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| Monday, February 2, 2009 |
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 Michael Dell Does Not Deny Cellphone PlansIn Davos, Dell founder Michael Dell describes reports that the company is getting into the cellphone business as a "rumor." But he doesn't say the reports are not true. How might Dell differentiate itself from other Windows Mobile or Android manufacturers, such as Motorola, LG, HTC, Sony Ericsson, etc.? It could include media syncing software from a company it acquired called Zing. Why would Dell go into the phone market? It's looking for growth and the smartphone market is growing. And Dell has actually made some sexy mobile gadgets in the past -- its Axim PDAs were very nice. Read > Dell Testing Both Microsoft, Google-Based PhonesIs Dell's Phone Called The MePhone?Yes, Dell Phone Coming | |
| Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle It costs the Times about twice as much money to print and deliver the newspaper over a year as it would to send each of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead. Are saying the the New York Times should force all its print subscribers onto the Kindle or else? No. That would kill ad revenues and not everyone loves the Kindle. What we're saying is that as a technology for delivering the news, newsprint isn't just expensive and inefficient; it's laughably so. Read > | |
| Hulu's Freebie Super Bowl Ad We already decided it's going to be a sad Super Bowl for NBC, but it's worse then we thought. Along with taking 5 minutes of $3 million per 30 seconds air time to promote its own shows and airing a commercial for parent-company GE, a reader tells us that NBC essentially gave away a 30-second spot to its Web video investment, Hulu. Read > | |
| Apple Stores Now Just Cheap Entertainment For Broke Shoppers "Look but don't buy." That's the new mantra at Apple's still-jammed retail stores. Mark Veverka at Barron's reports that Apple's retail spots are still jammed with consumers, but the registers aren't ringing at the same pace they were just a quarter ago. Read > | |
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If you were using Google's search engine Saturday morning you may have experienced some weird stuff. Google was flagging every site -- even reputable sites like Wikipedia and the White House -- as potentially harmful to your computer. Google fixed the problem fast enough, but it's a good reminder that a competitive search market is a good thing. Read > TECH COMPANY ACTUALLY FILES FOR IPO San Francisco-based Open Table wants to raise as much as $40 million through the public markets. Open Table's big venture backer is Benchmark Capital. The IPO will be led by underwriter Merrill Lynch. Read > Sorry, Universal Broadband Isn't Going To Create Millions Of Jobs A new wrinkle for President Obama's plan to bring universal broadband access to all Americans: The author of a widely-referenced study that claims 300,000 jobs are created for every percentage point rise in broaband use now calls the numbers "a gross overestimate." Read > New iMacs On The Way? Is Apple about to refresh its iMac computer line? Sources tell AppleInsider that Apple has warned resellers that iMac supply will be "constrained in the immediate future," which suggests that Apple could be updating the iMac. Read > Google Earth Discovers Your Weed Best to stick to hydroponics: Police in Switzerland, apparently by chance, stumbled upon a two-acre marijuana farm using Google Earth. Sixteen people arrested. Read > | |
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