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21 Nov 2009 08:17
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Hacked E-Mail Is New Fodder for Climate Dispute
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Private messages hacked from a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show a climate science conspiracy.
A reporter test-drove a Chevrolet Volt to see how it performed after its electric power supply was depleted.
November 20, 2009 7:37 PM ET
A Look at California's New TV Energy Rules
By ERIC A. TAUB
While it will be a challenge, TV manufacturers believe that they'll be able to meet new California standards for HDTV power consumption.
Android This Week: ARM Alliance Formed; Droids Fix Themselves?
November 21, 2009, 8:01 AM
Get Ready for Flash Player 10.1 to Stream P2P Video to Millions, Swap Files Bittorrent-Style
November 21, 2009, 2:02 AM
November 20, 2009, 5:36 PM
The Web Files Pounds the L.A. Web Series Beat
November 20, 2009, 5:26 PM
Windows 7 Will Throw Down, But Not Just Yet
November 20, 2009, 5:21 PM
Tweetmeme Launches Buttons for Re-Tweetable Advertising
November 20, 2009, 7:14 PM
GreenBeat: Al Gore Says Smart Grid Part of ‘the Single Largest Solution’ to Climate Change
November 20, 2009, 5:43 PM
Global Warming Research Exposed After Hack
November 20, 2009, 8:27 PM
EU Gives Oracle Extra Time to Respond to Sun Inquiry
November 20, 2009, 9:27 AM
BBC NEWS
UK climate unit's e-mails hacked
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20 Nov 2009 14:30
Friday, November 20, 2009
November 20, 2009 4:05 PM ET
Sony Ericsson's Infinite Hope for a Turnaround
Sony Ericsson hopes to differentiate its new smartphones with an "Infinite Button" that links entertainment and communications. But will it ever be sold in the United States?
November 20, 2009 3:22 PM ET
Nook E-Reader Sold Out for the Holidays
Customers buying the company's electronic reading device now will receive them next year.
DealBook
E.U. Takes More Time to Review Oracle-Sun Deal
By DEALBOOK
European Union regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle's planned $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems.
For the Volt, How’s Life After 40 (Miles)?
By LINDSAY BROOKE
A reporter test drove a Chevrolet Volt to see how it performed after its electric power supply was depleted.
FastPencil: Turn Your Blog Posts Into a Published Book
November 20, 2009, 12:42 PM
Was Chrome OS a Disappointment?
November 20, 2009, 11:28 AM
Adobe's Upgrades Acrobat.com, Launches New Mobile App
November 20, 2009, 9:43 AM
What Twitter's New Geolocation Makes Possible
November 19, 2009, 7:34 PM
Babelgum Shutters 2 European Offices
November 20, 2009, 2:21 PM
4 Big Gambles Google Is Taking With Chrome OS
November 20, 2009, 2:01 PM
Boxee Box Will Be Demoed at CES: Source
November 20, 2009, 1:57 PM
Twitter: “Really Cool” Ads and Commercial Accounts Coming Soon
November 20, 2009, 1:50 PM
Air Canada Will Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi, Too
November 20, 2009, 1:49 PM
LaDiDa Brings Reverse Karaoke to Your iPhone
November 20, 2009, 3:55 PM
Hot Potato Launches Event Streaming, Storytelling in Real-Time
November 20, 2009, 3:26 PM
Google Search Marketing Gets All Touchy-Feely
November 20, 2009, 2:21 PM
Microsoft Misses the Boat on Web Applications
November 20, 2009, 1:42 PM
Twitter COO Dick Costolo: Revenue Is On and Advertising Is Coming Soon
November 20, 2009, 12:36 PM
Twitter Turns on Geolocation Functionality
November 20, 2009, 1:52 PM
Techies Gather for a Lunch to Save the World
November 20, 2009, 10:54 AM
Why Chrome OS Will Fail -- Big Time
November 20, 2009, 6:15 AM
Alibaba Site With Own Search Engine May Outshine Yahoo China
November 20, 2009, 5:57 AM
Security Pro Says New SSL Attack Can Hit Many Sites
November 20, 2009, 2:17 AM
Financial Times
EU extends review of Oracle's Sun deal
Skype Blogs
Say hello to the future
Computerworld
Intel: Chips in brains will control computers by 2020
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19 Nov 2009 20:32
Though Dell’s Profit Slips, Its Outlook Turns Brighter
By ASHLEE VANCE
Dell’s chief financial officer said the company was seeing an “improvement in underlying demand trends” in a number of areas.
Google Offers Peek at Operating System, a Potential Challenge to Windows
By MIGUEL HELFT
Computers using Chrome, which uses “cloud computing,” will not arrive for a year, but it is already seen as a potential challenger to Microsoft.
Google to Add Captions, Improving YouTube Videos
By MIGUEL HELFT
The move is the first major step toward making millions of videos accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people.
AOL to Cut One-Third of Its Staff
By TIM ARANGO
AOL said on Thursday that about 2,500 jobs will be lost after it is spun off from Time Warner next month.
Advertising
The Jonas Brothers Promote Xbox 360
By STUART ELLIOTT
The band said it had been approached by many companies, but it wanted to endorse family-friendly brands.
November 19, 2009 6:59 PM ET
Google Says It Doesn't Want to Be a Utility
Google fields questions about its Power Meter, its market strategy and the privacy of consumer data at a smart grid conference in California.
November 19, 2009 6:55 PM ET
BigDeal Puts a New Spin on 'Entertainment Shopping'
BigDeal, a new venture-backed "entertainment auction" site, takes on Swoopo.com by saying there is no way to lose.
November 19, 2009 4:08 PM ET
Palm Drops iTunes Workaround
Has Palm stopped battling Apple over whether or not Pre and Pixi owners can synchronize their handsets with iTunes?
November 19, 2009 2:05 PM ET
Nvidia's Gamers Helped It Win Big Business
Profits gained from Nvidia's gaming chip business have helped pay for an expansion into the corporate and science markets.
California Imposes Rule for Efficiency on Some TVs
By CLIFFORD KRAUSS
The state recognized that giant new flat-panel televisions have become major power guzzlers.
Pogue & Friends 2009 Holiday Guide
David Pogue teams up with media columnist David Carr to take a look at different electronic book readers.
Casio Gets Tough With a Rugged Camera
By RIK FAIRLIE
The new Exilim G EX-F1 is built to withstand water, drops, freezing weather and dust.
YouTube Videos Get Automatic Captions
November 19, 2009, 11:53 AM
The Trouble With iPhones
November 19, 2009, 5:43 PM
Terracotta Buys Quartz to Advance Java Scalability Mission
November 19, 2009, 5:42 PM
Like AT&T, O2 Pays the Price for Heavy iPhone Usage
November 19, 2009, 5:38 PM
Maveron Casting for Consumer Investments in SF
November 19, 2009, 5:27 PM
Mplayit Provides iPhone App Discoverability Via Facebook
November 19, 2009, 4:42 PM
eBay Completes Sale of Skype at $2.75 Billion Valuation
November 19, 2009, 7:15 PM
Seesmic Jumps on Twitter’s New Location Feature With Map Previews
November 19, 2009, 7:04 PM
GreenBeat: Cisco Has a Blank Check for Smart Grid, but What Will It Do With It?
November 19, 2009, 6:35 PM
GreenBeat 09: Khosla Warns Against Smart Grid Hype, Pushes Storage
November 19, 2009, 5:20 PM
Twitter Finally Enables Geotagged Tweets With New Location API
November 19, 2009, 5:04 PM
Dell's Q3 Profit Slides 54 Percent
November 19, 2009, 7:50 PM
Three Indicted for Comcast Hack Last Year
November 19, 2009, 7:36 PM
Google Goes for Speed, Security in Chrome OS
November 19, 2009, 4:42 PM
Cyberattacks on U.S. Military Jump Sharply in 2009
November 19, 2009, 4:12 PM
Microsoft Denies It Built 'Backdoor' in Windows 7
November 19, 2009, 3:30 PM
Bloomberg
The price of Facebook Inc.
Twitter Blog
Think Globally, Tweet Locally
MediaMemo
AOL: We Need to Fire 2,500 "Volunteers"
Open Source
MindTouch launches its open source cloud
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18 Nov 2009 23:54
Thursday, November 19, 2009
No ‘System,’ but Music Housewide
By DAVID POGUE
Stuart Goldenberg
Sonos’s ZonePlayer S5 wireless speaker console plays music with an iPhone or iPod Touch as a touch-screen remote control.
Building an Online Bulwark to Fend Off Identity Fraud
By RIVA RICHMOND
A number of services go beyond reacting to identity thieves and instead aim to safeguard users’ personal information.
Phone Smart
Adding a Fee to the Shazam App Invites a Look at Competing Tools
By BOB TEDESCHI
Many who paid for the once-free Shazam music search app may not have known about two competitors that are better in many ways.
7:12 PM ET
Former Nickelodeon Chief Has iPhone Plans
Albie Hecht, the former Nickelodeon Entertainment president, hopes to introduce his latest children's entertainment franchise as an app.
7:31 PM ET
Supercomputers Are Still Fast, but Less Super
Increasingly, they are really large systems that rely on mainstream computing parts.
November 18, 2009 5:23 PM ET
November 18, 2009 5:28 PM ET
European Ombudsman Criticizes Inquiry Into Intel
By KEVIN J. O’BRIEN
The ombudsman said investigators failed to note statements that might have been relevant to the case.
American Express Buys Online Payments Firm
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The company said it would buy Revolution Money, a provider of online payment services that was founded by Steve Case, the founder of AOL, for $300 million.
App of the Week: Navigation as Heavy on Show as Go
By ROY FURCHGOTT
Magellan's RoadMate navigation can find your destination with minimal typing and shows landmark buildings on its maps.
Claire Cain Miller on the evolution of the virtual wallet; what to do with a busted memory card and tech news, including the Oxford Word of the Year (from the world of social networking).
A Central Nervous System for Earth: HP's Ambitious Sensor Network
November 18, 2009, 10:50 PM
The Future of Salesforce.com? Twitter, Facebook and the Social Web
November 18, 2009, 3:21 PM
Ebay Founder Omidyar Shuttering His Twitter Project Ginx, To Launch Online News Site
November 18, 2009, 2:46 PM
Microsoft Announces IE9: Focus on Standards and Speed
November 18, 2009, 1:41 PM
Salesforce.com Launches Social Enterprise Application at Dreamforce
November 18, 2009, 1:01 PM
iCarte Turns the iPhone Into an RFID Reader
November 18, 2009, 6:53 PM
EveryZing Changes Name (Again) to RAMP
November 18, 2009, 6:36 PM
thePlatform Announces New TV Everywhere Features, Customers
November 18, 2009, 6:32 PM
Steering Wheel Laptop Desk — Don’t Compute and Drive
November 18, 2009, 6:15 PM
Commercial Buildings + Energy Management = $6.8b-A-Year Market
November 18, 2009, 5:31 PM
Imeem — Another Music Streaming Story Ends in Tears?
November 18, 2009, 9:28 PM
Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff: Don’t Call Chatter a Social Network
November 18, 2009, 6:39 PM
Twitter Adds Description to New Lists Feature
November 18, 2009, 6:29 PM
Video Player Kaltura Adds 2 New Partners, New Monetization Tools
November 18, 2009, 5:00 PM
LinkedIn Lands in Your Microsoft Outlook Inbox
November 18, 2009, 2:45 PM
Salesforce.com Announces 'Chatter' Social-Networking App
November 18, 2009, 4:14 PM
FCC Identifies Roadblocks to Broadband Adoption
November 18, 2009, 3:04 PM
FCC Puts Time Limit on Review of Cell Sites
November 18, 2009, 2:40 PM
ZDNet Smartphones and Cell Phones
Office Mobile 2010 beta for Windows Mobile available now for free
Digital Daily
AmEx to Buy Case's Revolution Money
Read/Write Web
Leaving a Vulgar Comment Online Might Cost You Your Job
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18 Nov 2009 06:43
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Library in a Pocket
By MOTOKO RICH and BRAD STONE
Gary Tramontina for The New York Times
Travis Bryant, with his daughter, Ivey, reading “The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril” on his iPhone at their home in Alabama.
Some readers prefer the convenience of small-screen smartphones to e-readers.
Luxury Firms Move to Make Web Work for Them
By ERIC PFANNER
There is little chance that online revenue — still only a tiny fraction of the total — will make a big difference soon.
Silicon Valley Firm Raises Big Fund for Mix of Deals
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
In addition to seeding start-ups with small investments, Norwest Venture Partners’s fund will make bigger deals and will branch out from pure technology companies.
November 18, 2009 7:25 AM ET
Andy Grove's Prescription for Health Care
Andy Grove, former chief executive of Intel, offers his ideas for bringing some of the "better, faster, cheaper" virtues of the chip industry to health care.
November 18, 2009 12:00 AM ET
Hulu Steps Into Music With EMI
Hulu has struck a deal with EMI, the music label, to bring music videos to its site. First up is a Norah Jones channel.
11:39 PM ET
New Sony Reader May Miss Christmas for Some
Sony will begin taking orders on Wednesday for its new wireless e-reader device. But it says some buyers may not get it until January.
11:36 PM ET
The Argument for Free Classes via iTunes
Open University, a distance-learning institution based in Britain, has delivered 10 million free downloads of lectures via Apple's iTunes U, which is two years old.
New Tech Spec Licensing Agreement Could Open Floodgates of Web Innovation
November 17, 2009, 2:33 PM
1020 Placecast Pins $5M for Mobile Geo-Targeted Marketing
November 18, 2009, 8:01 AM
Google’s Chrome OS Will Be Shown This Week
November 17, 2009, 8:46 PM
Android Gets Some Serious Support for Consumer Devices
November 17, 2009, 8:33 PM
Apple’s App Store Approval Process Now Includes an Automated Layer
November 17, 2009, 8:06 PM
November 17, 2009, 7:49 PM
Chile’s Austral Capital to Help Latin American Startups Reach the US — and Vice Versa
November 18, 2009, 2:36 AM
5 O’Clock Roundup: Moving Into a Networked Era, Tumblr Envy, Open Web
November 17, 2009, 9:48 PM
Salesforce.com Profits Up, but Analysts Disappointed
November 17, 2009, 8:24 PM
November 17, 2009, 4:40 PM
November 17, 2009, 4:32 PM
EU Ombudsman Faults EC's Intel Antitrust Ruling
November 18, 2009, 7:18 AM
EU Ombudsman Faults EC's Intel Antitrust Ruling
November 18, 2009, 4:34 AM
Google to Provide Update on Chrome OS
November 17, 2009, 8:42 PM
How to Hack China for Just $1,800
November 17, 2009, 8:39 PM
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17 Nov 2009 14:25
Scientist at Work
After Microsoft, Bringing a High-Tech Eye to Professional Kitchens
By KENNETH CHANG
Nathan Myhrvold, a former chief technology officer at the software company, is testing food in a lab near Seattle for a specialized cookbook.
November 17, 2009 2:22 PM ET
Why Economists Love to Study Cellphone Pricing
Readers comment on how economists explain complex cellphone price plans, and how foreign cellphone companies charge for phone service.
November 17, 2009 2:05 PM ET
A Decade Later, Intel's Itanium Chip Makes a Profit
According to the former head of Intel's server chip business, Itanium has finally moved into the black.
YouTube to Help Sites Gather News Clips
By BRIAN STELTER
The Web site will announce a new tool to make it easy for users to submit clips that companies can then choose to highlight.
Q. and A. columnist J. D. Biersdorfer and Personal Tech editor Sam Grobart on how to strengthen your passwords.
Betaworks, Cuban Invest in Real-Time Transformer Superfeedr
November 17, 2009, 1:55 PM
Seesmic Goes Native: Launches Windows-Only Twitter Client
November 17, 2009, 11:30 AM
Factery Labs Makes Other Search Engines Look Incomplete
November 17, 2009, 7:10 AM
Streaming Media West Roundup: Internap, Ankeena, HD Cloud
November 17, 2009, 1:45 PM
Microsoft’s Future Lies in Software and Data
November 17, 2009, 1:04 PM
iPhone Video Streaming: A Must-Have Feature?
November 17, 2009, 12:35 PM
Content Discovery a Lucrative But Dangerous Place for Operators
November 17, 2009, 12:18 PM
GE Fires Up Rail Deals in China, Eyes U.S. High-Speed Rail Projects
November 17, 2009, 11:55 AM
Honeywell Partners With SoCal Ed to Run Demand Response
November 17, 2009, 4:40 PM
Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie: Apps Don’t Make Your Phone Special
November 17, 2009, 4:32 PM
Widetronix Goes Nuclear to Build a 25-Year Battery
November 17, 2009, 2:52 PM
Nissan’s Wireless EV Charging Could Leave Coulomb, Better Place in the Dust
November 17, 2009, 2:23 PM
Has ERRA Just Launched the Future of Advanced Batteries?
November 17, 2009, 1:54 PM
T-Mobile UK Employees Sold Customer Data
November 17, 2009, 2:49 PM
Microsoft Sets Windows Azure Production Date
November 17, 2009, 1:38 PM
Will the Smart Grid Protect Consumer Privacy?
November 17, 2009, 12:00 PM
Shadowserver to Take Over as Mega-D Botnet Herder
November 17, 2009, 11:35 AM
China Defends Internet Censorship After Obama Lauds Openness
November 17, 2009, 7:45 AM
ResourceShelf
Online Maps: Everyman Offers New Directions
YouTube :: Blog
Connecting citizens and journalists with YouTube Direct
TorrentFreak
The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good
Official Google Blog
Finding the laws that govern us
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16 Nov 2009 22:50
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Online Maps: Everyman Offers New Directions
By MIGUEL HELFT
Erik S. Lesser for The New York Times
From left, John L. Kittle, Mike Nice, David Emory and Annie Godfrey, Mr. Kittle's wife, joined some 200 volunteers in Atlanta last month, braving wind and drizzle to gather map data.
From Petaluma to Peshawar, volunteer cartographers are logging details of neighborhoods near and far.
A Co-Founder of Microsoft Has Lymphoma
Paul Allen, who left Microsoft earlier for treatment of Hodgkin’s disease, now has non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Paying Extra for Green Power, and Getting Ads Instead
By KATE GALBRAITH
It is proving difficult to say exactly how customers’ voluntary payments for wind and solar power are actually used.
4:23 PM ET
YouTube + Univision = TuTube
With the Univision deal, YouTube gets Spanish-language television shows popular with Latinos in the United States.
November 16, 2009 1:07 PM ET
Obama Walks China's 'Great Firewall'
In remarks that were not easy to see in China, President Obama implicitly criticized China's censorship of the Internet at a forum in Shanghai on Monday.
November 16, 2009 4:19 PM ET
Evernote Raises $10 Million in Capital
AOL Spin-Off Is Set for Dec. 9
Once heralded as the merger of the century, the union of Time Warner and AOL in 2001 quickly soured; the divorce will be final on Dec. 9.
An Air-Traffic Upgrade to Improve Travel by Plane
By GUY GUGLIOTTA
A plan by the Federal Aviation Administration would replace radar with the Global Positioning System.
Multimedia
Yo Jude: Strong Passwords
Q. & A. columnist J. D. Biersdorfer and Personal Tech editor Sam Grobart on how to strengthen your passwords.
A Product (You Think) You'll Never Need
A new low-cost LCD alternative to the magnifying glass can help the visually impaired.
80% of US Consumers Won't Pay For Online Content
November 16, 2009, 12:39 PM
ShoveBox for the Mac and iPhone Helps Keep Your Stuff Organized
November 16, 2009, 6:01 PM
Smartphone OS Updates — How Fast Is Fast Enough?
November 16, 2009, 3:47 PM
Scott Gairdner’s Tiny Fuppets: Just the Tip of a Hilarious Iceberg
November 16, 2009, 3:46 PM
Apple Set to Release “Concierge” App to Make Scheduling Appointments Easier
November 16, 2009, 2:23 PM
How Will We Keep Supercomputing Super?
November 16, 2009, 2:16 PM
Mobile-Friendly of Adobe Flash and AIR Available Now, Without Mobile (yet)
November 17, 2009, 12:03 AM
Google Site Now Offers Templates for Company Web Sites
November 17, 2009, 12:00 AM
RockYou Raises $50 Million in Venture Funding
November 16, 2009, 10:08 PM
Multimedia Messaging Comes to Twitter in the U.K. Thanks to Orange
November 16, 2009, 9:22 PM
Motorola Probably Sold 250,000 Droids in First Week, Flurry Says
November 16, 2009, 9:00 PM
Japan May Put Brakes on Fastest-Supercomputer Project
November 16, 2009, 10:28 PM
Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen Has Lymphoma
November 16, 2009, 8:18 PM
SSL Flaw Could Have Been Used to Hack Twitter
November 16, 2009, 4:47 PM
Startups Trying to Change the SAP Consulting Game
November 16, 2009, 4:29 PM
Study: Most Won't Pay for Newspaper, Magazine Content Online
November 16, 2009, 4:14 PM
Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing
Thanks Microsoft, Hello Google
UberGizmo, the Gadgets News Blog
T-Mobile BlackBerry Bold 9700
downloadsquad.com
Google preparing to launch Chrome Extensions gallery?
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16 Nov 2009 07:29
Monday, November 16, 2009
Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Jon Rubinstein, Palm chief and once head of Apple's iPod unit, believes Palm does not need to be as big as its rivals to thrive.
Underdog Palm Takes on Giants in Smartphones
By SAUL HANSELL
If the market has room only for a few smartphone standards, Palm could well find itself struggling as the perpetual also-ran.
Cisco Raises Bid for Tandberg of Norway
By REUTERS 7:35 AM ET
Cisco’s new bid values the video conferencing equipment maker at $3.41 billion.
At Checkout, More Ways to Avoid Cash or Plastic
By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER
Instead of leather wallets, consumers could some day carry virtual wallets, with their credit card and bank information stored on remote computers.
Glyde Aims to Simplify Online Sales of Used Media
By BRAD STONE
The company will be challenging eBay and Amazon.com in the market for used books, video games and DVDs.
November 16, 2009 8:00 AM ET
Evernote Raises $10 Million From Investors
Evernote, the the application for collecting and saving ideas and notes, has raised $10 million in venture capital.
About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online News, Study Finds
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
Americans were tied with Britons at 48 percent, the lowest figure among nine Western nations surveyed.
From Treasury, an Invitation to Financial Bloggers
By BRIAN STELTER
Timothy Geithner and other senior officials had a two-hour round table with financial writers this month.
Video Game Review | New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Mario and Luigi, Back to the Wii: The More Players, the Deadlier
By SETH SCHIESEL
New Super Mario Bros. Wii is nothing close to a casual party game. It will drive many children into a tantrum or a sulk.
Tim Berners-Lee in Africa: Web Foundation Announces 2 New Projects
November 16, 2009, 4:48 AM
Official Google Chrome Extension Gallery Announced Early, Launching Soon
November 16, 2009, 3:48 AM
Obama: 'I Have Never Used Twitter'
November 16, 2009, 1:36 AM
Cisco Yields to Tandberg Shareholders
November 16, 2009, 8:39 AM
Intuit Gets Into the Customer Management Business
November 16, 2009, 3:00 AM
Evernote, the Startup That Boosts Your Memory, Raises $10 Million
November 16, 2009, 12:00 AM
Cisco Ups Offer for Videoconferencing Firm Tandberg to $3.4B
November 16, 2009, 6:17 AM
US Companies in China Ask Obama for Help on Piracy
November 16, 2009, 4:21 AM
Obama Tells Chinese Students Information Should Be Free
November 16, 2009, 2:27 AM
Two Rival Supercomputers Duke It Out for Top Spot
November 16, 2009, 12:08 AM
Computerworld
Two rival supercomputers duke it out for top spot
Business Week
The Intel-AMD Settlement
Wall Street Journal
New Google Book Pact Unlikely to End Flap
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15 Nov 2009 16:20
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15 Nov 2009 00:39
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Hal Mayforth
Is There a Method in Cellphone Madness?
By SAUL HANSELL
Despite all those wild pricing plans, American cellphone users spend about 5 cents a minute on talk time and a penny a text message — lower than anywhere else in the developed world.
Slipstream
Seeking a Shorter Path to New Drugs
By NATASHA SINGER
To foster faster innovation in the drug industry, big-picture thinkers are recommending some sharing of information.
Digital Domain
Apple Wouldn’t Risk Its Cool Over a Gimmick, Would It?
By RANDALL STROSS
In a patent application, a new way to make consumers acknowledge a pop-up ad.
Economic View
Paying a Price for the Thrill of the Hunt
By RICHARD H. THALER
I’ll raise you by a penny (and pay 60 cents for the privilege): That’s one way bidders take part in auctions at a self-described “entertainment shopping” site.
Going for the Bling: Hollywood Burglars
By ALLEN SALKIN
Police say a gang of teenagers used the Web to track stars and burglarize their homes.
Online Visions by Long Island Public TV
By AILEEN JACOBSON
WLIW, the public television station, introduces a new video portal on its Web site.
Selling Lessons Online Raises Cash and Questions
By WINNIE HU
A venture by some teachers has led school officials to ask who owns materials developed for public schools.
From the Magazine
Phenomenon
The Price of Free
By NICHOLAS CARR
What will happen to TV if we all stream shows from the Web.
Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter?
By JOSHUAH BEARMAN
A group of young designers is redefining what makes a video game a game.
Rackspace Says It's Closing the Gap With Amazon
November 14, 2009, 3:12 AM
Android This Week: Google Maps Nav on the Droid; Saygus Who?
November 14, 2009, 8:01 AM
VCs Pump Cash Into Solid-State Storage
November 14, 2009, 8:01 AM
Week in Review: Droid vs Eris, Google Acquires Admob
November 14, 2009, 5:43 PM
Google, Plaintiffs Submit Revised Book Search Settlement
November 14, 2009, 9:04 AM
November 14, 2009, 9:02 AM
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"Fly Emirates. Meet Dubai."
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