Monday, November 29, 2010

Google Alert - technology

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Retailers Looking To Cyber Monday For More Sales Momentum
Wall Street Journal
By Karen Talley Of Dow Jones Newswires NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Retailers,
coming off a busy Black Friday, are trying to continue the momentum by
attracting customers online with Cyber Monday deals. Early reads from some
retailers indicate business is ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20101129-710036.html>
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Patent Wars Begin as Apple, Nokia Square Off
PC Magazine
This week Apple and Nokia are facing each other in a legal conflict over
smartphone patents before the International Trade Commission, the first of
several disputes over intellectual property that could redefine the
smartphone market. ...
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Report: Microsoft Creating a TV Service Via the Xbox
PC Magazine
The missing piece to the Apple-Google TV trifecta was Microsoft, but now no
more: the software maker is rumored to be launching an Internet TV platform
in a year's time. Two sources "familiar with the situation" reportedly told
Reuters that a Microsoft ...
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Faster Forward: Google buying Groupon? Says who?
Washington Post
By Rob Pegoraro If you want to see how rumors can spread in the tech press,
click over to Google News and search for "google groupon." You'll see a few
dozen stories all suggesting that the search giant just paid $2.5 billion
to for Groupon, ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/29/AR2010112903428.html>
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Switch Enables Multi-user Web Browsing for the IPad
PC World
By Joel Mathis, Macworld A new Web-browsing app for the iPad lets users
share their device with friends and family while keeping their surfing
history and bookmarks private. Switch, a multi-user browser, was launched
last week by developer Michael ...
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Apple iPad, Tight Budgets Hurting PC Sales, Gartner Says
eWeek
The tablet market ignited by the Apple iPad, as well as tightened budgets
and emerging markets, are negatively impacting global PC sales, according
to Gartner. The media tablet market, which was reinvigorated by Apple when
it launched the iPad earlier ...
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Apple-iPad-Tight-Budgets-Hurting-PC-Sales-Gartner-Says-161866/>
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Comcast reports outage in Washington and Boston
BusinessWeek
Comcast Corp., the country's biggest cable provider, says a technical
glitch caused Internet outages for customers on Sunday night, mainly near
Washington, DC, and the Boston area. Company spokesman Charlie Douglas said
Monday that the disturbance ...
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George W. Bush to promote memoir in Grand Rapids
MLive.com
Photo courtesy John Corriveau Former President George W. Bush greets guests
as Congressman Pete Hoekstra looks on during his Grand Rapids Economic Club
visit in June. Random House officials have confirmed that former President
George W. Bush's visit to ...
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Facebook Will Eat Your Brain! The Neal Gabler Guide To Social Media
paidContent.org
If Neal Gabler is right about social media, the words in this article
wouldn't exist. After all, it was Twitter where I discovered "The
Zuckerberg Revolution," his overwrought essay in Sunday's Los Angeles
Times. So how's that for irony: If it weren't ...
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Visa, Mastercard fail Web shoppers again
CNET
by Greg Sandoval Beware: The New York Times reported that the man who
operates DecorMyEyes.com racked up scores of complaints but that Visa and
Mastercard did little to stop him. commentary Internet shoppers once again
have reason to question whether ...
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