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AT&T's First-Quarter Results Highlighted by Wireless Gains, U-verse TV Growth, Double-Digit Increase in IP Data Revenues — EPS of $0.53 versus $0.57 for the year-earlier first quarter; incremental noncash pension/retiree benefit costs reduced first-quarter 2009 EPS by $0.05, consistent with full-year outlook
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AT&T: First quarter earnings shine; 1.6 million iPhones activated — AT&T on Wednesday delivered first quarter net income of $3.1 billion, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of $30.6 billion. That tally handily topped Wall Street estimates. Meanwhile, AT&T said it activated 1.6 million iPhones in the quarter.
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AT&T activates 1.6M more iPhone 3Gs as data revenues jump
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Electronista
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The True Cost of Amazon's New Kindle — The research firm iSuppli tears apart the Kindle 2 to determine how much its components really cost — It has taken the online retailer Amazon less than two years to make its Kindle device more or less synonymous with the electronic book reader,
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Yahoo analysts play deal or no deal on Microsoft search pact — Yahoo's first quarter earnings conference call was a humdinger—and possibly designed that way. — Everyone knew Yahoo's quarter would be so-so at best (Techmeme). And everyone knew attention would be focused on potentially outsourcing search to Microsoft.
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Yahoo's Bartz Rewrites the Script on APT — For the past several quarters, APT - Yahoo's new service for selling display advertising - has been a favorite talking point for Yahoo managers. They have trumpeted it on multiple earnings calls, saying it will “change the game” in advertising.
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Pro Apps and MacBooks to see update at WWDC — We just got a call in from our favorite Apple source who says that Apple is going to have a minor update at WWDC for MacBooks and MacBook Pros. He said he wasn't sure what the minor upgrade was but there was speculation that there might …
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I Should Have Heeded My Own Advice About Twitter — About a full year ago, I wrote of developers leaving the Twitter development platform due to Twitter consistently removing features, making changes without warning developers, and effectively putting developers out of business with just a single change of policy.
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TechCrunch, Between the Lines, Regular Geek, Performancing.com and Twitter Status, Thanks:atul
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Search for “me” on Google — It's no secret that from time to time many of us have searched on Google for our name or someone else's. When searching for yourself to see what others would find, results can be varied and aren't always what you want people to see — whether it's someone else with your name …
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First Google Android Netbooks spotted — Certainly this can't be it. The first Google Android netbook should certainly be more monumental than this $100 device from SkyTone. Guanzhou, China-based Skytone is famous for making Skype headsets and ultra low cost children's computers.
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Nokia: We Don't Know Why Criminals Want Our Old Phones — The mystery why cybercriminals want a discontinued Nokia phone isn't getting any clearer. — Hackers have been offering up to €25,000 (US$32,413) in undergrounds forums for Nokia 1100 phones made in the company's former factory in Bochum, Germany.
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Core MySpace Executive Team “Definitely Out.” Expect Announcement Soon. — An update to my post earlier today that News Corp., under new CEO of Digital Media Jonathan Miller, is looking to replace MySpace CEO and cofounder Chris DeWolfe. We've confirmed that things are actually moving …
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Specifications Of Acer Latest Smart Handheld — Today, ACER launches 5 smart handheld. You can read the press release here or the media launch coverage here. It is rare that a brand launches so many handsets at a time. Nevertheless, I understand that many are interested in the specifications of them.
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Firefox 3.0.9 targets 12 security vulnerabilities — Mozilla released an update to Firefox 3 on Tuesday that patches 12 security vulnerabilities, four of which it rated as critical. — Firefox 3..9, the Web browser's third update this year, fixes two critical vulnerabilities …
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Mozilla.org, eWeek, Security Watch, The Register, Mashable!, ITworld.com, Softpedia News, Lifehacker and Mozilla Links
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Your health on the iPhone! — For my entire life, I've relied on habit. I wake up when my eyes open in the morning (sometimes prompted by the alarm clock), eat when my tummy says its time, exercise in the mornings, and fall asleep when I'm dead tired. — But the applications being built …
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Face recognition comes to Flickr — Without any big fuss, a face-recognition feature has been added to Flickr. — The new feature was launched recently by Swedish start-up Polar Rose. It lets users import all their photos from a Flickr account to an account on Polar Rose …
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Lifehacker
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Sorting out the Pirate Bay verdict — In the aftermath of the Pirate Bay trial, many Swedish law experts say they consider Friday's high-profile guilty verdict severe but fair. Very few had predicted the verdict before it was handed out. — Complicating the case in many observers' eyes …
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New Military Command to Focus on Cybersecurity — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration plans to create a new military command to coordinate the defense of Pentagon computer networks and improve U.S. offensive capabilities in cyberwarfare, according to current and former officials familiar with the plans.
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Spammers Solving Difficult AI Problems With An Underground X Prize — Slashdot points us to an interview with Luis von Ahn (who we're a big fan of), where he talks about how spammers who are frustrated by various types of CAPTCHA tests have set up their own sort of “innovation prize,” …
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Peanut butter manifesto scribe seeking to raise $150M venture fund — The last thing anyone in their right mind would do these days, you'd think, would be to try to create a new venture capital firm. — The list of the walking dead venture firms is growing, because the sector …
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Updating Applications for On-screen Input Methods — One of the major new features we are introducing in Android 1.5 is our Input Method Framework (IMF), which allows developers on-screen input methods such as software keyboards. This article will provide an overview of what Android input method editors …
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Trackle brings personal updates to any website — Trackle, the surprisingly useful service that sends you personalized alerts from around the web, is now extending its technology to other web sites with new “Trackle It” buttons. — The concept sounds a little dodgy at first. Updates?
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Sun's Schwartz Tries to Reassure His Troops in Email — Many current and former employees of Sun Microsystems are lamenting Oracle's deal to buy the computer maker. But Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's chief executive, told employees Monday in an internal email that the transaction is …
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