Yahoo’s Mail API & Unlimited Storage

I'll have more to say about some of the larger issues around this in a few days, but now that the embargo has been lifted (damn you, Om Malik), I wanted to point at the pair of announcements from Yahoo! Mail today and yesterday.

Wisdom of Crowds Is Dead

The problem with the human condition is that it involves humans. Bringing that condition online, fostering it with the Wisdom of Crowds philosophy, is slowly but surely proving what philosophers have said since humans first learned to write: the anonymous mob is powerful and passionate, but no more rational than an angry swarm of bees.

Microsoft And InfoNow Join Forces

Ever use a site’s “find a store” feature?  It may have been provided by InfoNow, the company with which Microsoft joined up earlier today.  According to an official statement, InfoNow intends to “integrate Microsoft Virtual Earth within its LocationInsight offering.”

Dell Rolls Out Linux Initiatives

For the past month, fans of the open source Linux operating system have been holding on to hope that Dell was serious about its intentions of packaging the OS with new systems and providing user support. Today, Linux enthusiasts received the happy news they have all been waiting for.

Analyst: MySpace Is A Goldmine

News Corp's MySpace is hitting the jackpot according to Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield. He raised News Corp's earning estimates based on the companies pending sale of DirecTV to Liberty Capital. Greenfield says that MySpace is generating more than $30 million a month in revenue, $24 million in domestic revenue and $6 million internationally. He projects that over the next year monthly revenues will more…