Microsoft, Yahoo move forward on paid search
The two companies say the move to combine advertisers on Microsoft’s AdCenter tool is on track to be completed by the end of October.

Apple to stream music event–to Apple devices
Apple announces that it will provide a live video stream of Wednesday’s music event, but only to those who have Macs running OS X, an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.

How Google Gmail Calling Affects Skype
Google’s Gmail phone-calling service, which racked up 1 million calls from users in its first 24 hours of release, threatens Skype because it copies its service for initiating and receiving free or cheap calls over IP. Gmail and Skype both offer trade-offs, and analysts and industry experts have different takes on how these services match up.

Netflix isn’t going to save Apple TV
Apple reportedly will team up with Netflix to offer streaming videos to Steve Jobs’ ongoing hobby. Big deal. Netflix is already in your entertainment center.

Time for IBM to become an open source hero
No one else does a better job of giving the lie to the idea that open source is a money loser than IBM. IBM has become the Stan Musial of open source.

Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.

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