11 Power Tips for Gmail  —  Wow, I can’t believe how many people commented on my late-Friday night post about desired features for Gmail.  If you want to suggest something for Gmail, that thread is the better place to do it.  But looking through the comments, I saw a few requests that can already be […]

HTC share of Windows Mobile smartphone segment declining  —  High Tech Computer (HTC) has lost the title as the global top ranking vendor of Windows Mobile-based smartphones (excluding touch-screen models), with its share of the segment falling to below 30% currently, trailing behind Motorola …

Source:   DigiTimes
Author:   Daniel Shen
Link:   http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20080129PD208.html

O2 improves package for iPhone users  —  Mobile network O2 has overhauled the cost of using Apple’s iPhone handset just two months after it went on sale in the UK.  —  The mobile network today announced that iPhone owners who are currently paying its lower-rate tariffs of £35 …

Source:   Guardian
Author:   Bobbie Johnson
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U2 manager urges ISPs to help fight web piracy  —  The music industry should shift the focus of its battle with internet piracy towards the technological industries which have “built multibillion dollar industries on the back of our content without paying for it”, according to Paul McGuinness, manager of rock group U2.

Source:   Financial Times
Author: […]

Rapidshare To Be Forced to Shut Down Following Court Defeat?  —  Last week we reported on rumors that Rapidshare had, or was about to be, shut down, rumors that now look likely to resurface.  The company, one of the world’s largest ‘one-click’ file hosting services, has lost a copyright infringement case …

Source:   TorrentFreak
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First Proof Apple Making Near Zero on AppleTV (And Big Bucks on iTunes)  —  That sweet $70 price chop Steve announced for the Apple TV had to come from somewhere (a question smartly raised by CW) and we know the only thing Apple guards more than closely than its secrets is its bottom line.

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Liberty Media Takes Action To Force Diller Out of IAC  —  Liberty Media Corp. took steps Monday to seize control of IAC/InterActiveCorp from IAC Chairman Barry Diller.  —  Liberty, which owns a majority voting stake in IAC that has long been voted by Mr. Diller under a longstanding proxy agreement …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
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Hey HD DVD: It’s Not Just a Flesh Wound  —  You’ve got to hand to Toshiba.  Even now, when faced with overwhelming evidence that Sony’s Blu-ray has won the high def format war, the mortally wounded HD DVD backer just keeps on prolonging the inevitable.  —  First, Toshiba decides …

Source:   Epicenter
Author:   Bryan Gardiner
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Wordpress pays homage to Twitter  —  A Twitter post (fittingly enough) caught my eye and sent me to a Wordpress post in which newly-enriched founder Matt Mullenweg announced a Twitter-style group blog theme for Wordpress called Prologue.  Although I’m sure some will see this as Automattic …

Source:   mathewingram.com/work
Author:   Mathew
Link:   http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/01/28/wordpress…

Nikon D60 Basically a D40x Plus Stop Motion and a Few New Tricks  —  Nikon obviously couldn’t let PMA pass without its own fresh volley into the cutthroat consumer-level DSLR market: Enter the D60.  It’s a D40X refresh, not a whole new cam built from scratch—it still has the same 10.2 …

Source:   Gizmodo
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