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Natalie Kerris / Apple:
Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone — Apple® today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone™ yesterday, just 74 days after its introduction on June 29. iPhone combines three devices into one—a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod®, and the best mobile Internet device ever …
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Paul Miller / Engadget:
Apple iPhone hits the one million mark — It took a bit longer than a some analysts were expecting, but Apple announced today that it has finally broke the one million iPhone sales barrier, 74 days after the iPhone hit the scene on June 29th and right on target for Apple's own projections.
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Ed Christman / Reuters:
Music industry betting on 'ringle' format — NEW YORK (Billboard) - As the recording industry wakes up from its summer slumber and starts thinking about what will motivate the consumer for the holiday selling season, the major labels are getting ready to launch the "ringle," …
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Richard Wray / Guardian:
Google in corporate desktop push — Google has linked up with IT consultancy and outsourcing specialist CapGemini to target corporate customers with its range of desktop applications, in the search engine's most direct move against the dominance of Microsoft.
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David Carr / New York Times:
Steve Jobs: iCame, iSaw, iCaved — Let me get this straight: Steve Jobs insists that songs on iTunes cost 99 cents and television episodes cost $1.99 because consumers crave simple pricing. — Except, of course, when it comes to Apple's own products. — On Thursday, I was at the massive Apple temple just off Central Park.
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines:
On AMD's big day, Intel ups its outlook — On the day AMD will launch its Barcelona chip Intel just happened to raise its outlook for the third quarter. — Coincidence? I think not. Intel was clearly stealing some thunder from the launch of the Barcelona chip, which is supposed to be AMD's savior.
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Peter Burrows / Business Week:
Apple Eyes the Wireless Auction — Steve Jobs & Co. consider joining the FCC's auction of wireless spectrum, and a win would give Apple many intriguing options—for the iPhone and more — Talk of the government's pending auction of valuable wireless spectrum has focused largely …
vodafone.com:
Vodafone brings Unlimited Music Downloads to the UK With MusicStation - Available on Vodafone UK's New Christmas Handset Range — Unlimited music downloads direct to your mobile for just £1.99 per week — Choice of over 1 million tracks from all the major labels …
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Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Fun, Tours and a $3,000 Bill for Hardly Using an iPhone — When Neil Dingman recently went on a European vacation, he took his iPhone with him with no intention of using it much. In fact, for the 14 days he was there, he used it only a handful of times and had expected to see just a small increase …
Louis Suarez-Potts / OpenOffice.org:
IBM JOINS OPENOFFICE.ORG COMMUNITY — IBM joins the OpenOffice.org community to develop and promote OpenOffice.org technology — The OpenOffice.org community today announced that IBM will be joining the community to collaborate on the development of OpenOffice.org software.
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Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com:IBM adds heft to OpenOffice open-source project
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NEWS.com.au:
Google's 'top spot for sale' — GOOGLE has been selling off the top rankings on its search engine results to commercial partners, rather than sorting them by relevance as it claims to, a Sydney court has heard. — The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) …
Villu Arak / Heartbeat:
On the worm that affects Skype for Windows users — The new week has started with a bang. And not the kind of bang we like. — Skype has learned that a computer virus called "w32/Ramex.A" is affecting users of Skype for Windows. Users whose computers are infected with this virus …
Matt Asay / The Open Road:
Open-source strategy: Documentation = dollars — Ian Howells, Alfresco's Chief Marketing Officer, just shared with me some intriguing data that I thought would be useful for more than just Alfresco. I've long suspected that documentation was a key driver of purchases in open source, and here's some data that confirms this view:
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AppleInsider:
Apple iTunes glitch reveals movie rental preparations — While attempting to notify Apple of a problem with its iTunes Store, one user stumbled upon evidence that suggests the company may be gearing up to offer movie rentals through the digital download service.
