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Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:
Microsoft announces “Project Natal” motion controller for Xbox 360! — Yes, it's real. Now you'll be able to change a tire... virtually. At E3 today, Microsoft finally took the wraps off the that rumored motion controller we'd been hearing about. Apparently the small, black device …
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Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Xbox Live gets 1080p Zune video store, Netflix browsing, Twitter and Facebook integration — Microsoft is busy announcing a slew of upgrades to Xbox Live, and the biggest news so far is relaunch of the video service, now Zune-branded with 1080p instant-on streaming content in 18 countries.
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Eric Savitz / Tech Trader Daily:
Apple: A Verizon Deal Could Double iPhone Sales — Apple (AAPL) has a big decision to make: whether or not to extend its exclusive relationship with AT&T (T) for U.S. distribution of the iPhone. (The current deal reportedly expires sometime in 2010.) Verizon (VZ) would certainly …
Caroline McCarthy / CNET News:
Study: Young adults haven't warmed up to Twitter — While 99 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds have profiles on social networks, only 22 percent use Twitter, according to a new survey from Pace University and the Participatory Media Network. — This is consistent with what some observers …
Sam Oliver / AppleInsider:
Best Buy issues memo warning of iPhone constraints — Best Buy over the weekend became the latest Apple partner to warn staffers of dwindling iPhone supply that could leave some of its stores without product to sell for a few weeks later this month. — In a memo from its corporate division …
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Prime View International Reaches Agreement to Acquire E Ink — Combination will Accelerate Global Shift to Electronic Reading for Savings and Convenience — TAIPEI, Taiwan & CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Prime View International ("PVI") (8069.TW), a leading small and medium display provider …
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Stacey Higginbotham / GigaOM:E-Books Are Hot, So Why Did E-Ink Sell for So Little?
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
The One Fiber Optic Cable No One on the Dig for Tysons Rail Wants to Hit — This part happens all the time: A construction crew putting up an office building in the heart of Tysons Corner a few years ago hit a fiber optic cable no one knew was there. — This part doesn't: Within moments …
Cameron Wilmot / TweakTown News:
Eee PC spotted running Android + Qualcomm 1GHz CPU — Computex Taipei 2009: During the Qualcomm Technologies press conference in Taipei earlier today, we spotted an upcoming prototype Eee PC which was quite a bit if difference from the norm. — The machine was installed …
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Thomas Ricker / Engadget:Video: fanless Eee PC running Android on Snapdragon hands-on, oh my
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Alex Zaharov-Reutt / iTWire:
Microsoft's Bing boings into life - early — No, you won't need to go to Google to find Bing - all you need to do is to visit Bing.com where you'll find that Bing is now in beta. — Although Microsoft wasn't set to launch Bing into life until June the 3rd, it seems as though someone …
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Anil Sabharwal / Docs Blog:
The file formats keep on coming! Announcing .xlsx and .docx support — I still remember the first time I was introduced to Google Docs by a friend. I had one of those “aha” moments. Here was a product where I could easily share documents with people all over the world …
Scott Stein / Crave: The gadget blog:
Toshiba's NB250 Netbooks start at $350, have sleep-and-charge port — The Netbook arena keeps growing, but it's a good thing new features sprout up once in a while to keep our attention going. Toshiba's NB250 line of Netbooks are on their way to the U.S., in two different form-factor flavors …
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Peter Cohen / Macworld:
In preparation for iPhone 3.0, Apple posts iTunes 8.2 — Apple on Monday released iTunes 8.2, an update to its music jukebox software and online store interface for the Mac and Windows. It's available for download through the Software Update system preference.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
New iPhones approved in capacities from 4GB up to 32GB? — 4GB to 32GB — that's one hell of a range, but we're hearing from a trusted source that new iPhones in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB capacities just garnered approval by the PCS Type Review Certification Board, the standards body responsible …
Emma Barnett / Telegraph:
BBC and Google in talks to launch international iPlayer site — Internet users may soon be able to watch full-length BBC television shows on a global version of its iPlayer catch-up TV service. — Sources close to the negotiations say that Mark Thompson, the BBC director general …
Michael Bush / AdAge:
Showtime Taps Amazon's Kindle for Advertising — Cable Network Uses E-Reader to Promote ‘Nurse Jackie’ — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Showtime may have finally cracked the code on using Kindle as an ad medium. Starting today the cable network is offering Kindle users a free …
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EMC Tops NetApp's Bid for Data Domain — A bidding war has broken out for Data Domain — and shareholders should be celebrating. — EMC, the world's biggest maker of storage computers, said Monday afternoon that it was offering $30 a share in cash, or about $1.8 billion to acquire Data Domain …
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Motoko Rich / New York Times:
Preparing to Sell E-Books, Google Takes on Amazon — Google appears to be throwing down the gauntlet in the e-book market. — In discussions with publishers at the annual BookExpo convention in New York over the weekend, Google signaled its intent to introduce a program by that would enable publishers …
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Jason Wilk / tinyComb:
Spotted: First In Line for The Pre — Damn, I'm impressed. One of our readers just sent over some photos showing what is now being confirmed as the first person in line for the Palm Pre (and no, it's not Greg Packer). The linesitter, who did not provide a name, said …
David Meyer / CNET News:
Psion, Intel settle ‘Netbook’ trademark dispute — Psion and Intel have settled their legal battle over the use of the word “Netbook.” — Since early 2008, chipmaker Intel has been using the term to refer to small, cheap, low-powered sub-notebooks, and its Atom chipset has become by far the most popular engine for such machines.
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
Cloudera, a Hadoop-focused Startup, Gets $6M In New Funding — Cloudera, a Burlingame, Calif.-based startup that is building commercial services around open-source software framework Hadoop, has closed $6 million in Series B funding, bringing the total raised by the company to $11 million.
Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Apple 2.0:
Google's Android falling behind the iPhone — After matching the iPhone nearly hit for hit in its first five months on the market, Google's (GOOG) Android has fallen behind the pace set by Apple's (AAPL) smartphone in terms of its presence on the Web, according to a report issued Monday.
Brian Caulfield / Forbes:
Apple's Chip Not Likely June 8 — The iPhone may get a speed boost, but Apple's secret processor project is probably not done yet. — BURLINGAME, Calif. - There can be no doubt Apple is working on a low-power, mobile processor of its own. It acquired chip designer PA Semi early last year.
Richard Waters / blogs.ft.com:
Tech's painful Dow hangover — If past experience is anything to go by, it may be time to short Cisco Systems. — Being admitted to the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the ultimate mark of corporate respectability - and it has added 5 per cent to Cisco's shares today - but the history of techs in the Dow has not been a cheerful one.
