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Google to Power AOL Search for the Next 5 Years

Google and AOL have signed a deal that extends the search and advertising partnership between the two companies for another five years. The agreement also includes mobile search and adds a content sharing partnership with YouTube. In a statement , AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said, “After nearly a decade-long partnership in search, we’re looking forward to expanding our global relationship to mobile search and YouTube.
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Remains of the Day: Amazon Gets 99-Cent HD TV Show Purchases [For What Its Worth]

Amazon announces 99-cent downloads for TV shows in HD, winning the lottery isn't what it's cracked up to be, and Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system is ready for prime time. More
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Windows Phone 7 Ready for Release

Microsoft has completed the development of its forthcoming Windows Phone 7 . The mobile OS has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) stage, the company announced today. All that remains now is for networks and manufacturers to work on the final integrations of WP7 so that it is prepared for its release. While an official release date has not been announced, most reports pin October as Microsoft’s target time for launch
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Morning Brief: Apple Live Event, Amazon TV Subscription Service, New Sony E-Readers

This series is brought to you by HTC EVO 4G , America’s first 4G phone. Only from Sprint. The “First to Know” series keeps you in the know on what’s happening now in the world of social media and technology.
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Microsoft Research: Buttons Beat Multitouch Mouse [Microsoft]

Microsoft carried out some exhaustive research into the benefits of multitouch-enabled desktop mice over traditional desktop mice. And discovered there aren't really any benefits at all for most users, who prefer the speed offered by mechanical buttons and wheels. More
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How CEOs Will Use Social Media in the Future

This series is supported by Gist . Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. See how it works here .
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OffiSync Supercharges Microsoft Office By Enabling Real-time Co-Authoring And Google Apps Integration

OffiSync Supercharges Microsoft Office, enabling users to significantly improve the way they create, collaborate and share their documents by integrating Microsoft Office with Google Docs, and Google Apps. Installing OffiSync adds a new toolbar to any version of Microsoft Office, letting users easily import web content such as images and templates right from within MS Office, collaborate with others in real time, letting users see each other’s edits as they work with Office files and share their final documents with others inside or outside the firewall. The OffiSync plug-in for Microsoft Office downloads seamlessly as a new toolbar in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel 2003, 2007 and 2010, making it very easy to use with no training required. Opening and saving a document to Google Docs and Google Sites is as easy as using documents on your own computer.
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How to Create Your Own Photosynths [Photosynth]

Photosynths are a 3D-like space from (tons) of your photos. They're free to create and here's how to do it. More
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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen sues Apple, Google, Facebook, AOL, eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Staples, OfficeMax, Office Depot, and YouTube over patents

Microsoft 's co-founder Paul Allen has filed suit against nine companies over patent violations. Through his current firm, Interval Licensing LLC, Allen is suing Apple, Google, AOL, Facebook, ebay, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube (which is a subsidiary of Google). The claims involve four separate patents, most of which cover integral parts of how the companies named do business. For example, one patent allows site suggestions for consumers based on things they're currently viewing, while another allows related articles to be delivered while reading news
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Facebook Chat to Drop IE6 Support

If you are still using Internet Explorer 6.0 , Facebook has a new incentive for you to move onward and upward: Facebook Chat . On its blog today, Facebook announced that its chat feature will no longer support IE 6. Like an increasing number of web applications, the social network cited the 9-year-old browser’s inability to support new features as the reason for dumping it. Facebook won’t be flipping the IE 6 off-switch until September 15, so users will have a few weeks to evaluate alternatives or try to convince the boss to finally make the move to IE 8 , Google Chrome or Firefox
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