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Barnes & Noble Nook already sold out for the holidays

Friday, November 20th, 2009

BarnesIf you were hoping to purchase the nook ereader from Barnes & Noble for the holiday gift giving season, hopefully you did it before now.

Skype gets new owners and a $2.75 billion valuation

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Skype gets new owners and a $2.75 billion valuationSkype has finally been sold off from beleaguered auction house eBay, though they will retain a 30 percent stake in the company.

Record labels delay U.S. launch of Spotify

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Record labels delay U.S. launch of SpotifyThe launch of popular music streaming service Spotify has already been delayed once in the U.S.A., and now it may be delayed even more due to the record labels not liking the business model.

Apple Tablet rumors now verge on the surreal

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Apple Tablet rumors now verge on the surrealThe rumors of the Apple Tablet have now reached a level of surrealism that makes you think someone from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is running the show. At any moment the Little Man from Another Place is going to come out, snap his fingers, talk backwards and do a little dance.  Make sure to enjoy some coffee with the show.

Microsoft officially announces Internet Explorer 9

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Palm may have finally stopped the iTunes/webOS warMicrosoft announced today that it has officially begun work on Internet Explorer 9.

In a completely unsurprising announcement, Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft’s Windows and Windows Live division, today announced at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC), that development began three weeks ago on Internet Explorer 9.

U.S. Senate begins investigation into post transaction marketing

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

U.S. Senate begins investigation into post transaction marketingIt seems some big name online retailers thought it would be okay to trick consumers into giving their credit card information to third-party vendors. The United States Senate is letting them know they thought wrong.

Palm may have finally stopped the iTunes/webOS war

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Palm may have finally stopped the iTunes/webOS warA new update has gone out for Palm’s webOS, and for once it does not include iTunes syncing.

News Corp plans for news subscriptions begins to take shape

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

News Corp plans for news subscriptions begins to take shapeAt least one of the newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has begun to outline how it expects readers to begin paying for the news.

Modern Warfare 2 recalled in Russia over controversy

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Modern Warfare 2 recalled in Russia over controversyCall of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been recalled from all retail stores in Russia, effectively banning the game in the country.

Survey finds Americans aren’t too keen to pay for online news

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Survey finds Americans aren't too keen to pay for online newsWhile Rupert Murdoch is sure the future of online news is to put all content behind subscription walls, he may find not that many Americans are keen on the idea.

The CrunchPad is going to be a bit more expensive than first advertised

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

Apple looking to hire in-house game developersIt seems the CrunchPad from TechCrunch is still a go, but it isn’t going to deliver on at least one of its promises.

Apple looking to hire in-house game developers

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Apple looking to hire in-house game developersIt looks like Apple may want to cut itself a little piece of the lucrative iPhone gaming pie.

Walmart launches iPhone app for holiday shopping

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Walmart launches iPhone app for holiday shoppingJust in time for the holiday shopping season, Walmart has launched an iPhone and iPod Touch app to help you with your holiday gift shopping.

Rupert Murdoch will remove content from Google within “months”

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Rupert Murdoch will remove content from Google within Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp will disappear from Google indexing sometime in the coming months.

Google looking to speed up the Web with new protocol

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Google looking to speed up the Web with new protocolIf Google is to be believed, by replacing the existing HTTP protocol, we could see the Web double in speed.

Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion settlement as the companies make peace

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Google Latitude gets location history and friend alertsAdvanced Micro Devices (AMD) is going to receive $1.25 billion from Intel within the next thirty days, bringing to a close all litigation between the two companies.

Google slashes prices of cloud storage and ups the limit

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

Google Latitude gets location history and friend alertsGoogle wants to make sure you have more than enough room to store all of your digital images, and they want to make sure you can have it at a price you can afford.

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