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Xbox 360 Sales Grow

Xbox 360 Sales Grow

Aaron Holtzman November 13, 2011 0

Sales for the Microsoft Corporation’s Xbox360 rose more than 20% in October compared to the same month in 2010.  Although the 360 is a mature product, the introduction of the Kinect technology and games

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More Outsourcing But Not in the Typical Direction – India Hires Abroad

More Outsourcing But Not in the Typical Direction – India Hires Abroad

Aaron Holtzman November 12, 2011 0

India, the country who is chastised constantly for taking tech jobs from America, has several large companies announcing that they are going to be hiring workers foreign to India. HCL Technologies Ltd. intends to

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Sony’s “smart TV” could very well be up against rumored Apple TV

Sony’s “smart TV” could very well be up against rumored Apple TV

Ken Hong November 11, 2011 0

The CEO of Japanese electronics Sony, Howard Stringer said earlier today that they are working on a new type of tv that could revolutionize the tv industry. Sales has not been doing well for

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Zynga Gets Ready for IPO, With a Unique Twist

Zynga Gets Ready for IPO, With a Unique Twist

Aaron Holtzman November 10, 2011 0

Zynga Inc., the mutli billion dollar company whose claim to fame includes farmville and mafia wars, is gearing up to go public.  The company is valued approximately at $20 billion and is planning to

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Toyota steering towards bad rep, recalls 550,000 vehicles

Toyota steering towards bad rep, recalls 550,000 vehicles

Ken Hong November 9, 2011 0

In today’s news, more safety recalls for the world’s largest automaker must have consumers wondering what in the world is going on? Toyota Motor Corp. announced today that they will be recalling 550,000 vehiclesworldwide.

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Adobe embraces HTML5: The end of Flash as Steve Jobs predicted

Adobe embraces HTML5: The end of Flash as Steve Jobs predicted

Michael Foley November 9, 2011 2

Adobe Systems Inc. announced today that it will be ending development on its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices. Instead, Adobe will be pushing developers to their Adobe Air platform and will embrace HTML5,

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Internet For Low income Americans, The FCC Does Something Right!!

Internet For Low income Americans, The FCC Does Something Right!!

Aaron Holtzman November 9, 2011 0

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared a new initiative to get inexpensive computers and high speed internet into the homes of low income Americans. Three major providers, Cox, Charter, and Time Warner Cable are

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AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo Take on Google

AOL, Microsoft, and Yahoo Take on Google

Aaron Holtzman November 8, 2011 0

It is no surprise that Google has been dominating the online advertising market for some time.  But now, three of the largest contenders join forces in an act try to break the “monopoly” that

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Republic Wireless launches unlimited voice, data and text for $19 a month, relies on Wifi

Republic Wireless launches unlimited voice, data and text for $19 a month, relies on Wifi

Michael Foley November 8, 2011 1

Republic Wireless, a division of Bandwidth.com, is launching a potentially, highly disruptive service today for beta testing. It’s called “Hybrid Calling” and could completely change the business models for wireless carriers. Customers who choose to

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Best Buy’s New Strategy: Think small?

Best Buy’s New Strategy: Think small?

Aaron Holtzman November 7, 2011 1

Although Best Buy purchased its British partner out of it’s U.S. mobile phone joint venture for $1.3 billion today, this is a big step in a smaller direction.  This deal provides Best Buy with

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