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Technorati continues to crank out services faster than the Keelber’s can crank out cookies.

Linux Software Development Benefits Healthcare

A joint effort by WorldVistA and Windows-to-Linux developer firm CodeWeavers will bring a component of the VistA health records application to Linux systems.

Why Google and Yahoo Both Love eBay

eBay Inc. is the number one and number two sponsored link advertiser for both Google and Yahoo!, reports Nielsen/NetRatings. Dwarfing other advertisers in the top five, eBay and eBay’s Shopping.com have spent more on search marketing than Target and Interactive Corp. combined (and then some).

Google Research Steps Up To Blogging

Google breaks out the Ph.D. Googlers, equips them with titanium slide rules, and sends them out to throw down with Mensa.

Good Pitch, Bad Pitch

Todd Defren, principal of SHIFT Communications, has launched a new blog he’s calling The Good Pitch Blog.

Feature Complete Vista Expected This Week

IDG says Microsoft will release a new Community Technology Preview of Windows Vista this week.

Yahoo! Developer Network’s PHP Development Center

Woohoo! The PHP Development Center is now live on the Yahoo! Developer Network.

Microsoft Rivals Whine To EU

A group of the typical Microsoft rivals, including Oracle, Sun, RealNetworks and IBM, have lodged yet another antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Union.

ProfNet Bloggers

Dan Forbush has posted an interesting collection of links to blogs (and podcasts) that are being written by members of ProfNet:

BlackBerry Gets Patent Boost

The Patent Office has rejected all five patents held by NTP, just ahead of a hearing on Friday that could still shutdown Research In Motion’s BlackBerry service in the United States.

First Paper-less Daily Newspaper

De Tijd newspaper of Antwerp, Belgium, will soon become the world’s first newspaper to publish a digital version on electronic paper’ which is automatically updated during the day.

Google Names Head of Philanthropy

According to the WSJ, Google has named 61 year old Larry Brilliant to head-up their Google.org philanthropic group.

Last Chance for Google Porn

According to CNet, a federal judge has ruled that Google’s image search feature likely violate U.S. copyright law because it displays small thumbnail versions of the images.

10 Reasons To Buy Vista

Michael Desmond at PC World gives his list of reasons to buy Windows Vista. While you should read the article to get actual details, here’s the short list:

Google Answers Enterprise Desktop Concerns

After Gartner Research published the opinion that Google Desktop users in a business setting should use the Enterprise version of the product, Google released an updated edition of that product.

XM Brings Push-Button Buying to Radio

Wow…one of my predications is about to become a reality. Remember back on Jan 18th, I commented on the Google acquisition of a radio ad network…

Windows Now Top Server OS

Slashdot reports that in 2005 Windows edged out Unix for the first time ever as the top server operating system.

Access Scholarly Literature via Google Scholar

A reminder… obviously you use Google, however, did you know that Google also has a tool known as Google Scholar (Beta)?

Can Your Web Site Design Win an Award?

At some point or another, you’ve likely come across a website or two that boasts (among other things) the winning of an award for its web design.

The GOLDGEOS Project

Dimitri Golman has released the GOLDGEOS Project.

Updated GRASS GIS 6.0.2 Released Today

The developers have announced yet another update to the popular GRASS The new features of GRASS 6 cover a new topological 2D/3D vector engine and support for vector network analysis.

The Dirty Little Secret About RSS News

There’s a dirty little secret in the newspaper industry. In fact, it’s a secret that might one day cause serious damage to newspaper brands and give further rise to blogs, unless there’s action.

Employee Communications is the Chicken…

Marketing is the egg.

The Four P’s of Blog Marketing

Anyone who has spent any time around marketers has probably heard about the profession’s “Four P’s.”