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A $2,000 Motorola Phone (Sapphire Crystal Display Included)

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According to the article, Motorola is releasing a $2,000 phone that does little more than the currently available models (including an unimpressive 2.0 mexapixel camera).  Relying on unique (adn expensive) aesthetic choices might not work out in the long run.

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Rumor has Android G2 in the works

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Boy Genius Report confirms rumors of the next Google phone, the G2.  Being released in April, the phone will have a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, VGA camera for video calls, a full touch screen, and Wi-Fi connectivity, according to the blog.  Unlike its predecessor, the G2 will not be a T-Moble exclusive.

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Google reveals upcoming Android features

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This article details the new features and updates to the Android operating system.  Also of note in the article is the reference to Andoird becoming open source.

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“Microsoft releases emergency update for critical IE patch”

Recently, there was a bug found in the latest version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which accounts for 70% of the web browser industry.  On Wednesday, December 17th, Microsoft made a repair software, that can be accessed via the standard Windows Update systems that will help protect your Internet Explorer from dangerous infections.  Users of Internet [...]

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Intel will bring internet and TV together.

Intel is trying to personalize the television. In efforts to accomplish this, they have made a creation in which a prototype device will combine the internet with the TV experience. Widgets will permit TV watchers to talk to friends in real time or buy products advertised on TV from online stores. Intel partnered up with [...]

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Unlocking the Iphone….

Some people have been hesitant to purchasing the new Iphone 3G because of the 2-yr AT&T contract. Now there is a solution. The people at Dev-Team say that they have freed the Iphone so its no longer locked under AT&T and will work under any carrier. This is set to be released december 31st 2008.
 http://www.dailytech.com/DevTeam+Unlocks…

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Dell will reduce packaging costs..

Rather then firing people as most other companies in this economy have decided to do Dell is reducing their packaging cost. Dell hope to save $8.1 million over the next four years by making changes to the material used in packing and shipping their PC’s. The new packaging will be formed from recycled milk and [...]

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Microsoft

Microsoft is releasing a new out-of-band patch for a monster error affecting all versions of the internet Explorer Web browser which has caused hackers to launch malicious attacks on peronal computers and steal unauthorized information.
 http://www.crn.com/security/212500766

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Yahoo! email becomes more social.

In this article, Yahoo! announces that it will launch new features to its free email service to enhance their product. It will add features that are commonly use by social networking sites (e.g Facebook, Myspace, etc). Some of these features include: creating social interactive communities with the help of their email (based on friends and interests), sort [...]

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Using Microsoft Explorer will make you vulnerable to hijackers

A news article in yahoo! announced that people that use all current versions of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer browser could be vulnerable to having their computers hijacked. This is due to a serious security hole in the software that had yet to be fixed Monday. According to the column there are about 10,000 sites have [...]

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Brand Relaunching

The New Pespi
 http://www.bevnet.com/news/2008/10-13-20…
This article is about PESPI thinking of undergoing a relaunch of their brand and packaging to bring “NEW LIFE” to their tagline. They are also redesigning their global globe logo as a smile. This happened because of a decrease in sale.

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Atari Founder’s Bistro Swaps Touchscreens for Waiters (Sort Of)

uWink restaurant has a built-in monitor, and all ordering is done via touchscreen, making waiters obsolete. Its interesting how it diminisher a need for wait staff.
Source:
 http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/ma…

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Google at it again

Google is launching it’s own web browser to hopefully take competition away from Mozilla and Internet explorer. They have tested the new browser for only 100 days and is now released. Right now Mozilla owns 20% of market share and Internet Explorer takes up about 70%. Google is hoping to live up [...]

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Poorer Nations Go Online on Cellphones

Alot of people in emerging markets are accesing the internet through their cell phones because many of these poor areasa dont have phone lines for dial up or even cable for broadband. It is also cheaper to use their cellphones becuase if they already have a phone then they dont need to spend extra money [...]

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New iPhone app – Amazon

Amazon lauched a new iphone application, it lets iPod and iPhone users browse the webiste and purchase items from the site. The main reason for this application is to make shopping easier on iPhones and iPod for their users. The application also lets users access Macy’s and Target, the application is mainly for Amazon which [...]

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