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update#6: Hey folks, we live-blogged the first day DEMO sessions to give you guys a taste of the events, and then followed up that coverage with some more focused stories. Live-blogging on the first day was a little experiment, and we’re trying to gage how interesting that kind of coverage is to our readers. Any [...]

MySQL, the open source database vendor and a key beneficiary of the Web 2.0 boom is planning to go public, by end of the year, CEO Marten Mickos told the Computer Business Review.
MySQL had raised $18.5 million in series C funding in early 2006 (total $39 million) and Mickos says that half of that [...]

Yahoo is cooking up new media model — one that involves creating little-to-no content. The company is harnessing its ability to build online audiences around brands, something it trumpeted at a media lunch held Tuesday at its Sunnyvale headquarters.
Throughout presentations from the Yahoo Media Group, a part of the new “Audience” division, the key word, [...]

Obopay has acquired Billmonk, a web-based tool for settling shared bills. It’s a small deal, but one that I take a special interest in, cause we actually use Billmonk to run our household! (via TechCrunch)

It is never a good idea when the founder and chief executive officer of a start-up gets into a public fight with his ex-boss, claiming that he came up with the idea first.
Yes, we are talking about Ferran Moreno, co-founder and CEO of Whisher, who has gotten into a very public and ugly spat with [...]

In an arrangement that does not admit guilt of any kind, VoIP provider Vonage nevertheless has agreed to pay Texas and five other states a total of $500,000 to settle deceptive trade-practices lawsuits brought against the company in 2005. The lawsuits were spurred by highly publicized incidents where Vonage users who dialed 911 didn’t get [...]