Posts Tagged ‘audio’

Cisco to proceed with $3.4 billion Tandberg deal (AP)

AP – Cisco Systems Inc. says it is waiving its condition that 90 percent of shareholders of Norwegian videoconferencing equipment firm Tandberg ASA back its $3.4 billion takeover offer and will close the deal as soon as possible.

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Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content (AP)

AP – Comcast Corp.

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Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content
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Friendster to be sold to Asian buyer by month-end: source (Reuters)

Reuters – Friendster, one of the world’s earliest social networking sites, will be sold to an Asian buyer by the end of December for at least $100 million, a source familiar with the matter said.

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Yahoo sees exponential growth in mobile ads (Reuters)

Reuters – Yahoo Inc expects “exponential” growth in mobile advertising even as the overall market is only starting to emerge from its deep downturn, a top executive of the Internet media company said on Thursday.

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FTC: Children still marketed violent content (AP)

AP – The video game industry is doing a better job at keeping young kids away from violent and other inappropriate content than the music and movie businesses, according to a new report by the Federal Trade Commission.

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Diet Chromium Offers Slimmed Down Chrome OS (PC World)

PC World – Want to give Chromium OS a try, but don’t have a spare 4GB USB stick lying around? Fear not as a new ‘diet’ build of Chromium OS (the open-source project upon which Google Chrome OS is based), which only requires a 1GB drive, is now available for download, courtesy of a UK-based student.

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Groom ‘tweets’ marriage from altar (AFP)

AFP – A US groom who loves social networking as much as his bride pulled out a cell phone during their wedding to ‘tweet’ and update his Facebook page.

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Gift Guide: Touch and Windows 7 in fresh PC lineup (AP)

AP – This holiday season is a great time to buy a PC. There’s a nice new version of Windows out, and computer manufacturers are adding interesting new technologies. Here’s a guide to what’s fresh in PCs, ranging from “netbooks” to super-sized “all-in-one” desktop computers.

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