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Facebook Names Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer (Facebook Press Releases)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Facebook Press Releases:
Facebook Names Sheryl Sandberg Chief Operating Officer  —  Facebook today announced that Sheryl Sandberg will join the company as Chief Operating Officer starting Mar. 24, 2008.  As COO, Sandberg will be responsible for helping Facebook scale its operations and expand its presence globally.

Sheryl Sandberg Will Become COO of Facebook (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
Sheryl Sandberg Will Become COO of Facebook  —  Facebook will announce that it will hire top Google executive Sheryl Sandberg as COO this afternoon, in a major hire that is sure to shake up the company and also deliver a blow to rival Google.  —  At Google (GOOG), Sandberg is the […]

Yahoo! unveils third leg for managing mobile content (Joe Fay/The Register)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Joe Fay / The Register:
Yahoo! unveils third leg for managing mobile content  —  CeBIT Yahoo! sprouted the third leg of its mobile content strategy today, with the surprise launch of onePlace, an application that aggregates and filters users’ content desires.  —  onePlace lines up with oneSearch …

AMD Sets Sights on 45-nm (Scott Ferguson/eWeek)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Scott Ferguson / eWeek:
AMD Sets Sights on 45-nm  —  At CeBIT, AMD will offer demonstrations of its newest chip technology for servers and desktops.  —  AMD’s first 45-nanometer processors are within sight.  —  At the 2008 CeBIT conference March 4 in Hannover, Germany, Advanced Micro Devices will demonstrate working 45-nm …

AMD Sets Sites on 45-nm (Scott Ferguson/eWeek)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Scott Ferguson / eWeek:
AMD Sets Sites on 45-nm  —  At CeBIT, AMD will offer demonstrations of its newest chip technology for servers and desktops.  —  AMD’s first 45-nanometer processors are within sight.  —  At the 2008 CeBIT conference March 4 in Hannover, Germany, Advanced Micro Devices will demonstrate working 45-nm …

ASUS’ 9-inch Eee PC, now with living pixels! (Paul Miller/Engadget)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Paul Miller / Engadget:
ASUS’ 9-inch Eee PC, now with living pixels!  —  We showed you quite a bit of the 9-inch Eee PC from ASUS yesterday, but they wouldn’t let us turn it on.  Now that CeBIT has officially begun, however, ASUS is lighting up those pixels loud and proud.  ASUS tells us the […]

Audiophiles can’t tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers (Nilay Patel/Engadget)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Audiophiles can’t tell the difference between Monster Cable and coat hangers  —  We’ve always believed that the perceived quality boost that comes from using high-end cables is really just a trick of the mind (read: justifying the ridiculous cost of premium cables to yourself) …

Microsoft Announces Worldwide Availability of Office Live Workspace Beta (Microsoft)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Microsoft:
Microsoft Announces Worldwide Availability of Office Live Workspace Beta  —  Customers get immediate access to the new service that extends Microsoft Office, provides anywhere access to documents and enables sharing functionality.  —  Microsoft Corp. today announced the public availability …

Steven Spielberg’s Ghost Town (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Steven Spielberg’s Ghost Town  —  Hollywood super producer Steven Spielberg is preparing to launch a new social network, we’ve heard from multiple sources.  The focus will be on users who’ve had or who are interested in sharing paranormal and extraterrestrial experiences.

Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight powered experiences to millions of mobile users (Nokia)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Nokia:
Nokia to bring Microsoft Silverlight powered experiences to millions of mobile users  —  Extends choice for developers on the world’s leading mobile platforms  —  Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on Symbian OS …