Joeybs Rss News http://joeybs.net İnternet Web Blogging Rss Sat, 31 May 2008 00:12:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Overstock.com sues New York over Internet tax law (Reuters) http://joeybs.net/overstockcom-sues-new-york-over-internet-tax-law-reuters http://joeybs.net/overstockcom-sues-new-york-over-internet-tax-law-reuters#comments Sat, 31 May 2008 00:12:47 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20080531/overstock_newyork_dc Reuters - Overstock.com said on Friday it filed
a lawsuit to challenge a New York law requiring Internet
retailers to collect and pay New York state taxes on sales to
New York consumers even if the retailer does not have a
physical presence in New York.

]]> http://joeybs.net/overstockcom-sues-new-york-over-internet-tax-law-reuters/feed BlackBerry Leads, iPhone Follows U.S. Smartphone Sales (TechWeb) http://joeybs.net/blackberry-leads-iphone-follows-us-smartphone-sales-techweb http://joeybs.net/blackberry-leads-iphone-follows-us-smartphone-sales-techweb#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:57:00 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News cmp/20080531/208401284 InformationWeek - The reason for RIM's success? It's been able to broaden the appeal of the BlackBerry to more than just professionals, an IDC report found.]]> TechWeb - InformationWeek - The reason for RIM’s success? It’s been able to broaden the appeal of the BlackBerry to more than just professionals, an IDC report found.

]]> http://joeybs.net/blackberry-leads-iphone-follows-us-smartphone-sales-techweb/feed Publisher offers 5,000 more books for Kindle (AP) http://joeybs.net/publisher-offers-5000-more-books-for-kindle-ap http://joeybs.net/publisher-offers-5000-more-books-for-kindle-ap#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:50:56 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News ap/20080530/amazon_kindle AP - Amazon.com said Friday that publisher Simon & Schuster Inc. will make 5,000 more books available for the Amazon Kindle wireless reader, bumping to 125,000 the number of titles users can download and read.

]]> http://joeybs.net/publisher-offers-5000-more-books-for-kindle-ap/feed Laptop-Embedded Wireless Broadband Closer To Mainstream (TechWeb) http://joeybs.net/laptop-embedded-wireless-broadband-closer-to-mainstream-techweb http://joeybs.net/laptop-embedded-wireless-broadband-closer-to-mainstream-techweb#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:40:00 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News cmp/20080531/208401279 InformationWeek - New technologies and pricing due by the end of 2008 have the potential to eliminate the problems of embedded wireless 3G notebook purchases, Gartner now suggests.]]> TechWeb - InformationWeek - New technologies and pricing due by the end of 2008 have the potential to eliminate the problems of embedded wireless 3G notebook purchases, Gartner now suggests.

]]> http://joeybs.net/laptop-embedded-wireless-broadband-closer-to-mainstream-techweb/feed MySpace Music to stage its 150th Secret Show (Reuters) http://joeybs.net/myspace-music-to-stage-its-150th-secret-show-reuters http://joeybs.net/myspace-music-to-stage-its-150th-secret-show-reuters#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:24:22 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20080530/myspace_dc In this screen shot provided by Minggl, an example of one way Minggl's service works to aggregate one's various social networks is shown. Minggl and Fifth Generation Systems Inc.'s Zude both promise to help users aggregate their various networks, including MySpace and Facebook. With the attention on Google and each other, neither has blocked Minggl or Zude ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href=In this screen shot provided by Minggl, an example of one way Minggl's service works to aggregate one's various social networks is shown. Minggl and Fifth Generation Systems Inc.'s Zude both promise to help users aggregate their various networks, including MySpace and Facebook. With the attention on Google and each other, neither has blocked Minggl or Zude</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://joeybs.net/myspace-music-to-stage-its-150th-secret-show-reuters/feed</wfw:commentRss> </item> <item> <title>DISH, EchoStar Sue TiVo (TechWeb)</title> <link>http://joeybs.net/dish-echostar-sue-tivo-techweb</link> <comments>http://joeybs.net/dish-echostar-sue-tivo-techweb#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 23:16:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Yahoo! News: Technology News</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category> <guid isPermaLink=cmp/20080531/208401276 InformationWeek - The satellite companies have asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.]]> TechWeb - InformationWeek - The satellite companies have asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

]]> http://joeybs.net/dish-echostar-sue-tivo-techweb/feed Wireless carriers draw fire for service charges (Reuters) http://joeybs.net/wireless-carriers-draw-fire-for-service-charges-reuters http://joeybs.net/wireless-carriers-draw-fire-for-service-charges-reuters#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 23:11:46 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20080530/wireless_dc Reuters - Legal pressure is mounting against
U.S. wireless operators over their role in facilitating either
false or misleading charges for mobile content — primarily
ringtones.

]]> http://joeybs.net/wireless-carriers-draw-fire-for-service-charges-reuters/feed “Idol” winner Cook scores digital hit with “Life” (Reuters) http://joeybs.net/idol-winner-cook-scores-digital-hit-with-life-reuters http://joeybs.net/idol-winner-cook-scores-digital-hit-with-life-reuters#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 22:38:08 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20080530/cook_dc American Idol winner David Cook performs on NBC's 'Today' show in New York, May 29, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - It's the first time songs performed on "American Idol" have been made available for immediate download on iTunes -- and the audience's ability to make an instant-gratification purchase has paid off handsomely for winner David Cook.


]]> American Idol winner David Cook performs on NBC's 'Today' show in New York, May 29, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - It’s the first time songs
performed on “American Idol” have been made available for
immediate download on iTunes — and the audience’s ability to
make an instant-gratification purchase has paid off handsomely
for winner David Cook.

]]> http://joeybs.net/idol-winner-cook-scores-digital-hit-with-life-reuters/feed iPhone market share at 19 percent in 1Q, IDC says (AP) http://joeybs.net/iphone-market-share-at-19-percent-in-1q-idc-says-ap http://joeybs.net/iphone-market-share-at-19-percent-in-1q-idc-says-ap#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 21:32:41 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News ap/20080530/tec_iphone_market_share AP - Apple Inc.’s iPhone, a new model of which is widely expected this summer, took 19.2 percent of the U.S. market for “smart” phones in the first quarter of 2008, according to research firm IDC’s vendor survey.

]]> http://joeybs.net/iphone-market-share-at-19-percent-in-1q-idc-says-ap/feed QuarkXPress 8 Takes on InDesign (PC World) http://joeybs.net/quarkxpress-8-takes-on-indesign-pc-world http://joeybs.net/quarkxpress-8-takes-on-indesign-pc-world#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 21:27:00 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News pcworld/20080530/146500 PC World - The forthcoming version of the leading print publishing software adds Flash support, new tools, and an improved UI.

]]> http://joeybs.net/quarkxpress-8-takes-on-indesign-pc-world/feed FTC clears Icahn to purchase Yahoo shares (AP) http://joeybs.net/ftc-clears-icahn-to-purchase-yahoo-shares-ap http://joeybs.net/ftc-clears-icahn-to-purchase-yahoo-shares-ap#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 20:44:18 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News ap/20080530/icahn_yahoo_antitrust AP - Federal antitrust regulators have cleared activist billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s purchase of another $1.5 billion of shares of Internet company Yahoo Inc.

]]> http://joeybs.net/ftc-clears-icahn-to-purchase-yahoo-shares-ap/feed Satellite companies DISH and EchoStar sue TiVo (Reuters) http://joeybs.net/satellite-companies-dish-and-echostar-sue-tivo-reuters http://joeybs.net/satellite-companies-dish-and-echostar-sue-tivo-reuters#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 20:35:24 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20080530/tivo_echostar_dish_dc A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit against TiVo Inc and asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit against TiVo Inc and asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.


]]> A screen shows Internet services available through an broadband-connected TiVo digital video recorder at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2006. DISH Network Corp and EchoStar Corp said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit against TiVo Inc and asked a Delaware court to find that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent. (Steve Marcus/Reuters)Reuters - DISH Network Corp and
EchoStar Corp said on Friday they had filed a lawsuit
against TiVo Inc and asked a Delaware court to find
that their new DVR software does not infringe a TiVo patent.

]]> http://joeybs.net/satellite-companies-dish-and-echostar-sue-tivo-reuters/feed Two online sites fined, banned over Roland-Garros betting (AFP) http://joeybs.net/two-online-sites-fined-banned-over-roland-garros-betting-afp http://joeybs.net/two-online-sites-fined-banned-over-roland-garros-betting-afp#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 18:44:20 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News afp/20080530/francecourtgamblingtennisfraopen Chief Executive Officer of Online betting company Unibet Group PLC, Petter Nylander, holds a press conference in central London, 2007. Two Internet sites were banned Friday by a French court from taking online bets in France on matches at the ongoing Roland-Garros tennis championship in Paris.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Two Internet sites were banned Friday by a French court from taking online bets in France on matches at the ongoing Roland-Garros tennis championship in Paris.


]]> Chief Executive Officer of Online betting company Unibet Group PLC, Petter Nylander, holds a press conference in central London, 2007. Two Internet sites were banned Friday by a French court from taking online bets in France on matches at the ongoing Roland-Garros tennis championship in Paris.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - Two Internet sites were banned Friday by a French court from taking online bets in France on matches at the ongoing Roland-Garros tennis championship in Paris.

]]> http://joeybs.net/two-online-sites-fined-banned-over-roland-garros-betting-afp/feed Time Warner Cable to offer web to TV link (Reuters) http://joeybs.net/time-warner-cable-to-offer-web-to-tv-link-reuters http://joeybs.net/time-warner-cable-to-offer-web-to-tv-link-reuters#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 18:04:16 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nm/20080530/timewarnercable_dc People walk in front of the Time Warner Inc. headquarters building at Columbus Circle in New York October 13, 2005. (Nicholas Roberts/Reuters)Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc plans to offer subscribers an easier way to bring Internet video to their television screens as part of an overall home networking system, Chief Executive Glenn Britt said on Friday.


]]> People walk in front of the Time Warner Inc. headquarters building at Columbus Circle in New York October 13, 2005. (Nicholas Roberts/Reuters)Reuters - Time Warner Cable Inc plans to offer
subscribers an easier way to bring Internet video to their
television screens as part of an overall home networking
system, Chief Executive Glenn Britt said on Friday.

]]> http://joeybs.net/time-warner-cable-to-offer-web-to-tv-link-reuters/feed IBM Will Connect Jazz to Microsoft’s Visual Studio (PC World) http://joeybs.net/ibm-will-connect-jazz-to-microsofts-visual-studio-pc-world http://joeybs.net/ibm-will-connect-jazz-to-microsofts-visual-studio-pc-world#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 17:40:11 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News pcworld/20080530/146478 PC World - The story “IBM will connect Jazz to Microsoft’s Visual Studio,” posted to the wire Friday, is under embargo until Monday, June…

]]> http://joeybs.net/ibm-will-connect-jazz-to-microsofts-visual-studio-pc-world/feed IDC: US Internet Ad Spending to Boom (PC World) http://joeybs.net/idc-us-internet-ad-spending-to-boom-pc-world http://joeybs.net/idc-us-internet-ad-spending-to-boom-pc-world#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:50:11 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News pcworld/20080530/146476 PC World - IDC is forecasting robust growth for U.S. online advertising in the coming five years.

]]> http://joeybs.net/idc-us-internet-ad-spending-to-boom-pc-world/feed PowerDock 2 charges iPod, iPhone (Macworld.com) http://joeybs.net/powerdock-2-charges-ipod-iphone-macworldcom http://joeybs.net/powerdock-2-charges-ipod-iphone-macworldcom#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:45:01 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News macworld/20080530/powerdock2chargesipodiphone Macworld.com - Griffin Technology has announced the availability of the PowerDock 2, a device that simultaneously charges an iPhone and an iPod. It costs $49.99.

]]> http://joeybs.net/powerdock-2-charges-ipod-iphone-macworldcom/feed FCC Considers Free Internet, Revised D-Block Auction (NewsFactor) http://joeybs.net/fcc-considers-free-internet-revised-d-block-auction-newsfactor http://joeybs.net/fcc-considers-free-internet-revised-d-block-auction-newsfactor#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:23:12 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News nf/20080530/60028 NewsFactor - Having successfully completed the much-publicized 700-MHz wireless spectrum auction, the Federal Communications Commission is now planning its next auctions.

]]> http://joeybs.net/fcc-considers-free-internet-revised-d-block-auction-newsfactor/feed YIGG! - Der Weg zum Galgen? http://joeybs.net/yigg-der-weg-zum-galgen http://joeybs.net/yigg-der-weg-zum-galgen#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:08:40 +0000 Constantin http://www.seo-united.de/blog/internet/yigg-der-weg-zum-galgen.htm Yigg! nimmt als erste deutschsprachige Website am Adsense-Sharing Programm teil. Doch was machen die User daraus? Sinkt die Qualität der Inhalte und führt das zum Sterben der Plattform?

]]> http://joeybs.net/yigg-der-weg-zum-galgen/feed Qualcomm bets on mobile new-age version of old-time TV (AFP) http://joeybs.net/qualcomm-bets-on-mobile-new-age-version-of-old-time-tv-afp http://joeybs.net/qualcomm-bets-on-mobile-new-age-version-of-old-time-tv-afp#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:02:38 +0000 Yahoo! News: Technology News afp/20080530/usittelevisiontelecominternetcompanyqualcomm US wireless technology titan Qualcomm is rolling a new-age version of old-time broadcast television onto what analysts say is an unpredictable but inevitable mobile TV landscape.(Qualcomm)AFP - US wireless technology titan Qualcomm is rolling a new-age version of old-time broadcast television onto what analysts say is an unpredictable but inevitable mobile TV landscape.


]]> US wireless technology titan Qualcomm is rolling a new-age version of old-time broadcast television onto what analysts say is an unpredictable but inevitable mobile TV landscape.(Qualcomm)AFP - US wireless technology titan Qualcomm is rolling a new-age version of old-time broadcast television onto what analysts say is an unpredictable but inevitable mobile TV landscape.

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