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BlackBerry Storm shows that touch phones are the new flip phones

 

Published 10/8/2008 by Alana Semuels at L.A. Times Tech Blog

There was a time when anybody who was anyone had a flip phone. The phone rings, you flip it open and answer it much in the same manner you would flip a switch blade. How cool. These days, touch phones seem to be the new arbiter of cool. Even ...

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Around the Web 10.08.08: Blackberry's answer to the iPhone, Palin's hacker indicted

 

Published 10/8/2008 by Alana Semuels at L.A. Times Tech Blog

--A Knoxville grand jury has indicted the University of Tennessee student authorities say hacked Sarah Palin’s email account . Web Scout --Blackberry unveils the latest iPhone rival, a touch screen Blackberry that makes noises when you type ...

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Yahoo unveils calendar with new features

 

Published 10/8/2008 by Jessica Guynn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Yahoo wants to change the way you keep track of your schedule. The company is rolling out new features for its Web calendar that it hopes will lure more of its webmail users. Thanks to technology it got from last year's acquisition of ...

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Like the song on YouTube? Click to buy it

 

Published 10/7/2008 by Jessica Guynn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Ever watched a video on YouTube and wanted to buy the song? YouTube is counting on it. The world's most popular video-sharing site is hoping to make money from its huge audience by installing buttons under YouTube videos so that the ability to ...

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Internet advertising grows slightly, but analysts worry about the future

 

Published 10/7/2008 by Alana Semuels at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Well, there's one thing that can be said about the new online advertising numbers released by the Interactive Advertising Bureau today: They could have been worse. Unfortunately, analysts say they probably will be soon. Internet ...

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Around the Web 10.7.08: Mac bricks, AMD splits and Disney gaffes

 

Published 10/7/2008 by Alex Pham at L.A. Times Tech Blog

-- Sarah Silverman and other Jewish celebrity voters take their campaigns online. LAT -- Apple rumored to introduce Mac laptop made of a solid block of aluminum. BusinessWeek -- Google app prevents drinking and emailing . Ars ...

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How will professional bloggers survive the recession?

 

Published 10/7/2008 by Alana Semuels at L.A. Times Tech Blog

There was a time when upstart bloggers with small operations felt like the sky was the limit. Their world seemed immune to the economic pitfalls plaguing old media. It's possible that time has passed. On Friday, Gawker Media, which runs 12 ...

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Time Warner Cable shows customers how to get TV for free

 

Published 10/6/2008 by Jon Healey at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt has been an outspoken critic of the networks' online efforts, arguing that free, ad-supported TV sites such as Hulu undermine the subscription-TV revenues that the industry depends on. Recently, however, Time ...

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Judge halts RealDVD sales until at least Tuesday

 

Published 10/6/2008 by Michelle Quinn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

RealNetworks this weekend suspended selling its RealDVD software in response to the request of a judge who needed time to review the legal issues involving the software, the company confirmed today. In U.S. District Court in San Francisco ...

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Watch TV (and ads) in the dentist chair

 

Published 10/6/2008 by Alana Semuels at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Here's a way to cheer up those of you whose stock portfolio is in the toilet: At least you're not on your way to the dentist's office. (This is not an effective tactic for people who are actually on their way to the dentist's office). With the ...

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EBay trimming jobs, buying companies to shore up business in turbulent times

 

Published 10/6/2008 by Jessica Guynn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Against the backdrop of an ailing economy, Internet auction house and retailer EBay said today it would lay off 10% of its global workforce, or about 1,000 employees and several hundred temporary workers, in an effort to shore up its businesses. ...

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Around the Web 10.6.08: EBay cuts jobs, Netflix cuts guidance, Wall Street cuts Google forecasts

 

Published 10/6/2008 by Chris Gaither at L.A. Times Tech Blog

-- NBC seems to get the Web now: It's finally easy to watch "Saturday Night Live" videos. Silicon Alley Insider -- EBay is cutting 1,000 jobs , or about 10% of its workforce, but plans to shell out more than $1.2 billion to acquire ...

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Book meets satellites: OnScene takes readers to the settings

 

Published 10/4/2008 by Mark Milian at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Sometimes a story can be so gripping that your mind can see where the characters are going. But when you're reading his new novel, "Precious Cargo," Clyde Ford wants to give you a little help. As more and more people are turning to ...

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Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz leaves for start-up

 

Published 10/3/2008 by Jessica Guynn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

Dustin Moskovitz , a Facebook co-founder who had overseen engineering, is leaving the social networking start-up to form another. Moskovitz launched Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg , its chief executive, while they were students at Harvard.  ...

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SEC to investigate claim that Steve Jobs had a heart attack

 

Published 10/3/2008 by Michelle Quinn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

As if it didn't already have enough to do, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the origins of the apparently false report this morning that Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs was rushed to the hospital after ...

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Quality matters in video games, especially shooters

 

Published 10/3/2008 by Alex Pham at L.A. Times Tech Blog

With consumers feeling the pinch in their pocketbooks, this holiday season may turn out to be more cutthroat than usual for the hundreds of video games set to hit store shelves. Analysts predict that only top-tier titles and those that are ...

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Around the Web 10.03.08: Steve Fossett's plane, an HP consumer phone and the e-book wars

 

Published 10/3/2008 by Michelle Quinn at L.A. Times Tech Blog

-- Steve Fossett 's plane slammed into a mountain, say authorities. AP via Wired -- CNet's founder Halsey Minor sues Sotheby's in auction dispute. LAT -- HP wants in on the consumer cellphone market . WSJ -- New Sony ...

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