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A Computer That Works With Google, Not Microsoft  —  Advocates of Linux, the free open-source operating system, like to say that buying a standard-issue computer involves a Microsoft Tax, because you have no choice but to pay for Windows.  New versions of Linux and inexpensive hardware …

Source:   New York Times

Author:   John Biggs

Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/technology…

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Mandriva CEO Calls Out Microsoft’s Ballmer  —  On Tuesday, Mandriva announced that it had won a hotly-contested contract to install its Linux distribution on top of 17,000 Intel-powered Classmate PCs in Nigeria.  —  On Wednesday, the Nigerian client told Mandriva that it would buy …

Source:   PC Magazine

Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20071101/tc_zd/218540

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AdSense Integrated with FeedBurner Site Ads  —  There’s really nothing spookier than hollow, empty ad spaces rattling around your blog and/or web site, putting no cash in your pocket nor any extra hob- in your goblin.  Before you banish these underperforming idlers to some distant house upon a lonely hill …

Source:   Burning Questions – The FeedBurner Weblog

Author:   Traci

Link:   http://blogs.feedburner.com/feedburner/archives/2007…

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Google’s worst nightmare [Brad Fitzpatrick]  —  Google’s worst nightmare  —  Our spy cameras have penetrated the inner sanctum of the Googleplex!  Sneaking up on Brad Fitzpatrick from behind, we caught a picture of his “epic” Halloween costume.  “He is dressed as one of Google’s largest fears!” an informant whispers.

Source:   Valleywag

Author:   Owen Thomas

Link:   http://valleywag.com/tech/brad-fitzpatrick/googles…

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An open letter to Steve Ballmer  —  Hi, this is François, from Mandriva.  —  I’m sure we’re way too small for you to know me.  You know, we’re one of these tiny Linux company working hard for our place on the market.  We produce a Linux Distro, Mandriva Linux.

Source:   Mandriva Blog

Author:   François Bancilhon

Link:   http://blog.mandriva.com/2007/10/31/an-open-letter-to…

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Web Bubble 2.0  —  Well, maybe it is a bubble.  But out in Silicon Valley, they don’t think of that as a bad thing at all.  —  T  —  he Silicon Valley venture capitalist Michael Moritz is kinda-sorta the West Coast version of New York’s own Steve Rattner.

Source:   New York Magazine

Author:   John Heilemann

Link:   http://nymag.com/news/politics/powergrid/39954/

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AdBrite puts spotlight on Facebook application ads  —  Online advertising firm AdBrite is set to announce on Tuesday a new program to serve ads for third-party Facebook applications.  Considering it a niche “channel” alongside existing AdBrite verticals, the company has launched …

Source:   CNET News.com

Author:   Caroline McCarthy

Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9807263-36.html

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Plentyoffish: 1-Man Company May Be Worth $1Billion  —  We’ve written before about PlentyOfFish, a leading online dating site that is run by a single person and is raking in money.  Markus Frind is the singular force behind PlentyOfFish.  At the time of our last review, June 2006 …

Source:   Read/WriteWeb

Author:   Richard MacManus

Link:   http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives…

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Gmail’s New Version Is Now Available  —  The new version of Gmail I was talking about the other day is already available in some Gmail accounts.  If you see a link to a “newer version” at the top of the page, click on it and enjoy the new features: mail prefetching, updated contact manager and other small updates.

Source:   Google Operating System

Author:   Ionut Alex Chitu

Link:   http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/10/gmails-new…

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The Web 2.0 World is Skunk Drunk on Its Own Kool-Aid  —  This is a sad time for the web.  It’s as almost somber as the time just before the last bubble burst in 2000.  I was working in PR with dot-com startups at the time and the way I feel now is how I did back then.  I wish I didn’t, but I do.

Source:   Micro Persuasion

Author:   Steve Rubel

Link:   http://www.micropersuasion.com/2007/10/the-web-20…

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