Nimer's Blog: [Fwd: Technology Report: Microsoft prices Zune HD below iPod]

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Subject: Technology Report: Microsoft prices Zune HD below iPod
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:58:35 -0400
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Microsoft prices Zune HD below iPod
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August 13, 2009 03:34 PM ET
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp put its new Zune HD digital music
and video player on sale on Thursday, pricing it below comparable Apple
Inc iPod devices, in an attempt to claw some market share away from the
dominant leader.

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Court slaps ban on some Microsoft Word sales
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August 13, 2009 07:39 AM ET
BANGALORE (Reuters) - A U.S. federal court has ordered Microsoft Corp
to stop selling some versions of its widely used Word software in the
United States in two months, ruling in favor of a small Canadian firm
that accused the software giant of violating its patents.

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Asian Web connections set to resume by end of Thursday
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August 13, 2009 12:07 PM ET
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Up to 90 percent of all voice call and Internet
services from parts of East Asia that were disrupted after Typhoon
Morakot damaged undersea cables will resume by the end of Thursday, a
senior Chunghwa Telecom official said.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Job-seeking in this 21st century recession may
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FAIRFAX, Virginia (Reuters) - Canadian John Wrenshall stands accused of
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August 12, 2009 04:05 PM ET
SEATTLE/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an
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August 12, 2009 08:20 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Children are using the Internet to watch YouTube
videos, connect with friends on social network sites and look up "sex"
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August 13, 2009 08:25 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc Chief
Executive John Chambers said on Wednesday that the company's latest
expansion in the online media and entertainment business will help
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August 12, 2009 08:59 AM ET
TBILISI (Reuters) - The Georgian blogger targeted by a cyber attack
last week that affected millions of Internet users across the world said
Wednesday that Russian hackers were to blame, but that he would not be
silenced.

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August 12, 2009 03:27 PM ET
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian website is giving texting an
intergalactic touch and allowing users to send short mobile phone-type
messages into space.

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