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  • AT&T Unveils Embedded Netbook and Laptop Offers Targeted at Small Businesses Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 1:42AMDALLAS, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Contrary to conventional wisdom, netbooks aren't just for consumers. AT&T* today announced another way for small businesses to enjoy access to the nation's fastest 3G network in 350 major U.S.
  • Michael Jackson tribute shows likely in London Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 12:39AMLONDON (AP) — The promoter who booked Michael Jackson for a sold-out comeback tour said Tuesday that footage of the singer's rehearsals may be released in the future, and that an all-star tribute show based on his canceled concerts is likely to take place.
  • Japan's Domestic Auto Sales -13.5% On Year In Jun Wednesday, July 1, 2009 @ 12:18AMTOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's domestic sales of new cars, trucks and buses fell 13.5% on year in June, marking the 11th straight month of decline, an industry body said Wednesday.
  • SUPREME COURT DECISION / Will the league gain power? Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 4:40AMIn taking a case involving the National Football League's exclusive licensing deal for sports merchandise, the Supreme Court could go beyond caps and give leagues more leeway in areas such as team relocation, legal scholars said Monday. "A broad ruling in...
  • 2nd UPDATE: Hungary Curr Acct Deficit Narrows Sharply In 1Q Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 4:34AM(Recasts, adding analyst comment, market reaction.) BUDAPEST (Dow Jones)--Hungary's current account deficit narrowed sharply in the first quarter, strengthening the forint to a five-and-a-half month low against the euro and pushing analysts to revise their full-year forecasts downward.
  • UPDATE: German Jobless May Reach 4 Mln By The End Of 2009 Tuesday, June 30, 2009 @ 4:33AMNUREMBERG (Dow Jones)--Germany's jobs market, the largest in Europe, continued to deteriorate in June and the overall number of people registered as unemployed may break the politically sensitive four million barrier by the end of the year, the federal labor office said Tuesday.
  • Biz Buzz: Pleasants Hardware opens Patterson store Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 11:17PMIn these tough times, most companies are slowing their growth as they wait for sales to pick up. But one Richmond-based retailer is among the handful that is actually expanding. Pleasants Hardware, which traces its roots in the Richmond area back to 1915, has opened its eighth store. “We saw this as a good time and a good opportunity for us,“ said James T. Hatcher III, Pleasants’ president, ...
  • Malcolm Gladwell: Is free the future? Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 11:09PMAt a hearing on Capitol Hill in May, James Moroney, the publisher of the Dallas Morning News, told Congress about negotiations he’d just had with the online retailer Amazon. The idea was to license his newspaper’s content to the Kindle, Amazon’s new electronic reader. “They want seventy per cent of . . .
  • Zest for life, job keeps over-80 workers going Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 11:01PMCHICAGO — Adelaide Yanow, 89, jokes that she only wants to leave her job as a judicial assistant on a gurney. Herb Minds still works three days a week at 87, then goes home and logs into Facebook.
  • Virgin Media's anti-piracy plan draws cheers in UK Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 10:58PMLONDON (Billboard) - The British recording industry is hailing Virgin Media's plans to embrace anti-piracy measures in conjunction with its launch of an unlimited music download subscription service.
  • Will America’s middle class rebel? Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 8:41PMI’ve been amazed at the complacency of Americans in the face of rape and pillage by the moneyed classes, says Yves Smith . But will they finally crack?
  • Japan May Overall Retail Sales -2.8% On Year Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 7:03PMTOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's retail sales fell 2.8% in May from a year earlier, the government said Monday, highlighting the extent to which consumers are curbing expenses as bleak employment and income conditions persist.
  • UK CBI: Cautious Optimism Returning To Fincl Services Sector Sunday, June 28, 2009 @ 6:03PMLONDON (Dow Jones)--The U.K.'s financial services sector expects business to pick up in the third quarter after 21 months of falls, but optimism is being tempered by expectations of a continued decline in profits, jobs and investment, a quarterly survey by a leading business group showed Monday.
  • NFL wants Supreme Court to hear antitrust case over team merchandise Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 2:01PMThe NFL is going to the Supreme Court in search of a bigger victory in an antitrust tussle over team merchandise than it already won from a lower court.
  • NFL puts antitrust case to Supreme Court Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 11:26AMIn the legal equivalent of running up the score, the National Football League is going to the Supreme Court in search of a bigger victory in an antitrust tussle over team merchandise than it already won from a lower court. The Supreme Court could decide as early as Monday whether it will hear the case, which involves American Needle Inc.'s challenge to the league's exclusive contract for...
  • NFL asks Supreme Court to weigh in on antitrust case Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 11:17AMWASHINGTON - In the legal equivalent of running up the score, the National Football League is going to the Supreme Court in search of a bigger victory in an antitrust tussle...
  • NFL asks high court to weigh in on antitrust case Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 10:56AMIn the legal equivalent of running up the score, the National Football League is going to the Supreme Court in search of a bigger victory in an antitrust tussle over team merchandise than it already won from a lower court. The Supreme Court could decide as early as Monday whether it will hear the case, which involves American Needle Inc.'s challenge to the league's exclusive contract for selling ...
  • Zest for job, life keeps over-80 workers going Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 10:39AMCHICAGO -- Adelaide Yanow, 89, jokes that she only wants to leave her job as a judicial assistant on a gurney. Herb Minds still works three days a week at 87, then goes home and logs into Facebook.
  • Exec who hacked friends for sales gets probation Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 5:16PMA sales executive who used personal information to guess passwords, hack into e-mail accounts and listen in on conference calls at his friends' companies was sentenced to probation Friday _ a punishment the victims said was too lenient.
  • On the Horizon: Ross Cox Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 4:52PMName: Ross CoxTitle: Senior director of entertainment products for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim New MediaAdult Swim’s iPhone game “Amateur Surgeon” is in the top 10 list at the Apple App Store, but Ross Cox has not yet conquered all 30 operations yet. Mr. Cox, 34, senior director of entertainment products for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim New Media, said his group has been busy group is creating ...
  • Full J. Z. Smith interview Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 4:09PMJ.Z. Smith refuses to use the Internet, but you can still read the full text of this two-hour interview here.
  • Exec who hacked friends for sales gets probation Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 4:08PMA sales executive who used personal information to guess passwords, hack into e-mail accounts and listen in on conference calls at his friends' companies was sentenced to probation Friday _ a punishment the victims said was too lenient. David Goldenberg, 47,... Sponsored Topics: Password - Hack - Security - Arts - Television
  • Domain-Name Wars, Rise of the Cybersquatters Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 3:56PMCWmike writes "When FreeLegoPorn.com began publishing pornographic images created with Lego toys, Lego acted quickly. "The content available on the site consisted of animated mini-figures doing very explicit things. We were not amused," says Peter Kjaer, an attorney for Denmark-based Lego. Lego didn't go to court. Instead it filed a complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization, ...
  • King's merchandise could get a pop Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 3:29PMMichael Jackson’s career will skyrocket in the months and years ahead, giving the troubled entertainer in death the comeback he longed for in life.
  • Salinger: Inadvertent PR man for an obscure author Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 3:09PMJ .D. Salinger, as you may have read over the last few weeks, is inveighing against "phonies" yet again. Fifty-eight years since the publication of "The Catcher in the Rye" - indeed, 44 years since he published anything - the famously reclusive and litigious author, now 90, recovering from hip surgery and totally deaf, has taken legal action to stop the U.S. publication of a Swedish novel called ...
  • AT&T to Provide Managed Data Network and Security Services to Amtrak Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:11PMNational railroad to help protect data network with AT&T Managed Security Services WASHINGTON, JUNE 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* today announced a new five-year outsourcing agreement with Amtrak, the nation's passenger rail service.
  • 2 Stanford students win $10,000 award for handheld diagnostic device Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 5:22PMTwo Stanford University graduate students have won the inaugural IEEE Presidents' Change the World Competition for a hand-held diagnostic laboratory capable of diagnosing illness in remote corners of the globe.
  • Broadcom Comments on PROXY Governance Report Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 5:14PMIRVINE, Calif. June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) today announced that PROXY Governance, Inc. has recommended that Emulex shareholders vote in favor of Proposal 1 in Broadcom's Consent Solicitation.
  • Super Secret Encryption Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 5:09PMAn IBM researcher's algorithm could teach computers a new privacy trick.
  • FastTrac to the Future event at TechTown draws 500 would-be entrepreneurs Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 5:09PMMore than 500 would-be entrepreneurs filled Wayne State Universitys McGregor Memorial Conference Center to capacity on Wednesday for a conference aimed at helping them start innovative businesses in Southeast Michigan.
  • New ICANN Domains Coming Next Year Wednesday, June 24, 2009 @ 5:00PMInternet policymakers' controversial plan would include hundreds of generic top-level domains -- such as .nyc, .sport and .food.
  • Memory interface IP sector heats up Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 11:27PMThe memory interface IP sector, especially for DRAM, is heating up.
  • AT&T and Cooper Power Systems to Offer Wireless Smart Grid Sensors Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 11:13PMATT* announced today it has entered into an agreement with Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd. (NYSE: CBE), to jointly ...
  • AT&T and Cooper Power Systems to Offer Wireless Smart Grid Sensors Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 11:01PMDALLAS & PEWAUKEE, Wis.----AT&T* announced today it has entered into an agreement with Cooper Power Systems, a division of Cooper Industries, Ltd. , to jointly market and sell to utility companies smart grid sensor devices that are certified on AT&T's wireless data network.
  • As China stirs economy, some see protectionism Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 10:18PMHONG KONG, June 24 — China has begun a concerted effort to keep its export economy humming, even as demand for its goods has plummeted with the global downturn. Risking the ire of the United States and other trading partners, the Chinese government has quietly started adopting policies aimed at encouraging exports while curbing imports, even though China, as one of the world’s largest exporters, ...
  • Intel, Nokia Both Should Win in Partnership Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 8:01PMA partnership between Intel and Nokia announced on Tuesday to develop future mobile devices will be mutually beneficial, analysts said.
  • James Hardie Plans to Move Corporate Base to Ireland (Update1) Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 7:58PMJune 24 (Bloomberg) -- James Hardie Industries NV , the biggest seller of home siding in the U.S., plans to move its corporate base to Ireland from the Netherlands to benefit from tax arrangements.
  • Intel, Nokia Both Should Win in Partnership Tuesday, June 23, 2009 @ 7:50PMThe partnership Intel and Nokia announced on Tuesday to develop future mobile devices should help both companies, though analysts are skeptical whether it will result in any actual products.
  • HC defers ruling on Jet-Sahara case till July 2 Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 4:30PMThe Bombay High Court today asked Jet Airways and Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd to settle their dispute over the takeover of Sahara Airlines by July 2 or else it would pass an order.
  • OVL tightlipped on reports of Swiss bid Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 4:29PMONGC Videsh Ltd, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, has declined to comment on a report that it is in talks to bid for Swiss oil producer Addax Petroleum Corp.
  • Fert min seeks entire subsidy in cash Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 4:27PMThe fertiliser ministry has sought the entire subsidy amount for 2009-10 be paid in cash only, and said the industry may not accept bonds as the securities provided in the last fiscal are yet to be redeemed.
  • TSX Venture Exchange Daily Bulletins for June 22, 2009 Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 4:17PMVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - June 22, 2009) - /T/ TSX VENTURE COMPANIES ACERO-MARTIN EXPLORATION INC. ("ASD") BULLETIN TYPE: Resume Trading BULLETIN DATE: June 22, 2009 TSX Venture Tier 2 Company Effective at the opening, June 22, 2009, shares of the Company resumed trading, an announcement having been made over StockWatch. TSX-X ...
  • Argentina Stocks, Bonds, Peso Down On World Economic Concern Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 4:04PMBUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--Argentine stocks and bonds closed sharply lower Monday as investors seemed to voice renewed concern about the global economy as well as the upcoming June 28 congressional election.
  • The Rise of the Cloud CTO and CIO Monday, June 22, 2009 @ 3:10PMRecently I asked a question on twitter, one I figured would stir up some debate. (Which was the point) The question was "Does the CTO matter any more with the rise of Cloud Computing or is it all about the CIO with data reigning supreme?" read more
  • Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 6:38PM(AP) -- The $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry - if the big fine can withstand an appeal.
  • ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 6:32PMASCAP (the same folks who went after Girl Scouts for singing around a campfire ) appears to believe that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you're violating copyright law by "publicly performing" it without a license.
  • a1108 BC-US-TEC-MusicDownload 2ndLd-Writethru 06-19 1083 Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 6:14PMEds: RESTORES graphic link. Moving on general news and entertainment services.
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  • Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 5:23PMThe $1.92 million verdict against a Minnesota woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry _ if the big fine can withstand an appeal. "Normally in our American... Sponsored Topics: Minnesota - Music industry - United States - Recording Industry Association of America - Capitol v. Thomas
  • Big fine could be big trouble in downloading case Friday, June 19, 2009 @ 5:21PM(AP:MINNEAPOLIS) The $1.92 million verdict against a woman accused of sharing 24 songs over the Internet could ratchet up the pressure on other defendants to settle with the recording industry _ if the big fine can withstand an appeal.