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Online and Thanksgiving Day sales provide ray of hope
USA Today
By Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY Sales at 500 retail websites were up about
20% over Cyber Monday 2009 as of 3 pm ET Monday, says IBM Coremetrics,
which monitors the performance of retail sites. That fueled hopes that Web
sales would offset lukewarm sales ...
<http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2010-11-30-onlineretail30_ST_N.htm>
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US scrambles to contain WikiLeaks damage
Los Angeles Times
Clinton and other officials shrug off the undiplomatic assessments revealed
in the diplomatic cables, saying they won't affect long-term ties, even as
they promise to tighten security and punish the leakers. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton arrives ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-wikileaks-20101130,0,6198426.story>
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High Court to Hear Microsoft Appeal in Patent Case
Wall Street Journal
By BRENT KENDALL WASHINGTON—Microsoft Corp. persuaded the Supreme Court
to hear a case that technology companies hope will make it easier to
challenge the validity of patents. The high court said it will review a
$290 million patent-infringement ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704584804575644633158363078.html>
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Gartner: Tablets, Economy Taking Bite Out of PC Sales
PC Magazine
PC shipments are expected to grow about 14 percent in 2010, but the
increasing popularity of tablets like the Apple iPad will likely take a
bite out of PC sales in the coming years, according to data from Gartner.
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to ...
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373571,00.asp>
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Would Google Acquire Groupon For Tech, Talent Or Market Share?
Mediapost.com
by Laurie Sullivan, 4 minutes ago Chatter of Google acquiring Groupon lit
the Internet ablaze Monday, as speculation grew that the two had tied the
knot. Reports of an acquisition initially surfaced last week by All Things
Digital, citing unnamed ...
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Microsoft says Kinect sales steady: more than 100000 units per day
BetaNews
By Tim Conneally | Published November 29, 2010, 8:45 PM Microsoft on Monday
announced that Kinect, the sensor attachment for the Xbox 360 that supports
motion-based controls, has been sold to more than 2.5 customers worldwide
in just 25 days. ...
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WikiLeaks Hit With DoS Attack Before Documents Leaked
eWeek
WikiLeaks was hit by a denial-of-service attack in the hours before it
released more than 250000 diplomatic documents. WikiLeaks was hit with a
denial-of-service attack as it prepared to publicize a trove of diplomatic
documents. ...
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/WikiLeaks-Hit-With-DoS-Attack-Before-Documents-Leaked-680058/>
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Google Earth 6 Adds Seamless Street View, 3D Trees
PC Magazine
Google on Monday released an updated version of Google Earth, which
incorporates a more seamless Street View experience and adds 3D trees.
Google added Street View to Google Earth in 2008, but to see the Street
View imagery, you'd have to click on a ...
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2373575,00.asp>
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Fixing DNS Woes for Comcast Users and Everyone else
ZDNet (blog)
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | November 29, 2010, 6:44pm PST You don't have
to rely on your ISP's DNS. There are faster and better DNS services out
there. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, aka sjvn, has been writing about
technology and the business of ...
<http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/fixing-dns-woes-for-comcast-users-and-everyone-else/382>
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