Netzökonom:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Our focus is growth, not revenue  —  FAZ: “The web 2.0 architecture is not necessarily a revenue opportunity.  This is not where the money is”, said Eric Schmidt from Google.  Do you agree with him?  —  Mark Zuckerberg: I disagree.  He has a clear incentive for saying what he is […]

Walaika Haskins / E-Commerce Times:
Microsoft Aims for an Experience, Sony Just Wants a Home  —  Microsoft and Sony both talked up their consoles’ proprietary virtual worlds at the Tokyo Game Show Wednesday.  Sony said that its long-delayed Home will arrive before 2009, and Microsoft offered some details on the New Xbox Experience, which will […]

Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Zuckerberg: Facebook Will Have A Business Plan In Three Years  —  If you’ve had a nagging suspicion that Mark Zuckerberg really doesn’t know how he’ll turn Facebook into a business, wonder no more.  You’re right.  Here he is talking to German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:

Sarah Kershaw / New York Times:
The Sum of Your Facial Parts  —  IS the woman pictured on the right more attractive than the woman on the left?  Do her wider-set eyes, the longer distance between her hairline and the bridge of the nose, and the rounder shape of her face make her more beautiful?

Om Malik / GigaOM:
Inside Details of Sequoia Capital’s Doomsday Meeting With its Companies  —  Last night I reported on a special meeting held by Sequoia Capital for its portfolio companies, warning them about the fiscal hurricane that was going to hit them, and how they’d better figure out ways to survive what could be […]

Brooke Crothers / CNET News:
Micron to cut workforce by 15 percent, slash flash output  —  After cutting executive pay last week, Micron Technology is now paring staff as it scales back flash memory chip production.  —  On the heels of reporting a $344 million fourth-quarter loss last week—when Micron …

Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for October 2008  —  Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification issued: October 9, 2008  —  Microsoft Security Bulletins to be issued: October 14, 2008  —  This is an advance notification of security bulletins that Microsoft is intending to release on October 14, 2008.

Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
40 laid off at software company as execs arrested  —  SEATTLE (AP) — Two former software executives grossly overstated their company’s revenue to attract more than $50 million in private investment, prosecutors said Wednesday, adding that the fraud was uncovered late last month when a worker found …

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Apple “Notebook” event is on, October 14th!  —  The rumors were true folks.  Apple is staging an invitation-only Town Hall event in San Francisco next Tuesday, October 14th at 10AM PST.  It’s absolutely safe to say they’ll be showing off new laptops… and you know we’ll be there live!

Slobodan Simic / Fudzilla:
MSI’s new Wind U120 pixellized  —  Exclusive: In all its glory  —  We’ve managed to get our hands on some pictures of MSI’s upcoming Wind U120 netbook, or as some like to call it, the Wind 2.  Still featuring a 10-inch screen, the new U120 will also be less “cute” than […]