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Google TV Revealed: One Screen to Rule Them All
- BERLIN – Google gave a live demonstration of Google TV at Berlin’s IFA Tuesday, and CEO Eric Schmidt promised it would be a couch potato’s dream come true.
“Once you have Google television, you’re going to be very busy,” Schmidt said. “It’s going to ruin your evening.”
Google TV is the search giant’s bid to bring the [...]
Former HP CEO Mark Hurd Lands On His Feet At Oracle
- Larry Ellison lambasted the HP board when they let former CEO Mark Hurd quit for maybe lying on his expenses — but amid settled sexual harassment charges — and now the Oracle CEO has put his money where his mouth is by hiring Hurd as one of two co-presidents.
“Mark did a brilliant job at HP [...]
Apple, Google To Clash In Music Space By Christmas
- NEW YORK (Reuters) – Google is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple, according to people familiar with the matter.
Google’s Andy Rubin, [...]
Top Ten Greentech IPO Candidates
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As Michael Kanellos reported, recent greentech IPOs have had mixed and less than stellar results. And we’ve looked at many of the greentech IPO prospects in the past — the public market regurgitated Solyndra, unable to squeeze that debt level and fragile value proposition down its craw. The shiny bolus of Tesla has been swallowed, [...]
Censored! Craigslist Adult Services Blocked in U.S.
- The “adult services” listing on Craiglist was removed late Friday from its U.S.-based sites and replaced with the word “censored.”
Craigslist did not announce the move and its blog was not updated as of Saturday morning. Craigslist did not immediately respond to e-mail and voice mail messages seeking comment. Adult services listings continue to be available [...]
Take Heed, Tech Giants: Edison’s Failed Plot To Hijack Hollywood
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December 18, 1908: It was a dark and stormy night … Okay — maybe it wasn’t so dark and stormy. But it should have been, because that was the night Thomas Edison tried to hijack the motion picture industry.
“With his beetle brows, long wispy hair, and beatific look, Edison might have seemed [...]
Poll: Best iOS Music Apps
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Traditional MP3 players have pretty much the same buttons that portable cassette players had back in the ’80s — play/pause, fast-forward, rewind and volume. But when you put music on a smartphone that has more processing power than desktop computers had back then — with a touch screen to boot — the possibilities for [...]
In Defense of Google, Or Why Consumer Watchdog is Full of It
- The self-appointed Consumer Watchdog activist group is running a Times Square jumbotron advertisement lambasting Google as a massive invader of your privacy, caricaturing its CEO Eric Schmidt as a creepy, high-tech ice cream vendor who profiles children.
The video (above) is just the latest from Consumer Watchdog, a foundation-funded group that partial to [...]
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