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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:
Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 QWERTY with Windows Mobile and HSUPA — It's here, the XPERIA X1 QWERTY from Sony Ericsson. Yes, full QWERTY to make the most of that Windows Mobile 6 operating system. SE's new XPERIA brand will focus on multimedia and mobile web communication.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Sony Ericsson Will Sell Microsoft Windows Mobile Phones — Sony Ericsson Will Sell WinMobile Phones — Sony Ericsson, long the purveyor of its bespoke operating system, has teamed up with Microsoft and will start selling Windows Mobile phones sometime later this year, the company announced.
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Sony Ericsson puts ‘your life in a clamshell’ with the new Z770 web-enabled phone — The new Sony Ericsson Z770 is a powerful web enabled phone designed to keep you up- to-date with the latest headlines, your favourite website and your email inbox. — Sony Ericsson today announced the launch …
Who da'Punk / Mini-Microsoft:
Microsoft's Yahoo! Acquisition is Bold. And Dumb. — Please, Yahoo!: fight to stay independent. Or at least tear yourself apart and pop a couple of poison pills to go out on your own terms before this goes much further. Yeah, I've got your double-suck cake for you: one layer Yahoo!, one layer Microsoft.
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Rob Hof / Tech Beat:
So, What Now for Microsoft and Yahoo? More Fancy Footwork — I'm no M&A expert, but I've seen enough not to be surprised by Yahoo's apparent, imminent rejection of Microsoft's offer to buy the company. So why are so many people wondering why Yahoo would make a counteroffer?
Philg / Philip Greenspun's Weblog:
Microsoft is 2000 times less effective than Google; Yahoo Board seems to be insane — With Windows Vista continue to disappoint users and PC hardware designers continuing to produce ugly oversized desktops, Microsoft has apparently decided that Internet applications are the path to more revenue.
ongoing:
XML People — XML is ten years old today. It feels like yesterday, or a lifetime. I wrote this that year (1998). It's really long. — The title was originally Good Luck and Internet Plumbing but the filename was “XML-People” and I decided I liked that better. I never got around to publishing it, so why not now?
Ken Fisher / Ars Technica:
Apple applies for trademark extension relating to gaming — Might Apple have interest in gaming beyond its pokey iPod gaming offerings? Maybe, when you consider that the company has recently applied to expand its trademark into the realm of gaming. The new filing was made on February 5 …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Mashups Are Breaking the Mold at Microsoft — REDMOND, Wash. — TUCKED away in a building on this forested corporate campus, John Montgomery and his team of 17 programmers might be more at home in Silicon Valley than at Microsoft. — Compared with its tenacious Internet competitors like Google and Yahoo …
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Ernesto / TorrentFreak:
Record Label Quits, Uploads Albums onto The Pirate Bay — Dependent Records, an independent record label from Germany recently decided to shut its doors and upload all its albums onto The Pirate Bay. Interestingly, a year ago the the CEO of the label mentioned piracy as one of the main reasons why they decided to quit.
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Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Sorry, First Adopters—Better iPhone Is On The Way — Apple outraged many of its fans last year when Chief Executive Steve Jobs dropped the price of the 8 gigabyte model of the phone by $200 just two months after putting the phone on sale in June. They were angered again last month …
Clive Akass / Personal Computer World:
Storm worm ‘making millions a day’ — Compromised machines sending out highly profitable span, says IBM security strategist — The people behind the Storm worm are making millions of pounds a day by using it to generate revenue, according to IBM's principal web security strategist.
Curt Feldman / GameTap:
Stealth EA Division Creating Games—Social Net Mash-up — EA LA exec now leading div tasked with growing transmedia game incubator; brand extensions and original IP part of the plan. — LAS VEGAS—Electronic Arts is putting some of its biggest brains behind what could turn out to be some of its smallest games.
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
Bluetooth to piggyback on Wi-Fi — NEW YORK - The popular wireless technology known as Bluetooth could get a lot faster next year by taking advantage of Wi-Fi technology already built into many gadgets. — Linking Bluetooth and Wi-Fi may make it easier and faster to transfer large amounts …
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