samedi 15 mai 2010

Blog Alert for NYT > Technology, May 14, 2010

New Posts to NYT > Technology on May 14, 2010:

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1) Google Admits to Inadvertent Data-Collecting
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=27430458fcc64aa0a2a683d88ac48a05

The company said a programming error resulted in the collecting of snippets of data that happened to be transmitted over nonpassword protected Wi-Fi networks that the Google camera cars were passing.

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2) What We're Reading: Facebook's Future
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f64ae661a07c9716a6191373057380f8

Clever job hunters and brutal movies top the technology desk's reading list.

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3) Sun's Chief Still Sunny After Drubbing From Ellison
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=59df14f3da8d33cd391ae3f51cca4e3b

Jonathan Schwartz, who led Sun, had high, hard-to-believe praise for Larry Ellison, just days after the Oracle chief ripped Sun's management in the press.

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4) Google Says It Inadvertently Collected Personal Data
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=fd965ab7808e3a53b507a624e252d561

The admission, involving the scanning of Wi-Fi networks to improve its mapping products, contradicts the company's previous claims.

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5) Google Admits Defeat in Selling Nexus One Direct
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e1cedec12b635911117ad380d019c26f

The company will now focus on marketing the phone through existing retail channels -- and will soon stop selling the handsets online altogether.

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6) Kansas Mutual Fund Is Linked to Market?s Plunge
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=67dccd6d50440faa6e86d99e3dfc8526

Futures trades by Waddell & Reed, a mutual fund based in Kansas, have been linked to the May 6 ?flash crash? of the Dow.

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7) Terra Firma Averts EMI Default on Citigroup Loan
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=19e86cfb178266b07a89e7e0223fb3a1

Terra Firma, the private equity group that owns EMI, provided enough cash to avoid the music company?s takeover by Citigroup, its main lender.

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8) Dish Network Wins a Review of TiVo Patent Ruling
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8b350112601dddd73e3d844ea2d17630

A full appeals court panel will review Dish?s loss to TiVo in a dispute over a patent on digital video recorders.

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9) After a 10-Month Ban, Western China Is Back Online
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=297da6cdee65cc015d2b0344e0942775

Full Internet service was restored to the western region of Xinjiang 10 months after it had been blocked in the wake of ethnic rioting.

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10) Business Briefing | Legal: Panel Upholds Infringement in Optical Device Case
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=74b31139d419d66daaae4f4c7e7e9936

Avago Technologies won a patent-infringement case and can seek an order to block imports of Emcore?s opto-electronic devices.

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11) Business Briefing | Technology: Nvidia Sales Forecast Sets Off a Decline in Its Stock
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7516c55b54dd39dc19da231b87dd05cb

The maker of graphics chips reported better-than-expected results, but its sales forecast for the current quarter was below target, and shares fell 12 percent.

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12) Business Briefing | Technology: U.S. Video Game Sales Declined in April
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=33d05b338cd146b0f1bee35b30f14dd8

Retail sales of video games in the United States fell 26 percent, to $766.2 million, in April from a year earlier, a market research firm, the NPD Group, said Friday.

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13) Boulder, Colo., a Magnet for High-Tech Start-Ups
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f0baee0cc2eb227980302157792c1a87

Boulder, Colo., in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, has become a magnet for entrepreneurs seeking to start technology companies.

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14) Online Talk, Suicides and a Thorny Court Case
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c68fb4892b51f7f0754dc9153b654a84

A Minnesota man is facing charges of aiding in the suicides of two people by encouraging them online.

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15) A New Spin on Google Maps: Bike Routes
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0970cbd9ebe25701ec355e6d627bd2a7

Just in time for Bike-to-Work Week, Google has added bicycling directions to its Maps application.

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16) Endangered Species: The Telephone Call
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=3fe50188b3f7a3f2f5186922938fd2d2

More people are choosing to disconnect their landlines in favor of a cellphone, yet we talk less than ever. Why?

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17) Tip of the Week: Jazzier Status Lines
http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8db446368f0d92ede4e58907cd2733d8

How to find ways to jazz up your facebook status line.

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