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    Analyst: Apple snags 30% of U.S. smartphone market
    Jordan Golson
    Dec 3, 11:25 am

    The iPhone now has a 30% market share in the U.S. smartphone market and 16.6% of the worldwide smartphone market, Needham analyst Charlie Wolf wrote in a research note this week. Apple is now second ...

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    Visa debuts credit card with keyboard that fights fraud
    Sindya Bhanoo
    12/04/2008 - 7:19pm

    In 2009, some credit cardholders in the United Kingdom will get to test out a new Visa card that has an LCD display and a keypad. Visa hopes the new technology well help battle online fraud related ...

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    Briefly: Ex-Yahoo exec Qi Lu to oversee Microsoft online services, aQuantive CEO departs
    Jordan Golson
    12/04/2008 - 3:07pm

    Microsoft has put former Yahoo exec Qi Lu in charge of Microsoft's search, online-advertising, online-information, and online-communications businesses. Lu will report directly to Steve Ballmer. Lu ...

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    Amazon Web Services offers access to Human Genome Data, labor statistics and more
    Sindya Bhanoo
    12/04/2008 - 3:53pm

    Amazon Web Services is lending a hand to researchers and developers by hosting a centralized repository of public data and the computing power to crunch the data. As with other Amazon Web ...

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    Briefly: AT&T and RealNetworks cutting staff
    Jordan Golson
    12/04/2008 - 1:18pm

    AT&T is cutting 12,000 jobs or 4 percent of its workforce, tightening its belt because of the depressed economy. AT&T said the cuts would take place in December and throughout 2009. The ...

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    Facebook launches universal login scheme: Facebook Connect
    Jordan Golson
    12/04/2008 - 12:25pm

    Facebook today launched Facebook Connect, an extension of the Facebook Platform which allows participating websites to use Facebook authentication credentials to let users log in and comment -- and ...

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    Mystery shopper site settles with FTC
    Grant Gross
    12/04/2008 - 12:22pm

    A Web-based operation that promised customers they could make big money as mystery shoppers will pay US$850,000 to settle charges of deceptive advertising and contempt brought by the U.S. Federal ...

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    Net Views: The cult of BlackBerry
    Net Views
    12/04/2008 - 12:36pm

    "For years, tech critics like me have occasionally endured abuse from the Cult of Mac. If you write anything that even hints at a less-than-perfect Apple effort ... the backlash is swift, ...

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    Groups push for net neutrality in Obama administration
    Grant Gross
    12/03/2008 - 1:48pm

    Advocates of net neutrality rules in the U.S. have called on President-elect Barack Obama to act quickly to prevent broadband providers from blocking or impairing access to Internet content of ...

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    Yahoo shares climb on hopes for $30B takeover bid
    Michael Liedtke
    12/04/2008 - 12:20pm

    Yahoo Inc.'s stock rallied Tuesday on a report that AOL's former chief executive believes he can raise enough money in a worsening recession to buy the struggling Internet company for as much as $30 ...

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    Google called off Yahoo deal as DOJ closed in
    Heather Havenstein
    12/04/2008 - 11:07am

    Google Inc. called off its proposed search advertising deal with Yahoo just three hours before the U.S. Department of Justice was to file an antitrust complaint on Nov. 5 aimed at blocking it, ...

  • Index shows 20% drop in time spent on retail sites
    Ian Lamont
    12/04/2008 - 10:32am

    Even though online retailers reported strong "Cyber Monday" sales this week, another piece of data suggests shoppers are reining in their online spending. The Online Publishers ...

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    Apple winner as smartphone sales slow
    Mikael Ricknäs
    12/04/2008 - 9:54am

    Third-quarter growth in the global smartphone market was its weakest year-on-year since Gartner started tracking the market, but Apple's iPhone stood apart with strong gains. The economic climate is ...

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    Picture This: Huffington Post is worth more than a bunch of newspaper companies
    Jordan Golson
    12/04/2008 - 8:02am

    Arianna Huffington's vanity-blog vehicle The Huffington Post recently took on $25 million in new funding at a $100 million valuation. That's an impressive haul considering the dire state of the ...

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    AMD slashes revenue forecast
    Dean Takahashi
    12/04/2008 - 8:54am

    Advanced Micro Devices caught up with Intel today, announcing that it is slashing its fourth-quarter revenue forecast because of a sharp drop in demand. The company said it expects revenue from ...

  • Report from AlwaysOn Venture Summit: We’re not dead yet!
    Dean Takahashi
    12/04/2008 - 6:00am

    About 500 people converged this week on the AlwaysOn Venture Summit West at the luxurious Ritz Carlton hotel in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Apparently shell-shocked investors, venture capitalists and ...

  • AT&T to cut 12,000 employees through 2009
    Jeremy Kirk
    12/04/2008 - 6:08am

    AT&T will lay off 12,000 workers through 2009 as the company reorganizes and faces a tough economic environment, the company said Thursday. AT&T will spend US$600 million in its fourth ...

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    Online Money: Fidelity expands online news focus
    Mark Jewell
    12/03/2008 - 10:00pm

    Fidelity Investments is joining the rush to satisfy investors' growing appetite for news about financial market turmoil. The nation's largest mutual fund company planned Thursday to announce a ...

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