Archive for December, 2009
The U.S. box office will set a weekly record of almost $500 million in the final days of 2009 on sales from “Avatar,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” according to Hollywood.com.
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In a 10-year span when so much went wrong, the maker of the iPod and Mac got a lot right
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Malaysia’s High Court ruled that a government ban on non-Muslim publications using the word “Allah” is unconstitutional, settling a dispute that stoked questions about religious freedom in the country.
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Five companies we heard a lot about in 2009, and some predictions of what we might expect from them over the next 365 days.
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PC shipment problems plaguing Dell before Christmas appear to be stretching into the new year.
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December 31st, 2009 | Posted in Acer, Company News, Dell, Dell Inc, Dell Inc|DELL|NASDAQ, Enterprise Computing, Hewlett Packard, Personal Computing, laptop, pc | No Comments
Cable company posts a comprehensive set of instructions for grabbing video directly from the Web, part of the company’s posturing with News Corp.’s Fox over rates.
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Lucid Imagination, an open-source start-up, hopes to rival the likes of Microsoft and Google in the market for corporate search technology.
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December 31st, 2009 | Posted in Enterprise Computing, Google, Google Inc, Google Inc|GOOG|NASDAQ, Microsoft, Microsoft Corp, Microsoft Corp|MSFT|NASDAQ, Open Source, Start-ups, autonomy, corporate search, lucene, lucid imagination, solr | No Comments
A second look at an Eye-Fi wireless memory card reveals some very useful new features and faster upload speeds.
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December 31st, 2009 | Posted in Cameras, Digital Photography, Digital Photography & Video, Eye-Fi, Eye-Fi Pro, RAW, Wi-Fi, geotag | No Comments
The first effects of France’s controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts.
December 31st, 2009 | Posted in Europe | No Comments
The U.S. box office will set a weekly record of almost $500 million in the final days of 2009 on sales from “Avatar,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel,” according to Hollywood.com.
December 31st, 2009 | Posted in 1 | No Comments