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It was 10 years ago this week that Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ordered Microsoft split in two as a remedy for abusing its Windows monopoly. That judgment was tossed out on appeal, but the eventual antitrust settlement has had plenty of repercussions. From crapware to insecurity, here’s my wrap-up of what 10 years of antitrust regulation has really accomplished.

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How a decade of antitrust oversight has changed your PC

A few follow-up notes on the incident involving Golden Tate at the Top Pot Doughnuts cafe in Bellevue. Officer Carla Iafrate of the Bellevue Police Department confirmed that Tate received a trespassing warning on Saturday morning. He was not cited nor arrested.

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Follow-up on Golden Tate’s Top Pot caper

Seahawks rookie Golden Tate answered questions about the incident over the weekend. He was not cited nor arrested, but he did receive a warning for trespassing after he fell victim to the lure of Top Pot Doughnut’s maple bars. Now, one thing to clarify.

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Golden Tate and the lure of Top Pot maple bars

Golden Tate was inside the Top Pot Doughnuts in Bellevue while it was closed on Saturday, according to a report from TMZ.com. He was not arrested nor cited, according to the report . Tate was found there at 3 a.m.

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Report: Golden Tate in Top Pot Doughnuts after closing

A couple of weeks ago, Harvey Hirsh posted that we should “Stop Selling Rectangles.” He offered some great ideas and insights – but if rectangles are what you’ve got, you can still make them more interesting with folding and finishing. Here is one of the super-cool folds from the foldfactory.com archives.

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Make Rectangles More Interesting

Barb Pellow posted an interesting article (free access) on WhatTheyThink last week that provides insight into marketing trends related to metrics and measurement. She highlights several case examples of companies that are integrating print into campaigns that include additional, digital channels. This multi-channel convergence is an important topic for our industry and this article helps to put the issues into perspective.

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Snapshot of “Marketing Outlook 2010″

Last week, everyone who normally covers technology became a stock market expert briefly, marvelling over Apple’s stock price and tsk-tsking at Steve Ballmer for Microsoft’s “lost decade.” But take a closer look at the PC industry as a whole and you’ll see a different story.

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A closer look at Microsoft’s "lost decade"

I enjoyed reading what Richard Romano wrote about the optimism in the isles at IPEX. In one of his first stories he wrote, “There’s not really the sense that there is any kind of economic boom happening per se, but rather more the feeling that everyone has survived something

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Is It Too Early to Start Investing in Your Company?

I’ve been told that I enjoy the process of reengineering communications way too much to be normal, but I’ve met my match in Trish Witkowski. Trish has taken her passion for a single aspect of communications – the fold – to a nearly obsessive level. She established a communinity of folding aficionados at www.FoldFactory.com where she posts a series of videos titled “ The 60-second Super-cool Fold of the week ” (soon to be seen here on The Digital Nirvana.

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Origami Master of the Mail – Trish Witkowski

The medium format pro and semi-pro photo printing are surprisingly well considered, with Canon and HP machines. Leaders in the field are Epson, however, and the Stylus Photo R1900 to replace the popular Stylus Photo R1800, must be a class act

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Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Three LED Indicators Printer

The importance of smart phones for journalists in the modern world cant be underestimated. Ed Medina , writing for Poynter Online , recently explained how his smart phone came in handy when he found himself in the middle of a story as it was breaking

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Poynter Online highlights importance of smart phones for reporting

The blog “Steps to Take Before Purchasing a Digital Press” got some great feedback. I responded to Henry’s comments in the blog about image quality and reliability and made the case that “drift happens”! But I wanted to dive deeper into Dennis Beck’s great comments

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Building More Value into Commoditized Products

OpenFile, a Toronto based news site, is attempting to reinvent the online news industry through open source citizen journalism, PBS reports . According to OpenFile’s website , the group’s aim is to create a “vibrant, ever-evolving local news conversation among newsmakers, news-gatherers and news readers.” Launched on May 11, the Web site is led by former CBC, CTV and CNN journalist Wilf Dinnick, and has received startup funding from a private venture capitalist

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Toronto-based open source site aims to reinvent online journalism

Quarterback Mike Reilly was released by the Seahawks Tuesday two weeks after Seattle claimed the former Central Washington quarterback off waivers from St. Louis. Reilly was replaced on the roster by wide receiver Marcus Maxwell

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Seahawks release Mike Reilly, former Central Washington QB

The theme that emerged from the first session of the Press Gazette Local Heroes conference was the importance of engaging with your community as much as possible in order to be successful in the hyperlocal news arena, and the necessity to go as local as possible.

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Go very local and engage with your community, say hyperlocal entrepreneurs

The Indian English language daily, Hindustan Times , has just launched an iPhone news app, and claims to be the first Indian newspaper to do so, reported afaqs ! While the number of iPhone users in India does not represent a substantial number, the application “will primarily target iPhone users or non-resident Indians in the West.” The app will be offered for free and without advertisements, but HT does hope it will be able to embed ads on the news app, monetizing the application in the future.

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India: Hindustan Times launches free iPhone app

Microsoft has won back the customers it lost during the three years when it was best known for the unloved and much-mocked Windows Vista. In fact, new customer-satisfaction scores show Microsoft’s approval ratings at an all-time high.

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It’s official: Microsoft is out of the Vista doghouse

Four journalists who have been banned from covering Military Commissions in Guantanamo Bay for publishing the name of an interrogator are appealing the Pentagon order on grounds that their ban was “illegal and unconstitutional,” reports McClatchyDC .

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Four journalists banned from Gitmo coverage appeal ban

Writing for The New York Times , David Carr set out to make a point about the effect search engine optimization (SEO) has had upon the newspaper industry using a provocative headline ‘ Taylor Momsen Did Not Write This Headline .’

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NYT asks: has search engine optimization gone too far?

Magazine publishers are finding new ways to connect with readers through Facebook by giving them an opportunity to read content and subscribe without leaving the social networking site, AdAge reported last week. Until recently, companies have widely used Facebook to direct traffic to external Web sites.

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Has Time Inc. found a way to monetize content on Facebook?