今日科技：微软以85亿美元收购Skype
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* Fortune.com网站全新改版。如果你是新闻通讯订阅用户，还未看过改版后的网站，那么赶紧一睹为快吧！ * 多方消息称微软（Microsoft）正与流行的视频通话服务提供商Skype进行谈判，准备以大约85亿美元收购后者。不过All Things D表示，此项收购交易实际已经是板上钉钉。据报道，总部位于华盛顿州雷蒙德市的科技巨头微软将于10号上午晚些时候宣布收购消息。最新更新：我的同事丹•普里马克已确认交易成功。预计官方消息马上就会宣布。[All Things D和《财富》（Fortune）] * 与此同时，微软Windows Phone 7团队将于5月24日在纽约市预览微软移动操作系统的最新版本——“芒果”（Mango）。（ZDNET） * 宏碁（Acer）前首席执行官蒋凡可•兰奇讲述自己为何被迫离开这家计算机硬件制造商。（All Things D） * 谷歌（Google）计划于10号晚些时候在谷歌I/O大会上公布其云音乐服务，尽管该服务还未得到主要音乐厂商和发行商的许可。如果真这样的话，谷歌和亚马逊（Amazon）几乎如出一辙，后者早在今年初就启动了一项类似服务，不过现在仍未取得音乐厂商们的许可。（VentureBeat） * 谷歌I/O大会还有什么值得期待的？请参阅phandroid.com网站。（Phandroid） * YouTube与环球（Universal）、索尼影视（Sony Pictures）和华纳兄弟（Warner Brothers）等好莱坞制片商达成合作协议，后者将为YouTube提供大约3000部完整版电影。这样一来，YouTube的可租赁电影总数一举超过6000部。绝大部分新电影的起始价为3.99美元，而老电影的起始价则为2.99美元。(TechCrunch) * YouTube联合创始人查德•赫尔利和陈士骏收购实时商业平台Tap11.com，距离他们此前收购雅虎（Yahoo）旗下的Delicious还不到两周时间。两人表示，Tap 11将并入两人目前仍显神秘的新创公司AVOS中。（AVOS） * 科技作者罗伯特•斯科博讲述自己最近采访23家新创企业的收获，其中包括iPad如何给一些企业带来启发。（Scobleizer） 译者：项航 |
* Fortune.com revealed its brand spanking new Web site. If you're a newsletter subscriber and haven't seen the changes for yourself, head on over! * Multiple reports abound that Microsoft is negotiating to buy popular video calling service Skype for some $8.5 billion, but according to All Things D, the deal is actually already in the bag. The Redmond, Washington-based tech giant will reportedly make the announcement later this morning. UPDATE: Colleague Dan Primack has confirmed the deal. Expect the official announcement shortly. (All Things D and Fortune) * Meanwhile, the Windows Phone 7 team will preview the latest build of Microsoft's mobile operating system, dubbed "Mango," on May 24 in New York City. (ZDNET) * Former Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci on why he was ousted from the computer hardware maker. (All Things D) * Google intends to unveil its cloud music service late today at its I/O conference without the approval of major music labels and publishers. If so, the move echoes Amazon, which launched a similar music service -- also sans industry approval -- earlier this year. (VentureBeat) * What else to expect at Google I/O... (Phandroid) * YouTube teamed up with Hollywood studios like Universal, Sony Pictures, and Warner Brothers to offer around 3,000 full-length feature films on the video-streaming site, bringing the total number of rentable movie titles to 6,000-plus. Most new releases will start at $3.99, while older titles will go for $2.99. (TechCrunch) * YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen acquired Tap11.com, a real-time business platform, just two weeks or so after the two bought Delicious from Yahoo. According to the two, Tap11 will be integrated with their still-enigmatic startup, AVOS. (AVOS) * Tech author Robert Scoble on what he learned from recent interviews with 23 startups, including how the iPad is inspiring some ventures. (Scobleizer) |
