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A Troll Squats On WWWBING.com — Literally

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

TechCrunch - By MG Siegler - Oct. 17 (Opinion) - A Troll Squats On WWWBING.com — Literally

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Goodbye, Encarta. A cautionary tale for newspapers?

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - By John Yemma - Mar. 31 (Opinion) - Wikipedia killed Encarta. Encarta was the early digital encyclopedia. It began life as CD/ROM and increasingly went online. What it never did was truly embrace the power of the Internet. What does that say about how we get information? And about the future of newspapers?

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What Microsoft wants from Yahoo

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700

TechUser - By Usman Latif - Jul. 09 (Opinion) - Microsoft's now retracted acquisition bid for Yahoo has been endlessly analysed in the media and myriad explanations have been offered for Microsoft's interest in Yahoo. Analysts have generally assumed the obvious that Microsoft made the bid in order to acquire Yahoo. Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, though, does not agree with this assumption. He has publicly claimed that Microsoft did not intend to acquire Yahoo. Some analysts have dismissed Jerry Yang's claim as self-serving, but this can not be so. As part of ongoing shareholder litigation, Jerry Yang may need to defend this claim in a court of law and could not have made the claim lightly. Besides, there is plenty of evidence that supports Jerry Yang's claim.

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The True Fiction of Microsoft Live Search

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

GigaOM - By Om Malik - May. 22 (Opinion) - Yesterday, I read a post on Google's blog about their focus on improving search quality. Today, I read a press release from Microsoft in which it said its Live Search product will be used to give "cash back" to those who use it to find and buy things. Innovation vs. buying your way into the market...in my book, that kinda speaks for itself.

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Cloud may squeeze margins, says Microsoft exec

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Rough Type - By Nick Carr - May. 20 (Opinion) - The shift from software licenses to software subscriptions is likely to squeeze Microsoft's profit margins in its business division, says Capossela, though he expects it will also bring higher and more consistent sales:

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Software is becoming a media business

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Forbes - By Nicholas Carr - Feb. 03 (Comment) - Software is becoming a media business. The Net is not only a universal medium, a distribution channel for words, sounds and images. It is also turning into a universal computer--the machine we use to run software and store data.

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A revolution is taking shape

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Financial Times - By Nicholas Carr - Jan. 30 (Opinion) - No corporate computing system, not even those operated by big companies, can match the efficiency, speed, and flexibility of plants such as Google's. One analyst estimates that Google can carry out a computing task for one-tenth of what it costs a typical company.

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Bill Gates, closet socialist?

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Foreign Policy - By Blake Hounshell - Jan. 25 (Opinion) - If you look at what Gates actually said, he didn't call for governments to seize control of the means of production. Nor, truth be told, did he actually say anything profoundly new. He just wants to push for "an approach where governments, businesses, and nonprofits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain recognition, doing work that eases the world's inequities."

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Why Facebook Needs Big Money « GigaOM

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:46:26 -0700

GigaOM - By Om Malik - Sep. 27 (Opinion) - All these rumors about Facebook getting a massive investment from one corporate behemoth or another have got to make you wonder: Why would a company that is expecting revenues of $150 million, and profits to boot, need fresh capital? Why would a company whose dominance of the social networking space is being touted as some sort of manifest destiny possibly need this sudden influx of cash?

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Microsoft's Unwinnable War on Linux and Open Source

Tue, 15 May 2007 09:57:04 -0700

RoughlyDrafted Magazine - By Daniel Eran - May. 15 (Opinion) - Microsoft, threatened by the encroachment of competition from open source, has long waged a detached propaganda war against free software and in particular Linux, but has recently escalated its conflict into a full blown attack. Here's what's happening, and why it will greatly accelerate the company's undoing.

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Microsoft vs. Google: Waging War In-House Style

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:41:26 -0800

The Wired GC - Mar. 06 (Opinion) - Microsoft takes up the banner of copyright today against Google. It's lead warrior is none other than one of its in-house lawyers, Associate General Counsel Thomas Rubin. The New York Times reports that Mr. Rubin will give a speech today to the Association of American Publishers, and draw a bead on arch-nemesis Google:

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