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Ericsson sees plunging profit (AFP) AFP - Ericsson, the world leader in mobile phone network equipment, reported on Monday a 28-percent drop in third-quarter net profits, but insisted it remained largely unscathed by financial turmoil.
The Internet is no 21st-century boob tube (CNET) CNET - Remember when you were young and your family used to gather 'round the television eating dinner on TV trays, fixated by programs like M*A*S*H and All in the Family? Chit chat about what happened at school and work was relegated to commercial breaks. And then it was bedtime.
US nuclear family also technology family (AFP) AFP - The typical American nuclear family is more likely than the rest of the population to own cellphones, use the Internet and have multiple computers at home, according to a survey released on Sunday.
Move over pinochle, Web surfing stimulates aging brains (CNET) CNET - The University of California at Los Angeles this week gave us the perfect antidote to Nick Carr's musings in The Atlantic about how the Internet is turning us into multitasking scatterbrains with diminishing attention spans.
Axel Springer hit by new German data leak scandal (Reuters) Reuters - The personal details of thousands of people who placed classified advertisements in newspapers owned by Axel Springer made their way onto the Internet in the latest data leak scandal to hit Germany.
Apple Is Greener, Greenpeace Says, But Has More To Do (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - At last Tuesday's laptop event on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif., the environment got a lot of attention. CEO Steve Jobs, who has been pushing for a "greener Apple" for months, flatly declared that the new Mac laptops, with their unibody aluminum construction and less toxic parts, "are the industry's greenest notebooks."
IBM Reaffirms Q3, Predicts Solid Q4 (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - IBM offered more details about its third-quarter earnings Thursday as the tech giant tried to calm investors amid a six-week skid that has sliced 20% from the value of its stock.
Facebook eyes digital-music business: report (Reuters) Reuters - Social networking site Facebook's founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg plans to enter the digital-music business in the wake of the launch of News Corp's MySpace Music last month, the New York Post said.
Nokia's Profit Falls But Meets Views; Shares Jump 9.7% (Investor's Business Daily) Investor's Business Daily - Hit by price competition and a drop in market share, No. 1 cell phone maker Nokia on Thursday reported a 20% decline in per-share profit and a 5% dip in sales last quarter.
NAB Seeks To Delay FCC's White-Space Ruling (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - The National Association of Broadcasters is raising objections to a Federal Communications Commission report suggesting that unlicensed wireless devices could operate in vacant slices of the white-space spectrum without causing interference to adjacent TV channels.
Qualcomm: Nokia to pay $2.5B in royalties dispute (AP) AP - Wireless semiconductor company Qualcomm Inc. will get an upfront payment of $2.5 billion from Nokia Corp. in a settlement of a royalties dispute, a spokeswoman said Friday.
Adobe's Flash Player 10 Takes on Microsoft's Silverlight 2 (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Just weeks after releasing the beta version of its Flash Player 10, code-named Astro, Adobe Systems this week released the final version for Linux, Windows and Macintosh computers. Flash Player 10 comes with a slew of new features and goes head-to-head with Microsoft's Silverlight 2, which was also released this week.
Sony, Vudu To Match Apple in Renting High-Def Video (NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Apple's recent embrace of HDTV is putting the spotlight on a growing trend of renting high-definition movies and TV shows online for up to 24 hours of viewing. Rivals such as Sony and Vudu are already preparing to make high-definition video a bigger part of their online entertainment offerings, and additional providers are expected to join the fray.
RIAA appeals mistrial in file-sharing case (CNET) CNET - The Recording Industry Association of America is appealing a judge's decision last month to declare a mistrial in the case of Jammie Thomas, who was ordered to pay the recording industry $222,000 for allegedly sharing music online.
UK police shut down card fraudsters' website (Reuters) Reuters - British police said on Friday they had shut down a highly sophisticated website that allowed fraudsters around the world to trade in stolen credit card details and find out about the latest online scams.
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Social networking sites told to warn users of weak privacy controls (AFP) (Internet), 6:12
Google Apps Malfunction Upsets Business Administrators (NewsFactor) (Internet), 6:12
Observers Upset By Changes To iGoogle (NewsFactor) (Internet), 6:12
Internet-scale 'man in the middle' attack disclosed (CNET) (Internet), 6:12
Google, eBay up, but indexes down (CNET) (Internet), 6:12
Microsoft may purse Yahoo search partnership: report (Reuters) (Microsoft), 15:07
Ballmer Hints Microsoft Still Lusting for a Yahoo Deal (NewsFactor) (Microsoft), 15:07
Microsoft-Yahoo May Not Be Over; Google Still Soars (Investor's Business Daily) (Microsoft), 15:07
AMD heavily trims 3Q loss, revenue up 14 pct (AP) (Semiconductor), 14:49
Sony Ericsson swings to quarterly loss (AP) (Cellphones), 12:06
Sony Ericsson reports 25-mln-euro third-quarter loss (AFP) (Cellphones), 12:06
No interest in Yahoo: Microsoft (AFP) (Software), 10:22
IBM services and software sales up as hardware falls (Reuters) (Software), 10:22
IBM profits up, 'confident' for year (AFP) (Enterprise), 9:08
Summary: IBM 3Q profit jumps 20 pct (AP) (Enterprise), 9:08
IBM confident on profit, looks to emerging markets (Reuters) (Enterprise), 9:08
IBM's 3Q profit strong on global sales, cost cuts (AP) (Enterprise), 9:08
Nokia to make $2.29 billion payment to Qualcomm (Reuters) (Wireless), 8:04
Nokia Q3 below consensus, outlook soothes market (Reuters) (Wireless), 8:04
Nokia Sales, Profits Fall, But Holidays Look Good (PC Magazine) (Wireless), 8:04
Nokia sees net profit plunge 30% in third quarter (AFP) (Wireless), 8:04
Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone use (Reuters) (Wireless), 8:04
Google Open About Kill Switch in Android Phones (NewsFactor) (Wireless), 8:04
FCC Office Says Use of White Space Is Feasible (NewsFactor) (Wireless), 8:04
White space backers see new devices in a year (Reuters) (Wireless), 8:04
Nokia 3Q profit falls 30 percent, revenue slips (AP) (Wireless), 8:04
Hands On with VideoSurf's Video Search Engine (PC Magazine) (Internet), 6:13
Bloggers ignore Canadian election results ban (Reuters) (Internet), 6:13
South Africa firm starts social lending site (Reuters) (Internet), 6:13
Google appeals possible German ban on image search (AP) (Internet), 6:13
Queen visit marked by royal Google doodle (AFP) (Internet), 6:12
Chrome Advances But Has a Way To Go in Browser Wars (NewsFactor) (Internet), 6:12
Google receives a visit from the queen (CNET) (Internet), 6:12
Tom Cruise death report is "erroneous garbage" (Reuters) (Internet), 6:12
Microsoft says Yahoo ad deal still makes sense (Reuters) (Internet), 6:12
Wall Street slices eBay earnings estimates, targets (CNET) (Internet), 6:12
Botnets on cell phones in 2009? (CNET) (Internet), 6:12
US shifts Visa Waiver Program authorization to Internet (AFP) (Internet), 6:12
Who's 'Joe the plumber?': ask Google (AFP) (Internet), 6:12
Economy stalls but Google Q3 profit still rises (AP) (Internet), 6:12
Microsoft Patches 20 Vulnerabilities and Debuts Index (NewsFactor) (Microsoft), 15:07
Microsoft attempts to sour Apple's laptop launch (AP) (Microsoft), 15:07
FBI sees rise in computer crime (Reuters) (Security), 13:18
AVG flags ZoneAlarm as malware (CNET) (Security), 13:18
FBI targets rise in cybercrime from U.S. and abroad (CNET) (Security), 13:18
Treasury office faults IRS computer security (AP) (Security), 13:18
Wealthy Asians use phones to blog, take photos: study (Reuters) (Cellphones), 12:06
Apple Releases First Sub-$1,000 MacBook Computer (Investor's Business Daily) (Apple), 11:42
Apple cuts prices on notebooks (Reuters) (Apple), 11:42
Over Half of 2009's New Cars Will Connect to iPods (PC Magazine) (Apple), 11:42
Apple's Minor MacBook Move (PC Magazine) (Apple), 11:41
Computers speed agriculture inspection process (AP) (Apple), 11:41
Cisco, Tata open public video conferencing rooms: company (AFP) (Enterprise), 9:08
AT&T's Lurie to push wireless beyond mobile phones (Reuters) (Wireless), 8:05
Nokia Siemens says shipping 4G-ready network gear (Reuters) (Wireless), 8:04
AT&T seeks to make more non-phone gadgets wireless (AP) (Wireless), 8:04
SanDisk Stresses Convenience as SlotMusic Cards Debut (NewsFactor) (Wireless), 8:04
Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 for Public Testing (NewsFactor) (Linux), 7:45
Opera's MAMA Tells Devs What's Behind the Web (PC Magazine) (Internet), 6:13
Flock 2.0 Adds RSS, MySpace Support (PC Magazine) (Internet), 6:13
Buzznet adds TheSuperficial to online celebrity gossip venue (AFP) (Internet), 6:13
No financial chaos in virtual world of Second Life (AFP) (Internet), 6:13
U.S. newspaper stocks dive, analyst cuts estimates (Reuters) (Internet), 6:13
FCC overhaul eyes broadband but could raise bills (AP) (Internet), 6:13
Internet Searches Good for Aging Brains, Study Says (NewsFactor) (Internet), 6:13
Orange, HP in notebook pact (Reuters) (Internet), 6:13
Nokia enters digital music battle with Apple (Reuters) (Internet), 6:13
'New York Times' widget tracks campaign donations (CNET) (Internet), 6:13
EBay expects 4Q earnings decline (AP) (Internet), 6:13
FCC chair eyes fallow TV airwaves for broadband (AP) (Internet), 6:13
TargetSpot Will Acquire Ronning Lipset Radio (NewsFactor) (Internet), 6:13
Foes See Problems in New Net Laws Protecting Children (NewsFactor) (Internet), 6:13
YouTube, PBS urge people to record voting (AP) (Internet), 6:13
Playboy shedding DVDs in favor of online (Reuters) (Internet), 6:12
Obama buys first video game campaign ads (Reuters) (Internet), 6:12
EBay posts 3Q profit, but outlook below forecasts (AP) (Internet), 6:12
Review: Google's first phone smart, but needs work (AP) (Internet), 6:12
Intel asks court for more time with EU charges (Reuters) (Semiconductor), 14:50
Intel profits up in third quarter, but outlook cloudy (AFP) (Semiconductor), 14:50
Intel Beats EPS Views As Sales Fall Shy (Investor's Business Daily) (Semiconductor), 14:50
Intel expects profits to hold up in 4Q (AP) (Semiconductor), 14:50
Intel profit beats expectations, future less clear (Reuters) (Semiconductor), 14:49
SKorean PM warns of hacking threat by NKorea, China (AFP) (Security), 13:19
Fake Microsoft e-mail contains Trojan virus (CNET) (Security), 13:18
Apple unveils new MacBooks (Reuters) (Apple), 11:42
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