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Archive for July, 2008

Disputed Korean rocks bring banking, ring tones

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

SEOUL (Reuters) - A furious dispute with Japan over who owns a desolate cluster of rocks has turned into a marketing opportunity for South Korean business tapping into patriotic fervor.

VMware Releases Beta 2 Of Mac Virtualization App

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The latest suite of Mac-Windows integration features new ways for protecting virtual machines with multiple snapshots and new tools for technical professionals.

VMware Releases Beta 2 Of Mac Virtualization App

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The latest suite of Mac-Windows integration features new ways for protecting virtual machines with multiple snapshots and new tools for technical professionals.

Nintendo Wii outsells PS3 3-to-1 in Japan in July (Reuters)

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii video game console outsold Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 by more than 3-to-1 in Japan in July, a game magazine publisher said.

VCs Eyeing Cleantech Seek Other Backing

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Given the long gestation of seed deals, venture capital firms look for clean-technology projects with federal or academic support

Profit Rises at CA, a Software Maker

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

CA Inc., a business software maker, reported higher quarterly profit on strong bookings and lower costs.

First Stars Were Brutes, but Died Young, Astronomers Say

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The first stars in the universe were short-lived brutish monsters that changed the nature of the cosmos forever, new computer simulations suggest.

CBS Expects to Sell Some Radio Assets

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

The CBS Corporation reported a 1 percent increase in profit and said it would sell 50 of its 140 radio stations as it shifts its asset mix toward Internet properties.

Bits: Promise in the Palm of Your Hand

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Palm’s $99 Centro smartphone has proved to be surprisingly popular, especially with young women and people who have never used a smartphone before.

Motorola Reports a Profit, but Phone Sales Still Lag

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Lagging mobile phone sales continue to plague Motorola, once a mobile leader, as it readies a plan to spin off the cellphone operations into a separate company.

Don’t Cry for Us, Silicon Valley

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Despite the media's anxiety about fallen female executives, women are actually advancing in high technology

Navajos Could Lose Net Access

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

A large swath of the sprawling Navajo Nation could lose access to the Internet today, in a dispute that threatens services from personal e-mail to police radio communications on the 27,000-square-mile reservation.

Travelers’ Laptops May Be Detained At Border

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, as part of border search policies the Department of Homeland Security recently disclosed.

Seniors Tap Into Texting

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Jane Stohlman, 69, stared intently, trying to figure out why in the dickens that tiny envelope kept appearing on her cellphone's screen.

Patient-Matched Stem Cells

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Scientists have created stem cells from an ALS patient using a new reprogramming method.