Thursday, November 5, 2009
EMI Sues Site Over Beatles Songs
The Beatles catalog finally became available for paid digital downloading, but not the way the band’s record label, EMI Group Ltd., intended.
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Litl Introduces Its Web-Based Netbook
Is a computer with no disk drive and no applications software still a computer?
Litl LLC, a small Boston company, says its eponymous Litl device is the future of personal computing. Litl is a Web computer with a full keyboard and an operating system designed for people who use online software like Google Docs and store their photos on Flickr or Shutterfly.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Another Way VCs Are Cashing Out Beyond IPOs and M&A
Motley Fool Holdings Inc. this week announced it raised $25 million in venture financing. Good for The Fool.
But pulling back the curtain, there’s more than just a simple round of financing here. The deal points to creative ways in which venture firms are finding liquidity other than the standard acquisitions, IPOs and secondary sales.
Garmin Q3 Tops Estimates; Stock Rallies, Then Falls (Updated)
Garmin this morning reported much better-than-expected Q3 results, giving an early lift to shares of the GPS device maker.
For the quarter, Garmin posted revenue of $781 million and non-GAAP EPS of $1.02 a share; the Street had expected $704 million and 69 cents. Revenue was down 10 percent year over year, but up 17 percent sequentially.
Peek’s Twitter-Only Device Goes on Sale
Peek, a New York mobile start-up, has begun selling TwitterPeek, a new device for posting and reading Twitter updates.
TwitterPeek became available on Amazon and Peek’s Web site Tuesday. Its $100 price includes a full keyboard, always-on tweet delivery and nationwide Internet coverage, plus six months of service.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
AT&T to Verizon: There’s a Lawsuit for That
Verizon Wireless’s “There’s a Map For That” ads are already a fading memory for those eyeing the newer Droid campaign, but AT&T hasn’t forgotten them.
World of Online-Game-Regulation Warcraft
The turf battle between two Chinese bureaucracies appears to be escalating, with NetEase and the World of Warcraft videogame at its center.
According to a statement, China’s General Administration of Press and Publications said it rejected NetEase’s application to operate Burning Crusades, the latest version of World of Warcraft.
Big Expectations for the Next “Call of Duty”
Activision Blizzard’s “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,” a first-person-shooter videogame, is coming out Nov. 10, and anticipation is mounting.
Specialty retailer GameStop has been taking pre-orders since last April, much earlier than most games.
PayPal Woos Developers in Bid to Protect Its Turf
EBay Inc.’s PayPal plans to unveil a new system that makes it easier for software developers to integrate the online payments system right into their programs–as the company takes new steps to protect its turf.
With the new open software, called Paypal X, users won’t have to type their username and password into a separate PayPal Web site in order to complete a payment.
Blu-ray Player Makers Embrace Online Movie Delivery
Some of the biggest companies backing the Blu-ray format for high-definition movies are hedging their bets by introducing players that can also show Internet video, which is making surprising inroads in the home-entertainment market.
After One Year, Conficker Infects Seven Million Computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Darth Droid Meets iPhonie-Wan
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site. (Click on the image to see a bigger version.)
IPhone Arrives in China, but Where Is Pleco?
For students of the Chinese language, there is one electronic dictionary application that seems to stand in a class of its own, made by a small New York-based software company called Pleco.
Certain language learners (myself included) have been known to carry otherwise useless (and outdated) Palm Pilots for the sole purpose of using the Pleco dictionary.
App Watch: A Matchmaker in a Sea of Apps
One of the frequently heard complaints about iPhone applications is that with more than 85,000 options, finding good ones can be tricky and time-consuming. Could the answer be yet another app?
Envio Networks on Tuesday is launching Chorus, a free app that shows users the ones their friends are trying out and suggests ones that might interest them. The Andover, Mass.-based company, which has received funding from Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners, specializes in social-networking technology and saw the Apple device as a good showcase for what it can do.
Will iPhone Lead the Growth in Portable Gaming?
At its media event in early September, Apple threw down the gauntlet to Nintendo Co. and Sony Corp. Dedicated gaming gadgets like the Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable “seemed so cool,” said Phil Schiller, Apple’s head of marketing, but “they don’t stack up against the iPod touch.”
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