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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Chrome Netbooks Headed to Market by 2010 Holidays

christmastreeGoogle’s Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management and Matthew Papakipos, engineering director for Google Chrome OS–joined by founder Sergey Brin–discuss how they plan to bring the OS to the market, then answer some questions from the audience.

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Chrome OS: “Turning On a PC Should Be Like Turning On Your TV”

tv_static_googleDirect from Google headquarters, and liveblogged by John Paczkowski, Google’s Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management and Matthew Papakipos, engineering director for Google Chrome OS, explain some of the advantages of the operating system: Speed, simplicity and security.

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sirius XM CEO “Perfect” to Run Comcast-NBCU–Not That Sirius XM CEO Would Want To

mel-karmazin-sq-150x150Good thing Comcast and General Electric plan to name NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker as head of their proposed joint venture, because Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin doesn’t want the job. Not that he wouldn’t be a good candidate to run a merged Comcast-NBCU. Because as Karmazin himself told Fox Business Network’s Neil Cavuto, he’d be an excellent choice.

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Monday, November 16, 2009

AOL Spinoff Set for Dec. 9

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YouTube, Univision and Google: The Three Amigos

three_amigos_ver2-770439Univision, home to Spanish-language TV staples “Sabado Gigante,” “El Show de Cristina” and “Tormenta en el Paraiso,” is coming to YouTube. This morning, the Spanish-language media outfit announced a deal that will see its programming featured on Google’s video site.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Frosty’s Winter Litigation Wonderland: AT&T Demands Verizon Pull Holiday iPhone Ads [With Full Complaint]

misiftAs clever as it is, Verizon’s reimagining of a Rankin/Bass animated Christmas television special as a criticism of AT&T’s wireless network coverage did not go over well with Ma Bell. On Wednesday, the carrier amended its complaint against Verizon, asking a federal court in Atlanta to force its rival to immediately pull the ad and two other holiday-themed spots that debuted with it.

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

HP Buys 3Com

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Motorola: Here’s an Idea: Let’s Sell Off Our Most Profitable Division

motorola_dynatacGot a set-top box fetish and a few billion dollars to blow on it? Then boy, does Motorola have a deal for you. “People familiar with the matter” tell The Wall Street Journal that the company is seeking a buyer for its home and networks mobility division, which makes set-top boxes and other kit for the cable and telecom industry.

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Monday, November 9, 2009

Verizon Banishes iPhone to Island of Misfit Toys

misiftIf AT&T took offense at Verizon’s “There’s a Map for That” ad campaign, wait until it gets a load of its rival’s newest ad spots. Unfazed by AT&T’s litigious reply to its first effort, Verizon rolled out a trio of new anti-AT&T ads over the weekend and they are brutal in their criticism of the carrier’s network coverage.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Cisco’s New Corporate Motto: Shop Till You Drop

acquisitions1Cisco’s fall acquisition binge continues unabated. Late Monday, the company announced plans to buy the set-top box business of China’s DVN Holdings for up to $44.5 million. This after spending $3 billion on videoconferencing system maker Tandberg, wireless infrastructure outfit Starent Networks and software-as-a-service security vendor ScanSafe–all in quick succession.

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Saturday, October 31, 2009

Weekend Update 10.31.09–Heartbreaks, Heartthrobs and Heart Attacks

doctorbird

BoomTown’s week began onstage in front of thousands of chanting women. No, Kara wasn’t filling in for Oprah; she was doing something much cooler.

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Another Stinker From Sony

sonySony’s second quarter was another sorry one marked by the company’s fourth loss in as many quarters. Still, it was smaller than expected.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Apple Finally Gets Around to Updating Apple TV

movies_hero20091014It has been about two years since Apple last released a major firmware update for its Apple TV platform, so the release of Apple TV 3.0 today will come as welcome news to those who own the device. 3.0 is largely as rumored: Adding support for both iTunes LP and iTunes Extras.

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Microsoft Bails on “Family Guy” Special

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Netflix Coming to the PS3

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