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Apple, TV networks clash over 99-cent rentals

Apple, TV networks clash over 99-cent rentals

Several media conglomerates, including General Electric Co’s NBC Universal, CBS Corp, Viacom Inc, are notably absent from the Apple TV rental roster.

Apple to offer 99-cent TV show rentals on revamped box

Apple to offer 99-cent TV show rentals on revamped box

Apple is taking a bite out of online TV rental prices, in part to try to revive its Apple TV product that never caught on with consumers.

Google butterfingers slip jazz hands bug into Gmail

Google butterfingers slip jazz hands bug into Gmail

An extremely annoying bug that plays an old ragtime tune has commandeered Google’s Gmail, after the company debuted its ‘Priority Inbox’ feature

Intel buys Infineon unit and expands wireless offer

Intel buys Infineon unit and expands wireless offer

U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp unveiled a deal on Monday to buy German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG’s wireless unit for $1.4 billion

Microsoft co-founder launches patent war

Microsoft co-founder launches patent war

Microsoft Corp.’s co-founder Paul Allen says big-name companies are using his technology without paying for it.

Google brings free U.S. calls to Gmail

Google brings free U.S. calls to Gmail

Google announced today that it will allow users to make phone calls directly from Gmail.

Study shakes up scientists’ view of San Andreas earthquake risk

Study shakes up scientists’ view of San Andreas earthquake risk

Southern California is long overdue for a major earthquake along the San Andreas fault, according to a landmark study of historic seismic activity released Friday.
The study, produced after several years of field studies in the Carrizo Plain area about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, found that earthquakes along the San Andreas fault have occurred [...]

Symantec needs alliances, network products to vie With Intel

Symantec needs alliances, network products to vie With Intel

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) — Intel Corp.’s $7.68 billion purchase of McAfee Inc. may put pressure on security software rival Symantec Corp. to build hacker-thwarting technology inside corporate computers and forge new alliances to stay competitive.
Yesterday’s deal signals a shift in the global security software market, where sales will reach $16.5 billion this year, according to [...]

HTC Planning Black Friday Launch of Chrome Tablet

HTC Planning Black Friday Launch of Chrome Tablet

More details are emerging about a Chrome OS tablet  set to launch for the 2010 holiday season. If the reports are accurate, HTC, Google, and Verizon are working together to launch a Chrome OS tablet on Black Friday to kick off the holiday shopping season.
The team of HTC, Google, and Verizon makes sense. Google has [...]

Apple manager, Paul Shin Devine, arrested for taking $1M in kickbacks from iPhone and iPod suppliers

Apple manager, Paul Shin Devine, arrested for taking $1M in kickbacks from iPhone and iPod suppliers

Paul Shin Devine is one bad apple.
The midlevel Apple manager was arrested Friday for allegedly accepting $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers, the San Jose Mercury News.
In return for the cash, Devine, a 37-year-old Sunnyvale, Calif. resident, is accused of providing top-secret information, which allowed the suppliers to bargain for more favorable contracts with [...]

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