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| Thursday March 12, 2009 |
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 War At AOL: Randy Falco Or Ron Grant (Or Both) May GoA source relays rumblings from within Time Warner that the happy harmony between Randy Falco, Ron Grant, and Jeff Bewkes at the top of AOL is finally starting to unravel. The speculation--and it's just speculation--is that someone, either Randy or Ron (or both), will soon take a bullet. Jeff Bewkes is said to finally be distancing himself from his young apprentice (Ron), and Ron is reportedly becoming more vocal about criticizing his boss, Randy. Read > | |
| Worlds.com CEO: We're 'Absolutely' Going To Sue Second Life And World Of Warcraft Worlds.com CEO Thom Kidrin is putting the entire virtual worlds industry on notice: His company claims the idea of a scalable virtual world with thousands of users is its patented intellectual property, and Thom told us he intends to sue anyone who refuses to enter into licensing negotiations -- including giants such as Second Life and World of Warcraft, a property of Activision Blizzard. Read > | |
| Google Bails Out Employees, Socks It To Shareholders Most everyone holding Google stock has sincerely felt the impact of the market's crash. The stock is down to around $300 from $747 in November 2007. As of this week, however, Google employees holding options on Google stock aren't nearly so badly off. Read > | |
| Why Is Microsoft Nickel-And-Diming Windows Mobile Developers? Microsoft announced more details about its forthcoming Windows Mobile app store yesterday. Nothing surprising: Like Apple, it will offer developers a 70/30 revenue split, with Microsoft keeping 30% of app sales. And like Apple, it will charge developers $99 per year to participate in the app store. Sounds fair to us. But this part won't win any goodwill: If you want to submit more than five applications per year to the "Windows Marketplace for Mobile," Microsoft will charge you $99 per app -- a fee Apple does not impose. Read > | |
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Where's eBay's growth going to come from in the next few years? PayPal, its online payment system, executives said today at eBay's analyst day in San Jose. Read > Is Apple About To Shuffle The Headphone Industry Again? Ten years ago, I was the only guy on the train wearing earbuds. Thanks to Apple's iPod, now everyone does. Is the remote control clicky-thing the next thing every set of headphones has to have? Read > Recession Wipes 30% Of Forbes Billionaires Off List Great Depression 2.0 has another victim: Forbes magazine's list of the world's billionaires. Read > Congratulations To The Ad Age Digital Conference Ticket Giveaway Winners, Sam And Steve! If you weren't one of the two lucky winners, you can still get $200 off your conference registration until March 20th! Visit Ad Age for info: www.adage.com/digital2009. See you at the conference in New York on April 7-8! Read > Valley Exec Twitters Through Home Break-In A strange man broke into Revision3 COO David Prager's home last night. Did David call the police? No, he updated Twitter and turned on a live video stream at Ustream. Read > | |
 Hudson Hero Sully Lands $3 Million Book DealNew World Of Warcraft Banned In ChinaComcast Now The Third-Biggest Home Phone CompanyBill Gates' Dad: Raise Taxes On My Son! | |
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