Verizon Caps Successful Year With Strong 4Q Results  —  Significant Gains in All Strategic Areas; Verizon Wireless Leads Industry in Key Metrics; Continued Strong FiOS and Enterprise Strategic Services Growth  —  4Q 2007 HIGHLIGHTS  —  37 cents in EPS and 62 cents in adjusted EPS (non-GAAP) …

Source:   Verizon
Link:   http://investor.verizon.com/news/view.aspx?NewsID=885

LEGO Brick Timeline: 50 Years of Building Frenzy and Curiosities  —  The LEGO brick turns 50 at exactly 1:58pm today, January 28 2008.  This timeline shows these fifty years of building frenzy by happy kids and kids-at-heart, all the milestones from the LEGOLAND themed sets to TECHNIC and MINDSTORMS NXT …

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Jesus […]

Yahoo (YHOO) Going Forward With “Drastic” Layoffs—Source  —  A source close to Yahoo reports that Jerry Yang has decided to go forward with aggressive layoffs.  The source believes the layoffs will be announced on the company’s conference call this week and that the final number will be likely …

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Henry […]

Nokia to Share Revenue of Bundled Music With Mobile Operators  —  Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) — Nokia Oyj, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, will share revenue with phone operators from a program to sell handsets with unlimited music access, Nokia’s head of entertainment said.

Source:   Bloomberg
Author:   Rudy Ruitenberg
Link:   http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085&sid…

Nokia acquires Trolltech — the biggest little company you’ve never heard of  —  In a move meant to bolster its software development prowess, Nokia just announced the acquisition Trolltech.  Who’s Trolltech?  Well, its software can be found in some 10 million devices.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Thomas Ricker
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/nokia-acquires…

Target Tells a Blogger to Go Away  —  Target to the blogosphere: you’re irrelevant.  —  That was the message the cheap-chic retailer seemed to convey in an abrupt e-mail message to ShapingYouth.org, a blog about the impact of marketing on children.  Early this month, the blog’s founder …

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Michael Barbaro
Link: […]

Study shows eBay buyers save billions of dollars  —  Buyers save billions of dollars each year bidding on eBay auctions, according to a new study that quantifies the benefits online consumers enjoy over and above what is derived by sellers, or eBay itself.  —  The independent research …

Source:   Reuters
Link:   http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6227935.html

Nokia to acquire Trolltech to accelerate software strategy  —  Trolltech’s Qt based technology assets facilitate application development for multiple platforms and devices  —  Espoo, Finland and Oslo, Norway - Nokia and Trolltech ASA today announced that they have entered into an agreement …

Source:   Nokia
Link:   http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1185531

Cyclist’s Foundation Links to For-Profit  —  Demand Media, Armstrong Team Up On Wellness Site  —  The charitable foundation launched by cycling legend and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong — which four years ago ignited a fashion trend by selling yellow bracelets stamped with the “live strong” …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Rebecca Buckman
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120148319605121097…

Despite Housing Slide, Real Estate Sites Sell  —  TALK about an uh-oh moment.  —  It was late October, and Redfin, an online real estate brokerage firm based in Seattle, had received just three months earlier a $12 million investment led by the marquee venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Bob […]