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John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Palm to Apple: Bring It … Though Apple COO Tim Cook didn't mention any companies by name in his recent warning to those who would take liberties with Apple's intellectual property, it was clear to whom he was referring: Palm. — Palm, whose new Pre handset, though built around …
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Jim Goldman / Tech Check with Jim Goldman:
Apple nano Owners Gettin' A Little Extra ‘Scratch’ — Four years in the making, it looks like those early adopters of the Apple [AAPL Loading... () ] iPod nano will be getting a little relief, in the form of a $22 million class-action suit filed against the company because the devices scratched too easily.
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Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Microsoft's game studios take a beating in layoffs; flight sim studo closure confirmed — Amid the news that Microsoft is laying off 5,000 people over the next 18 months, sources report that the game division has taken its share of the beating. — Gamasutra reports that the Flight Simulator studio …
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Elisabeth Lewin / Podcasting News:
Zune Death Watch: Microsoft Zune Revenues Plummet — Microsoft has revealed in a Security and Exchange Commission filing that the company's Zune revenue in the 4th quarter of 2008 was less than half of what it was the previous year. — According to the filing, “Zune platform revenue decreased $100 million …
Chris Ziegler / Engadget Mobile:
AT&T dropping unlimited data and messaging to $30 — Info's flowing fast and furious on this whole MEdia Net thing now, and it turns out that there's more than just a name change involved. MEdia Basic, MEdia Works, MEdia Max 200, and MEdia Net 1MB are all going away (one megabyte, seriously? …
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Toby Padilla / Last.fm:
Last.fm on Android — For the past 6 months we've been on a mission to let you experience Last.fm where you want, when you want. We realize that not everyone has a web browser plugged into their home stereo and very few of us want to take our laptops on the morning jog.
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Verizon:
February 1: Verizon Wireless Reimagines The Home Phone — Innovative Verizon Hub Helps Manage Busy Lives and Helps Users Stay Connected to Family and Community — BASKING RIDGE, NJ — In a dynamic move sure to rattle devotees of plain old home phones, Verizon Wireless will introduce the new Verizon Hub on Feb. 1.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Google Puts The Squeeze On Free Apps — Google says the vast majority of the 1 million businesses that use Google Apps opt for the free advertising supported version. To make the free option less attractive they've been quietly lowering the number of user accounts that can be associated with a free account.
Google Watch:
Google CEO Hints at Semantic, Contextual Search — With financial analysts, online ad-focused press and pundits bowing to Google's fourth quarter success, a jaw-dropping feat considering the recession and woes of rivals Microsoft, Yahoo and AOL, Google CEO Eric Schmidt discussed …
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Stephen Shankland / CNET News:
Al Gore headlining Google event: Google Ocean? — Layoffs and other expense controls show that Google isn't immune to mundane economic realities. But the company's cool factor is still intact, judging by the fact that it signed up former Vice President Al Gore to speak at a Google Earth event next month.
Ina Fried / Beyond Binary:
Microsoft delays plans for Iowa data center — The fallout from Thursday's cost-cutting moves by Microsoft continues. On Friday, Microsoft announced that it is delaying its plans for a massive data center to be built in West Des Moines, Iowa. — It is an abrupt reversal for Microsoft …
Elizabeth Woyke / Forbes:
America's Most Wired Cities — Seattle takes the lead in our annual list of the most broadband-connected U.S. cities. — Move over, Atlanta. Seattle, Microsoft and Amazon.com's home base, is now the country's most wired city. — While these marquee names have long lent the Emerald City tech-y cachet …
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Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
ComScore: Internet Population Passes One Billion; Top 15 Countries — The number of people on the Internet surpassed one billion in December, according to comScore. The actual number is probably higher than that (Internet World Stats counted nearly 1.5 billion Web surfers worldwide as of June 30, 2008).
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
‘Vista Capable’ case could cost Microsoft $8.5B — Expert estimates damages based on 19.4 million Vista Capable PCs — Computerworld) Microsoft Corp. would have to come up with as much as $8.5 billion to settle accounts with the customers affected by its 2006 “Vista Capable” marketing program …
Daniel Terdiman / CNET News:
Are today's Macs related to the Mac Daddy? — The MacBook Air seems a long way off from the original Macintosh. But according to some, there remains some hereditary DNA from its 1984-era ancestor. — (Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News) — What is a Macintosh?
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Now Nearly Twice The Size Of MySpace Worldwide — In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook's case it's still skyrocketing.
Workspace Team Blog:
Looking ahead and bringing you even more — I love working on Live services here at Microsoft. It's an area of the business that I'm very passionate about, and it's a lot of fun to take the products built by the Office team and extend them to the Web. — Today, I wanted to share …
Reuters:
Microsoft leaves many sleepless in Seattle — SEATTLE/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - For affluent Seattle, Microsoft is just the tip of the iceberg. — Microsoft's announcement it will lay off 5,000 in its biggest-ever job-cut rippled through the Seattle area on Thursday, further unnerving residents …
Associated Press:
Pope calls Facebook, MySpace ‘gift’ but warns against isolation — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI says social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can foster friendships and understanding, but warns they also can isolate people and marginalize others.
Yahoo! Finance:
VeriSign and Certicom Corp. Announce Agreement for VeriSign to Acquire Certicom for C$2.10 Per Share — MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and MISSISSAUGA, ON—(MARKET WIRE)—Jan 23, 2009 — VeriSign, Inc. (NasdaqGS:VRSN - News) ("VeriSign") and Certicom Corp. (Toronto:CIC.TO - News) ("Certicom") …
Dawn Kawamoto / CNET News:
Intel Chairman Craig Barrett to retire in May — Intel announced Friday that Chairman and former CEO Craig Barrett will retire from the board in May at the chip giant's annual shareholders meeting. — Barrett, who joined Intel 35 years ago and rose up the ranks to eventually become …
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