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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 11:24pm CET
Seeking the means to shrink a nasty budget deficit, legislators in Albany have floated the idea of slapping a 4% tax on entertainment services delivered via the net, including streaming movies, e-books, and music downloads.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 11:19pm CET
This just in, the format war is over. The 18-month honeymoon analysts had given Blu-ray has prematurely ended, and while sales have risen from nothing to something barely eclipsing okay, its successor may already be over the horizon.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 10:20pm CET
Gee, what do you suppose Dell's super-secret new Adamo brand, due to premiere at the next CES, could be? We could ask a slew of analysts for their best advance speculation...Or we could just Google it.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 8:04pm CET
Pending updates to the Android mobile operating system were made public this week as a part of the Google's "Cupcake" roadmap, revealing new functionality that will endow future Android devices with abilities beyond those in the G1 now.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 8:01pm CET
Internet and voice traffic to much of the Middle East and south Asia has been disrupted by the overnight loss of three major cables spanning the Mediterranean.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 7:54pm CET
Brazilian PC maker Positivo has confirmed in a regulatory filing that it has rejected a buyout offer from Lenovo, estimated in the Brazilian press as worth up to $800 million.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 7:47pm CET
The makers of one of the Internet's first and most respected anti-adware products are on schedule to release their 2009 edition next month, though they need some help from registered testers to make it happen.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 5:53pm CET
Google's popular video site YouTube yesterday unveiled a dedicated HD section for US users to watch videos in 720p high definition.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 4:31pm CET
Second quarter 2009 looked much like second quarter 2008 for Oracle's per-share earnings, announced Thursday in its quarterly call. It would have been better if the dollar hadn't muscled up.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 4:14pm CET
Rather than pursue suspected file-sharers in court, the recording industry will take a more technological approach to finding, penalizing, and then potentially suing individuals when it has more evidence against them, BetaNews has learned.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 2:59am CET
The newest edition of the Novell-sponsored OpenSUSE Project's Linux OS, contains a number of new enhancements built both internally and through the open source community.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 2:54am CET
Research in Motion's Q3 2009 report confirmed that the company met its revised projection from earlier in the month, and indicated that perhaps things aren't so bad in the "land-grab" wireless-handset market.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 2:50am CET
Palm plans to ship a consumer-oriented smartphone -- based on its upcoming Nova OS -- in the first half of next year, while continuing to focus its Windows Mobile-based Treo on the enterprise, Palm's CEO said today.
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Publié: décembre 19, 2008, 1:34am CET
Chairman Kevin Martin can't win for losing. Taking the President's and a powerful senator's advice yesterday in delaying a critical vote on nationwide free broadband...again, two more congressmen are sounding legal alarms.