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<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[HP revamps consumer desktop line-up]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 07:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[HP unveiled three new towers for its consumer desktop line this morning. The Pavilion, slim tower Slimline, and higher-end Pavilion Elite series all received new external designs. HP wasn't overly specific regarding the new hardware specifications in the new systems, but we do know HP is bringing Intel's second-generation Core (aka Sandy Bridge) CPUs to certain models in all three new systems.HP&amp;39's new Pavilion desktop chassis.(Credit:HP)Compare the new Pavilion p7 series design with that of the p6 series and you'll see that the p7's new look is really more like a straightening up. The glossy black front panel is a little smaller than before, and HP moved the power button down from the top of the chassis, but otherwise the Pavilion looks very similar between generations.We don't mind the incremental aesthetic tweaks, especially for a workhorse system like HP's Pavilion. Pricing for the new p7 models will start at $299 when they launch online on May 18th. In addition to the new Intel chips, HP will offer AMD CPU options as well.The new HP Slimline s5 design also looks a lot like the previous model. (Credit:HP)We're ambivalent about the bread-and-butter Pavilion, but we confess some disappointment in the new Slimline s5 design. It too looks like a cleaner version of the previous model, but with smaller systems like Apple's Mac Mini, and Dell's Zino Inspiron HD performing capably in the living room, we'd hoped HP might trim down the Slimline's measurements. It's still also larger than Gateway's SX slim tower series, which has traditionally offered all of the configurability of the Slimline series, but with a significantly smaller chassis. We like the new front panel well enough, but based on preview we saw a few months ago, the new Slimline is unnecessarily large.The Slimline s5 will hit HP's Web site a bit later than the Pavilion, appearing online June 15th. Prices start at $329, with both AMD and Intel CPU options.The Pavilion Elite received the biggest design overhaul of HP&amp;39's new line-up.(Credit:HP)HP seems to have poured most of its design effort into its Pavilion Elite h8 chassis. Compared with the previous Pavilion Elite, which mostly seemed like a tricked out standard Pavilion, the new higher-end chassis features sharper angles and a more streamlined front panel.The red line across the front of the system indicates the Beats Audio-boosted audio jacks. This is also the only model in the new line-up for which HP specifically calls out discrete graphics cards from AMD and Nvidia, as well as dual-monitor support.The Pavilion Elite will debut on HP's Web site alongside the regular Pavilion on May 18th. Pricing starts at $599.In addition to the new desktops, HP is also announcing a new feature available on all three systems called HP LinkUp. Essentially a local network file sharing service, LinkUp will let you draw down files from an HP desktop to a laptop on the same wireless network.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Google extends two-step log-in process to all]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:10:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[This screen can be found in Google under &amp;34'Account Settings,&amp;34' linked on top of a Google page, and used to set up two-step verification.(Credit:Googl)Now all Google users can take advantage of the two-step log-in procedure previously available to Google Apps customers. The company started rolling out the option to use two-step verification to Google Account holders today, according to a blog post. The idea comes from a classic security tactic, the notion that accounts are more secure when you log in using two factors: something you know, such as a password, and something that only you have, such as your phone.Google Apps users started using this feature in September. Account holders log in to Google as usual, but the first time they enable the two-step process they will receive a code via a voice call or text message, or they can generate their own code using a mobile app available foriPhone, Android, or BlackBerry. That code can be saved for 30 days. Obviously it will be much harder for anyone bent on hacking your account to steal a code sent to your phone (unless you're a valuable enough target to warrant stealing your phone and hacking your password). It's an optional feature, but one strongly recommended by security experts.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[RIM's Playbook the linchpin of a 10-year plan]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 08:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=rims-playbook-the-linchpin-of-a-10-year-plan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis shows off the Playbook tablet on the sidelines of the D: Dive Into Mobile conference.(Credit:Tom Krazit/CNET)SAN FRANCISCO--Research In Motion co-CEO Mike Lazaridis hopes the company's investment in its QNX software will carry the venerable smartphone company for the next decade. Lazardis showed off the first fruits of that investment, the Playbook tablet, to attendees here at D: Dive Into Mobile today. RIM has taken the tablet--expected to arrive in the first quarter of 2011--for several test drives over the past few months but hoped to wow the Silicon Valley mobile elite with the QNX software on which it's betting the future of the company. There's little doubt that RIM has lost a bit of respect along the Left Coast' although RIM is the largest tech company in Canada and a significant market share player around the world, as Lazaridis reminded hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher multiple times, it's seen as a laggard against what Apple and Google have done with the iOS and Android operating systems. The CEO didn't exactly refute that analysis but suggested that by designing an operating system with a tablet first and foremost in mind, it might actually be able to get the drop on its South Bay competitors. Lazaridis also made some interesting comments regarding the application of the old &quot;megahertz myth&quot; from the PC wars to the smartphone market, declaring that smartphones are on the cusp of a similar transition in which fast single-core processors are simply too hot and too power-hungry for future mobile devices. His competitor, Google's Andy Rubin, showed off an unannounced tablet geared for dual-core mobile processors on the first day of the conference, and based on Lazaridis' comments RIM believes that such a transition is imminent in the mobile space. &quot;All these pieces are coming together to set up BlackBerry for next decade,&quot; Lazaridis said. It's not clear whether he convinced anyone that RIM should be back in the favor of the digerati, but left a clear impression that RIM isn't ceding any ground in the race to build a mobile stronghold.Lazaridis demonstrates the Playbook calculator as the official All Things D photographer records the moment.(Credit:Tom Krazit/CNET)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FTC wants voluntary 'Do Not Track' for the Web]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=ftc-wants-voluntary-do-not-track-for-the-web</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Do Not Call list easily tops the list of the Federal Trade Commission's popular successes, with one official joking that that it became &quot;the most popular government program since the Elvis stamp.&quot;The FTC now hopes to build on that unusual success with a Do Not Track concept that would restrict certain types of Web marketing, a concept that the agency broadly endorsed in a 122-page report (PDF) released today.&quot;Most of us on the commission believe it's time for a Do Not Track mechanism,&quot; FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz told reporters today, though he stopped short at calling for new legislation that would mandate it. Instead, he said, &quot;what we're doing is offering best practices to companies.&quot;The difficulty, though, is that the mechanisms that work well for circuit-switched telephones don't translate successfully to the packet-switched universe of the Internet.Because each telephone number is unique and doesn't change frequently, a central government database is a useful way to centralize a list of people who have opted out. Internet Protocol addresses, on the other hand, may be shared and can change as frequently as every few days.And a binary off-or-on approach may be too broad: some consumers might want to allow targeted advertising in some circumstances, but not others, especially if it means that they'll see ads that are relevant to their interests or prevent them from having to pay subscription fees.At least right now, the FTC envisions any Do Not Track list as only providing an opt-out path for third-party behavioral advertising, meaning it wouldn't affect Web sites that build their own user profiles. It likely would have only a limited affect on sites like Google, which relies primarily on contextual searching-for-vacations-in-Paris ads rather than on assembling an interest-based profile and using that to tout cheap Paris vacations.The FTC's recommendations, which are part of a broader report laying out a recommended framework for privacy, come as a House of Representatives committee is convening a hearing on whether or not to enact Do Not Track legislation. (Representatives of Time Warner Cable, the Consumer Federation of America, Symantec, and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation are scheduled to testify.)Given the scant time left before the Democratic-controlled chamber switches to GOP control, it's virtually impossible for any Do Not Track bill to be enacted this year. But if Republicans seem to like the idea as much as Democrats, tomorrow's hearing could give the concept of new legislation with a running start in 2011.&quot;The FTC's report makes it clear that self-regulation has largely failed,&quot; Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) said today.That's not exactly what the FTC thinks. Leibowitz said today that &quot;we're going to give these companies a little time, but we'd like to see them work a lot faster.&quot;In addition, two of the agency's five commissioners offered sharp criticisms of the draft report, which will be revised over the next few months and then published in final form next year.FTC Commissioner William Kovacic warned a Do Not Track system would &quot;be premature,&quot; adding that such a mechanism might prompt some Web sites to abandon free content or more broadly disrupt online publishing. And Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch said he has &quot;serious reservations&quot; about the staff report's proposals in general.What's still unclear are the details of how any Do Not Track mechanism would work. The most obvious approach is for people to configure their Web browsers through a cookie (or Flash cookie, or similar mechanism) to flag themselves as opting out from behavioral advertising. But that requires cooperation among browser makers and advertisers, and without a law enforcing compliance, Web sites could presumably ignore the please-don't-track requests.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cyber Monday: Beware the malware]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 08:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=cyber-monday-beware-the-malware</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's the Monday after Thanksgiving and you're sitting at your work computer suffering from food coma. Too bloated to get any real work done, you decide to do something that doesn't occupy too much of the brain--online Christmas shopping.  There's more at stake here than the cost of shipping and handling, though. First off, your boss probably doesn't want you to be surfing Amazon when you have spreadsheets to complete. Secondly, you could be opening up the corporate network to malicious hackers during what is known to be a particularly risky period. Scammers are ready for unsuspecting online shoppers to be hunting for holiday bargains that hit on what has become known as Cyber Monday (given that more than 40 percent of you will be buying holiday gifts online, according to this survey). There will no doubt be malware hiding on retail sites, fake sites created just for distributing viruses and Trojans, and e-mails with malware-laden attachments and links leading to nastiness. Once inside the corporate network, the malware can easily spread to other computers in the company and leave back doors that can be used later for nefarious purposes, putting corporate data at risk. Unless a company forbids Web surfing on company time and uses software to monitor and enforce the policy, there is little recourse once workers start browsing. IT departments should do what they can to protect the networks before then, by using the most up-to-date spam filters and anti-malware software and adjusting the enterprise Internet settings to alert users when a program attempts to download something. Communication is key, too. Corporate IT personnel should consider sending an alert to remind employees of the dangers and to report suspected malware downloads, advises Adam Chernichaw, a privacy expert and partner at the law firm White &amp; Case. Also, they should tell employees to not click &quot;Agree&quot; or &quot;OK&quot; to close a window, but to click the red &quot;X&quot; in the upper corner or press &quot;ALT + F4&quot; instead. Employees should practice safe browsing. CNET contributor Lance Whitney wrote about some general tips for Web surfers from Webroot, including typing URLs in directly instead of following links and keeping a close eye on PayPal and other payment accounts.  Be careful of electronic greeting cards, because they are an easy way to trick people into downloading malware. Verify that the merchant or site a greeting card is sent from is legitimate, warns the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, an arm of the Department of Homeland Security. If you get an e-card from someone you don't know, be suspicious. You can always ask friends in an e-mail to confirm that he or she sent you something.  If you are buying gift cards online, only shop at reputable retailers and not through online auction sites, says the National Retail Federation. Gift cards sold through online auction sites may be counterfeit or stolen and once you buy it it's yours. The group has more online shopping tips on its Web site.  And for people wanting to donate to charity, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has a charity checklist with tips such as asking groups seeking donations for more information about who is behind the operation, being wary of charities that spring up overnight in response to disasters, and not sending cash or donations.  Web searches can be dangerous any time of year as scammers use search engine optimization tactics to lure people to their sites. But holiday shopping online presents an attractive pool of potential victims. Be extra cautious when doing searches related to &quot;holiday sale&quot; and &quot;Christmas specials&quot; during this time of year. F-Secure has compiled a Holiday 2010 Cyber-Watch List of popular search terms that are expected to be used by scammers to poison search results, which features &quot;Kinect forXbox&quot; and &quot;Call of Duty: Black Ops&quot; at the top.  And make sure you don't do too much shopping at work or you'll instead be online checking out the job wanted ads. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cybersecurity bill gives DHS power to punish tech firms]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=cybersecurity-bill-gives-dhs-power-to-punish-tech-firms</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, shown here at the 2010 RSA conference, would have the power to &amp;34'establish and enforce&amp;34' cybersecurity requirements for the private sector.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Democratic politicians are proposing a novel approach to cybersecurity: fine technology companies $100,000 a day unless they comply with directives imposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.Legislation introduced this week would allow DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to levy those and other civil penalties on noncompliant companies that the government deems &quot;critical,&quot; a broad term that could sweep in Web firms, broadband providers, and even software companies and search engines.&quot;This bill will make our nation more secure and better positions DHS--the 'focal point for the security of cyberspace'--to fulfill its critical homeland security mission,&quot; said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.Thompson's proposal comes after a decade of heated, sometimes classified discussions in Washington centering on how much authority the federal government should have to regulate network and computer security, and which agency should be in charge. In a series of reports, three successive presidential administrations have taken strikingly similar approaches that favor self-regulation.Skeptics say it's not clear that lawyers and policy analysts who will inhabit DHS' 4.5 million square-foot headquarters in the southeast corner of the District of Columbia have the expertise to improve the security of servers and networks operated by companies like AT&amp;T, Verizon, Microsoft, and Google. (American companies already spend billions of dollars on computer security a year.)&quot;Congress is stepping forward to regulate something it has no idea how to regulate,&quot; says Jim Harper, a policy analyst at the free-market Cato Institute. &quot;It's a level of bureaucracy that actually adds nothing at all.&quot;DHS's own cybersecurity record is far from perfect. In 2005, government auditors concluded that DHS failed to live up to its cybersecurity responsibilities and may be &quot;unprepared&quot; for emergencies' as recently as 2008, the head of the DHS said the agency still needed to develop a plan to respond to a &quot;cybercrisis.&quot;Besides Thompson, the new bill, called the Homeland Security Cyber and Physical Infrastructure Protection Act (HSCPIPA), has other high-profile backers. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), chairman of the intelligence subcommittee, and Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), chairman of the cybersecurity subcommittee, are also co-sponsors. No Republicans have signed on.&quot;Cyberattacks, whether originated by other countries or sub-national groups, are a grave and growing threat to our government and the private sector,&quot; Harman said. &quot;This bill provides new tools to DHS to confront them effectively and make certain that civil liberties are protected.&quot;Section 224 of HSCPIPA hands DHS explicit legal &quot;authorities for securing private sector&quot; computers. A cybersecurity chief to be appointed by Napolitano would be given the power to &quot;establish and enforce&quot; cybersecurity requirements.HSCPIPA's process works like this: DHS draws up a list of regulated &quot;critical&quot; companies by evaluating the likelihood of a &quot;cyberincident,&quot; existing vulnerabilities, and the consequences of an attack. DHS is supposed to consult with the NSA, other federal agencies, and the private sector to the &quot;maximum extent practicable,&quot; but the other groups don't get a veto over the final list.Any &quot;system or asset&quot; that is a &quot;component of the national information infrastructure&quot;--read broadly, that could be any major Web site or provider--is fair game for DHS regulation. Companies can appeal if they don't want to be on the &quot;critical&quot; list, but it means asking DHS to reconsider its original decision (no neutral party considers the appeal).&quot;With a little bit of imagination, you can pretty much pull anything into that,&quot; says Lauren Weinstein of People for Internet Responsibility. &quot;Does Google represent critical infrastructure now It's hard to see how any major Internet service or property could be assured of the fact that it would not be covered.&quot;Once the list is complete, DHS has the authority to require those regulated tech companies to &quot;comply with the requirements&quot; that it has levied. Those requirements include presenting &quot;cybersecurity plans&quot; to the agency, which has the power to &quot;approve or disapprove&quot; each of them. DHS &quot;may conduct announced or unannounced audits and inspections&quot; to ensure &quot;compliance.&quot;&quot;In the case of noncompliance,&quot; the legislation says, DHS &quot;may levy civil penalties, not to exceed $100,000 per day, for each instance of noncompliance.&quot;Harper, from the Cato Institute, says that private firms already have the right incentives on cybersecurity. HSCPIPA imposes &quot;a layer of bureaucracy that seeks to replicate the incentive structure that technology firms already face,&quot; he says.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The city that must vote on UFO ballot measure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Politics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Somehow, with all the strange, otherworldly people standing for office in American elections Tuesday, one ballot measure has not received quite the enormous importance that it deserves.No, I am not thinking of Proposition 19 in California, the one supported by significant members of the tech world, the one that hopes to legalize the sale of marijuana.This ballot measure, addressed to voters in Denver, is called Initiative 300 and it is adorned by perhaps the most ridiculous question ever asked in a political campaign: &quot;Are you ready for the truth&quot; The truth that proponents of this measure want to access is the one that describes what is already known about people from outer space.The campaign's site declares something rather interesting: &quot;Over 400 government, military, and intelligence community witnesses have testified to their direct, personal, first-hand experience with UFOs, ETs, ET technology, and the cover-up that keeps this information secret.&quot;Yes, imagine being a boxer and availing yourself of extra-terrestrial technology.(Credit:CC (F)oxymoron/Flickr)I can understand why those in power might not wish to immediately reveal encounters with folks from the dark beyond, but why wouldn't they choose to use ET technology in order to, say, eliminate enemies or make perfect lattesAfter all, some retired pilots recently declared that they had witnessed UFOs knocking out nukes.AOL News reported that the progressive Denver initiative, if passed, will commit Denver City Council to setting up a seven-person committee that will be bound to publish on a special Web site everything that is known about them up there and their technology. Equally, Denver folks down here will be able to post their own information and sightings. Jeff Peckman, an entrepreneur who's into clean energy and holistic health, told AOL News: &quot;There could be some good things that come from ET contact and some negatives. We need to figure out if there are possible business opportunities or medical treatments that could come from them.&quot;You might be readily fascinated by the medical opportunities. For myself, if I were residing in Denver, I would naturally be mesmerized by the idea of doing business with little people whose mouths bubble with a strange foam.You might wonder why Denver might be the place that begins to force its leaders to reveal America's contact with outer spatials. Could it be because Denver is a little closer physically to up there Peckman's explanation to AOL News was a charming one: &quot;Denver was the first U.S. city to set up a trade office with China. So there is some vision and independent thinking here as well as a highly educated workforce.&quot;Tuesday will show just how broad Denver's independent thinking might be. Surely every responsible resident of Denver should immediately vote for one of the most progressive initiatives ever placed before the voting public.This is perhaps one of the only &quot;no lose&quot; votes that anyone can cast. If the city of Denver manages to reveal mind-blowing information about space people who actually have the technology to blow minds from millions of miles away and put them back together again, society as a whole can only benefit.I fully expect Coloradans to stand behind this measure. Within weeks, perhaps days, we will all avail ourselves of lightsabers far superior than any we can currently order online.We will also hopefully grasp in two hands the ability to transport ourselves within milliseconds to places thousands of miles away. That way, we can spend days at work, lunchtimes on the beach and evenings at that lovely molecular biology restaurant just south of Pluto. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[India calls off BlackBerry ban]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 07:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=india-calls-off-blackberry-ban</guid>
<description><![CDATA[India has canceled a ban of BlackBerry services that was scheduled to occur at the end of October.A press release from India's Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday confirmed the news, saying that discussions with RIM had led to an interim agreement under which BlackBerry Messenger services could continue. This agreement provides the Indian government with access to the lawful interception of data over the BlackBerry network, according to the ministry. Further, RIM has promised India that it would offer a final solution by January 31, to give the government continued access.Details of the agreement were not revealed. But India has been after RIM as well as Google and Skype to set up local servers in the country where the government and law enforcement agencies could more easily monitor network data in the name of national security.As one of several countries upset with RIM over the company's refusal to allow access to encrypted communications, India originally threatened to turn off BlackBerry services at the end of August. But on August 30, the Indian government decided to give RIM a reprieve of another 60 days as it evaluated proposals from the company that would let the country tap into the wireless networks.India's cancellation of the ban follows a similar move by the United Arab Emirates in early October to allow BlackBerry services to continue. In that instance, the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, which regulates telecommunications for the UAE, said that BlackBerry services were now compatible with the UAE's regulatory framework and added that RIM had cooperated in offering a compatible solution.In response to the UAE's cancellation of the ban, RIM said that it &quot;cannot discuss the details of confidential regulatory matters that occur in specific countries, but RIM confirms that it continues to approach lawful access matters internationally within the framework of core principles that were publicly communicated by RIM on August 12.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Logitech Revue with Google TV: Tons of potential, but too many caveats and bugs for now]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Sarah Tew/CNET)When we first saw the Logitech Revue demos, we were sold on the idea of a single set-top box that could search all our content sources--online or offline--and control our home theater components. Now that we've had our hands on a unit for nearly a week, we still love the concept, and the Revue has an undeniable amount of potential, but it's hard to give it an unqualified recommendation with all of its current issues and caveats.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[White iPhone 4 delayed until spring]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The still elusive white iPhone 4.(Credit:James Martin/CNET)Stop me if you've heard this one before. The whiteiPhone 4 is delayed.For those keeping track, yes, that is the third time you've read that headline since June. Apple is saying today that the white version of the iPhone 4 now won't be for sale until spring 2011. And that's after telling us in June that it would be delayed until late July, then in July putting off the ship date until &quot;later this year.&quot;Apple's quote today is, &quot;We're sorry to disappoint customers waiting for the white iPhone yet again, but we've decided to delay its release until this spring.&quot;It comes just shortly after news broke this morning that Apple had released an updated version of its App Store iPhone app with the option to reserve a white iPhone 4 in stores. Clicking &quot;Reserve&quot; didn't actually make a reservation, but it did get the rumor mill churning that a white iPhone 4 was soon to be released.So what's up with the delays Presumably the same &quot;manufacturing challenges&quot; Apple cited in previous delays concerning the white iPhone 4. A person spotted using one of the elusive white handsets last week, who had received it from a friend working at Apple, said he'd heard the problem was related to getting the white face plate of the phone to match the white home button.Again, we don't know the specifics of the holdup because Apple is keeping silent about that. But it is looking increasingly likely that we'll hear about the Verizon iPhone from Apple before we actually see a white iPhone 4 in stores.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo speeds up Mail, adds more Twitter]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Yahoo Mail(Credit:CNET)Yahoo wants to make its Web e-mail service a place you never want to--or more importantly--have to leave to get your social fix. The company on Wednesday is releasing an overhauled version of its Yahoo Mail Beta client that it says is twice as fast as the previous version, while managing to tack on new features like an integrated Twitter client, rich media previews, and a more full-featured IM client. Yahoo says this speed boost should be especially noticeable to users outside the U.S. with latency issues, due mostly to the new version making use of the company's cloud computing technology. This means that if you're on a spotty connection, the app can adjust its behavior to keep pages from timing out, or becoming unresponsive.Yahoo&amp;39's Mail update brings more speed and Twitter to the equation. (Credit:Yahoo)Besides the speed and performance increase, which Yahoo says were the top users requests, the company has added a very robust Twitter client, which joins the existing social-sharing tools for Facebook and Yahoo. You can post to just Twitter, or any combination of the other two services, as well as see Twitter status updates in the update stream below. Yahoo has long had a way to slurp in Twitter feeds, but now you can do things like reply and retweet without leaving the page. If asynchronous updates are not your thing, Yahoo has also tuned its integrated IM service to include some desktop software-like features, including window docking and tabbed conversations. This lets you keep a chat with several people running in one window while you go about with other e-mail tasks. On top of these changes, Yahoo has added a welcome feature in the form of media previews. Now, when you get a link to a YouTube video, a Flickr or Picasa photoset, you can view that content without leaving the message. Clicking on any of these items, as well as attached photos, will open them up in a simple lightbox viewer.To get the new features, users will need to opt in to Yahoo's Beta for Mail. They are not yet integrated into the company's Classic mail service. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft says Windows 8 roughly two years away]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=microsoft-says-windows-8-roughly-two-years-away</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In its most concrete comments yet about the next version of Windows, Microsoft said in a blog post on its Dutch Web site that Windows 8 is about two years from hitting the market.Microsoft is working on the next version of Windows, the blog says in Dutch, but it will be about two years before Windows 8 is on the market.Microsoft&amp;39's Dutch subsidiary posted a blog Sunday that says the company is working on Windows 8 but that the new operating system is not due for about two years.(Credit:CNET)The comments, noted earlier Sunday by Winrumors.com, came at the end of a post celebratingWindows 7's first birthday. Microsoft also posted about that milestone on its U.S. Web site this week but made no mention of the timing of Windows 8.A Microsoft representative, reached on Sunday morning, declined to comment or elaborate on the blog posting.Indeed, Microsoft executives from Windows unit President Steven Sinofsky on down have been hesitant to say anything about the company's future Windows plans. While the desktop team has been quiet, Microsoft's server team did say last year that a major release of Windows Server was due in 2012 and server versions typically slightly lag a desktop release.A presentation leaked in June suggests that the next version of Windows will include, among other things, an app store similar to ones offered by Apple and other mobile device makers. Apple announced this week that it will bring an app store to theMac within 90 days.The presentation also said that Microsoft wanted to improve startup times and the time it takes to resume from sleep, improve power efficiency, as well as work more closely with computer makers to better differentiate their respective computers. While these are all needed things, it's going to be a very long two years for Microsoft if it can't better address Apple's moves in the tablet and notebook models before Windows 8.Windows 7 was released in October 2009, two and a half years after the Windows Vista went on sale for most customers. Microsoft officials, including CEO Steve Ballmer, had promised that after Vista's many delays that the company would never again go so long between Windows releases.The company has not said much about Windows 8, but if it is indeed two years out, that would make three years between releases. Ballmer did say this week at a Gartner symposium that the next version of Windows represents the company's &quot;riskiest bet.&quot;Update, 1:25 a.m. PT, Oct. 25: Unsurprisingly, Microsoft has now changed the Dutch site, removing all reference to Windows 8 and instead talking about the first service pack to Windows 7 as well as the recently released Windows Live Essentials update (see image below).My year of study in the Netherlands tells me (and a reader tip and Google translate both verify) that Microsoft is saying that Windows 7 SP1 is now in testing and will be released in the first half of next year, while the first update to Windows 7 is the new version of Windows Live Essentials released in June.And you don't have to speak Dutch to know that there were some less than happy e-mails from Redmond to the Netherlands sent on Sunday. (Thanks to German journalist Achim Sawall who alerted me to the update.) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia focusing on Qt, HTML5 for app development]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=nokia-focusing-on-qt-html5-for-app-development</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nokia is making Qt its sole application development framework and is supporting HTML5--both of which the company says are designed to benefit mobile app developers and customers.(Credit:Nokia)The mobile phone maker said today its Qt decision means that mobile apps will be compatible with future versions of Symbian and MeeGo. Previously, developers could write directly for Symbian or MeeGo, each with its own specific development tools and environment. With Qt, developers can create apps that runs on both smartphone platforms.Though Nokia will be switching to the MeeGo platform for its N series of smartphones, the company has said it will continue to work with Symbian on other phones.Nokia considers the decision a positive for Symbian customers too. As updates are created for the OS via Qt, people using Symbian 3 phones and future Symbian products will be able to take advantage of them. In line with this, Nokia said it will no longer refer to the mobile operating system as Symbian 3 or Symbian 4 but will simply continue to evolve the OS.Nokia itself will use Qt exclusively to develop its own future mobile apps. The company is also introducing Qt Quick into the Qt framework. Demoed at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Qt Quick lets scripting-language-savvy developers create touch-enabled user interfaces and mobile apps for Nokia phones.Nokia also announced today its plan to support HTML5 for mobile apps and Web content for both Symbian and MeeGo platforms. Qt's built-in support for the new and upcoming version of HTML matches Nokia's plans to support HTML5 in Web browsers.&quot;We're making strategic technology decisions that will accelerate our ability to offer the strongest possible opportunity for developers and the richest possible experience for consumers,&quot; Rich Green, Nokia's chief technology officer, said in a statement. &quot;For developers, it will open up a huge installed customer base for their applications. For consumers, it means a more compelling engagement with their Nokia product in terms of access to the best applications in the marketplace and a constantly improving product experience.&quot;More information is available on Nokia's Qt, Qt Quick, and HTML5 pages.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dell mulls going private after losing bid for storage company 3Par]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=dell-mulls-going-private-after-losing-bid-for-storage-company-3par</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dell executives are considering taking the personal computer manufacturer private after losing a bidding war with Hewlett-Packard over storage provider 3Par, its chief financial officer said in an interview with CNNMoney.com.Dell has been trying to rebrand itself as an enterprise solutions provider a4&quot; a provider of enterprise technology like servers and cloud computing a4&quot; in recent years, Dell CFO Brian Gladden said in the interview. Enterprise solutions, like providing online video and cloud computing, has become a $17 billion business for Dell.Taking the company private is an option that&amp;'s kicked around a lot over at Dell&amp;'s Round Rock, Tex.-based campus. If the company weren&amp;'t in the middle of re-branding itself to work more for enterprise customers, it would be a much more viable option, Gladden said. But because the PC manufacturer is in the middle of changing its focus, it&amp;'s probably not an option for the immediate future.By acquiring 3Par and its data storage capabilities, Dell would have been able to make a stronger push as a cloud provider and bring the cost of providing cloud computing down.But instead, Dell withdrew its $2 billion offer for the 3Par in September, ceding the company to HP. The bidding war happened over several weeks, with HP making the final acquisition for $2.4 billion. Dell was caught by surprise by just how much HP was willing to pay for 3Par, Gladden said.That doesn&amp;'t mean Dell is throwing in the towel in the cloud computing marketplace. The PC giant picked up Boomi, a provider of web-based software services, earlier this week.Around half of Dell&amp;'s revenue comes from personal computer sales now a4&quot; and 80 percent of that comes from enterprise customers. That market is worth around $6 billion, Gladden said. But at the same time, Dell wasn&amp;'t planning on taking on companies like HP in the retail sector, he said.Dell&amp;'s revenue grew 22 percent in its most recent quarter when compared to the same quarter one year ago a4&quot; from $12.8 billion to $15.5 billion. Its services component, which includes enterprise solutions, grew 35 percent to $2.9 billion last quarter when compared to $2.1 billion the same quarter a year earlier. Its net income grew 16 percent to $886 million, compared to $762 million in the same quarter a year earlier.Dell reports its earnings for the third quarter this year in around two weeks.[Photo: Pink Sherbert Photography]Next Story: Lessons learned from GreenBeat: Data is the new wave in cleantech Previous Story: Why Apple can&amp;'t beat AndroidPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: cloud computing, enterprise, going privateCompanies: 3Par, DellPeople: Brian Gladden          Tags: cloud computing, enterprise, going privateCompanies: 3Par, DellPeople: Brian GladdenVentureBeat 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[Twitter Gains Much-Needed Instagram Support And Full Songs From&nbsp'Rdio]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[For the past few months, probably something close to half of my tweets have been links that take you off of the site. My bad. But tonight I have good news! If you too are addicted to Instagram a4&quot; which it seems about a quarter of the people I follow on Twitter are a4&quot; you&amp;'ll no longer have to leave twitter.com to view those pictures. Yes, New Twitter has expanded their right pane to include a number of new third party sites tonight, including the popular mobile photo sharing startup.So who else is joining the pane Blip.tv, Rdio, SlideShare, and Dipdive. These added to the ones that launched alongside New Twitter such as YouTube, Flickr, USTREAM, and more recently, iTunes, means that less and less, you&amp;'ll have to click away from twitter.com. With these additions, they now have over 20 content partners for the right-side pane. It&amp;'s becoming quite the platform itself.And they&amp;'re not done yet. &amp;''In the next few months wea4a4ll integrate with more content partners,&amp;'' the company writes tonight on the Twitter Blog.While Instagram is a much welcomed addition, Rdio is also an awesome one because it means users can share full-length songs for the first time on Twitter. You&amp;'ll recall that iTunes sharing only including song previews.CrunchBase InformationTwitterInstagramRdioInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digg&'s Big 30 Percent&nbsp'Drop]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&amp;'s been a difficult couple of months for Digg.  The crowdsourced news site pushed out a major new design at the end of August which met with a lot of criticism and broken axles.  There was literally a user revolt and things deteriorated so rapidly that earlier this week the company had to let go more than a third of its employees.How bad did it get  Here&amp;'s one data point from comScore: Digg lost 30 percent of its audience in the month of September alone.  Digg&amp;'s estimated unique visitors worldwide went from 18.4 million in August to 12.8 million in September. That is a drop of 5.6 million people in a single month.  Remember, the new site went live for everyone on August 25, so September was the first full month of the new design.  Compared to a year before, Digg&amp;'s worldwide audience shrank by 16 million visitors.Other metrics show the same story or worse.  Pageviews sank 70 percent from August to September (from 155 million pageviews to 46 million).  Average visits and time spent per visitor were also down.The numbers for October are not yet out, but I&amp;'d be surprised to see any immediate rebound.  Can Digg stanch its losses and start to rebuild once againCrunchBase InformationDiggInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The next solar hotspot is &8230' India]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Which country will emerge as the next best market for solar energy Surprisingly, the answer is India, with its abundant sunlight, exploding demand, and gigantic, mostly off-grid population.That&amp;'s according to a new report by a new report by Lux Research examining emerging markets for solar power.The current global poster child for solar is Germany, which added 8 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity in 2010 and accounted for half of the global solar market. At minimum demand, the entire German electricity grid consumes around 31 GW. However, Germany&amp;'s solar dominance may be starting towane since its generous guaranteed rates for solar power are being reduced.The other top markets globally in 2010 were Japan, China, and Italy. Italy has been booming withinstallations in 2010 rising to 1.9 gigawatts, up 100 percent from 2009, according to research firm iSuppli.Overall though, the pace of installations in Europe is slowing. IHS Emerging Energy Research is projecting total new installations of 10 &amp;8211' 13 GW across Europe in 2010, declining to between 7 and 9 GW in 2011.The U.S.currentlyaccounts for only 6.5% of global solar PV (photovoltaics &amp;8211' solar panel technology) demand, and most of that comes from California. A previous report from Lux Research predicted that China&amp;'s demand will grow strongly in the next few years as will North America&amp;'s.Beyond those countries, Lux Research evaluated emerging markets based on the quality of the solar resource, current electricity demand and favorable regulatory environment. Countries with high levels of energy imports and low grid efficiency may also be more inclined to encourage solar installations. Based on these criteria, it identifies India as a top target for solar energy.India has an enormous energy gap. Demand is expected to double by 2030, and 400 million people in the country have no access to electricity. 40 GW of this demand is estimated to be addressable by solar.India also has the poorest grid infrastructure of the countries surveyed. 30 percent of all electricity is lost during distribution due to poor infrastructure and theft. This makes it suitable for smaller, distributed installations of solar, as well as utility-size projects, since they can be used to serve off-grid populations and reduce electricity losses.India&amp;'s National Solar Mission has introduced cash grants andfavorableelectricity rates for solar installations. $1 billion of funding has been allocated up to 2013 topromote 1 GW of utility-scale plants, 100 MW of distributed PV installations and 200 MW of off-grid installations. Cash grants of 30 percent of install costs are available for off-grid installations less than 250 KW. India&amp;'s solar market has already started to heat up, with the country seeking 300 MW of solar bids this month alone.Another high-potential market identified in the report is, believe it or not, the rain-soaked United Kingdom. Although the UK does not have a great solar resource, it has very attractive feed-in tariffs (premium prices for renewable energy) and astreamlined process to approval subsidies. Lux Research estimates that the UK could accommodate 20 GW at 5 percent market penetration.Next Story: On the GreenBeat: GM licenses new battery technology, First Solar acquires Ray Tracker Previous Story: CloudMade accelerates its location platform by buying OneStepAheadPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Germany, INdia, market, SolarCompanies: Isuppli, Lux Research          Tags: Germany, INdia, market, SolarCompanies: Isuppli, Lux ResearchCiara Byrne is a full time techie and part-time writer. She has worked as a software developer, team lead, engineering manager and mobile standards expert. Ciara is based in Amsterdam and her interests include creative companies, useful technology, torture by piano and cycling in high heels. Follow her on Twitter at @deciara. VentureBeat 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[HP&'s new CEO was poised during speech and press Q&038'A (video)]]></title>
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<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Leo Apotheker was poised on stage in his first formal stage presentation to press and analysts in San Francisco today. He was also comfortable and humorous during a Q&amp;amp'A session with the press afterward.The talk was Apotheker&amp;'s first coming out with such a large audience since he joined HP as CEO in November. In his German-accented English, he showed more personality than the no-nonsense, completely-scripted Mark Hurd, who left HP amid a sex scandal in August.How Apotheker delivered his speech was important, considering some CEOs (Facebook&amp;'s young chief Mark Zuckerberg comes to mind) become a little unglued when under the pressure of live speaking and intense questioning from reporters. Whether you agree with his new strategy or not, you can tell from the videos below that he&amp;'s comfortable in the spotlight. He pretty much passed his first test of running the world&amp;'s biggest tech company: being a decent public speaker.&amp;''I thought he was very poised and actually anxious to answer all of the questions, even the difficult ones,&amp;'' said Tim Bajarin, an analyst at Creative Strategies. &amp;''I was impressed with his grasp of the industry, especially the prosumer (professional consumer) market they will target. When we used to ask (former CEO Mark) Hurd about their consumer strategy, he almost always turned that question over to someone else on his executive staff to handle.&amp;''But a nice speech is not going to turn around HP&amp;'s stock, which is down about 25 percent in the past year. As for the strategy, Apotheker said HP would focus on cloud computing, connectivity, and software. HP would create its own public cloud, its own app store, and a plethora of connected gadgets running HP&amp;'s own WebOS operating system. Software would glue all of this together.Bajarin said it seems sound. &amp;''Creating an infrastructure service and supplying all of the ecosystem products that can use this service is a smart move,&amp;'' he said. &amp;''That and their emphasis on enterprise class security should help them get a lot of attention with enterprise customers and small businesses.&amp;''Bajarin also says it&amp;'s a grand vision that will need many people working in lock step and in great harmony to pull it off. Unlike Hurd, Apotheker talked a lot more about what kind of innovations HP could bring about in the future rather than cost-cutting. He said HP stands at an inflection point where a shift to cloud computing will dominate the discussion. He noted how consumer innovation cycles in social media are pushing enterprises to react.Rob Enderle, analyst at the Enderle Group, said the strategy resembles a new mainframe computer strategy from IBM or an upscale Apple strategy. By building a whole platform and ecosystem, the strategy resembles IBM, he said. But HP isn&amp;'t as bent on owning the applications as IBM is in the enterprise arena.&amp;''Their biggest problem will be internal execution,&amp;'' Enderle said.When asked about IBM, Apotheker replied that it was interesting that IBM offered a comment about HP&amp;'s as-yet-unannounced strategy before Apotheker even hit the stage. That seemed, he quipped, to indicate some &amp;''nervousness.&amp;'' When pressed to explain HP&amp;'s relations with Microsoft in operating systems, he emphatically insisted that the &amp;''relationship was strong, is strong and will remain strong.&amp;'' And when one reporter dismissed his &amp;''platitudes&amp;'' about the cloud and how far behind HP was compared to its cloud rivals, Apotheker smiled at the challenge and said, &amp;''We will catch up and then we will talk again.&amp;'' He also said, &amp;''We don&amp;'t intend to play in the junior league&amp;'' in the tablet market.As a couple of more examples of poise, Apotheker paused before answering a question about the Japan quake on HP&amp;'s business and expressed his sympathy for the Japanese people and the hardships that HP&amp;'s own Japanese employees may be having. He said that HP had made a donation for relief efforts in Japan and would match employee donations dollar for dollar. When a reporter sneezed, Apotheker smiled and said, &amp;''Bless you.&amp;'' And he joked that he would only answer questions from reporters who had HP laptops.Roger Kay, analyst of Endpoint Technologies, had mixed feelings. He said, &amp;''I feel like Leo is poised and in control, but that he&amp;'s short on proof points, how he&amp;'s going to get where he says he wants to go. He&amp;'s using all the right buzz words, but it&amp;'s hard to see the substance behind the phrases. I&amp;'m still puzzling out how apps stores work in enterprise, but some other analysts say it&amp;'s a way to sandbox and control app distribution. I&amp;'d like to see more on how that is supposed to work.&amp;''Kay added, &amp;''It&amp;'s clear he&amp;'s going to invest in software, but he said precious little about PCs and WebOS. So, even though he&amp;'s promising end-to-end, he&amp;'s not saying much about how.&amp;''Check out Apotheker&amp;'s speech below and the Q&amp;amp'A with reporters below that.Next Story: Microsoft launches Internet Explorer 9, its prettiest browser yet Previous Story: Twitter cofounder Biz Stone to advise AOLPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Companies: Hewlett Packard, HPPeople: Lo Apotheker          Companies: Hewlett Packard, HPPeople: Lo ApothekerDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. 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[How Durable Are Information Monopolies On The&nbsp'Internet]]></title>
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<dc:creator>Adam01</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Does the Internet tend towards natural monoplies  Columbia Law professor Tim Wu makes a strong argument that it does in an Op-Ed in this weekend&amp;'s Wall Street Journal.  While there is plenty of diversity on the Internet and few barriers to setting up shop, he points out that category after category is dominated by a single firm: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Skype, Twitter, Apple, and eBay.Wu writes:The Internet has long been held up as a model for what the free market is supposed to look likea4&quot;competition in its purest form. So why does it look increasingly like a Monopoly board Most of the major sectors today are controlled by one dominant company or an oligopoly. Google &amp;''owns&amp;'' search' Facebook, social networking' eBay rules auctions' Apple dominates online content delivery' Amazon, retail' and so on.If you define a market narrowly enough, it is easy to make any company look like a monopoly.  But let&amp;'s concede that the Internet creates a lot of winner-take-most, if not a winner-take-all, situations.  (A company can effectively have monopoly power without technically owning 100 percent of the market).  The bigger question is: How durable are information monopolies on the InternetThe same factor that gives rise to these monopolies so fast can prove to be their undoing: the lack of friction.  Switching costs are almost nonexistent for most products on the Internet.  Every single competing product or service is literally just a click away.If there is one thing that locks us in, it is ourselves.  It is the network effects at play across the Internet which help build up these natural monopolies faster than they otherwise would.  Wu makes a deliberate point of this:It was we, collectively, who made Google and Facebook dominant. The biggest sites were faster, better and easier to use than their competitors, and the benefits only grew as more users signed on. But all of those individually rational decisions to sign on to the same sites yielded a result that no one desires in principlea4&quot;a world with fewer options.Every time we follow the leader for ostensibly good reasons, the consequence is a narrowing of our choices. This is an important principle of information economics: Market power is rarely seized so much as it is surrendered up, and that surrender is born less of a deliberate decision than of going with the flow.The more people who use Google&amp;'s search, the better it becomes' the more people on Facebook, the more you need to be on it too' the more people who sell on eBay, the more buyers it attracts, and so on.Certainly information monopolies do exist and can persist.  Look at Microsoft&amp;'s everlasting hold on desktop operating systems.  But the half-life of market domination seems to be dwindling.  AT&amp;amp'T ruled for 70 years, Microsoft ruled for maybe 25, so far Google has ruled for 10.  Will Facebook rule next, and of so, for how longMonopoly is a big, bad, evil word, but not all monopolies are bad.  One of the main reasons monopolies were regulated in the first place was because of their pricing power, but today&amp;'s information monopolies provide many of their services for free.  It&amp;'s hard to argue consumer harm when consumers either aren&amp;'t paying much or are paying very little.  (Amazon, for instance, maintains its dominant position in ecommerce through low prices).  Many information monopolies today are more interested in collecting our data than taking our money.The stronger argument is that information monopolies discourage competition, and that ultimately will limit choice and innovation.  Look at search.  You&amp;'d have to be crazy (or Blekko) to launch a search startup today and try to go up against Google.But that brings us back to the durability issue.  If Google&amp;'s power is transitory because it missed the boat on social, then does it really matter whether it holds near-monopoly power in search  While it is a good idea to remain vigilant against the rise of any information monopolies, the Internet will keep moving faster than the law or regulations can keep up.Photo credit: Flickr/ Chris SmartCrunchBase InformationGoogleFacebookAmazonInformation provided by CrunchBase<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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