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- Wikimedia Foundation raises $6.2 million for Wikipedia
- Chip sales slump in November
- Yet more rumors of a solar Prius
- Daily Tidbits: Google reveals hidden features in mobile app
- AMD inside Apple in 2009?
- Air New Zealand tests biofuel Boeing
- Unlocking the iPhone 3G - or maybe not
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Tim
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Don
Reisinger: - 5 predictions for 2009
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Music sales for 2008
ride digital coattailsIndustry tracker Nielsen says total music sales were up 10 percent year over year, with strong growth in the digital realm. Also: a comeback of sorts for vinyl.
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RIAA's year-end shocker -
New Year's hangover
for Zune usersAfter countless 30GB Zunes froze up on New Year's Eve, users spent the first morning of 2009 trying to chip away at the problem, with mixed results.
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Users report 30GB Zunes seizing up; Microsoft IDs clock bug
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Wikimedia raises $6.2 million for Wikipedia
Foundation reaches goal of raising more than $6 million to sustain Wikipedia. The money will be used to maintain and grow the foundation's technical infrastructure.
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Chip sales slump in November
Worldwide sales of semiconductors fell in November to $20.8 billion, a decline of nearly 10 percent from the same period the year before.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers) -
Yet more rumors of a solar Prius
Japanese daily reports Toyota is "secretly" developing a solar-powered Prius. But we've heard this in one form or another for at least the last year.
(Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi) -
Daily Tidbits: Hidden features in Google mobile app
Google's Mobile App with Voice Search for the iPhone has some extra features, and you too can engage in a "selfless" resolution for the new year.
(Posted in Webware by Don Reisinger) -
AMD inside Apple in 2009?
It may be worth Apple's while to seriously consider some upcoming AMD processors.
(Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers) -
Microsoft planning big layoffs for January?
The latest rumor puts the possible job cuts at 15,000, or nearly 17 percent of Microsoft's worldwide operations, with MSN getting hit hard.
(Posted in Microsoft by Jonathan Skillings) -
Unlocking the iPhone 3G - or maybe not
An application with the seasonal but rather unappetizing name of Yellowsn0w has some folks tinkering away, though not always happily.
(Posted in Apple by Jonathan Skillings) -
Jack D. Kuehler, former IBM president, dies at 76
Kuehler guided the company while it dominated the world's computing landscape in the 1980s.
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Report: Apple's Internet presence grows
In December, the Mac OS and the iPhone together accounted for 10 percent of what Net Applications calls market share of Internet usage.
(Posted in Apple by Jonathan Skillings) -
5 tech predictions for 2009
Will Steve Jobs announce his retirement? Will Windows 7 launch? Don Reisinger looks ahead to 2009, and asks you to share your own predictions.
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Defense contractors eye cybersecurity bonanza
Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, and others are getting ready for an expected boom in federal outlays to protect government computer networks.
(Posted in Security by Jonathan Skillings) -
Macintosh at 25: Still the innovation leader
On January 24, 1984, the Macintosh came into the world, starting a revolution in personal computing. Now, all attention is turned to what Apple will introduce next.
(Posted in Outside the Lines by Dan Farber) -
Dell regroups around four customer segments
Two executives, Mike Cannon and Mark Jarvis, are departing as the computer maker regroups globally around four types of customers.
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