Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.
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Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:58pm EST
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Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:28pm EST
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AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies. -
Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:22pm EST
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | They may not be the power company, but you won't find too many threats to their dominance. All three are not only at the top of their game, they have few, if any, competitors. And the law helps keep newbies out of the market. -
Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:15pm EST
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Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked … -
Super Bowl bust: U.S. government seizes 307 domains for violating NFL copyrights (Yahoo! News)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 6:08pm EST
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Yahoo! News - While many sports fans are preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl by organizing parties and shopping for TVs, the U.S. government is preparing in a different way. Just yesterday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency seized 307 different domains suspected of violating NFL copyrights. … -
Star Wars, Ferris Bueller drive Super Bowl ad buzz (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:30pm EST
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Reuters - The Super Bowl is still two days away but some advertisers already are looking like winners as their yet-to-be-aired commercials score millions of hits online and rack up pre-game buzz. -
Android Games from Capcom and Square-Enix on Their Way ... In Japan (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:28pm EST
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ContributorNetwork - States-side fans of video game consoles, from the first Nintendo Entertainment System to its modern successor the Wii, know what it's like for a game that looks awesome to only come out in Japan. -
Facebook IPO Carries Too Much Risk for Small Investors (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:28pm EST
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The Facebook IPO is likely going to result in the social media giant ending up with a market value in the $75 to $100 billion range, according to MSNBC.com. -
Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:04pm EST
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AP - Saboteurs have hacked into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.
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The Super Bowl: The most DVR’d, and DVR-proof, broadcast on TV (The Cutline)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 3:00pm EST
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The Cutline - More than 111 million people are expected to watch the Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots on Sundayâroughly a third of the U.S. population and the largest television audience in television history. And virtually all of those viewers will be watching it live. "Live sports is the most DVR-proof programming [...] -
Anonymous publishes FBI call on hacking (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:28pm EST
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Reuters - Internet activist group Anonymous published a recording on Friday of a confidential call between FBI agents and London detectives in which the law-enforcement agents discuss action they are taking against hacking. -
What If Tech Companies Were Countries? (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:58pm EST
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Tech companies across the United States have been releasing their Q1 2012 financial reports, or their summaries of how well they did in the last few months. Apple, with its mountains of cash and nearly-vertical iPad sales growth (as illustrated in this graph by Horace Dediu), continues to dominate most of the hardware markets that it participates in ... and to have outsized profits per smartphone sold, as illustrated in this graph by Benedict Evans. -
Anonymous hack an anti-hacking FBI call; takes down the Boston PD (Yahoo! News)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:21pm EST
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Yahoo! News - Whether you agree with the tactics of hacker group Anonymous or not, you have to admit they have a good sense of irony. Earlier today, the group hacked an FBI conference call about ... the threat posed by Anonymous. News of the hack … -
Stop right there: EU halts Google’s new privacy policy (Yahoo! News)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 1:18pm EST
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Yahoo! News - Google's intrusive new privacy policy has raised quite a few eyebrows here in the United States, but it's making even more waves in the EU. There, a joint regulatory commission of all 27 European nations has called for the web … -
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:56pm EST
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AP - They trade jokes, chuckle and talk shop about a hacker plot called "Project Mayhem."
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Going mobile: Travel's eventual high-tech future (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:50pm EST
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Reuters - Welcome to the airport terminal of the future. -
Siemens on look-out for new CEO for NSN: union rep (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:24pm EST
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Reuters - Siemens AG is on the look out for a new chief executive for its mobile phone network equipment joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), Siemens supervisory board member Sibylle Wankel told reporters on Friday. -
EU probes new Google privacy policy (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:53am EST
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AP - The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws. -
Apple to resume full online sales in Germany (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:50am EST
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Reuters - Apple Inc said it was cleared to resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads via its German online store on Friday, after the suspension of an injunction won by Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc in December. -
Why No One Can Compete with Amazon (ContributorNetwork)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 11:16am EST
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Amazon.com is sort of like the Wal-Mart of the Internet. It doesn't just sell books anymore; nowadays, it sells everything from riding lawn mowers to bulk toilet paper. And its Kindle Fire tablet has become strong competition for Apple's iPad, selling (possibly) millions of units compared to hundreds of thousands for most of its Android competitors. -
Sprint investors in purgatory until 2013 (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 7:41am EST
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Reuters - Sprint Nextel , like its bigger rivals, is expected to report a steep decline in fourth-quarter profit margins due to its launch of the costly Apple Inc iPhone. -
Japan's Panasonic projects record annual net loss (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 4:16am EST
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AP - Panasonic on Friday nearly doubled its projected net loss for the fiscal year to a record 780 billion yen ($10.2 billion) amid weak TV and mobile phone sales and ongoing restructuring costs after acquiring smaller Sanyo Electronics Co.
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Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:57am EST
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Reuters - A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing. -
Megaupload founder refused bail in New Zealand (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:57am EST
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Reuters - A New Zealand court refused an appeal by the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com to be freed on bail, Friday, agreeing with prosecutors there was a risk he would attempt to flee before an extradition hearing. -
Analysis: A sobering look at Facebook (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 2:19am EST
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Reuters - It's the year's hottest initial public offering, but some wealth managers find themselves having a hard time recommending Facebook to their clients.
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Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:40am EST
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AP - The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.
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Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 12:40am EST
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AP - The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.