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| Tuesday, February 10, 2009 |
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 Kindle 2 Looks Good, But Still A Niche GadgetAmazon's new Kindle 2 e-book reader, unveiled yesterday in New York, is more attractive than its predecessor: It's thinner, has a sleek metal back, and nicer buttons. And it has some improved features: More storage capacity, better page-turning functions, and the screen displays more shades of gray. But Amazon did not do much today to make the Kindle significantly more attractive to mainstream buyers: It's still $360 and it's still only really good for one thing -- reading books. Read >  Now Amazon Should Sell The Kindle At CostcoVideo Of Amazon Kindle 2Still Few Details On Kindle 'Whispersync' For Cellphones | |
| Time For CNBC To Drop The Cramer Charade Barrons' shredded Jim Cramer again over the weekend, putting forth the latest analysis showing that Cramer's picks underperform the market. What was startling about the Barrons' article, though, was not this news, but CNBC's response. Essentially the cable company said: Shoot the messenger. Read > | |
| Anti-Immigrant Worker Bill Won't Stop H-1B Abuse Score one for Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and his campaign against the H-1B immgrant visa program. On Friday, Grassley, together with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced an amendment to the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) plan which would attempt to bar companies taking federal bailout money from displacing American workers with H-1B holders. In a press release today, Grassley says the Senate has approved his amendment and incorporated it into TARP legislation. Read > | |
| Obama Taps Oracle's Charles Phillips As Economic Adviser It looks like Oracle President Charles Phillips won't be CTO after all. Read > | |
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The European Union's pending antitrust investigation of Microsoft for bundling the Internet Explorer web browser in with Windows may be ridiculous, but Mozilla (makers of the Firefox browser) isn't missing the opportunity to stick it to Microsoft. Read > Microsoft's Price For New Windows Mobile Backup: Free Not a huge surprise: Microsoft, whose Windows Mobile operatring system has been lagging compared to offerings from Apple, Research in Motion, and now Google as well, is set to introduce its own "app store" for Windows Mobile phones. Read > Can Better Place Withstand Gas Pains? Better Place's bold dream envisions it replacing Shell stations with Better Place charging stations. Even grander still, it wants to replace Mobile, Lukoil, Shell, Getty, Hess and just about every other company's gas station with Better Place re-charging stations. Disrupting an entire network of well-financed companies seems a daunting task. It's possible that others will follow its lead, but it's unlikely. More likely, they'll simply try to squash Better Place. Read > Electronic Arts Smart To Keep Taking Risks With New Game Concepts Videogame publisher Electronic Arts has been having a tough time: In its most recent earnings call, the company announced a series of cost-cutting measures -- including 1100 layoffs and a much narrower product portfolio -- in the wake of disappointing profits. Read > Google Offers Free iPhone Calendar, Contact Syncing Why pay for Apple's MobileMe when Google Sync is free? Google is now offering a simple calendar and contact syncing service for the iPhone and iPod touch, as well as phones running Microsoft's Windows Mobile. Read > | |
| Steve Wozniak: Dance MachineOnline Advertising Is Thriving...In AustraliaEric Schmidt Advising The ToriesActivision Jumps On The Wii Bandwagon, Too | |
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