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  • August 2008

    • More Businesses Turning to Virtual Trade Shows

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 6, 08 9:34 PM CDT

      More Businesses Turning to Virtual Trade Shows

      (Newser) - Hoping to dodge the hassle and cost of real-life trade shows, more companies are heading online to show off their wares. The San Jose Mercury News takes a look at this new, virtual business terrain, and what companies are doing with it. The online shows cost about $25,000 and boast 3D graphics and social networking features. One big advantage: It's easier to track attendees' activities and translate them into sales leads. More »

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      Internet  • technology  • virtual worlds  • trade show

    • Google 'Geek' Proposes Via Street View

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Aug 6, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Google 'Geek' Proposes Via Street View

      (Newser) - It was bound to happen: A Google software engineer has used the company's new Street View feature to propose. The self-described geek held up a "Marry Me, Leslie!" sign as the roving cameras covered his Silicon Valley neighborhood, the San Jose Mercury News reports. When the photos went online, he launched a website with his girlfriend's email address, and strangers helped him plead his case. The wedding's in May. More »

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      Google  • technology  • Street View

    • Kindle Is King of the Market —But It's a Small Market

      Portfolio  |  Aug 5, 08 9:14 PM CDT

      Kindle Is King of the Market &mdash;But It's a Small Market

      (Newser) - After about 9 months on the market, how goes the Kindle? No official sales figures are out for Amazon's electronic reader, but Liz Gunnison of Portfolio tries to get a sense of things. If you were expecting it to ignite a revolution in reading, keep dreaming. Amazon has likely sold about 240,000—that puts revenue at about $100 million, a "rounding error" by Amazon standards—and Gunnison doesn't see a huge market beyond that because of a host of demographic and market factors. More »

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      technology  • reading  • Amazon  • Jeff Bezos  • Kindle  • e-book

  • July 2008

    • Aspiring Spies Get New Toys

      New York Times  |  Jul 31, 08 4:57 PM CDT

      Aspiring Spies Get New Toys

      (Newser) - Two new Bluetooth headsets are meant as cellphone accessories, "the type that make white-collar executives on city streets look like the muttering deranged," but David Pogue has found a much cooler use, he writes in the New York Times. SoundID’s SM100 and Callpod’s Dragon V2 easily convert to "secret-agent two-way radios." More »

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      cell phones  • technology  • radio  • gadget  • communication  • Bluetooth

    • A Possible Cure for BlackBerry Thumbs

      Laptop Magazine  |  Jul 25, 08 3:23 PM CDT

      A Possible Cure for BlackBerry Thumbs

      (Newser) - If your thumbs ache after hours of texting and gaming, a new gadget may be able to whip your digits back into shape. The Xtensor "exercise device" helps geeks strengthen their wrists and hands or rehabilitate injuries, reports Laptop Magazine , but reviewer Joanna Stern acknowledges that she hasn't had the $39.95 device long enough to report on whether it works as intended. More »

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      health  • cell phones  • technology  • gaming  • reviews  • texting

    • Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 18, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      Tech Firms Buoyed by Demand Abroad

      (Newser) - The tech sector keeps rolling even as the overall economy continues to flail, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four of tech’s giants, Microsoft, Google, IBM and Nokia, posted quarterly results yesterday, riding high on developed nations’ need for cost-saving technologies and emerging economies’ demand for infrastructure upgrades as the Internet and cell phones enjoy wider use in the developing world. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • stock market  • technology  • Intel  • IBM  • Nokia  • NASDAQ  • AMD  • emerging markets

    • 10 Computers That Changed Everything

      LiveScience  |  Jul 16, 08 8:21 PM CDT

      10 Computers That Changed Everything

      (Newser) - Convenience is a given when it comes to today's PCs, but the machine you're reading this on has come a long way. Major transformations date as far back as the early 19th century. Live Science gives the back-story on 10 revolutionary computers. The Difference Engine, 1822: Designed by Charles Babbage but not built until decades later, today's replicas show this math-table-generating machine to work flawlessly. ENIAC, 1946: This US Army computer weighed 30 tons, used 17,478 vacuum tubes, and consumed 150 kilowatts. More »

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      technology  • computer  • Intel  • IBM  • computer chip  • personal computers  • desktop computers  • Xerox PARC

    • iPhone Mania Gets Under Way Across Asia

      Associated Press  |  Jul 10, 08 9:54 PM CDT

      iPhone Mania Gets Under Way Across Asia

      (AP) - The new iPhone model went on sale in the Asia-Pacific region, with throngs at one Tokyo store counting down the last 30 seconds in unison. The celebration is part of a global rollout in 22 nations of the 3G, or third-generation, wireless connecting iPhone, an upgrade of the model that went on sale last year in the US and several other nations. The phone goes on sale in the US at 8am tomorrow in each time zone. More »

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      Apple  • cell phones  • iPhone  • technology  • Steve Jobs  • iPhone 3G

    • Gardeners Dig These Gadgets

      MSNBC  |  Jul 10, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Gardeners Dig These Gadgets

      (Newser) - Technology is coming to the rescue of gardening-handicapped yard owners. A variety of new tech tools can help weekend gardeners keep their plants alive and even thriving with a minimum of effort, reports MSNBC. Among the new green gadgets: Wireless Weather Projection Station: This handy device measures temperature and barometric pressure to tell you when to plant. More »

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      technology  • gadget  • plants  • gardening

    • Tech Holds Ground Amid Slump

      USA Today  |  Jul 9, 08 7:10 PM CDT

      Tech Holds Ground Amid Slump

      (Newser) - Despite malaise in most sectors of the economy, the technology industry is weathering the downturn well, USA Today reports. Sales are up only 3% this year over 2007—a mediocre result, considering the industry usually grows by more than 10%—but with tech unemployment at 3.9% compared to 5.7% overall, insiders aren't seeing the trouble signs they saw during the dot-com collapse of 2001. More »

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      credit crisis  • technology  • computer  • tech industry  • growth  • downturn  • sales slump

    • Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

      Christian Science Monitor  |  Jul 2, 08 8:51 PM CDT

      Pragmatism Dictates China's Religious Policy

      (Newser) - China officially sanctions religious worship only at state facilities, but the Christian Science Monitor finds that plenty of wiggle room exists in the business world. It profiles one company whose Christian CEO is allowed to put up a church at every worksite. Why such accommodation in a formally atheist state? The company, SMIC, makes semiconductors, an area of production China is desperate to increase for its domestic electronics industry. More »

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      China  • technology  • Christianity  • electronics  • religious freedom  • atheism  • religious conflict  • semiconductor chip

  • June 2008

    • Teary Farewell for Gates

      Seattle Times  |  Jun 27, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Teary Farewell for Gates

      (Newser) - Microsoft celebrated Bill Gates’ last day as a full-time employee today, the Seattle Times reports. More than 800 employees, family members and friends shared memories at the company’s corporate conference center in Redmond, Wash. CEO Steve Ballmer bid a tearful farewell to his longtime friend: "We've been given a enormous opportunity, and Bill gave us that opportunity," he told the audience. More »

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      Microsoft  • technology  •