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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[How Fujitsu is cutting power use after Japan quake]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Fujitsu will cut its power usage by 15 percent this summer in parts of Japan suffering from power shortages caused by the massive March earthquake, the company said today.Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has been struggling to deal with nuclear power reactors severely damaged by the quake and resulting tsunami, leading to efforts in Japan to encourage lower electrical power use. Fujitsu said it will cut its own power usage in areas serviced by Tepco and Tohoku Electric Power through a variety of programs, and it's an interesting list for any company worried about power cost and supply issues:&amp;149' For 3,600 of 10,000 servers, Fujitsu is temporarily shutting them down or moving them to areas served by different power companies.&amp;149' A plant in Numazu City will use its own electrical power generation equipment during times of peak power demand.&amp;149' Some manufacturing operations will be shifted to take place at night when overall power demands are lower.&amp;149' It's setting laptops to run off battery power during peak energy usage times.&amp;149' It's using &quot;smart power outlet&quot; technology developed at Fujitsu Laboratories. These sensor-equipped outlets conserve power, the company said.&amp;149' Some employees will take two days off in July or August, when power consumption is highest, for holidays that actually take place later in the year. On top of that, &quot;additional discussions will be held with the labor union regarding the implementation of further work schedule changes to conserve electricity,&quot; Fujitsu said.&amp;149' The company is curtailing use of elevators, lights, air conditioners, water heaters, and refrigerators.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Analyst to Netflix: Beware of desperate competitors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
<category>Marketing and advertising</category>
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<description><![CDATA[After posting another sizzling quarter, Netflix seems poised for continued growth. But one analyst believes the company should watch out for the competition.&quot;We think that new services from Hulu, Amazon, Google TV and Apple, as well as the potential launch of a Dish Network/Blockbuster streaming service, each have the potential to create a bidding war for a relatively small amount of available content, and have even greater potential to create pricing pressure on subscriptions,&quot; Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter wrote to investors in a research note today.Pachter is concerned that, in an attempt to catch up to Netflix, the company's competitors will be too willing to give content providers boatloads of cash for their programming. He believes that &quot;one or more irrational competitors could bid up the revenue share paid for content to the 60 percent paid by cable VOD providers, or to the 70 percent currently paid by Apple.&quot;Netflix currently charges customers $8 per month for a streaming-only option, and more for those who have a streaming-and-DVD-rental plan. If content prices go up due to competitive influence, Pachter believes Netflix will have no choice but &quot;to pay more in order to avoid seeing its churn grow.&quot; That, he says, could put a damper on its earnings.So far, Netflix's dominant position in the streaming market is helping it achieve impressive financial performance. The company announced its first quarter earnings yesterday, posting a $60 million profit on $719 million in revenue. It now has 23.6 million subscribers.Netflix might not only need to worry about trigger-happy competitors. CNET's Greg Sandoval said yesterday that his film industry sources told him that they are currently in the process of determining how much they should charge for their content. And once they figure that out, they could require Netflix to pay them more than it currently does.Such demands wouldn't be anything new. HBO said earlier this year that in order for Netflix to afford its content, the rental company would need to charge customers at least $20 per month for its streaming service.For its part, Netflix seems prepared to pay more for its content. Last year, the company told CNET that if it's &quot;successful, you'll see lower DVD expense and higher streaming expense.&quot;However, it doesn't want to overpay for content either. In response to HBO's claims, Netflix told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year that it's willing to &quot;figure out a deal [with HBO] that makes sense. If we don't, then the service doesn't have everything, and that's OK too.&quot;Plus, Netflix is thinking outside the box. Earlier this year, the company outbid HBO to acquire its first original program, &quot;House of Cards,&quot; starring Kevin Spacey. The show is expected to air next year. Netflix has already committed to 26 episodes.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mac OS X Trojan catches Sophos' eye]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[If you see this on your Mac, beware.(Credit:Sophos)A new Trojan has cropped up and it's targetingMac OS X users, one security firm says.According to Sophos, the Trojan, called &quot;BlackHole RAT&quot; by its author and &quot;MusMinim&quot; by the security firm, is a variant of the Remote Access Trojan on Windows. The author of the Trojan says the malware is not yet completed, but it already does some annoying things.Overall, Sophos believes that the prevalence of the Trojan is relatively low. The malware can be removed by using antivirus software. If a Mac becomes infected, the Trojan places text files on the desktop, puts the computer to sleep, commands it to restart or shutdown, and runs &quot;arbitrary shell commands,&quot; Sophos says. It also loads a phishing window to get users to input their administrator password. When a full-screen window pops up forcing users to restart their computer, a rather disconcerting message is displayed.&quot;I am a Trojan Horse, so I have infected your Mac Computer,&quot; says the text in the Trojan, according to Sophos. &quot;I know, most people think Macs can't be infected, but look, you ARE Infected! I have full controll (sic) over your Computer and I can do everything I want, and you can do nothing to prevent it.&quot;So, Im a very new Virus, under Development, so there will be much more functions when I'm finished,&quot; the text continues.The text in the Trojan will surely fuel the long-running debate over whether Mac OS X really is more secure than Windows. Those in the Apple camp point to the numerous Windows security issues that have broken out over the years, compared to the few on Mac OS X, to try and prove that Apple's platform is more secure. Those in the Windows camp believe security is a money game, and malicious hackers have more revenue to generate by targeting all the Windows users in the world, rather than the smaller number of Mac OS X users. It's simply that hackers have ignored Mac OS X, they say.Sophos says that BlackHole RAT infects computers through downloads over the Web. It might also find its way to the user's Mac through &quot;a vulnerability in your browser, plugins, and other applications.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple's Tim Cook called on to sub for Jobs again]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Apple COO Tim Cook on stage last week at an event to announce the Verizon Wireless version of the iPhone.(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET)As Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes another medical leave of absence, he again leaves the company he founded in the care of his chief operating officer, Tim Cook. So who is CookA reserved and private man, Cook has been thrust into the spotlight for the third time in eight years, taking over temporarily for what many would say is the irreplaceable Jobs.A former Compaq executive, Cook joined Apple in 1998 as a senior vice president of worldwide operations. He was promoted to chief operating officer in 2004. Before Compaq, Cook also spent 12 years at IBM, where he ran manufacturing and operations for the company's PC business.Known for completely restructuring Apple's manufacturing operations, Cook insisted that Apple shut down its overseas factories and farm out the work to third-party manufacturers. As a result, the company has cut down its inventory and improved margins on its entire product lineup. He's intensely focused on cutting costs as well, and though far from the leading computer maker in the world by volume, Apple is known for reaping the most profits per computer it produces.Since Cook's last time subbing for an ailing Jobs two years ago, Apple has better than doubled its cash reserves to more than $50 billion. Though Apple refuses to publicly comment on its eventual succession plans for who will head the company after Jobs leaves someday, Cook is regarded by some as the logical choice. He doesn't have Jobs' charisma or knack for knowing what customers want in a phone or computer product, but he runs the company in the way Jobs has long envisioned. Cook's profile has grown steadily in the last few eyars. He is Jobs' right-hand man at shareholder events, and has completely handled earnings calls with analysts for last few years. Recently he has played a more prominent role at product launches. Perhaps foreshadowing today's news, it was Cook and not Jobs who flew to New York last week to join Verizon COO Lowell McAdam at the high-profile launch of the firstiPhone on Verizon's network.Apple is scheduled to report its first-quarter fiscal 2011 earnings tomorrow after 1 p.m. PT.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kleiner backs Patha4a4s personal approach to photo sharing]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Path, a startup with an unusual take on mobile photo sharing, just announced that it has raised $8.65 million in its first round of institutional funding.Path was co-founded by Napster creator Shawn Fanning, former Facebook executive Dave Morin, and Dustin Mierau, so ita4a4s no surprise that the company enlisted high-profile backers &amp;8212' prestigious venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp;038' Byers (which has been making a big push to invest in social networking startups) and Index Ventures.San Francisco-based Path calls its iOS app a a4Apersonal networka4, because ita4a4s supposed to help you interact with you family members and close friends, not the looser connections found on Facebook. (In fact, you cana4a4t include more than 50 people in your network.) Path allows you to share photos and videos, then see whoa4a4s looking at a photo at a given moment, and also signal how a photo makes you feel.In addition to announcing the funding, Path also said that more than 2 million moments (read: photos and videos) have been shared on the app. And it&amp;'s unveiling a feature that makes it possible to share content with friends who don&amp;'t have the Path app &amp;8212' you email your connections directly through.Path previously raised $2.5 million from Index, First Round Capital, Founders Fund, and a number of angel investors. Kleinera4a4s Chi-Hua Chien and an Indexa4a4s Mike Volpi are joining Patha4a4s board of directors, as is Mierau (previously the board was just Morin and Fanning).Next Story: RIM, Apple and Google locked in a tie for smartphone dominance Previous Story: EA loses more even as digital game sales growPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: photosharingCompanies: Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp;amp' Byers, PathPeople: Chi Hua Chien, Dave Morin, Dustin Mierau, Mike Volpi, Shawn Fanning          Tags: photosharingCompanies: Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp;amp' Byers, PathPeople: Chi Hua Chien, Dave Morin, Dustin Mierau, Mike Volpi, Shawn FanningAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet Explorer 9 comes out of beta]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&amp;'s latest web browser, Internet Explorer 9, is coming out of beta today and takes IE&amp;'s minimalist design attitude even further.Internet Explorer 9 is billed as a simple window into web browsers. Microsoft opted to create a minimalist browser with a limited number of features, leaving most of the real estate on computer screens to the websites themselves. IE9 supports HTML5, the latest version of the HTML standard for Web pages that is largely seen as a replacement for Adobea4a4s Flash technology. IE9 also offers new features like a4Apinned sitesa4 on the Windows Task Bar that show up as website icons.The new release candidate for IE9 shrinks the browser&amp;'s borders by around five pixels. At face value, that doesn&amp;'t seem like a whole lot a4&quot; but it&amp;'s pretty noticeable when compared to other web browsers. Additional web browsing tabs are now placed on a separate row under the address bar. Users can also pin more than one site to links on the taskbar, meaning fewer pins on the taskbar.The newest build of IE9 also features &amp;''tracking protection,&amp;'' which prevents third-party sites from grabbing information from users. That includes popular web sites that have widgets powered by third-party websites a4&quot; such as images or stock tickers. A number of third-party privacy groups have published tracking protection lists that filter into IE9 so that it can identify websites that track users and block the sites from gathering the information. IE9 will also create tracking protection lists based on each individual&amp;'s browsing habits.The browser has had 7 updates since the beta candidate was released to developers in March.About 25 million web surfers have downloaded Microsoft&amp;'s newest browser since it launched. Microsoft tried a number of new marketing tactics to get its oft-maligned browser out to the masses, likeposting aquestion-and-answer thread with the tech team behind IE9 on social news aggregator site Reddit that had nearly 3,000 comments.Internet Explorer has typically been the black sheep of the browser family, despite its widespread adoption. But it looks like Microsoft has been able to (at least partially) turn that around with its latest browser. IE9 was downloadedmore than 2 million times in the first couple of days. In comparison, the beta version of Internet Explorer 8 saw only 1.3 million downloads in five days when it launched in August 2008.Microsoft has alsorolled out a new version of its search enginea4a4s home page optimized for IE9. The newBing home page takes advantage of IE9a4a4s HTML5 support to provide moving images as the background a4&quot; with the idea that the site would serve more as a landing page than just a typical search engine.Next Story: Inq debuts Facebook-focused Cloud Touch, Cloud Q phones Previous Story: Ask the accountant: Do I have to send form 1099sPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: HTML5, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 9, web browsingCompanies: Microsoft          Tags: HTML5, Internet Explorer, Internet Explorer 9, web browsingCompanies: MicrosoftMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MP3.com founder launches DAR.fm, a DVR for the radio]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mesol</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Robertson, who already participated in one reinvention of the music business by founding MP3.com, is launching a new way to listen to talk radio and music.His startup is called DAR.fm (DAR stands for &amp;''digital audio recorder&amp;'') and he demonstrated on-stage at the Launch conference in San Francisco today. Robertson compared the new service to what DVR does for television. Just as DVR lets you record many TV shows at any time, he said DAR.fm will allow you to record the radio shows that you care about.The service browses radio stations that already broadcast their content online and lets you search that content by station or by show. Then you just select the shows that you want to hear, hit &amp;''record&amp;'', and at the appointed time DAR.fm makes the recording for you. DAR.fm allows you to listen to the recording when you want, either in your Web browser or on applications for iPhone, Android, and other phones.It isna4a4t just a single, undigested recording either &amp;8212' Robertson showed that if you recorded a music station, DAR.fm would allow you to navigate between each song. In other words, it&amp;'s Internet radio with control that you won&amp;'t find in an application like Pandora. (Pandora, by the way, may be adding talk radio features in the future.)But arena4a4t there legal issues with these recordings Robertson said therea4a4s legal precedent in the cable industry, with court cases protecting the right to make these recordings as long as viewers hit the record button, even if ita4a4s a virtual record button hosted on a companya4a4s servers.Still, Robertson did close his presentation with a little speech about how the music industry hasna4a4t changed. Or at least the legal departments havena4a4t &amp;8212' they still want to sue everyone. (MP3.com was one of the first companies sued by the record industry.) Robertson said hea4a4s hopeful that there will finally be some changes as CD sales a4Acratera4.a4AI swore to myself Ia4a4m not going to do another digital music thing, and here I am,a4 he said, turning to conference organizer Jason Calacanis and adding, &amp;''Thanks, Jason.&amp;''Next Story: Top10 jumps into crowded list-sharing space Previous Story: Twitter investor: Hipmunk one a4Athe most innovativea4 in travelPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: DVR, Internet radioCompanies: Dar.fmPeople: Michael Robertson          Tags: DVR, Internet radioCompanies: Dar.fmPeople: Michael RobertsonAnthony is a senior editor at VentureBeat, as well as its reporter on media, advertising, and social networks. Before joining the site in 2008, Anthony worked at the Hollister Free Lance, where he won awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association for breaking news coverage and writing. He attended Stanford University and now lives in San Francisco. Reach him at anthony@venturebeat.com. (All story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com) You can also follow Anthony on Twitter. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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