Linky Goodness, April 30

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 by Jordan McCollum

It’s the last linky goodness of the month. But come on, cheer up—there’s always next month.

Microsoft might be prepping for a merger, but analysts say Yahoo’s betting it can win a proxy battle with Microsoft
The music industry takes a hit in the legal arena as a court rules that putting music in a file-sharing folder doesn’t violate copyright, even when that file is an “unauthorized copy of a copyrighted work.”
In five years, 30% of mobile subscribers will use local mobile search, according to stats from Juniper Research.
Live and Yahoo add features and functionality to their map programs.

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John Gillett Says:

April 30th, 2008 at 5:51 pm

Thanks for the links!– Especially the express to the Google Ocean…
PS3 Says:

May 1st, 2008 at 3:09 am

Blimey, is it really 30th April already, one third of the way through 2008?

I was interested to read the case on copyright violation. As always with these things, we would need to read the full judgement to get a rounded view but it seems like a very strange decision. Surely an appeal will follow.
Webmaster Forums Says:

May 1st, 2008 at 5:03 am

Many thanks for those links.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers Says:

May 1st, 2008 at 5:22 am

Thx for the links, useful info
Nicole Says:

May 1st, 2008 at 8:23 am

The MS Yahoo saga will go on for a long long time, mark my words. Neither will come out of it unbruised.

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Nicole Says:

May 1st, 2008 at 8:27 am

Mobile instruments will take many newly developing countries faster on the growth path because they can completely eliminate one route taken by the rest – the wired communication links. This will enable them to leapfrog technology and since infrastructure costs will not be there, they will be more economical.

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