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Wallstrip Star Leaves Show to Start Moblogic.tv for CBS (Liz Gannes/NewTeeVee)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Wallstrip Star Leaves Show to Start Moblogic.tv for CBS  —  Wallstrip star Lindsay Campbell has left the daily financial news web show and moved on to a new project within CBS Interactive, according to Wallstrip founder Howard Lindzon.  CBS bought Wallstrip for $4 million last May.

Source:   NewTeeVee
Author:   Liz Gannes
Link:   http://newteevee.com/2008/01/13/wallstrip-team-leaves…

Wallstrip Team Leaves Show to Start Moblogic.tv for CBS (Liz Gannes/NewTeeVee)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Wallstrip Team Leaves Show to Start Moblogic.tv for CBS  —  The original Wallstrip team — star Lindsay Campbell and producers Adam Elend and Jeff Marks — has left the daily financial news web show and moved on to a new project within CBS Interactive, according to Wallstrip founder Howard Lindzon.

Source:   NewTeeVee
Author:   Liz Gannes
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EMI managers will have to sing for their supper (Telegraph)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

EMI managers will have to sing for their supper  —  Guy Hands will this week pledge to invest tens of millions of pounds recruiting new talent scouts and managing EMI’s existing acts.  —  But alongside the investment in so-called A&R - artist and repertoire - he will also unveil plans to cut …

Source:   Telegraph
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Netflix expands Internet viewing option (Michael Liedtke/Associated Press)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Netflix expands Internet viewing option  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Girding for a potential threat from Apple Inc., online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over high-speed Internet connections.

Source:   Associated Press
Author:   Michael Liedtke
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080113/ap_on_hi_te…

Introducing the first Android prototype (USA Today)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Introducing the first Android prototype  —  NEW YORK — A small software developer today plans to unveil a suite of applications — browser, camera, games and more — based on the new Google-endorsed operating system, Android.  —  A La Mobile, based in San Ramon, Calif. …

Source:   USA Today
Link:   http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology…

“U.S. Economy Screwed” (Henry Blodget/Silicon Alley Insider)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

“U.S. Economy Screwed”  —  The recession-deniers having been muzzled by a horrendous last two weeks of December, the gloom-and-doomers are now out in force.  Their key arguments:  — Plummeting housing will now drag down the rest of the economy.  — The “bad debt” problem is not just …

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry Blodget
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The Afterlife of Cellphones (Jon Mooallem/New York Times)

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

The Afterlife of Cellphones  —  1. Cellphones in Hell  —  Americans threw out just shy of three million tons of household electronics in 2006.  This so-called e-waste is the fastest-growing part of the municipal waste stream and, depending on your outlook, either an enormous problem or a bonanza.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Jon Mooallem
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