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Google expands personalization with iGoogle (Reuters)

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An undated handout of the Google homepage. Google Inc. has expanded beyond a one-size-fits-all view of Web search to tie together its efforts to offer personalized Web searches under the iGoogle brand, officials said on Monday. (Google/Handout/Reuters)Reuters – Google Inc. is stepping up efforts to allow its users to personalize how they search the Web, moving beyond the one-size-fits-all approach to search it already offers.


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XBL: Catan, Centipede, Millipede – Eurogamer

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GameSHOUT
XBL: Catan, Centipede, Millipede
Eurogamer -30 minutes ago
by Tom Bramwell. Microsoft continues to make good on its promise to deliver more Xbox Live Arcade games more often, announcing that tomorrow at 9am GMT we'll be getting three: Catan, Centipede and Millipede.
Centipede, Millipede, Catan joining Xbox Live Arcade rosteriTWire
Catan, Centipede, Millipede Head To Xbox Live ArcadeGamasutra
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Google Denies Wrongdoings in Viacom Suit – DailyTech

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The Money Times
Google Denies Wrongdoings in Viacom Suit
DailyTech -21 minutes ago
Last month, Viacom filed a lawsuit against Google alleging that the Mountain View, Calif. software company intentionally committed massive copyright infringement of Viacom’s properties.
Google says Viacom lawsuit threat to Internet useReuters
Google Calls Viacom Suit on YouTube UnfoundedNew York Times
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Nintendo Hustles to Get More Wii to You – TechNewsWorld

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Earthtimes.org
Nintendo Hustles to Get More Wii to You
TechNewsWorld -16 hours ago
By Yuri Kageyama. AP. Consumers hoping to buy a Wii gaming console have had a hard time finding one for sale, even several months after Nintendo started shipments.
Nostalgia getting old? Virtual Console sales heading southArs Technica
Nintendo's next focus: softwareGamePro.com
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Software architect Ray Ozzie has blueprint for Microsoft – seattlepi.com Microsoft blog

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Reuters
Software architect Ray Ozzie has blueprint for Microsoft
seattlepi.com Microsoft blog -2 hours ago
By TODD BISHOP. Ozzie, best known as the creator of IBM's Lotus Notes, joined Microsoft Corp. in 2005 and assumed Bill Gates' role as chief software architect last year, when Gates announced plans to shift to full-time philanthropy in 2008.
Ray Ozzie Outlines Microsoft's 'Sea Change' At Mix '07InformationWeek
Microsoft Adds Open-Source Twist to SilverlightPC World
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Kutaragi hints PlayStation 4 plans – CVG Online

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PSX Extreme
Kutaragi hints PlayStation 4 plans
CVG Online -19 minutes ago
The father of PlayStation Ken Kuturagi already has a vision for PlayStation 4, 5 and 6 despite announcing his retirement as SCEI CEO last week, he told eetimes.
Kutaragi hints at PS4 planEurogamer
Time to change your name PlayStation?iTWire
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Microsoft eyeing Web ad firm 24/7 Real Media: report (Reuters)

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Packages of Microsoft Corp's new 'Windows Vista' operating system are displayed at an electronics retail shop on the day of its debut in Tokyo at midnight January 30, 2007. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned on Monday a ruling that Microsoft Corp. should be held liable for patent infringement on copies of the Windows operating system sold overseas. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters – Microsoft Corp. , the world's largest software maker, has emerged as a contender to buy Internet advertising firm 24/7 Real Media Inc. , the New York Post reported on its Web site on Tuesday.


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High tech help for high school cheaters – Edmonton Sun

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Columbus Dispatch
High tech help for high school cheaters
Edmonton Sun -Apr 28, 2007
By AP. MERIDIAN, Idaho — Banning baseball caps during tests was obvious – students were writing the answers under the brim. Then, schools started banning cellphones, realizing students could text message the answers.
Songs, Videos, Podcasts and Cheat SheetsTechNewsWorld
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.NET programming tools add sparkle to Silverlight – Seattle Times

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Seattle Times
.NET programming tools add sparkle to Silverlight
Seattle Times -22 minutes ago
By Benjamin J. Romano. LAS VEGAS – With each new announcement from a major software company, another old distinction between an Internet service and a desktop application seems to crumble.
Microsoft to fuse .Net with SilverlightTechworld.com
Software architect Ray Ozzie has blueprint for Microsoftseattlepi.com Microsoft blog
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Microsoft to fuse .Net with Silverlight – Techworld.com

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ZDNet
Microsoft to fuse .Net with Silverlight
Techworld.com -19 minutes ago
By Eric Lai, Computerworld. Microsoft kicked off its Mix07 web developers conference by revealing it has fused a full portable version of its .
Ray Ozzie Outlines Microsoft's 'Sea Change' At Mix '07InformationWeek
New Microsoft tools for Web developersSeattle Post Intelligencer
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SCO Wanted To Gag Torvalds, Moglen

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An anonymous reader passes on word of court documents filed by IBM on Friday. The documents contain a copy of a letter, dated 2004, from SCO to IBM’s lawyers stating that they tried to keep Linus Torvalds from making disparaging public statements about SCO, speculating erroneously that IBM was the principal funder of OSDL, where Torvalds worked at the time. Quoting: “The company also tried to silence Eben Moglen, the Columbia University professor who, until this month, was a director of the Free Software Foundation, and Eric Raymond, a controversial open-source advocate, saying they claimed to be IBM consultants.”

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