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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to Announce New Kindle — Amazon.com Inc. is announcing a new version of its Kindle e-book reader on Monday. And, in a sign that the electronic book is gaining clout in the publishing world, Amazon is also expected to say it has acquired a new work by best-selling novelist Stephen King …
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Google's First Real Threat? Twitter. — As Google's search share approaches 85%, there is constant debate over who could possibly challenge them. Some mighty forces (e.g. Ballmer, Wales, Diller) have aligned against them, but the lead just keeps growing. — I have seen the threat.
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Arn / MacRumors:
Apple to Integrate ‘QuickTime Pro’ Features into Snow Leopard? — The latest Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard seeds suggest that Apple may be eliminating the ‘QuickTime Pro’ upgrade that is currently offered as a $29.99 upgrade to Mac users. — Apple has long reserved several additional features …
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InfoWorld
Jason Kincaid / TechCrunch:
Wake Up Call: Facebook Isn't A Safe Haven — Facebook just turned 5 years old. But a week that should have been filled with reflection and good times was instead marred by a series of breaking news reports detailing sex scandals, phishing, and other malicious activity on the world's largest social network.
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Gemini 9300 information, specs — First there was “Pluto,” then were was “Magnum,” but now we're talkin' about something totally different — Gemini. What's Gemini you ask? From what we've been told, the working model number is 9300, so that's BlackBerry 9300.
Julian Sanchez / Ars Technica:
Broadband spending trimmed in stimulus compromise — The Senate's compromise cuts $2 billion from spending on broadband deployment as legislators wrangle over who will control the remaining funds. — Spending cuts are the theme of the Senate's compromise draft of legislation meant to inject cash into a flagging economy.
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Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:
Mac clone maker wins legal round against Apple — Psystar can argue Apple abused copyright laws, judge rules — Computerworld) A federal judge last week ruled that Psystar Corp. can continue its countersuit against Apple Inc., giving the Mac clone maker a rare win in its seven-month-old battle with Apple.
InfoWorld:
Toshiba develops higher bandwidth FeRAM — Toshiba has developed a higher capacity version of its FeRAM (Ferroelectric RAM) memory that can send and receive data at eight times the speed of its previously detailed prototype. — FeRAM is a relatively new type of memory that combines the speed …
Matthew Karnitschnig / Wall Street Journal:
Sirius XM Got, and Rebuffed, Bid — Satellite Mogul Ergen Offered to Inject Capital for Firm to Use in Paying Debt — Satellite mogul Charles Ergen made an unsolicited offer late last year to take control of Sirius XM Radio Inc., and was rebuffed, according to people familiar with the situation.
Joe Wilcox / Microsoft Watch:
Mozilla to Europe: Handcuff Microsoft — Friday's blog post by Mitchell Baker, Mozilla Foundation chairperson, puts Microsoft on notice. Nothing is forgiven. These days, Microsoft is fast to make sure most of its Websites and services are quickly, if not immediately, compatible with Firefox.
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Daimaou / Akihabaranews.com:
Samsung Ultra Touch S8300, Official announcement — Rate this News: — Samsung just sent us an email with the latest information on their S8300 Ultra Touch mobile phone. Our 3G Wonder (HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE/GPRS), feature a 2.8" WQVGA AMOLED Screen touch screen, a 8Mpix Camera Module with LED Flash with AF …
Douglas MacMillan / Business Week:
Best Buy, Other Retailers Tap Tech to Boost Sales — Retailers are using analytics, a new breed of tracking software, to exploit how customers behave — As the financial meltdown spiraled in September, spending habits changed quickly. Many consumers stopped spending altogether.
