Items by By BRAD STONE
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YouTube Will Back Its Most Promising Video Creators
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 1:30pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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YouTube will invest $5 million in video makers whose work appeals to large audiences and mainstream advertisers.
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Amazon Introduces a New Kindle DX With Lower Price
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 1:16am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Amazon refreshes the Kindle DX.
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China Partially Blocking Google Searches
Posted: June 30th, 2010, 7:24pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Google says that China is blocking some searches from its users in mainland China.
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File-Sharing Pioneers Now Selling Music
Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 4:42pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The founders of the file-sharing site Kazaa will unveil a venture, Rdio, which will allow users to stream and store music on a range of mobile phones.
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Regulators Are Watching Google Over Antitrust Concerns
Posted: May 23rd, 2010, 8:00am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The government is looking for signs that Google’s enormous market power may be hurting competition in Web search and advertising.
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F.T.C. Approves Google’s Deal for AdMob
Posted: May 21st, 2010, 8:50pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The surprising endorsement by the Federal Trade Commission of Google’s deal for AdMob follows Apple’s purchase of Quattro Wireless, an AdMob rival.
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Google Says It Inadvertently Collected Personal Data
Posted: May 14th, 2010, 5:33pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The admission, involving the scanning of Wi-Fi networks to improve its mapping products, contradicts the company's previous claims.
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Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to Craigslist
Posted: April 26th, 2010, 2:13am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Law enforcement officials say the ads, expected to bring $36 million this year, are still being used for prostitution.
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Sex Ads Seen Adding Revenue to Craigslist
Posted: April 26th, 2010, 2:13am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Law enforcement officials say the ads, expected to bring $36 million this year, are still being used for prostitution.
NYT > Business
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Privacy Commissioners Take Aim at Google
Posted: April 20th, 2010, 6:03pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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As officials of 10 countries criticized Google's privacy practices, the company released a new tool showing which governments want to peek at user data.
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Apple Introduces Mobile Ad System
Posted: April 8th, 2010, 5:01pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The new service will offer ways to develop interactive ads in apps for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Across U.S., Apple Fans Buy the First iPads
Posted: April 3rd, 2010, 11:58pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Many waiting for the iPad had a sense that they were involved in a big Apple moment, although they could not quite say how they would use the gadget.
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Analysts Ask if the iPad Can Live Up to Its Hype
Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:10am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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With high expectations for the tablet, Apple’s biggest challenge will be achieving the mass-market penetration and cultural impact of the iPod and iPhone.
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Ping: Labels Balk at Services to Stream Music to Various Devices
Posted: March 13th, 2010, 6:09pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Music in the cloud, an Internet music service that everyone anticipates but which has not yet caught on, would cause problems for the music industry itself.
NYT > Sports
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Major League Baseball to Stream ESPN Events
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 12:50am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media will handle the technology infrastructure and customer support for the nearly 3,500 live events that ESPN streams each year.
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Major League Baseball to Stream ESPN Events
Posted: March 8th, 2010, 12:50am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media will handle the technology infrastructure and customer support for the nearly 3,500 live events that ESPN streams each year.
NYT > Business
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Major League Baseball to Stream ESPN Events
Posted: March 7th, 2010, 10:44pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Major League Baseball Advanced Media will handle the technology infrastructure and customer support for the nearly 3,500 live events that ESPN streams each year.
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Ads Posted on Facebook Strike Some as Off-Key
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 10:11pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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From mainstream companies to others that are more off-putting, advertisers on Facebook are a motley bunch.
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Facebook Ads Strike Some as Off-Key
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 9:24pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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From mainstream companies to others that are more off-putting, advertisers on Facebook are a motley bunch.
NYT > Business
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TiVo to Offer Boxes That Go Beyond the Recorder
Posted: March 3rd, 2010, 1:48am EST by By BRAD STONE
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In addition to its standard TV offerings, TiVo, the DVR pioneer, said it would offer an array of related offerings from Netflix, Blockbuster, YouTube and Amazon.
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Wal-Mart Buying Vudu Movie Service
Posted: February 22nd, 2010, 11:01pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Wal-Mart’s purchase of the startup Vudu represents a major move into selling movies over the Internet.
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The Fight Over Who Sets Prices at the Online Mall
Posted: February 8th, 2010, 12:56am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Major brands and manufacturers — and now, book publishers — are deploying new tactics and tools to control how their products are presented and priced online.
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With Its Tablet, Apple Blurs Line Between Devices
Posted: January 28th, 2010, 10:42am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Apple is positioning its new tablet computer as something between a laptop and a smartphone.
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Nintendo Wii to Add Netflix Service for Streaming Video
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 12:38am EST by By BRAD STONE
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The service, to start in the spring, is one more sign that game consoles are aiming to be a hub of entertainment in the living room.
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Optimism Takes Charge at Consumer Electronics Show
Posted: January 11th, 2010, 12:09am EST by By BRAD STONE
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This year, there was more talk about tablet-size reading devices and 3-D television than about how to weather the economic storm.
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Viruses That Leave Victims Red in the Facebook
Posted: December 14th, 2009, 12:03am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Viruses are rampaging through social networking sites, sending out humiliating messages to friends and followers.
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Google Adds Live Updates to Results
Posted: December 7th, 2009, 11:02pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Google will supplement its search results with updates posted each second to sites like Twitter and Facebook.
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Boxee, a Start-Up, to Offer a Device to Put Web Video on TV
Posted: December 7th, 2009, 11:02pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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A partnership between Boxee and the Taiwanese equipment maker D-Link hopes to keep the price of the new set-top box under $200.
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Google Adds Live Results From Twitter to Searches
Posted: December 7th, 2009, 3:37pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Google unveiled efforts to expand its search technology, including integration with Twitter and photo analysis.
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Apple Is Said to Be Close to Buying Music Start-Up
Posted: December 4th, 2009, 8:17pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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In a sign that Apple is looking at alternative ways for people to play digital music, the company has agreed to acquire Lala, a start-up, a person with knowledge of the deal said.
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A Co-Founder of Microsoft Has Lymphoma
Posted: November 17th, 2009, 1:27am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Paul Allen, who left Microsoft earlier for treatment of Hodgkin’s disease, now has non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
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Glyde Aims to Simplify Online Sales of Used Media
Posted: November 16th, 2009, 12:54am EST by By BRAD STONE
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The company will be challenging eBay and Amazon.com in the market for used books, video games and DVDs.
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EBay Settles Suit Over Skype Sale
Posted: November 6th, 2009, 9:48am EST by By BRAD STONE
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The founders of Skype will drop their lawsuits against the company and a consortium of buyers who bid to purchase Skype. In exchange, the founders will get a 14 percent share in the new Skype.
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F.B.I. Indicts Dozens in Online Bank Fraud
Posted: October 7th, 2009, 11:24pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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An indictment accuses the ring of running a computer “phishing” scheme to obtain personal information and withdraw money from bank accounts.
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New Amazon Kindle to Download Books Beyond U.S.
Posted: October 7th, 2009, 4:25am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The updated e-book reader will wirelessly download books in the United States and more than 100 other countries.
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‘Clear’ Security Service May Return at Airports
Posted: September 29th, 2009, 11:46pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Verified Identity Pass, which offered a service to send airline passengers to the head of the security line for a fee, has been sold.
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Ping: Share the Moment and Spread the Wealth
Posted: September 26th, 2009, 11:01pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Any Web site that wants to spread its influence far and wide does so more effectively if readers send on their content to other friends. That is, hitting the “share” button.
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Twitter Appears Set to Raise $100 Million, Valuing It at $1 Billion
Posted: September 25th, 2009, 1:11am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The service has attracted a huge following so fast that investors do not want to miss out when it starts making money.
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Best Buy and Verizon Jump Into E-Reader Fray
Posted: September 22nd, 2009, 10:04pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Two big names are teaming with iRex Technologies to market a touch-screen e-reader to rival the Kindle from Amazon.
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Can Amazon Be Wal-Mart of the Web?
Posted: September 20th, 2009, 2:43am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Amazon is expected to soon sell more general merchandise than media products like books and DVDs.
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Skype Founders Escalate Legal Fight Over Sale
Posted: September 18th, 2009, 11:15pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The lawsuit asserts that Joost’s former chief executive misused confidential technical information about the peer-to-peer architecture behind both Skype and Joost.
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Skype Founders File Copyright Suit Against eBay
Posted: September 16th, 2009, 11:13pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The suit alleges that eBay violated their copyright by altering and sharing the peer-to-peer source code behind the free Internet calling service.
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Steve Jobs Makes First Appearance Since Transplant
Posted: September 9th, 2009, 1:44pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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A thin but energetic Steven P. Jobs reappeared at an Apple news conference and addressed his illness for the first time.
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EBay Sells Most of Skype to Private Investors
Posted: September 1st, 2009, 12:33pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The $1.9 billion deal values Skype, the Internet calling service, at $2.75 billion, higher than many analysts had expected.
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For Sports Obsessed, a Site Tries to Please Every Fan
Posted: August 24th, 2009, 1:34am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Backed with $5 million from venture capitalists, the Web site is creating an almanac of every athlete and team, no matter how obscure.
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For Sports Obsessed, a Site Tries to Please Every Fan
Posted: August 24th, 2009, 1:34am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Backed with $5 million from venture capitalists, the Web site is creating an almanac of every athlete and team, no matter how obscure.
NYT > Business
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Sites Ask Users to Spend to Save
Posted: August 16th, 2009, 10:17pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Swoopo.com sells a variety of products in auctions that typically top out at a small fraction of the retail price, but charges a fee for each bid.
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Sony Plans to Adopt Common Format for E-Books
Posted: August 13th, 2009, 12:46am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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To counter Amazon.com, Sony and other device makers as well as several publishers will use the same technology, called ePub, for digital book sales.
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Breakfast Can Wait. The Day’s First Stop Is Online.
Posted: August 10th, 2009, 1:50pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Technology has shaken up morning routines — people are increasingly waking up and lunging for their laptops.
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Google Chief Gives Up Board Seat at Apple
Posted: August 4th, 2009, 1:32am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The resignation of Eric E. Schmidt was described as a mutual decision. Regulators say they are still investigating a board overlap between the companies.
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Amazon Faces a Fight Over Its E-Books
Posted: July 26th, 2009, 7:43pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Some Kindle fans want Amazon to give up its use of a software called digital rights management, which allows the company to maintain strict control of its e-books.
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Slipstream: The Music Streams That Soothe an Industry
Posted: July 25th, 2009, 2:37pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Watchers of the music business say a fundamental shift is under way toward licensed streaming services, supported by ads.
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Amazon Reports Lower-Than-Expected Sales
Posted: July 23rd, 2009, 4:46pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Amazon.com posted weaker-than-expected earnings in the second quarter, as sales of books and other media flattened.
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Amazon’s Expanding With Deal for Zappos
Posted: July 22nd, 2009, 8:10pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The acquisition of the online shoe retailer, in a deal worth nearly $900 million, is the largest in Amazon’s history.
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Sales Drive Robust Quarter for Apple
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 9:13pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The company’s quarter was led by sales of Macintosh computers and a burst in iPhone purchases, after the introduction of the new3GS.
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Musicians Find New Backers as Labels Lose Power
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 9:04pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Companies are planning to invest in artists who lack record deals and help them find audiences online.
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Musicians Find New Backers as Labels Lose Power
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 8:50pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Companies are planning to invest in artists who lack record deals and help them find audiences online.
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Sales Drive Robust Quarter for Apple
Posted: July 21st, 2009, 5:28pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The company’s quarter was led by sales of Macintosh computers and a burst in iPhone purchases, after the introduction of the new 3GS.
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Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle
Posted: July 17th, 2009, 10:31pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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An Amazon spokesman said that “1984” and “Animal Farm” were added to the Kindle store by a company that did not have rights to them, using a self-service function.
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EBay Denies Partnership With G.M.
Posted: July 10th, 2009, 10:01pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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G.M. said it was forging a new partnership with eBay to sell new cars. But the auction site said that no deal had been reached.
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Best Buy and TiVo Are Forming an Alliance
Posted: July 9th, 2009, 1:50am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The electronics retailer will advertise TiVo products, and TiVo will return the favor on its subscribers’ televisions.
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Gizmodo, Engadget, and Now GDGT
Posted: July 2nd, 2009, 1:55am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The creator of two successful Web sites that catered to fans of electronic equipment like cameras and cellphones is helping to start a third, featuring reviews written by consumers.
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First Came Gizmodo, Then Engadget. Now, GDGT.
Posted: July 1st, 2009, 4:49pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The creator of two successful Web sites that catered to fans of electronic equipment like cameras and cellphones is helping to start a third, featuring reviews written by consumers.
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Revenue at Craigslist Is Said to Top $100 Million
Posted: June 10th, 2009, 1:22am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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An outside firm is projecting a 23 percent jump in revenue for the Internet company in a year when classified advertising in newspapers has plummeted.
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Sony Agrees to Provide Its Older Songs to eMusic
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 12:59am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Major labels had been skeptical of the business model behind eMusic’s online music subscription service.
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Slipstream: From TV to the Web to Your Phone
Posted: May 31st, 2009, 12:47am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Now owned by EchoStar, Sling Media and its technologies are about to get a lot more visibility.
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Music Labels Cut Friendlier Deals With Start-Ups
Posted: May 27th, 2009, 11:28pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The changes stem from an unavoidable reality facing the music business: the economics of offering music free on the Web do not work.
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Slipstream: Tinker Away, Facebook Says
Posted: May 2nd, 2009, 3:14pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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A wave of companies are aiming to give consumers new ways to tap into social networks.
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EBay Plans Public Offering for Skype
Posted: April 15th, 2009, 11:15am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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EBay announced plans to spin off its Internet calling division, in an initial public offering targeted for the first half of 2010.
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Lost in the Real World, Found via Cyberspace
Posted: April 8th, 2009, 4:12pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Millions of people have published information about themselves online, improving efforts to return lost items.
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Slipstream: Is This the Future of the Digital Book?
Posted: April 4th, 2009, 3:38pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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A Silicon Valley entrepreneur wants to create a multimedia hybrid tailored to digital reading devices.
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Finance Chief at Facebook Is Leaving
Posted: April 1st, 2009, 1:15am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Gideon Yu raised the last round of financing for the online social network, which included investment from Microsoft.
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Is Facebook Growing Up Too Fast?
Posted: March 28th, 2009, 10:46pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Facebook soon expects to add its 200 millionth user. As it manages its growth, it must balance an increasingly disparate audience.
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Blockbuster and TiVo Join to Deliver Digital Movies
Posted: March 25th, 2009, 3:43am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The Blockbuster chain hopes its digital future lies with a movie delivery partnership with TiVo.
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Sony Reaches Deal to Share in Google’s E-Book Library
Posted: March 19th, 2009, 12:13am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The deal will make a half million copyright-free books available for Sony’s Reader device, a rival to Amazon.com’s Kindle.
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The iPhone Is Gaining Some Editing Skills
Posted: March 18th, 2009, 2:32am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Apple said its new iPhone software would be able to copy and paste text.
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Slipstream: Police Take the Fight Onto the Web
Posted: March 7th, 2009, 12:53pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Law enforcement agencies are beginning to use the Web to compare notes on crimes and help track suspects.
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Apple Tells Shareholders That Jobs Will Return
Posted: February 26th, 2009, 1:51am EST by By BRAD STONE
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At Apple’s shareholder meeting, the company said Steven P. Jobs still planned to return in June.
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Profit Rises at Amazon as Shoppers Seek Deals
Posted: January 30th, 2009, 12:55am EST by By BRAD STONE
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The company posted strong earnings in a brutal climate that has punished nearly every other retailer, both online and offline.
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Boxee, Used to View Web on TV, Generates Buzz
Posted: January 17th, 2009, 12:00am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Some of Boxee’s fans say the free software allows them to give up their costly cable or satellite TV connection.
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Boxee, Used to View Web on TV, Generates Buzz
Posted: January 17th, 2009, 12:00am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Some of Boxee’s fans say the free software allows them to give up their costly cable or satellite TV connection.
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Can Apple Fill the Void?
Posted: January 16th, 2009, 1:38am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Many point to the talent available at Apple as reassurance as Steve Jobs takes a medical leave of absence from the company. But others are looking at the company’s history with worry.
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Apple Chief Temporarily Steps Aside
Posted: January 15th, 2009, 2:53am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Saying his health issues were “more complex” than he originally thought, Steven P. Jobs is taking a leave until the end of June.
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Apple Chief Temporarily Steps Aside
Posted: January 15th, 2009, 2:53am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Saying his health issues were “more complex” than he originally thought, Steven P. Jobs is taking a leave until the end of June.
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Bits: Mattel’s Bizarre Novelty Product at C.E.S.
Posted: January 9th, 2009, 4:34pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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A new toy called Mindflex challenges players to elevate and maneuver a small ball using only the power of the mind.
NYT > Business
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Apple’s Jobs Explains His Weight Loss
Posted: January 5th, 2009, 4:56pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Steven P. Jobs said that he was being treated for a hormone imbalance but would remain in his job.
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Apple’s Jobs Explains His Weight Loss
Posted: January 5th, 2009, 4:56pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Steven P. Jobs said that he was being treated for a hormone imbalance but would remain in his job.
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LG Adds a Direct Internet Link to a Line of HDTVs
Posted: January 5th, 2009, 12:21am EST by By BRAD STONE
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A partnership with Netflix will bring access to the 12,000 films and shows in its Watch Instantly library.
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A City That Shopped Till It Dropped
Posted: December 21st, 2008, 1:02am EST by By BRAD STONE
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The people of Emeryville, Calif. are feeling the pain of this disappointing holiday shopping season more acutely than most.
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Apple’s Chief to Skip Macworld, Fueling Speculation
Posted: December 17th, 2008, 12:29pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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Apple said Steven P. Jobs would not appear at Macworld in January and that it would pull out of the conference after January’s event.
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Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web
Posted: December 1st, 2008, 10:16pm EST by By BRAD STONE
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With Facebook Connect, users can log onto a variety of sites and see their friends’ activities there.
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Now Comes the Hard Part as Yahoo Wrestles With a Question of Direction
Posted: November 19th, 2008, 1:16am EST by By BRAD STONE
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Yahoo has a fundamental decision to make, say analysts. Does it want to remain an independent company, or should it sell some or all of itself to another Internet player?
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Banks Mine Data and Pitch to Troubled Borrowers
Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 2:26am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Businesses are creating detailed profiles of the financial lives of Americans and selling that information to banks.
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Banks Mine Data and Pitch to Troubled Borrowers
Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 2:26am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Using ever more sophisticated techniques, businesses are creating detailed profiles of the financial lives of Americans and selling that information to banks.
NYT > Business
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Authorities Shut Down Spam Ring
Posted: October 15th, 2008, 12:58am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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An international spam network was ordered to shut down, stopping what the authorities say was one of the most prolific spam gangs on the Internet.
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Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerce War
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 8:48am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Seven years ago, eBay was an online juggernaut and Amazon.com its weaker rival. How times have changed.
NYT > Business
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Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerce War
Posted: October 11th, 2008, 3:49pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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Seven years ago, eBay was an online juggernaut and Amazon.com its weaker rival. How times have changed.
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EBay to Lay Off 10% of Work Force
Posted: October 6th, 2008, 7:23pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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EBay said it would lay off 10 percent of its workers and pay $1.35 billion for the Web payment firm Bill Me Later and two Danish classified advertising companies.
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EBay to Lay Off 10% of Work Force
Posted: October 6th, 2008, 4:39pm EDT by By BRAD STONE
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The move to cut about 1,000 jobs is an attempt to improve the performance of its core marketplace division. EBay also said it is buying Bill Me Later, a Web-payment start-up.
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Samsung Offers $5.85 Billion for SanDisk
Posted: September 17th, 2008, 2:00am EDT by By BRAD STONE
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SanDisk, maker of flash memory cards, has some 860 patents in the United States and 550 overseas. Samsung currently pays SanDisk $440 million a year to license those patents.