Four startups ready to change the face of email  —  In ten years, an internet eternity, web-based email has only made token improvements, moving from Hotmail to Gmail.  Meanwhile, instant messaging and social networks have rapidly developed.  —  Four new startups, all of which came …

Source:   VentureBeat
Author:   Chris Morrison
Link:   http://venturebeat.com/2007/10/16/four-startups-ready…

Jobs confirms iTunes Plus price drop across the board  —  Not a full day after our initial report that Apple planned to drop the price of all its iTunes Plus tracks (as well as add a number of indie labels to the mix), many users started seeing the changes slowly trickle down from iTunes’ servers.

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The RIAA Attacks Usenet  —  In an ideal world, people would not talk about Usenet.  In an ideal world there would be no such things as copyright infringement lawsuits.  Sadly, we do not live in an ideal world.  —  Today we simply have to talk about Usenet and we have to talk about lawsuits.

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MYSPACE, SKYPE TO PARTNER FOR VOICE FUNCTION ON IM CLIENT  —  MySpace and Skype are set to announce on Wednesday that the eBay-owned telephony client will be providing voice chat services for the News Corp.-owned social network’s instant messaging client, MySpaceIM.  Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed.

Source:   Webware.com
Author:   Caroline McCarthy
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Yahoo (YHOO): Q3 Stronger Than Expected  —  SAI’s analysis of Yahoo!’s earnings is brought to you by Gridley & Company LLC, a boutique investment bank providing financial advisory services to companies in the Internet/Marketing Services industry.  —  Earnings Release  —  Supporting Data / Conference call link

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry Blodget
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/10/yahoo-yhoo-earn…

Yahoo! Reports Third Quarter 2007 Financial Results  —  Revenues - $1,768 Million  —  Operating Income - $150 Million  —  Operating Income Before Depreciation, Amortization and Stock-Based Compensation Expense - $466 Million  —  SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO …

Source:   Business Wire
Link:   http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071016/20071016006463.html

Ubuntu Plans Eye Candy for Desktop Computers and Beyond  —  What would it take to get the hundreds of millions of desktop computer users to switch from Windows to Linux?  —  Low cost and armies of devoted techies have not been enough.  So the people behind Ubuntu—a dialect of Linux— have a new idea: eye […]

US Playstation 3 40GB Shows Up In Target Store Scan  —  Here’s another source listing the upcoming stock of the US Playstation 3 40GB model, packed with Spider-Man.  We’re assuming it is Spider-Man 3, since it’s showing an in-stock date of 10/28/07, very close to the 10/30 release …

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Facebook agrees to shield minors  —  The move ends a New York probe into access to porn and improper advances by adults.  —  Facebook Inc. on Tuesday ended an investigation by New York’s attorney general by agreeing to changes designed to shield minors from pornographic images and improper advances from adults.

Source:   Los Angeles Times
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New York, Facebook to settle probe, sources say  —  SAN FRANCISCO — The New York State attorney general and Facebook Inc. have agreed to a settlement of a child safety probe targeting the fast-growing social network site, people familiar with the deal said Monday.  —  Terms of the settlement were not immediately available.

Source:   Reuters
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