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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Angry Birds headed to Windows Phone 7 in April]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rovio's hit game Angry Birds is landing on Microsoft'sWindows Phone 7 platform in early April, along with five other titles. Microsoft announced the title's inclusion as part of its Spring Showcase event, taking place today in San Francisco.CNET readers might remember the small kerfuffle that took place prior to the launch of Windows Phone 7, with Microsoft placing an icon of Angry Birds in its online Windows Phone marketing materials. Rovio quickly responded saying it had not committed to doing a version for the platform, and that Microsoft had put the icon on its marketing site without the company's permission. After quickly pulling it down, Microsoft chalked it up as a mistake, saying the graphic was not meant to go live.Along with Angry Birds, other games that will hit beginning April 6 include: Doodle Jump, Plants vs. Zombies, Hydro Thunder Go, Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1, and geoDefense. Angry Birds, Hydro Thunder Go, and geoDefense are all being published under the Microsoft Game Studios brand. Microsoft says all six titles will include integration withXbox Live for things like leaderboards, achievements, and online presence. Pricing has yet to be announced. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 411: Quick tips for cell phone gifting]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Welcome to The 411, my column answering all your questions about cell phones and cell phone accessories. I receive plenty of questions about these subjects via e-mail, so I figured many of you might have similar queries, too. Occasionally I solicit answers from readers if I'm stumped. Send your questions and comments to me at nicole.lee@cnet.com. If you prefer to remain anonymous, let me know in the e-mail.In lieu of the usual Q&amp;A format this week, we're offering a few quick tips on cell phone gifting. I realize it's probably too late for some of you to go out there and buy holiday gifts, but for the last-minute shopper who plans to give a mobile-related gift, here are a few quick tips.Don't forget the carrier -- It's easy to get enticed by shiny phones and forget that not all phones are supported by all carriers. If coverage is important to you, make sure the carrier of your choice has good signal in the recipient's home or office. Also realize that if you're getting a new phone, there are often two-year contracts that need to be signed, and if you're getting a smartphone, data plans are often required as well.  Of course, you can get past these issues if you're willing to fork out extra for a non-contract device. Sometimes this means getting an unlocked phone if you're on a GSM carrier, or you can also choose to get a prepaid plan if you want something a little cheaper. Definitely check out our cell phone buying tips for more detailed information on how to choose a carrier.Do a little research -- Aside from the carrier decision above, do a little fact-finding on what your gift recipient wants in a phone. Is he a texting fanatic Does she want e-mail everywhere Does he hate touch-screen keys Is she addicted to iTunes These facts will help a lot in narrowing down the kind of phone he or she needs.Add a personal touch -- This tip is especially for those of you who are gifting smartphones: Consider prepackaging the device with apps or media the person might like. For example, if the person is a big Beatles fan, why not pack the phone with all of his or her favorite Beatles songs The same goes for the person who's a fan of video games or likes a particular movie or TV show. Cooking-related apps would be great for the culinary enthusiast' you get my drift.  I know this isn't always possible since most smartphones require you to sign into your own account to get at these apps or media. If that's the case, maybe throw a gift certificate in with the phone along with a few app recommendations in a nicely presented card.Keep your receipt -- Most companies have a grace period of at least a month for you to test out a phone. Definitely keep your receipt in case he or she isn't satisfied with the purchase.Accessories for the friend who has everything -- If your friend or family member already has the phone of his or her choice, consider getting a thoughtful accessory instead. A pretty case, an extended battery, acar dock, or a Bluetooth headset would make great gifts.To help you make your choice, CNET has compiled a best cell phones list in a variety of categories, as well as a holiday gift guide for cell phones and smartphones. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[eBay slipping into fashion daily-deals site]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[eBay is pulling $200 million out of its wallet for brands4friends, a fashion daily-deals site based in Berlin.The acquisition, announced today, is designed to build up the auction site's reputation as a source for clothing, shoes, and accessories among European buyers.As Germany's largest online shopping club, brands4friends offers daily deals to site subscribers and features about 600 brands, including Buffalo, Calvin Klein, and Diesel.Daily-deals sites have taken off among consumers and now add up to around 20 percent of all online fashion sales in Europe, according to eBay. Launched in 2007, brands4friends has about 3.5 million members in Germany and employs around 200 people.&quot;With the acquisition of brands4friends,&quot; Doug McCallum, senior vice president for eBay in Europe, said in a statement, &quot;we will enter the online shopping club market with an established and dynamic partner who has the expertise, relationships and passion to match our own ambition.&quot;eBay, which accounts for about $4.5 billion in clothing, shoe, and accessory sales annually, is working to focus more heavily on the fashion trade.Last year, the company opened its eBay Outlet sites in the U.K. and Germany where customers can buy clothing directly from retailers. Earlier this year, eBay launched its Fashion Vault, its partnership with retailers to sell designer clothes at discounts. The company also has its own Fashion iPhone app to help people buy clothes via mobile devices.The auction site has been on an acquisition kick in general this past year as well.In June, eBay bought RedLaser, the developer of aniPhone app that scans bar codes to compare products and prices. Earlier this month, it bought Milo, a shopping service that tries to bridge the gap between online and offline shopping. And last week, it picked up mobile app developer Critical Path Software.The brands4friends purchase calls for eBay to take over the site's equity interests in its U.K. shopping club SecretSales.com and the Japanese version brands4friends.jp. Subject to regulatory approval, the acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For VCs in green tech, it's time for Plan B]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 08:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Eco</category>
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<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Venture capitalists, who once thronged into clean technology, are finding that they need to rethink their strategies in order to succeed, with some of them apparently moving out of the field altogether.There's often a mismatch between the large amount of money required to commercialize new energy technology and the capital to which a venture fund has access. As a result, venture investors are increasingly seeking to invest ingreen-tech start-ups that are less capital-hungry, a trend which will accelerate next year, according to experts. Instead of getting all their money from venture capitalists, budding green-technology companies when starting out will be looking for money from large corporate partners to test out new technology or from alternative sources such as angel investors, families, or government grants. Overall, investors say that because green-tech investing is very different from other fields, people need a different game plan than what worked in the venture capital-friendly industry of IT.&quot;The model is not going to work the way it sits right now,&quot; David Danielson, a former venture capitalist and program director for energy storage at the ARPA-E clean-energy research agency, said during a panel on venture capital and energy last week at MIT's Sloan school. Danielson said that venture capitalists have told him they are getting out of green tech because it's taking longer to innovate around energy and materials than they originally expected. Venture capital investor Rob Day also sees more departures from green tech, saying that &quot;generalist&quot; venture capital companies which work in a number of industries are quietly moving on.Recent data on venture capital investing points to a shift toward energy efficiency, an area which typically requires less money. In terms of number of deals, efficiency beat out solar and transportation in the third quarter. There was also a big drop in the average deal size from $35 million to $8 million. Overall, the third quarter saw a sharp drop in total dollars invested, although the year total for 2010 is expected to higher than in 2009. Investing in energy efficiency, such as LED lighting, is a big shift from how green-tech companies got started earlier in the last decade. Many investors and entrepreneurs crowded into the solar and biofuels. But often tens or hundreds of millions of dollars is required to build a pilot facility to find out whether a technology works.That puts clean-energy technologies in a &quot;weird gap&quot; where they are too expensive for venture capitalists to fund all the way through to commercialization and too risky for project financiers who work with tried and tested technologies, Ramana Nanda, assistant professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, said during the panel.Deep pockets neededStart-ups themselves are altering their funding plans as well, with more of them seeking out deep pockets of large industrial companies, similar to how biotech start-ups have worked.Six-year-old Ze-Gen, for example, is seeking to raise more money to build a pilot facility for its waste-to-energy gasification technology. But because building this sort of industrial plant requires a lot of capital, the company is looking for a &quot;strategic partner,&quot; which would act as an investor able to bankroll many plants if the technology proves out at scale, said Neal Isaacson, the chief financial officer of Ze-Gen.&quot;We can't be chasing money from the VCs because the model isn't going to work,&quot; Isaacson said. &quot;We need too much money and the payback is too long, it just doesn't fit the model.&quot;An Ernst &amp; Young analysis of DowJones Venture Source data found that 23 percent of the venture green-tech deals in the third quarter involved large corporations, including BASF, General Motors Venture Group, and Intel Capital. General Electric, meanwhile, teamed with four VC companies to launch a contest to attract the best ideas around the smart grid. To get good returns, a number of venture capital companies have tried to invest in green-tech start-ups at a later stage in their development, Danielson said. Filling the gap for early-stage companies are wealthy individuals called angel investors or family funds, which tend to have a longer time frame for investing than the five or seven years of a venture capitalist. Green-tech companies also need to be aware of government incentives to build factories or other facilities. Often, companies are using a combination of these sources which works very well, said John Harrington, the founder of Sheffield, which advises venture-capital companies, during the panel. First Solar, the very successful U.S. thin-film solar company, was funded in its early days by the investment arm of the Walton family behind Wal-Mart, he noted.Venture investing overall has had relatively poor returns in the past 10 years, so the green-technology category is part of an overall trend, investors note. In its analysis of third-quarter data, the Cleantech group said investors are readjusting their expectations to get two to five times their money from successful ventures, rather than 10 times their money. Bill Aulet, managing director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, during the panel said that the venture investors who came into energy early in the decade will most likely not have great &quot;exits,&quot; in the form of a public offering or an acquisition. Often, that's because even with a great product, new technology historically does not get adopted quickly in energy.&quot;Energy is ultimately a commodity, not a value-added service. It's a regulated service because it touches all parts of society. It depends on capital-intensive infrastructure. It has exquisite supply chains,&quot; he said. &quot;Those early funds that went in, now that we look back, [we can see] structurally, there's a reason they won't see great exits...and now they're adjusting their strategy.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Which 4G service is right for you (FAQ)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 08:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If you hadn't noticed from all the advertisements on TV, the age of 4G wireless is here. Verizon Wireless will be the latest company to launch its shiny, new 4G network. Starting Sunday, roughly 110 million people in 38 cities will have the opportunity to subscribe to this new generation of wireless service from the nation's largest cell phone operator. But Verizon isn't the only wireless carrier with a next-generation wireless network. T-Mobile USA and Sprint Nextel also have new networks they are aggressively marketing. And AT&amp;T, which has upgraded 80 percent of its network with the latest 3G wireless technology, continues to claim it has the fastest 3G wireless network in the land.With all these marketing claims flying around, it's difficult to know which service is right for you. Some consumers are more price sensitive than others, while others simply want the fastest network with the most coverage that's available. For a quick view of what each of the four major wireless operators is offering, check out this chart. CNET has also put together this FAQ to answer some questions that will help you choose a service that's right for you.Which U.S. operators offer 4G service and which don'tBefore we get too far into discussing and comparing these supposed 4G networks, let's first establish that none of the wireless operators in the U.S. claiming to have a 4G network actually has a 4G, according to the official standards body, the International Telecommunications Union. The ITU considers 4G technologies to be wireless technologies that offer theoretical download speeds of 100Mbps, and it requires the technology be based on something called OFDM, or orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing. LTE and WiMax, the technologies that Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel (via Clearwire) are using are based on OFDM, but today's versions do not meet the 100Mbps download requirement. HSPA+, the technology AT&amp;T and T-Mobile USA are using, are not OFDM-based and they also do not satisfy the 100Mbps download requirement.Does it really matter what the standards body saysIf you are a wireless technology purist, then I'm sure it matters a great deal to you. But for the average consumer, it shouldn't matter that much. But the 4G moniker does make it more confusing for consumers looking to debunk the marketing claims. Traditionally, most people in the industry for the past few years have referred to current versions of WiMax and LTE as 4G. HSPA+, which is the technology AT&amp;T and T-Mobile are using, is a 3G technology. There is no one who disputes that. But T-Mobile likes to say it offers 4G speeds. And now it's just calling its 3G network that uses advanced 3G standards a 4G network.Regardless of what you call it, it is a leap forward in terms of network speeds. And like LTE and WiMax, HSPA+ offers a noticeable difference in terms of network speeds to consumers. Certain carriers (T-Mobile) claim it's as fast as &quot;4G&quot; technologies. But actual speeds can vary for consumers, so it may depend on where you plan to use the service to determine whether it matches or exceeds other supposed &quot;4G&quot; services.If speed is the name of the game, which next-generation network is the fastest Based on claims published in press releases and on their Web sites from individual carriers, it appears that Verizon Wireless has the fastest 4G network. Verizon is using LTE for its network. And it claims that it is getting average download speeds between 5Mbps and 12 Mbps. Sprint Nextel with its WiMax network built by Clearwire claims to get between 3Mbps and 6Mbps average download speeds. And T-Mobile USA, which is using HSPA+ technology, says it is getting between 3Mbps and 7Mbps average download speeds. AT&amp;T, which is also using HSPA+, has not published any claims in terms of speed. But it did cite a report that said the network of the company's nearest 3G wireless competitor runs 20 percent slower than AT&amp;T on average nationally and the largest competitor by subscriber count runs 60 percent slower than AT&amp;T on average nationally. So with that in mind, AT&amp;T's 3G network, on average, is likely offering download speeds between 800Kbps and 1.9Mbps.How important is network coverage when it comes to &quot;4G&quot; servicesCoverage is very important. If the service only works in isolated pockets, it won't be useful for people who are mobile. Out of the gate, Verizon Wireless should have pretty good coverage. The initial 38 markets will make the service available to 110 million potential customers. But it won't be able to offer the service to its full 285 million customers for at least three years.Meanwhile, Sprint Nextel's network is 68 markets, but it reaches only about 103 million people today. And Sprint and Clearwire have been building this network for more than two years. This has been an issue for Sprint and Clearwire in some markets. Even though the company may be in a market and advertising the service to people in a particular city, the service may not blanket the entire city, so certain communities may still be left out. But building new networks takes time and money. Clearwire just said it has raised more cash to build its network through a debt offering.While Verizon and Sprint/Clearwire build brand new networks, AT&amp;T and T-Mobile are simply upgrading 3G networks they have already built, which in some ways puts them in better positions in terms of coverage with their HSPA+ networks. Since these networks are really upgrades to their existing 3G network, these carriers have simply been able to reconfigure software and tweak hardware to upgrade the network to much faster speeds.T-Mobile USA, which only just started building its 3G network a few years ago, will be 100 markets by the end of 2010 with HSPA+. And the company says it will be available to more than 200 million potential customers by the end of the year.AT&amp;T says its HSPA+ network covers 80 percent of its 3G network footprint today, and it expects to reach 250 million potential customers by the end of this year. So in terms of coverage, AT&amp;T will have the widest reach of these upgraded networks.If &quot;4G&quot; isn't available, can subscribers still get wireless broadband service if they subscribe to one of these servicesYes, when the 4G network isn't available, most services will fall back to the 3G network. Sprint is the only carrier out of the four national carriers that offers a service that is only 4G. It also offers a 3G/4G service. AT&amp;T argues that its fast 3G network is an advantage over Verizon's 4G network. &quot;Verizon said that its LTE speeds will be 10 times faster than 3G. That also means that when you fall back to 3G, you will experience a ten-fold decrease in speeds, which will be jarring. Our 3G speeds are 60 percent faster, on average nationwide, than our largest competitor, which means that when our customers fall back to 3G, the effects will be much less jarring,&quot; said AT&amp;T spokesman Mark Siegel. Of course, AT&amp;T doesn't have an LTE network, so the difference in speed between its 3G network with HSPA+ and the one with an older version of HSPA is not all that different.Will AT&amp;T get a 4G network tooAT&amp;T says it will begin to roll out its LTE network in the middle of 2011. But it won't be an extensive network at first either. Who offers the best price on next-generation wireless serviceCurrently, all four players have priced their services similarly. Surprisingly, Verizon Wireless is offering the new 4G LTE service for a slight discount. It's about $10 less than its competitors. (It's also $10 less than its existing 3G wireless broadband service for laptops.) I say this is surprising, because Verizon is rarely thought of as a price leader. Verizon also offers a 10GB service for $80 a month.AT&amp;T and T-Mobile USA are each offering 5GB a month of their HSPA+ service for $60 a month and Sprint Nextel is offering its 3G/4G WiMax service for $60. The 3G service is capped at 5GB, but subscribers can get unlimited 4G service, which makes it a good value. Because the network speeds are much faster, it's likely that users may blow through their 5GB caps quickly. Verizon charges $10 per 1GB over the 5GB cap and the 10GB. AT&amp;T and Sprint charge 5 cents per 1MB for overages on its 3G wireless services.T-Mobile now offers a plan where subscribers aren't charged an overage when they reach their 5GB cap. Instead the service slows down if the user has exceeded the 5GB cap.Is 4G only available as a wireless broadband service for laptopsInitially, Verizon will only be offering 4G service for USB data sticks that plug into laptops. Currently, it's only offering one 4G USB modem, which costs $99 with a $50 mail-in rebate. Other data sticks will be announced in the coming weeks, the company has said.AT&amp;T does not yet offer HSPA+ handsets. But now offers a couple of different data sticks: the USBConnect Adrenaline and USBConnect Shockwave mobile broadband modems. The Adrenaline, which is made by LG, will be the first LTE-upgradeable device. It will cost $50 with a mail-in rebate and a two-year service contract. The Shockwave by Sierra Wireless will work on AT&amp;T's HSPA+ network, and it's free with a two-year service contract and mail-in rebate.Which carriers offer 4G handsets todaySprint offers two 4G handsets the HTC EVO 4G and Samsung Epic 4G. Both phones have gotten high marks. Sprint also offers mobile hotspots that connect to the 3G/4G networks and offer Wi-Fi connectivity within the hotspot. It also offers a 4G desktop modem. And partner Clearwire is now offering a 4G/Wi-Fi modem for the home.T-Mobile is selling two HSPA+ handsets, the HTC G2 and the HTC MyTouch.When will Verizon offer 4G handsetsThe company hasn't given an exact date, but executives have said they will be showing off LTE handsets at the Consumer Electronics show in early January. Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam told CNET in an interview in October that LTE handsets will hit store shelves by the end of the first quarter.Do I have to sign a two year contract Or do any of the carriers offer a prepaid optionRight now, Verizon Wireless is not offering a prepaid option for the 4G LTE wireless broadband service. But other wireless operators are.AT&amp;T offers a pay-as-you-go DataConnect Pass option. Plans for the prepaid service start at $15 for a day pass (100MB data cap) and go up to $50 for a month pass (1GB data cap). T-Mobile also offers a prepaid service that costs $10 per week for 100MB of data, $30 per month for 300MB, and $50 per month for 1G. Sprint only offers its 4G service with a two-year contract. But its partner Clearwire has launched a prepaid 4G WiMax service called Rover. The service doesn't require a contract and provides unlimited data usage for just $5 per day, $20 per week, or $50 a month. The Rover Puck, which also creates a Wi-Fi hotspot, will offer download speeds of 3Mbps to 6Mbps. And the device costs $150. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks faces more U.S. demands for prosecution]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[WikiLeaks encountered another round of criticism in Washington political circles today as the two senators who head the Senate Intelligence Committee called for the espionage prosecution of editor Julian Assange.Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Kit Bond (R-Miss.) said that Assange--and, in wording that was likely designed to intimidate programmers and other volunteers aiding WikiLeaks--any of &quot;his possible accomplices&quot; should be charged with federal crimes.&quot;We believe that Mr. Assange's conduct is espionage and that his actions fall under the elements of this section of law,&quot; the senators told Attorney General Eric Holder in a letter today. &quot;Therefore, we urge that he be prosecuted under the Espionage Act.&quot;This follows increasingly loud criticism from other U.S. politicians as WikiLeaks continues to dribble out confidential State Department cables, a few dozen at a time on its &quot;cablegate&quot; Web site, in a manner that seems optimized to provoke Washington officialdom the most. Earlier this week, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.), the incoming head of the House Intelligence Committee, also called for criminal charges under the Espionage Act as well as putting WikiLeaks on the list of &quot;terrorist&quot; organizations that includes Al Qaeda.Also today: &amp;149' Seattle-based Tableau Software bowed to pressure from Sen. Joseph Lieberman (an independent who caucuses with Democrats) and removed a visualization of the State Department cables that did not include the actual text. A U.K.-based WikiLeaks volunteer said they &quot;contained no sensitive info.&quot;&amp;149' The ACLU warned that prosecuting Assange would be little different from prosecuting news organizations and raise substantial First Amendment problems: &quot;If newspapers could be held criminally liable for publishing leaked information about government practices, we might never have found out about the CIA's secret prisons or the government spying on innocent Americans.&quot;&amp;149' Some of the cables are starting to leak to additional news organizations in advance of their publication on WikiLeaks' Web site. Here's one that appeared in an Egyptian paper about the creation of a steel wall along the country's border with Gaza.&amp;149' Lieberman's staff--which managed to persuade Amazon.com to remove WikiLeaks from its hosting service yesterday--hasn't contacted other sites such as Twitter.com, according to one report.Pfc. Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks' alleged source for the Iraq and Afghanistan war files, was charged in July with a series of crimes including violations of the Espionage Act. If Assange or other WikiLeaks editors worked with Manning to convince him to (allegedly) release the documents, that would implicate 18 USC 793(g), which punishes conspiracies to transmit national defense information.The Espionage Act also makes it illegal to disclose &quot;information relating to the national defense,&quot; if that information could be used &quot;to the injury of the United States.&quot; (See previous CNET article.)On the other hand, indictments and arrest warrants aren't very helpful unless police can track someone down. Not only is Assange not exactly eager to visit the United States, but he's now giving interviews from what is being referred to as an &quot;undisclosed location,&quot; which some reports have put as outside of London.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Digital City Episode 107: Cyber Monday, MacBook rumors, and iPads...for kids!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[T-Mobile USA's revenue, profit slide]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[T-Mobile USA endured a somewhat disappointing third quarter.In the quarter, the wireless carrier generated $5.35 billion in revenue, representing a slight decline from the $5.38 billion it tallied during the same period in 2009. T-Mobile's profit in the most recent quarter was $320 million, down from $417 million a year ago.According to T-Mobile, the company's operating income of $1.32 billion before interest, depreciation, and amortization was lower in the third quarter compared with last year's $1.56 billion as a &quot;direct result of the efforts to grow smartphone customers and higher investment in T-Mobile's 4G network,&quot; CEO Philipp Humm said today in a statement. Its efforts to attract more smartphone customers included spending more money on handset subsidies.Humm said that such investments will help the company &quot;scale [its] cost structure effectively as more customers utilize data services.&quot;The No. 4 U.S. carrier added 137,000 net customers in the quarter, bringing its total subscriber base to 33.8 million customers. The company attributed that growth mostly to prepaid customers. Still, the figure beats its counterpart from the same period last year when T-Mobile saw a net decline of 77,000 customers.On an upbeat note, about 7.2 million of T-Mobile's customers were using smartphones in the third quarter, compared with 2.8 million in the same period a year ago.The churn, or loss, rate among contract customers was 2.2 percent--the same as a year back.The company still has a long way to go to catch up to Verizon and AT&amp;T. Last month, Verizon announced an $881 million third-quarter profit and a net subscriber gain of 997,000 customers. Due to help from theiPhone, AT&amp;T posted a whopping $12.3 billion profit and added 2.6 million subscribers to its service during the third quarter.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Facebook defends privacy practices to Congress]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Politics</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=facebook-defends-privacy-practices-to-congress</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Facebook offered a pointed defense of its data protection practices in a letter to two members of Congress released today, saying recent reports of a privacy breach are &quot;false&quot; and misunderstood.Marne Levine, the company's vice president for global public policy, said a widely circulated Wall Street Journal article last month was largely mistaken because it incorrectly claimed that the sharing of Facebook user IDs was a &quot;privacy breach,&quot; when it did not &quot;involve the sharing of any private user data.&quot;In fact, Levine wrote (PDF), a Facebook UID &quot;at most enables access only to information that a user has already chosen to share and make publicly available.&quot; In other words, if a Facebook user chooses to keep that information private, it won't be available to someone who knows a UID.Facebook sent the letter last week to Rep. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Rep. Joe Barton, a Texas Republican. A week earlier, the duo had asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to respond to a series of questions they posed.It's not clear how involved the two politicians, who have repeatedly pressed Internet companies over data collection, will be in technology regulation, when the new Congress convenes in 2011.Because Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) lost his bid for re-election, Markey could become the senior Democrat on an Internet subcommittee. And whether Barton or fellow Republican Fred Upton will become the next chairman of the full House Energy and Commerce Committee remains a toss-up. (Because Barton is running up against the GOP's term-limit rules for committee chairman, he'd need a waiver from party leadership.)Levine's letter did acknowledge that Facebook had &quot;identified a handful of applications that were intentionally sharing UIDs with a third-party data broker&quot; in violation of the terms of service. &quot;We have taken (i) enforcement action against the applications in question, and (ii) steps to ensure the deletion of the Facebook user data that was improperly transferred. The third-party data broker in question has also agreed not to operate on Facebook Platform in the future.&quot; (Here's a blog post with more details.)In a statement released today, Barton pledged to hold hearings on the topic in the next Congress.&quot;The fact remains that some third-party applications were knowingly transferring personal information in direct violation of Facebook's privacy promises to its users,&quot; Barton said. &quot;Millions of people put their information into the hands of Facebook and services like it because they believe what they're told about walls protecting their privacy.&quot;<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[AT&038'T snags more bandwidth for 4G: Buys Qualcomm&'s FLO TV wireless spectrum for $1.9B]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After shutting down its ailing FLO TV wireless video service in October, Qualcomm announced today that it will be selling the service&amp;'s precious 700 megahertz wireless spectrum to AT&amp;amp'T for around $1.9 billion to bolster its 4G network.The deal, which is still pending regulatory approval, is perhaps the best possible outcome for Qualcomm, which never managed to find success with FLO TV. The company learned the hard way that consumers would rather watch video on their phones rather than buy a new device that requires a monthly fee. It&amp;'s also a coup for AT&amp;amp'T, which needs to scrape up as much wireless spectrum as possible to strengthen its upcoming LTE 4G network.Qualcomm&amp;'s block of spectrum covers more than 300 million people across the country, including major cities like New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco. AT&amp;amp'T says that it intends to use the spectrum to increase the downstream speed and total capacity of its 4G network. The company will utilize carrier aggregation with the spectrum, a technology for LTE 4G networks that allows networks to use multiple frequencies to achieve high speeds, to combine its existing spectrum with Qualcomm&amp;'s.Verizon recently launched its 4G LTE network, which serves around 110 million users. There aren&amp;'t any LTE phones available yet, but the company has a few 4G USB modems available. Verizon boasts that it has the largest contiguous swath of 700 MHz wireless spectrum in the continental US, meaning its network is already expansive without patching in multiple spectrum blocks. It&amp;'s not yet clear how AT&amp;amp'T&amp;'s LTE network will compete. AT&amp;amp'T is expected to launch its 4G LTE network some time in 2011.AT&amp;amp'T says it will begin deploying the new spectrum once its handsets and networking equipment are ready. Both Qualcomm and AT&amp;amp'T expect the sale to close in the second half of 2011.Next Story: Nasuni nets $15M to smooth sailing into cloud storage Previous Story: eBay inches closer to retail with $200M brands4friends buyoutPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: 4G, LTE, spectrum, wirelessCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, Qualcomm          Tags: 4G, LTE, spectrum, wirelessCompanies: AT&amp;amp'T, QualcommDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.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[Peel&'s iPhone app moves beyond TV discovery to universal remote control]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The plucky startup Peel, which recently launched an iPhone app to help you find things to watch on TV, is making a big step forward today by launching hardware that will turn its app into a powerful universal remote control.Now not only will you be able to make sense of what&amp;'s on TV with Peel&amp;'s app, you&amp;'ll also be able to tune directly to a program from within the app.But even with the addition of new hardware, Peel is still focused on TV discovery with its app. After downloading it from the iTunes Store, you simply need to provide the app with information on how you access TV. The app then begins to personalize your experience by having you order your favorite genres and sports, and it lets you delete items you&amp;'ll never watch.Peel&amp;'s &amp;''Top Picks&amp;'' section offers recommendations to you based on your preferences, and the app&amp;'s recommendation engine is updated as you &amp;8216'favorite&amp;', share and hide shows. The company says that Peel is smart enough to determine what you like to watch at specific times of the day. The app also lets you see what TV shows, movies and sports are on the air, and it lets you search programming as well.Peel&amp;'s universal remote control hardware consists of two parts: the Peel Cable that plugs into your router, and the Peel fruit, a citrusy looking device that sits within view of your entertainment system. Since hunting and pecking for buttons on a touchscreen isn&amp;'t ideal for TV watching, the company developed gesture methods for controlling aspects of your entertainment system like volume.Peel says that the hardware can control thousands of models of TVs, DVD and Blu-ray players, cable and satellite boxes and more. It&amp;'s also compatible with web streaming devices like Roku&amp;'s set-top box, Apple TV and Google TV. The company hasn&amp;'t settled on a price for its universal remote hardware  yet, so it&amp;'s letting would-be customers name their own price for device  on its website.The combination of a killer TV discovery engine with universal remote control capabilities makes Peel an app to keep an eye on. Google is currently trying its hand at TV discovery on Google TV, but it&amp;'s nowhere near as smart or attractive as Peel&amp;'s solution. I wouldn&amp;'t be surprised if Google ends up snapping up the company, as both its app discovery and remote technology would be a boon to Google TV.Peel is based in Santa Clara, Calif., and has entered into first round funding with Redpoint Ventures. Harrison Metal has also invested in the company.Next Story: Born-again startup Xfire launches betting site for gamers Previous Story: Deals &amp;038' More: Threadsy gets $2.9M for one-stop social networking, KickTag grabs $1.9M for video enthusiastsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: apps, Discovery, iOS, iPad, iPhone, remote control, TV, universal remoteCompanies: Peel          Tags: apps, Discovery, iOS, iPad, iPhone, remote control, TV, universal remoteCompanies: PeelDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.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[Video: Tesla shows off Model S hitting the road]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Eco</category>
<guid>http://www.haaze.com/story.php?title=video-tesla-shows-off-model-s-hitting-the-road</guid>
<description><![CDATA[First came VentureBeat&amp;'s scoop on the Model S prototype&amp;'s completion. Then came Tesla&amp;'s trifecta of professionally-edited videos showing off the engineering of the all-electric 2012 Model S sedan. Now, Tesla has released a video showing the Model S alpha going for a spin on a set of country roads.The release comes a week after the Detroit Auto Show, and shows off two things: One, Tesla&amp;'s sticking with videos rather than press releases, continuing the recent trend of green carmakers using social media to build buzz for their cars. Two, Tesla is looking to keep interest strong in the Model S, which isn&amp;'t due to hit the markets for awhile but is considered a major test for the company, which had a blockbuster IPO last year and makes the all-electric Roadster sports car.Stockholders and Tesla enthusiasts alike have their eyes peeled for news on the Model S. So without further ado, here&amp;'s the video &amp;8212' no music, no action-paced fast cuts, just the sound of a rare earths-free all-electric luxury sedan whirring across the pavement.Model S Alpha Hits the Road from Tesla Motors on Vimeo.Next Story: Generation tech: More kids can play computer games than ride a bike Previous Story: Samsung to debut Galaxy S successor in FebruaryPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Model SCompanies: Tesla          Tags: electric cars, electric vehicles, Model SCompanies: TeslaIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).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[Google&'s One Pass takes on Apple&'s digital subscriptions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Google has announced a payment service for online digital subscriptions that hopes to be more publisher-friendly &amp;8211'and cheaper&amp;8211' than the one unveiled by rival Apple on Tuesday.Dubbed Google One Pass, the new service will allowonline publishers to hawk their digital content on the Web and through mobile apps using Google&amp;'s existing payment service, Google Checkout.Readers would then be able to access that content on a variety of devices using only their Google e-mail address and password.The pricing is a direct take-on of Apple&amp;'s subscription service on iTunes, under whichApple would keep 30 percent of any sale of digital content, like newspapers and magazines, within an iPhone or iPad app &amp;8212' compared to the 10 percent slice of the sale price Google is offering under its service.When publishers use One Pass, which for now is limited to online newspapers and magazines, Google will also share the customer&amp;'s name, ZIP code and e-mail address, unless a user decides to opt out.With Google One Pass, publishers can then customize how and when they charge for content while experimenting with different models to see what works best for them. This could mean offering subscriptions, metered access, &amp;''freemium&amp;'' content or even single articles for sale from their websites or mobile apps, said Google.The service also lets publishers give existing print subscribers free or discounted access to digital content.Apple&amp;'s CEO Steve Jobs had earlier said of its new service that it was more interested in bringing in new subscribers, not charging publishers.&amp;''Our philosophy is simple a4&quot; when Apple brings a new subscriber to the app, Apple earns a 30 percent share' when the publisher brings an existing or new subscriber to the app, the publisher keeps 100 percent and Apple earns nothing,&amp;'' said Jobs on Tuesday.&amp;''All we require is that, if a publisher is making a subscription offer outside of the app, the same a4&quot; or better a4&quot; offer be made inside the app, so that customers can easily subscribe with one click right in the app.&amp;''Google One Pass is currently available for publishers in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the U.K. and the U.S.Previous Story: It&amp;'s alive: IBM&amp;'s Watson supercomputer defeats humans in final Jeopardy matchPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: digital subscriptions, iTunes, One PassCompanies: Apple, GooglePeople: Steve Jobs          Tags: digital subscriptions, iTunes, One PassCompanies: Apple, GooglePeople: Steve JobsRiley McDermid is a contributing reporter to VentureBeat. She was previously the online editor at institutional investing and trading forum Markets Media, which she joined in 2008 from Dow Jones/MarketWatch in New York. Her work has appeared in the The New York Times, the Associated Press, Portfolio Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and Barrona4a4s. She has won awards from the American Society of Business Publishers and Editors, the Magazine Association of the Southeast, the Mississippi Press Association and the Atlanta Press Club, and was a finalist for the Pacemaker Prize for excellence in news reporting. 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[Google Latitude iPhone app will help you stalk your friends]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[After briefly appearing last week, Google&amp;'s official Latitude iPhone app is now live on the App Store, the company announced this morning.Google launched Latitude in early 2009 as a way to easily keep track of your friends&amp;' locations in real-time. Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile and Symbian users have been able to take advantage of the service for some time with background updating, which automatically updates their Latitude location. Now with an official app, combined with background GPS updating features in iPhone OS 4, iPhone users, too, will be able to take advantage of all Latitude has to offer.Apple blocked Google&amp;'s first attempt at releasing a Latitude app last year (Google said Apple was worried users would confuse it with the Maps app), so Google released a Latitude web app that let users manually update their locations. Being a web app, it couldn&amp;'t offer the convenient background updating feature found on other platforms.Latitude is the second rejected Google service to get an official iPhone app in the past month. Apple finally approved an official Google Voice app last month, after similarly rejecting it last year. Google also went the web app route with Voice after Apple&amp;'s rejection, but just like Latitude, it was no replacement for a native app. Apple&amp;'s change of heart can be traced back to its relaxed iPhone app rules announced in September.I&amp;'ve only had a short while to dig into the Latitude app, but it seems pretty straightforward. You can view a map of all of your friends&amp;' locations, change privacy settings and invite more friends to Latitude. The background location updating seems to work just fine, and it can also be turned off easily. Now that Latitude is fully functional on the iPhone, I&amp;'ll definitely be inviting more friends (who don&amp;'t mind being stalked) to use the service.Google says that there are over 9 million Latitude users on other mobile platforms. I expect that number to explode now that iPhone users can take full advantage of it.The Latitude app requires iPhone OS 4 and is compatible with the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad and the 3rd/4th generation iPod Touch. You can view a video demonstration of the app below:Next Story: Record-breaking World of Warcraft Cataclysm sells 3.3M units in its first day out Previous Story: On the GreenBeat: Indian solar market heats up, OriginOil wraps carbon and algae fuel pilotPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: apps, iOS, iPhone, latitude, LBS, location, location based servicesCompanies: Apple, Google          Tags: apps, iOS, iPhone, latitude, LBS, location, location based servicesCompanies: Apple, GoogleDevindra Hardawar is VentureBeat's lead mobile writer and East Coast correspondent. He studied philosophy at Amherst College, worked in IT support for several years, and has been writing about technology since 2004. He now lives in Brooklyn, New York. You can reach him at devindra@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @Devindra.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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