Archive for February 1st, 2010

Reuters - An online auction of pop memorabilia from some of Britain's biggest acts has raised around 50,000 pounds ... Full story

PC World - Acer refuses to follow the pack with a tablet like Apple's iPad, saying it's too hard to compete with iTunes and the App Store. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100201/tc_pcworld/acerspookedbyitunessaysnoipadrival Full story

AP - AOL Inc. reports its fourth-quarter results on Wednesday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100201/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_aol_earnings_preview Full story

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc all but waved the white flag in a dispute with publisher Macmillan that could lead to the online retailer raising prices on some of its e-books. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/wr_nm/us_amazon_macmillan Full story

AFP - Australian Internet rights groups fear a piracy court case could force Internet Service Providers ... Full story

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AFP - China's online tourism market is booming as an increasingly wealthy middle class travels ... Full story

Reuters - U.S. arms sales to Taiwan hurt China's national security, its foreign minister said, escalating the rhetoric in a dispute threatening to deepen rifts between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100131/pl_nm/us_usa_china_taiwan Full story

PC Magazine - Forty-nine Web sites of members of the U.S. House of Representatives were hacked following the State of the Union address recently. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/internet/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20100130/tc_zd/247991 Full story

PC World - While it seemed that all eyes were on Apple's unveiling of the long-awaited iPad this week, Oracle on the same day revealed its plans for Sun Microsystems' technology, while those at Sun braced for the merger and began their public goodbyes. We also had a flurry of financial reports this week and some Internet weirdness associated with President Barack Obama's first ... Full story