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Barnes & Noble accused of stealing ideas for Nook reader
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 3, 2009

Barnes & Noble accused of stealing ideas for Nook readerBarnes & Noble is being sued over claims that its “Nook” electronic reading device illegally used trade secrets from another firm. Spring Design says the Nook uses features from its own “Alex” reader.

Though Spring hasn’t published the full details [...]

Best Buy preparing for the death of DVDs
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 3, 2009

Best Buy preparing for the death of DVDsBig box retailer sells a lot of DVDs, but it can see the writing is on the wall for the eventual death of the physical format.

Best Buy is one of the largest brick and mortar retailers for DVDs, but as [...]

Who needs a dedicated device for Twitter?
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 3, 2009

Who needs a dedicated device for Twitter? New York-based Peek Inc has launched a dedicated wireless device called the TwitterPeek meant entirely for tweeting on the go. However questions loom as to whether users need a device on top of their mobile [...]

Apple looking to bring you television for $30 a month
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 2, 2009

Apple looking to bring you television for $30 a monthLooking forward to the day you can just get all of yoru television programming over the Internet? If the rumors about Apple prove to be true, that day is quickly approaching.

According to Peter Kafka from [...]

Stephen Fry returns to Twitter but the @brumplum controversy continues
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 2, 2009

Stephen Fry returns to Twitter but the @brumplum controversy continuesI’m sure the power of Twitter could be used for good. Unfortunately, at the moment it seems to be being used by adults to play some spectacularly [...]

Sales of the iPhone in China are tepid
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 2, 2009

Sales of the iPhone in China are tepidIt appears that the iPhone may not be the run away seller in China as it has been in other countries.

In preparation for the official launch of the iPhone in China, Apple prepared 5 million units of the [...]

Pirate Bay crew hit with another “unenforceable” order
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 2, 2009

Pirate Bay crew hit with another "unenforceable" orderTwo of the founders of the Pirate Bay filesharing site have been ordered by a Swedish court to stop operating the site. But the men say it’s no longer anything to do with them and question whether the threat can be [...]

Can the iPhone take on the Kindle?
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 2, 2009

kindle_vs_iphone A surge in book-related releases for the iPhone has some people wondering if the device can displace the Kindle as a lower-cost e-reader. Or the question could be posed, “If you build it, will they read?”

Survey suggests filesharers buy more music than anyone else
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 1, 2009

Survey suggests filesharers buy more music than anyone elseMusic piracy is evil and those who illegally download and share music with each other are the devil’s spawn. Right? Wrong. In fact, a new survey shows that those [...]

IBM exec leaves over insider trading scandal
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 1, 2009

IBM exec leaves over insider trading scandal A promising executive at IBM was recently placed on leave following insider trading charges brought on earlier this month that evolved five other individuals. The scandal involved companies like Google, Intel, [...]

Creative to enter crowded e-reader market
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 1, 2009

Creative to enter crowded e-reader marketAs if the e-reader market wasn’t already crowded enough, Creative is preparing its own entry in to the space.

Creative, best known for its Sound Blaster computer sound cards, is preparing to enter the ever more crowded e-reader market according to [...]

Google’s in merger mode
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 1, 2009

Google's in merger modeGoogle has money in the bank and intends to use it to buy up smaller companies that have developed products that are on the projected corporate development path of the search giant.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt finds himself in the [...]

Wii and Nintendo in a skid
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on November 1, 2009

Wii and Nintendo in a skidIt seems that it was just yesterday that everyone was either dying to get a Wii or had just purchased one and was talking about how wonderful it was. Now, sales are way off and [...]

Stephen Fry quits Twitter over “aggression and unkindness”
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on October 31, 2009

Stephen Fry quits Twitter over "aggression and unkindness"Twitter seems to be having a few problems holding on to its celebrity Tweeters of late. Lily Allen and Miley Cyrus have both quit recently, and Stephen Fry may be about [...]

Court orders spammer to pay $711 million to Facebook
Posted from TECH.BLORGE on October 31, 2009

Court orders spammer to pay $711 million to Facebook One of the most annoying things about Facebook is the amount of spammers attacking the social media site. As popularity in social communities rise, spammers have started to target these sites aggressively. [...]