Wall Street Journal signs up with Microsoft for Contextual and Paid Search advertising  —  Microsoft will become the exclusive third-party ad provider for the Wall Street Journal network of sites, including The Wall Street Journal Online, Barrons.com, MarketWatch.com, AllThingsD.com and others.

Source:   LiveSide - Windows Live news and interviews
Author:   Kip Kniskern
Link:   http://www.liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2008/01/29…

VMware Down 30% As Growth Disappoints; Now What?  —  VMware (VMW) shares have plunged more than 30% today following the company’s announcement late yesterday of both a $5 million revenue shortfall compared with Street expectations in the fourth quarter and a 2008 growth projection that left the Street wanting more.

Source:   BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily […]

Digg Joins the DataPortability Project  —  Digg has joined the DataPortability Project, a group of websites cooperating to help you securely use your data however you want.  Why?  Because you own your data.  It’s that simple.  From the start, Digg has supported the idea that you own your own data.

Source:   Digg the Blog
Author:   […]

Motorola may exit its handset business: analyst  —  LONDON (MarketWatch) — There is a possibility that Motorola, Inc. (MOT:, , ) may exit the handset business and concentrate on becoming an enterprise and government company, Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International, told clients a in note published on Tuesday.

Source:   MarketWatch
Author:   Aude Lagorce
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Our Tech President Endorsements: Barack Obama and John McCain  —  It’s sadly clear that our current leaders have little understanding of technology and why it’s important to our economy and culture.  That has to change.  —  We’ve been interviewing 2008 presidential candidates for the last few months …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/29/the-techcrunch…

The True Cost of SMS Messages  —  I just found out that AT&T (A-fee&fee?) is raising their text message pricing.  When I first signed up for AT&T 6 or so years ago it cost 10 cents to send an SMS message, and it was free to receive them.  —  When AT&T switched to Cingular the […]

U2 Manager Says Google And Its Hippie Friends Should Pay The Recording Industry  —  from the still-haven’t-found-what-i’m-looking- for… dept  —  While the IFPI and the RIAA have been actively pushing for ISP liability for file sharing, it appears some in the industry are taking it even further.

Source:   Techdirt
Author:   Michael Masnick
Link:   http://techdirt.com/articles/20080129/014416102.shtml

THE NEW NIKON COOLPIX L18 IS AS SIMPLE AS POINT AND SHOOT  —  Compact Camera Combines Easy Operation and Unique Features for Taking and Sharing Photographs  —  MELVILLE, NY (Jan. 28, 2008) — Nikon is pleased to introduce the COOLPIX L18, a new addition to its Life Series line of digital cameras.

Source:   Nikon Press […]

Google’s Newspaper Ads: Big Hopes For Small Barcodes (GOOG)  —  Google’s efforts to get into the newspaper ad business have yet to yield much.  One tool it hopes will eventually change that: Small, square barcodes, like the one at the right, at the bottom of print ads.

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Dan Frommer
Link:   […]

Windows 7 = Vista Release 2  —  All the kerfuffle over Windows 7 - leaked memos, shaky handheld video clips of leaked builds, equally shaky tentative release schedules - is amusing.  I don’t have any inside information to offer, only a perspective drawn from 17 years of watching the Windows development process in action.

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