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EXCLUSIVE-Intel to settle with U.S. FTC with little pain (Diane Bartz/Reuters)
Diane Bartz / Reuters:
EXCLUSIVE-Intel to settle with U.S. FTC with little pain — * FTC deal with Intel similar to Intel’s AMD settlement — * FTC settlement will not include any payment — Intel Corp, which just reported stellar quarterly earnings, has struck a preliminary settlement with federal antitrust enforcers …
Tags: Bartz/Reuters, Diane, EXCLUSIVEIntel, Little, pain, settle, U.S.
Verizon’s LTE rollout is imminent, computers updated for 4G SIM cards (Sean Hollister/Engadget)
Sean Hollister / Engadget:
Verizon’s LTE rollout is imminent, computers updated for 4G SIM cards — We just got some alleged (but very convincing) internal documents on Verizon’s 4G plans, and it’s mostly stuff we’ve already heard — 5-12Mbps down, aircards before smartphones, and plans to roll out in 30 cities in 2010.
Tags: Cards, computers, Hollister/Engadget, imminent, rollout, Sean, UPDATED, Verizon's
You Want My Personal Data? Reward Me for It (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
You Want My Personal Data? Reward Me for It — LIFE, as they say, imitates art. And the way things work commercially today across much of the Web recalls that chapter in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” where Tom cajoles his guileless friends into whitewashing Aunt Polly’s fence.
Tags: Data , Lohr/New, personal, Reward, steve, times, Want, york
Are WordPress themes necessarily open source? (Dave Winer/Scripting News)
Dave Winer / Scripting News:
Are WordPress themes necessarily open source? — An interesting question has come up in the WordPress community. — I am writing about it before I’ve heard both sides, so I can say what I think without being influenced by other points of view. Later I will try to absorb them and see if I change my mind.
Tags: Dave, necessarily, news, open, source, themes, Winer/Scripting, Wordpress
MySpace acquiring team and assets of social messaging service Threadbox (exclusive) (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
MySpace acquiring team and assets of social messaging service Threadbox (exclusive) — MySpace is in the process of acquiring the team and assets of social messaging service Threadbox. — A source close to the matter tipped VentureBeat off on the news, and MySpace has since confirmed the deal with us.
Tags: acquiring, Assets, Dean, Exclusive, messaging, myspace, Service, social, Takahashi/VentureBeat, Team, Threadbox
The Trouble at Twitter Inc. (Ryan Tate/Gawker)
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
The Trouble at Twitter Inc. — Running Twitter Inc. sounds like any entrepreneur’s dream: Cash flows freely. The press is smitten. Celebrity users abound. But CEO and co-founder Evan Williams is said to be on the verge of being ousted from his microblogging paradise. — These should be Williams’ glory days.
Tags: Inc., Ryan, Tate/Gawker, Trouble, twitter
How your cell phone’s autocorrect software works, and why it’s getting better. (Farhad Manjoo/Slate)
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
How your cell phone’s autocorrect software works, and why it’s getting better. … – Will Sarkozy Survive the Bribery Scandal That’s Rocking France? – Great News: People Are Buying More but Borrowing Less- Can Police Use Toe Prints To Identify the Barefoot Bandit? – Help!
Tags: autocorrect, better, cell, Farhad, getting, it's, Manjoo/Slate, Phones, SOFTWARE, Works
WPC: ‘We missed a generation with Windows Mobile,’ Ballmer says (Nick Eaton/The Microsoft Blog)
Nick Eaton / The Microsoft Blog:
WPC: ‘We missed a generation with Windows Mobile,’ Ballmer says — Ah, Microsoft’s mobile operating system. These days, the phrase is almost an oxymoron — like “Microsoft Works.” Sure, companies like HTC have been able to finagle Windows Mobile into something attractive by layering their own UIs on top …
Tags: &lsquoWe, Ballmer, Blog, Eaton/The, Generation, microsoft, missed, Mobile&rsquo, Nick, says, windows
Loophole May Have Aided Theft of Classified Data (Thom Shanker/New York Times)
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Loophole May Have Aided Theft of Classified Data — WASHINGTON — The soldier accused of downloading a huge trove of secret data from military computers in Iraq appears to have exploited a loophole in Defense Department security to copy thousands of files onto compact discs over a six-month period.
Tags: Aided, classified, data, Loophole, Shanker/New, theft, Thom, times, york
Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot (New York Times)
New York Times:
Students, Meet Your New Teacher, Mr. Robot — LOS ANGELES — The boy, a dark-haired 6-year-old, is playing with a new companion. — Engaging the Pupil — Articles in this series are examining the recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics and their potential impact on society.
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