Jesse Stay / Stay N\’ Alive:
Developers Bailing on Twitter … I’ve been following various development mailing lists lately, and I’m seeing a trend of developers starting to bail on Twitter. This is a scary thought, because when the developers bail, so will the users. It all started with a conversation …
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Peter Kafka / Silicon Alley Insider:
Citi: YouTube Can Generate $500M In 2009 (GOOG) — Either Google (GOOG) is figuring out how turn YouTube from money pit into a real business, or it’s figured out how to convince everyone else that it’s doing so: Estimates for the channel’s revenue potential continue to climb.
Jack Schofield / Guardian:
Can Yang survive at the top of Yahoo? — It seems unlikely. Having failed to seal a deal with Microsoft, Yahoo co-founder and chief executive Jerry Yang could face a shareholder revolt led by multi-billionaire investor Carl Icahn. The New York Times has publicly harangued him for failing …
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LONDON — Indian entrepreneur Svati Bhogle was named 2008 Energy Champion at the Ashden Awards, which aim to recognize the use of sustainable energy in local communities worldwide, in London on Thursday.
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MANILA, Philippines — (UPDATE 7) The police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) filed a formal complaint before the Department of Justice (DoJ) early Friday morning against Indanan, Sulu Mayor Alvarez Isnaji and his son Haider for the kidnapping of an ABS-CBN news team and their guide.
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MANILA, Philippines — Some 94,000 irregular or undocumented Filipino workers in Europe may be affected once the European Union enacts a new immigration rule against overstaying or illegal migrants.
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Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Microsoft does 180, will continue to support MSN Music DRM — Microsoft has reversed its decision to pull the plug on MSN Music’s authorization servers, according to an e-mail sent out to customers this afternoon. Customers who bought music from the now-defunct service will now be able …
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Want XP on a new Dell? You’ll pay up to $50 extra for the aging OS — Vostro line gets surcharges; Latitude, OptiPlex, Precision get no-cost downgrades — Computerworld) Dell Inc. will charge customers up to $50 for factory-installed Windows XP on some PCs after Wednesday, according to the company’s Web site.
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Zimbabwe’s opposition party has said four of its activists and the wife of Harare’s mayor have been killed by supporters of President Robert Mugabe. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Mugabe of sponsoring efforts to starve, beat and kill opponents so he can stay in power.
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