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  • November 2007

    • Microsoft Finally Makes a 'Pretty Good' Media Player

      PC World  |  Nov 12, 07 2:12 PM CST

      Microsoft Finally Makes a 'Pretty Good' Media Player

      (Newser) - Microsoft released its latest Zune portable media players today, garnering approval from PC World . "This latest generation of Zunes should finally provide some real competition," declared the reviewer. The magazine praised the players for high sound quality and good extra features, but pointed to improvements to the Zune software, Zune Marketplace and online environment as most significant. More »

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      Microsoft  • music  • technology  • digital music  • Zune  • portable media players

    • Microsoft Fires CIO

      Associated Press  |  Nov 6, 07 10:16 PM CST

      Microsoft Fires CIO

      (Newser) - Microsoft sacked its chief information officer, Stuart Scott, "after an investigation for violation of company policies," according to an email response to press inquiries. The company refuses to elaborate further, but since Scott appeared onstage with his boss at a technology conference less than a month ago, it seems his downfall was rather abrupt. More »

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      Microsoft  • business  • technology

    • Time Names iPhone Year's Best Invention

      Time  |  Nov 2, 07 10:00 AM CDT

      Time Names iPhone Year's Best Invention

      (Newser) - Time magazine is naming the iPhone its invention of the year. Why? It demonstrates that good design is as important as good technology. Its touchscreen creates a whole new kind of user interface. Other companies will seek the freedoms that AT&T granted Apple in designing the iPhone, which will result in better phones all around. More »

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      Apple  • iPhone  • technology  • Steve Jobs  • gadget  • inventions  • Time

    • Google Shares Scoot Past $700

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 1, 07 9:15 AM CDT

      Google Shares Scoot Past $700

      (Newser) - High investor expectations for Google's wireless and social networking businesses to equal its online advertising success pushed the search giant’s share price past $700 yesterday, reports the Wall Street Journal . Google’s stock has gained more than $100 since Oct. 8, and it is now one of the five most valuable US companies. More »

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      Google  • stock market  • YouTube  • technology

  • October 2007

    • Court Blocks New Patent Rules

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 31, 07 10:40 PM CDT

      Court Blocks New Patent Rules

      (Newser) - A Federal judge has blocked the US Patent and Trademark Office from implementing tough new patent rules with a temporary injunction in a suit brought by GlaxoSmithKline. The Wall Street Journal reports the new rules would have limited the number of times patent holders may make minor changes to existing patent applications, known as continuances, a favorite maneuver of pharma companies. More »

    • Making Money: Patent Pending

      Associated Press  |  Oct 24, 07 6:43 PM CDT

      Making Money: Patent Pending

      (Newser) - Big Blue is seeing green in a recent patent filing. IBM, which holds more patents than any company in the world and reaps more than $1 billion in royalties annually, says it wants to make it easier for small companies to license its ideas on a “floating privilege basis.” So it's seeking a patent on a method of granting access to patent portfolios, reports the AP. More »

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      business  • technology  • IBM  • patents  • patent trolls

    • Tech Wraps Growing Web Around World

      PC World  |  Oct 8, 07 1:40 PM CDT

      Tech Wraps Growing Web Around World

      (Newser) - Global cellphone and computer usage is up dramatically as inequalities in technology drop. Cellphone ownership has grown 20% in the US, where 80% of the population uses computers, third in the world behind Sweden and South Korea. Computer usage is up in 26 of 35 countries in a new Pew survey, PC World reports, and even 6% of Tanzanians log on. More »

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      Russia  • environment  • cell phones  • technology  • computer  • Nigeria  • culture  • Tanzania  • developing world

    • LCD Flat Screens Get Flatter

      ComputerWorld  |  Oct 4, 07 2:33 PM CDT

      LCD Flat Screens Get Flatter

      (Newser) - Much like modeling, electronics companies are now competing to make LCD TVs thinner and thinner, Computerworld reports. Sony is leading the way with its release Monday of the world's first organic light-emitting diode (OLED) television, boasting a screen just 3mm thick. Competitors Hitachi, Sharp, and JVC are close behind, with new prototypes bent on shaving a few millimeters off. More »

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      television  • technology  • flat screen TVs  • OLED

  • September 2007

    • Bain, Chinese Firm Buy 3Com

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 30, 07 5:14 PM CDT

      Bain, Chinese Firm Buy 3Com

      (Newser) - Chinese company Huawei Technologies Co. will help private equity firm Bain Capital buy 3Com Corp., a flailing US telecommunications company, by picking up almost 20% of the tab. Recently Chinese businesses have bought strategic stakes in US companies rather than full buyouts to skirt political scrutiny, which can lead to a deal collapse, reports the WS Journal. More »

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      China  • business  • technology  • telecommunications  • Bain Capital  • 3Com  • Huawei

    • Palm Aims $100 Smart Phone at the Masses

      CNET  |  Sep 28, 07 5:45 PM CDT

      Palm Aims $100 Smart Phone at the Masses

      (Newser) - While smart phones took a leap forward with the iPhone, it didn't quite end up in the hands of soccer moms everywhere. But by combining Treo hardware with an appealing $99.99 price-tag, Palm's new Centro aims to bridge the price gap that kept smart phones from the masses, CNET reports—sleekly packaged with easier internet access. More »

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      cell phones  • iPhone  • technology

    • Grand Jury Indicts 2 for Espionage

      PC World  |  Sep 27, 07 3:17 PM CDT

      Grand Jury Indicts 2 for Espionage

      (Newser) - Lan Lee and Yuefei Ge, both of California, were indicted Wednesday by a grand jury on two counts each of economic espionage, conspiracy and theft of trade secrets. The former employees of chip maker Netlogics Microsystems allegedly downloaded chip tech plans onto their home computers, intending to start their own company backed by Chinese money, PCWorld reports. More »

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      China  • technology  • computer chip  • espionage

    • Free Phone Service Listens In, Tailors Ads

      Associated Press  |  Sep 24, 07 12:42 PM CDT

      Free Phone Service Listens In, Tailors Ads

      (Newser) - In much the same way that Gmail scans emails to push relevant advertising, a California start-up is using voice-recognition software to translate the strategy to Internet phone calls. Puddingmedia offers free phone service if customers allow eavesdropping on their conversations, the AP reports. The data isn't recorded, but privacy advocates and bloggers are up in arms. More »

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      cell phones  • technology  • online advertising  • Internet advertising  • startup  • telephone  • Skype  • eavesdropping  • VOIP

    • Microsoft, EU Await Landmark Antitrust Decree

      BBC  |  Sep 16, 07 4:13 PM CDT

      Microsoft, EU Await Landmark Antitrust Decree

      (Newser) - Microsoft execs will be waiting to hear if they won an antitrust appeal against the EU tomorrow, the BBC reports. A 2004 probe declared the tech giant guilty of abusing its industry status and fined it $690 million. If Microsoft pulls off a victory, analysts say, the EU commission will have to pay back fines and endure a nasty blow to its reputation.   More »

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      Microsoft  • European Union  • technology  • antitrust

    • Technology Goes to the Toilet

      Time  |  Sep 15, 07 8:59 AM CDT

      Technology Goes to the Toilet

      (Newser) - In a country obsessed with both technology and cleanliness, it should be no surprise that  Japanese toilets set the standard for high-tech hygienic services, ranging from pre-warmed seats to artificial flushing sounds that drown out bodily noises without wasting water. More than 60% of all Japanese households are now equipped with smart bathrooms, called "washlets," Time reports, and they're catching on worldwide. More »

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      Japan  • technology  • hygiene  •