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IBM Leaves Redmond, Pitches Microsoft-free Desktops
August 6, 2008
on Desktop Computers
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Wolfgang Gruener
San Francisco (CA) - IBM prepares a big rollout of its Lotus Symphony office suite and what better marketing to support the launch than an anti-Microsoft pitch? Read more
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Sprint Nextel Reports Q2 Loss
August 6, 2008
on Business & Law
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AP via Yahoo
Sprint Nextel, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, said Wednesday it swung to a second-quarter loss on severance and other charges but still beat Wall Street expectations and said it had slowed customer defections. Read more
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Psystar Attorney Beats Around Antitrust Bush
August 6, 2008
on Desktop Computers
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Jane McEntegart
It seems Psystar isn’t going down with out a fight and anyone who thought this would be an open and shut copyright infringement suit may have to rethink things. Read more
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Netbooks And Handsets To Drive Up PPT Sales In Q3
August 6, 2008
on Notebooks and Laptops
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DigiTimes
Seeing its July sales sustain an upward trend, Phoenix Precision Technology (PPT) has delivered an optimistic outlook for the third quarter, with flip-chip (FC) and chip-scale packaging (CSP) substrate demand to be spurred by strong sales of low-cost... Read more
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Time Warner To Split AOL In Two, Beats Estimates
August 6, 2008
on Business & Law
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DigiTimes
Time Warner said it would split AOL's dial-up Internet and advertising businesses into separate divisions by early 2009 and reported a slightly higher-than-expected quarterly profit, citing strong cable advertising sales and films like "Sex and the City. Read more
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Sony To Buy Bertelsmann's Sony BMG Stake For $900 Million
August 6, 2008
on Business & Law
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AP via Yahoo
Bertelsmann will sell its 50% stake in Sony BMG to Sony in a $900 million deal, the companies announced Tuesday, giving the Japanese company full ownership of the joint venture whose roster of artists include Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis. Read more
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Yahoo Recounts Shareholder Votes
August 6, 2008
on Business & Law
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AP via Yahoo
Yahoo is recounting the shareholder vote for its board of directors after discovering that a tabulating firm failed to register the opposition of a major investor. Read more
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Drunk, Speeding, Texting Driver Arrested
August 6, 2008
on Miscellaneous
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Humphrey Cheung
Cass County (MN) - A 25-year-old driver was arrested after he was caught text messaging while speeding 80 miles-per-hour in the wrong lane. Read more
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iTunes Dominates U.S. Music Sales
August 6, 2008
on Business & Law
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Nino Marchetti
Cupertino (CA) - Earlier this year, there was an indication that iTunes may surpass Wal-Mart as the largest music retailer in the U. Read more
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Thailand Pulls GTA IV Following Murder of Taxi Driver
August 5, 2008
on Digital Entertainment Miscellaneous
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Jane McEntegart
Popular video game, Grand Theft Auto IV has been pulled from Thai shelves following the murder of a cab driver at the hands of an teenage boy. Read more
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HTC Touch Diamond Shipments To Reach The One Million Mark This Month
August 5, 2008
on Business & Law
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DigiTimes
Unit sales of HTC Touch Diamond handsets are expected to reach the one-million mark by mid-August, less than three months after High Tech Computer (HTC) began to ship the handsets at the end of May, HTC CEO Peter Chou told reporters on August 4. Read more
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App Store Could Ignite A Gold Rush Among Developers
August 5, 2008
on Business & Law
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Christian Zibreg
Chicago (IL) - Remember the good old days of shareware and those success stories that made millionaires out of hobby developers with a good idea? Read more
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Iridium Picks Two Finalists to Build Next-gen Satellite Network
August 4, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
Bethesda (MD) - Iridium has made another step towards the construction of a new satellite phone network that will replace the current, 20-year-old design. Read more
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Yahoo Directors Re-elected By Wide Margin
August 4, 2008
on Business & Law
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AP via Yahoo
Yahoo's shareholders have re-elected the Internet company's entire board despite hard feelings about the directors' rejection of a takeover offer from Microsoft. Read more
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Californian Judge Deems Cellular Early Terminations Fees Illegal
August 1, 2008
on Business & Law
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Marcus Yam
Superior Court Judge Bonnie Sabraw in Alameda County decided that Sprint Nextel must pay California consumers $18.2 million as part of a class-action lawsuit challenging early termination fees. Read more