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Get Ready to Be Taxed for Online Music
August 13, 2008
on Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous
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Steve Seguin
Most people are enjoying their experiences of purchasing music online, thanks to a seemingly tax free system. However, things are about to change. Read more
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900 Best Buy Stores Jump on the Board the SS iPhone
August 13, 2008
on Business & Law
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Jane McEntegart
Best Buy has announced that as of September 7th, many branches of the franchise will be peddling Apple’s iPhone 3G. Read more
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Surprise, Surprise: U.S. Broadband Is Slow. Really Slow.
August 13, 2008
on Business & Law
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Christian Zibreg
Chicago (IL) - U.S. broadband speeds are the focus of a recently conducted study by Communications Workers of America (CWA) union and the results are not especially flattering for broadband service providers on these shores. Read more
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T-Mobile Pitches App Store Rival
August 12, 2008
on Business & Law
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Christian Zibreg
It is no surprise that Apple's competitors are taking a closer look at the stellar success of the company's iPhone application warehouse that raked in $30 million in revenue in just one month. Read more
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Best Buy Testing Airport Vending Machines
August 12, 2008
on Business & Law
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TECHinsights
Best Buy will begin testing CE vending machines in 12 U. Read more
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Napster Reports Declining Subscriber Base
August 11, 2008
on Business & Law
by
Wolfgang Gruener
Napster today said that its subscriber base has dropped from 760,000 to 708,000 paid subscribers in the second quarter of this year. Read more
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Yahoo Letting Users Opt Out Of Targeted Advertising
August 11, 2008
on Business & Law
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Nino Marchetti
Sunnyvale (CA) - Yahoo has taken the interesting step of giving its users greater choice in allowing them to Read more
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First-tier Notebook Makers See On-month Revenue Growth In July
August 11, 2008
on Notebooks and Laptops
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DigiTimes
First-tier notebook makers Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, Wistron and Inventec all saw on-month revenues growth in July 2008. Read more
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HTC Denies Claims Of Android Phone Delay
August 11, 2008
on Business & Law
by
eWeek
HTC on Friday denied claims of an Android phone delay that would push back to early 2009 the release of the cellphone maker's first phone using the Google mobile operating system. Read more
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Google Admits Its AOL Investment May Be Impaired
August 11, 2008
on Business & Law
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Reuters
Google Inc's 5 percent stake in Time Warner Inc's AOL unit may be worth less than the $1 billion the Web company paid for it in 2006, Google warned in a regulatory filing on Thursday. Read more
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Google Launches Free Music Service in China
August 8, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
In an attempt to compete with Chinese search monster Baidu, Google.cn has launched a music tool that will allow the Chinese to search music that is free and 100 percent legal to distribute. Read more
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Eight People Now Own A $1000 iPhone Screensaver
August 8, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
Chicago (IL) - Would you pay $1000 for a pretty image and a secret message about how to stay rich on your cellphone? Read more
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Ethanol bribe lands official in jail
August 8, 2008
on Miscellaneous
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Samantha Rose
The cleantech industry has its first prominent scandal, as a former state official of North Carolina was sentenced to 40 months in prison for accepting a $200,000 bribe for the expedition of permits for a proposed ethanol plant. Read more
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Consumer Reports says Apple users should drop Safari, for now
August 8, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
Chicago (IL) – Consumer Reports has published its annual State of the Net survey and found that one of the most common “online blunders” is to believe that a Mac will shield you from malware threats, such as phishing scams. Read more
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Jobs Appoints New Head of MobileMe
August 7, 2008
on Networking
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Jane McEntegart
In a move that's likely to have MobileMe users breathing a little easier, Apple Chief Steve Jobs has been shuffling his deck of executive cards and appointed a new executive to preside over all matters MobileMe. Read more