possible for someone to log in to Zoho using Google or Yahoo credentials in order to view and collaborate on documents created by a Zoho user.
Zoho No Longer Requires Accounts. Sign In With Yahoo Or Google IDs Washington Post
Zoho’s login gambit: It works ZDNet
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BBC News
EIC podcast: HP-EDS; Google; SaaS
ZDNet - 1 hour ago
On this week’s EIC squared podcast Dan and I talk about HP’s purchase of EDS, Google’s Friend Connect and the latest happenings in SaaS.
Play the News: Data Portability's Future ReadWriteWeb
Google Wants to Help Web Sites Make New Friends New York Times
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MySpace Wins $230 Million From "Spam King" Wallace
CRN - 1 hour ago
By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb Social networking giant MySpace was awarded an unprecedented $230-million judgment that concluded a lawsuit against "Spam King," Sanford Wallace and his partner Walter Rines in a landmark decision announced Monday ...
MySpace Wins $225 Million Spam Judgment InformationWeek
MySpace Wins Record $230M Suit Against Spammer InternetNews.com
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Scientific American
MS: Xbox 360 Sales Hit 10 mln in US
Next Generation - 1 hour ago
By Kris Graft Microsoft said Wednesday that Xbox 360 has hit 10 million units sold in the US, claiming that it is more likely to "win" the console battle, based on historical trends.
Xbox 360 sales beat out Wii, PS3 Reuters
Microsoft denies 'motion sensor' Xbox 360 update GamePro.com
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Polar Bear Added to Protected Species List
New York Times - 1 hour ago
A polar bear on the Beaufort coast of Alaska. Federal scientists say Alaska could lose all its polar bears if summer sea ice shrinks.
Polar bears are now endangered species Los Angeles Times
Polar bear listed as threatened species United Press International
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EarthLink Cuts Off Philly WI-FI
CRN - 1 hour ago
By Caitlin Moriarity, ChannelWeb EarthLink customers in Philadelphia will need to find a new wireless provider, as EarthLink announced Tuesday that the company is shutting down its municipal WI-FI network.
EarthLink To Pull Philly's Muni Wi-Fi, Anaheim's Days Numbed InformationWeek
EarthLink to Remove Philadelphia Wi-Fi PC World
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Brisbane Times
Google attempts to protect identities in Street View feature
BetaNews - 5 hours ago
By Ed Oswald, BetaNews Since the debut of Google's Street View in its mapping application, bloggers and curiosity seekers have made it somewhat of a sport to catch folks who may not have wanted their activities photographed.
Google starts to blur faces in Street View photos The Associated Press
Google to blur faces in Street View images Boston Globe
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NASA (press release)
Supernova Remnant Is Young and Quick
New York Times - 5 hours ago
NASA/CXC/NCSU/S.Reynolds et al./NSF/NRAO/VLA/Cambridge/D.Green et al. A composite image of G1.9+0.3 with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory taken in 2007, orange, and the Very Large Array in 1985, blue.
Youngest Supernova in Milky Way Found National Geographic
Young supernova remnant spotted in our galaxy Ars Technica
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