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Monday, March 29, 2004

Apple tries to patent iPod interface. SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Computer Inc. is attempting to patent its interface for its iPod music player with the U.S. government. [InfoWorld: Top News]
7:55:33 PM

Google Puts Froogle on Site, Tests Personalization (Reuters). Reuters - Google Inc., the No. 1 Web search engine widely expected to go public this year, on Monday put its Froogle shopping tool on its main Web site and said it is testing new services to deliver personalized search results. [Yahoo! News - Technology]
2:41:45 PM

What Is Bill Gates Thinking?. Microsoft's chief software architect recently returned from one of his fabled "Think Weeks" full of ideas on mesh networking, unified networking and more. [eWEEK Technology News]

11:20:47 AM

Microsoft displays fear, uncertainty, and doubt toward OpenOffice.org. I came across this Microsoft OpenOffice 1.1 Competitive Guide through a post on the TTLUG mailing list, and decided to answer it fully in a FDLed response because it will save quite a few people from typing everything. [NewsForge]

The referenced doc also provides a gateway to other way cool MSFT marketing materials.

9:51:18 AM

Microsoft to launch news, blog search services. Expanding its push into the Internet search space, Microsoft said Friday that it plans to launch Internet search services for news and Web logs later this year. [InfoWorld: Top News]
9:44:46 AM