Blog Alert for NYT > Technology, Apr 22, 2010

New Posts to NYT > Technology on Apr 22, 2010:

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1) T.M.I? Not for Sites Focused on Sharing
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=81c0c4fe074370a4819a33c09ac71503

Web start-ups are pushing the boundaries of online sharing, asking people to post their most personal details.

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2) Microsoft?s Quarterly Income Rises 35%
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9a39b1db26aa8246f9ecf8b895dee633

Company executives pointed to Windows as the main driver of revenue along with search, gaming and online software products.

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3) Amazon?s Profit Rose 68% in Quarter
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=86cec84ac7d214dfb018cf1e3c63a115

Earnings and revenue both topped expectations, but shares fell in after-hours trading.

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4) What Danger Do Blippy and Swipely Pose to Amazon?
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0a9aa585229ab39dae407a25be165429

Amazon.com is reluctant to allow customers to share news of their online purchases on the new breed of sharing sites like Blippy and Swipely.

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5) What We're Reading: iPhone Loser
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=47494fa378a4e0a5e4185ed95309fd93

Twitter for posterity, iPad ad rates and more on the poor guy who lost the next-gen iPhone top the reading list.

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6) Amazon Now a Larger Seller of Stuff Other Than Media
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=26b28241c22e7ce7a86adce459ec9246

Amazon announces a 46 percent jump in sales in the first quarter, led by sales of electronics and other general merchandise.

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7) Prepaid Is the New Wireless Battleground
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=937ca4e23fc963ad877c95bda0cede47

Dismal results from the first-quarter earnings of AT&T and Verizon indicate a larger slowdown in the wireless industry.

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8) Nokia Profit Disappoints, Hurt by Rivals Like iPhone
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=311245c81bb07066d0e75e9bd436592c

The company reported net income of $465.6 million, or 9 cents a share, in the first quarter.

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9) CenturyTel to Acquire Qwest in $10.6 Billion Stock Swap
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=01033cd296a9cd9d2c8d31382f4cd0a9

The combined company will serve about 5 million broadband customers and 850,000 wireless customers.

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10) Sony PlayStation to Offer Pro Baseball
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d2b423e42784bb7633f425efda3a8545

The electronics maker signed a deal with Major League Baseball to offer live Web video streams of out-of-market games to PlayStation owners.

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11) Verizon Earnings Fall 75%; Health Care Change Cited
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=ff8876bc0d960dd4ee2386bd28177fc5

The results include a charge to reflect a change in health care law regarding the tax treatment of benefits.

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12) Visa to Buy CyberSource for $2 Billion
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=90165e20c415d15daf390b0ef1e02724

The credit card company will buy the online payment processor, which serves almost 300,000 merchants.

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13) State of the Art: Tough Cameras Make Underwater Photography Easier
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=4e06ec66e132a9cd410831e7fd8ab309

Capture the fun beneath the waves or surfing with a new generation of cameras and camcorders, and they?re mostly non-smashable, too.

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14) New York Birders Get Their Own App
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=718158b86f9a1158a194f204ab56c65e

New York birders have their own special iPhone app for enjoying Central Park's winged denizens.

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15) Cleaning Smudges From the iPad
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f8f793c127328762be868501d369cab4

How to clean the iPad screen.

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16) Q.&A.: No Hiding on Facebook
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c27c3c4bee7104b995ffae3dcc8f4ed2

How to set privacy settings on Facebook.

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