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Natalie Kerris / Apple:
Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone — Apple® today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone™ yesterday, just 74 days after its introduction on June 29. iPhone combines three devices into one—a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod®, and the best mobile Internet device ever …
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Ed Christman / Reuters:
Music industry betting on 'ringle' format — NEW YORK (Billboard) - As the recording industry wakes up from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major labels are getting ready to launch the "ringle," …
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Richard Wray / Guardian:
Google in corporate desktop push — Google has linked up with IT consultancy and outsourcing specialist CapGemini to target corporate customers with its range of desktop applications, in the search engine's most direct move against the dominance of Microsoft.
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Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Apple Eyes the Wireless Auction — Steve Jobs & Co. consider joining the FCC's auction of wireless spectrum, and a win would give Apple many intriguing options—for the iPhone and more — Talk of the government's pending auction of valuable wireless spectrum has focused largely …
David Carr / New York Times:
Steve Jobs: iCame, iSaw, iCaved — Let me get this straight: Steve Jobs insists that songs on iTunes cost 99 cents and television episodes cost $1.99 because consumers crave simple pricing. — Except, of course, when it comes to Apple's own products. — On Thursday, I was at the massive Apple temple just off Central Park.
NEWS.com.au:
Google's 'top spot for sale' — GOOGLE has been selling off the top rankings on its search engine results to commercial partners, rather than sorting them by relevance as it claims to, a Sydney court has heard. — The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) …
Business Wire:
Intel Updates Third-Quarter Revenue and Gross Margin Expectations — SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—As a result of stronger than expected worldwide demand for its computing products, Intel Corporation now expects revenue for the third quarter to be between $9.4 billion and $9.8 billion …
AppleInsider:
Apple iTunes glitch reveals movie rental preparations — While attempting to notify Apple of a problem with its iTunes Store, one user stumbled upon evidence that suggests the company may be gearing up to offer movie rentals through the digital download service.
Sandisk:
SanDisk Announces the New Sansa View: a Sleek Video MP3 Player with Remarkable Features and Capacity at an Unbeatable Price — MILPITAS, Calif., September 10, 2007-SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), the second largest seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced the new Sansa® View …
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:
IBM adds heft to OpenOffice open-source project — IBM said on Monday that it will join the OpenOffice.org project and pledged to further use the open-source software in its own products. — OpenOffice is an open-source alternative to Microsoft's Office desktop applications suite.
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Noam Cohen / New York Times:
Brawl Over Islam on Facebook — The social networking site Facebook from afar can look a lot like college, with cliques and the familiar range of personalities. In another imitation of college life, the Facebook campus is wrestling with the contentious issue of speech codes.
Om Malik / GigaOM:
Battle of the Quad Cores — They are fast becoming the Grumpy Old Men of Silicon Valley: Intel Corp. (INTC) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), long-time rivals who bicker in public and spar over everything from clock speeds to BUS technologies, are at it again — this time over quad core processors.
Henny Sender / Wall Street Journal:
KKR Allows First Data Covenant — Other Firms Are Watching — To Gauge Credit Sentiment — As Deal Enters Final Stage — KKR has blinked. — Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. now appears willing to make concessions to investment banks arranging the $24 billion in debt for its purchase …
Wily Ferret / Inquirer:
Apple grabs 3G technology — For second coming of Jesus phone — A COMPANY called Apple has struck a deal with wireless tech firm Interdigital which will allow La Manzana Grande to use the company's 3G radios and interfaces in an upcoming iteration of the Iphone. — Interdigital already sells parts to Samsung and Nokia.
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