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Nokia:
Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy — Trolltech's Qt based technology assets facilitate application development for multiple platforms and devices — Espoo, Finland and Oslo, Norway - Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Nokia acquires Trolltech — the biggest little company you've never heard of — In a move meant to bolster its software development prowess, Nokia just announced the acquisition Trolltech. Who's Trolltech? Well, its software can be found in some 10 million devices.
Henry Blodget / Silicon Alley Insider:
Yahoo (YHOO) Going Forward With “Drastic” Layoffs—Source — A source close to Yahoo reports that Jerry Yang has decided to go forward with aggressive layoffs. The source believes the layoffs will be announced on the company's conference call this week and that the final number will be likely …
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Verizon:
Verizon Caps Successful Year With Strong 4Q Results — Significant Gains in All Strategic Areas; Verizon Wireless Leads Industry in Key Metrics; Continued Strong FiOS and Enterprise Strategic Services Growth — 4Q 2007 HIGHLIGHTS — 37 cents in EPS and 62 cents in adjusted EPS (non-GAAP) …
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
LEGO Brick Timeline: 50 Years of Building Frenzy and Curiosities — The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58 p.m. today, January 28, 2008. This timeline shows these 50 years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the LEGOLAND themed sets to TECHNIC and MINDSTORMS NXT …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
Ribbit Readies An Amphibian Attack On Voice Apps — Ribbit, the startup that is building a platform for Voice 2.0 apps, is creating a Web-based phone service for consumers codenamed “Amphibian." The point of Amphibian is both to demonstrate the capabilities of Ribbit's technology and to serve …
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Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google Lego Logo: Google Offers Lego 50th Birthday Wishes — Google has a special logo up on the Google home page today. The Google logo is made up of legos, to celebrate Lego's fifty-year birthday. — Google's culture has always had a special place for lego.
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Target Tells a Blogger to Go Away — Target to the blogosphere: you're irrelevant. — That was the message the cheap-chic retailer seemed to convey in an abrupt e-mail message to ShapingYouth.org, a blog about the impact of marketing on children. Early this month, the blog's founder …
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Ben Kuchera / Opposable Thumbs:
Mole: 80GB PS3 dead, 120-160GB with Dual Shock 3 incoming — Our inside source of all things video gaming has been right almost every time it comes out of the shadows to give us information, so I'm going to dispense with the back story. Wherever his or her information is coming from, it's usually solid.
Ina Fried / CNET News.com:
Livescribe reveals it has a Pulse — It may not be quite as rapid as the company had hoped, but Livescribe is ready to show the world its Pulse. — The digital pen company showed off a prototype of its technology at last year's D: All Things Digital conference, but missed its goal of shipping by year's end.
Mike Yamamoto / Crave: The gadget blog:
An all-in-one media hub that will turn heads — As impressive as the “ITC One” media system may be, some have observed that its design doesn't live up to its extensive functions. It's understandable that appearance wasn't a priority, though, given that it's one of the few compact all-in-one systems of its kind.
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Allen Stern / CenterNetworks:
DEMO: Iterasi Lets You Save The Internet One Page at a Time — Iterasi is one of the presenting companies at DEMO this year. The name Iterasi comes from the Portugese from iteration. The idea of the service is simple: save pages in their exact state for later use.
GigaOM:
Skype On the Go — If there's one ongoing user request from Skype users, it's: “How can I access Skype from my mobile device?" Along with the associated question: “If I can make free calls via Skype on a PC platform, why can't I do it on mobile devices?" Enlightened as a result of discussions …
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