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Ericsson Not Interested In Juniper

Carl-Henric Svanberg, CEO of telecom hardware maker Ericsson, said his company has no interest in acquiring Juniper Networks.

Salesforce.com Paying $15M For Sendia

The CRM company wants to extend its applications to mobile platforms, and the Sendia acquisition will help with Salesforce’s launch of AppExchange Mobile.

Google Will Save Us All

Wow, I just finished reading Gabriel Stricker’s love-fest Google article and couldn’t help think that maybe he and Google should “get a room”.

MySQL, Oracle Agree On InnoDB Deal

A multiyear agreement between Oracle and MySQL over the InnoDB storage engine license should put an end to fears of a potential Oracle-fueled money grab for MySQL’s customers.

The State of Online Feed Readers – An Addendum

My pappy used to say, “You’ve got to crawl before you can walk.” Ok, I don’t have a pappy, I have a Dad. Truth be told, he never used to tell me that.

Airlines Want iTunes To Take Flight

Instead of hoarding frequent flyer miles for the possibility of getting a free ticket to a holiday hot spot someday, airlines would like to see those travelers use those miles on something far more attainable.

Taiwan Prez Slams Google and Yahoo

During an annual remembrance of a famous Taiwanese free speech activist, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian gave Google and Yahoo a proper smack over their cooperation with China.

Emmy Loves To Have Her Handheld

The first Emmy Award that will be given to entertainment programming created for nontraditional viewing platforms, including PCs, mobile phones, and iPods, will be awarded on April 22nd.

Fighting the Copyright Thieves

If you want to learn what you can do to protect your rights to the original content you post on your blog…

How to Customize Your Own 404 File Not Found Page

We’ve all run into them, the dreaded “404 File Not Found” error page. When you land there, there are a few things that you can do next.

The Google Rainy Day Fund

Almost as many suggestions exist on how Google could spend its $10 billion cash pile as there are dollars in that cash pile. CNNMoney asked of Google, “What kind of downpour do you expect?” A Google spokesperson offered a lengthy insight into the search advertising company’s plans

Time Warner Cable Eyes Google-Style Ad Auction

This whole ad auction thing is taking off. Though Verizon denied that its Yellow Pages auction was inspired by Google or other search engines, Time Warner Cable had no qualms admitting AdSense as the inspiration for possible cable ad auctions.

AOL, Google Slammed In Dodgeball Tournament

The First Annual World Wide Web Invitational Dodgeball Tournament was held over the weekened at Chelsea Piers, and MSN trounced competitors from Google and AOL, as well as The Happy Corp, Flavorpill.net and Root.net.

When Does PR Help Managers Manage?

The quick answer is, PR helps managers manage when it (1) moves business, non-profit, government agency and association managers away from a preoccupation…

Windows Vistas System Accelerators

Microsoft has debuted the final names for Windows Vista’s system accelerator features:

Google Aquires Rights to Text Search Algorithm

Google has hired Israeli-born Ori Allon, an Australian student who has developed a text-search algorithm called Orion, according to News.com.au.

Manage Knowledgement (MK)

Manage Knowledgement is a way of describing KM that’s backwards but works. With KM, users were supposed to fill out forms as a side activity to extract their tacit knowledge.

Fear Not

Anil Dash describes how to address corporate fear of blogging:

A Promising Future for Intranets and Social Media

“Make communications more exciting” is how I would summarize the sentiment of all who participated in the two Melcrum workshops on intranets and social media that I co-presented in London last week and in Manchester the week before.

From Zero to Google

Want to know how to jump start a new blog? Read Darren Rowse’s case study.

Five Assistive Technologies You Should be Aware of

Mouth or Head Wands

Extraordinary Nobodies

Catching up with email unread since last Wednesday (having been away), I start with one from Eric Eggertson which helps me get up to speed with the extraordinary tale of the nobodies.

Honda Links Up With Google Earth

New Honda Civics in the Japanese market will have the capability to retrieve traffic information using Google Earth. The service, called the InterNavi Floating Car System, is available to subscribers as part of the InterNavi Premium Club, a navigational service.

The Answer to Click Fraud?

CNET explains how the recent $90 million click fraud settlement by Google does not mean we won’t see future law suits.