Cisco Systems Inc is launching a tablet computing device aimed at business customers, becoming the latest company to wade into the red-hot tablet market. The networking equipment maker unveiled the Cius Tuesday, a lightweight, 7-inch tablet based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system. Get the full story »
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Google to try again in China
Internet giant Google Inc said it plans to stop automatically redirecting users of its Google.cn site to its Hong Kong page, in a bid to secure renewal of the company’s China service license. Get the full story »
Tellabs shares up 8%
Tellabs Inc. shares increased 8 percent in early afternoon trading after losing ground in recent weeks on speculation AT&T would switch to cheaper routers from rival Cicso Systems Inc., causing it to lose business. Get the full story »
Internet addresses to accept Chinese script
Chinese speakers will soon be able to tap out Internet addresses in their own language after the agency that runs Internet addresses says it will start accepting Chinese script for domain names. Until recently, the suffix — the “.com” part of an address — had to use English characters, even though Chinese characters have sometimes been allowed for the rest of the Internet address.
Porn sites get closer to .xxx address
Porn sites have stepped closer to a new “.xxx” Internet address after the global Internet oversight agency said it made mistakes in rejecting it three years ago. The board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, says it will now start the process of registering “.xxx” by making checks on ICM Registry LLC, the company that wants to run it.
Rolling Stone late to post Gen. McChrystal piece
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From The New York Times | The explosive Rolling Stone article on Gen. Stanley McChrystal was not published on the magazine’s website, rollingstone.com, until 11 a.m. on Tuesday — and by that point, Politico and the Web site of Time magazine had posted PDF files of the article on their own websites before Rolling Stone could get its own article up. Rolling Stone then asked them to remove the PDFs. Will Dana, the magazine’s managing editor, said that the magazine did not always post articles online because it could make more money at the newsstand and that when it did, the articles were typically not posted until Wednesday. But other news organizations made that decision for him.
Google Voice released to public
Google Inc. said it will open its potentially disruptive Google Voice technology to the public. Get the full story »
Hulu in talks with CBS, others for paid TV shows
Free video website Hulu is in talks with CBS Corp, Viacom Inc and Time Warner Inc to add their television shows to its planned paid subscription service, Bloomberg reported, citing people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Get the full story »
Google to launch music service
Google Inc. is planning to launch an online music downloading service tied to its search engine, the Wall Street Journal reported, a move that would pit it against Apple Inc and its popular iTunes site.
Google’s plans are still vague, but it has been “stepping up conversations” about offering music services online as well as over mobile phones that use its Android operating system, the Journal said, citing people familiar with the company’s talks with the music industry. Get the full story »
Sears, Kmart to sell movies, music online
Sears Holdings Corp. Tuesday became the latest retailer to partner with digital media company Sonic Solutions to sell movies and television shows through an online Web site. Under Sonic’s latest multiyear deal, the operator of Sears and Kmart stores has licensed Sonic’s RoxioNow platform to sell digital entertainment under the Sears and Kmart brand names. Get the full story »
It’s an E-reader battle as Amazon cuts Kindle price
A price war is heating up in the electronic reader market, as Amazon cut the price of its Kindle e-reader below $200 Monday just after Barnes & Noble did the same with its competing Nook device.
The rapid-fire moves are fanning flames in the still-small but rapidly growing market that the book industry sees as a major part of its future.
On Monday afternoon, online retailer Amazon.com Inc. slashed the price of the Kindle by $70 to $189, just a few hours after bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc. reduced the price of the Nook by $60 to $199 and said it would also start selling a new Nook with Wi-Fi access for $149.
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Des Moines getting Microsoft data center
From the Des Moines Register | Microsoft Corp. said it plans to build a $100 million data center in West Des Moines, Iowa. City officials earlier told the state it was competing with Chicago and San Antonio for the project.
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FCC to vote today on broadband regulations
Associated Press | Federal regulators are reconsidering the
rules that govern high-speed Internet connections, wading into a
bitter policy dispute that could be tied up in court for years.
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday to
begin taking public comments on three different paths for regulating
broadband. That includes a proposal by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski,
a Democrat, to define broadband access as a telecommunications service
subject to “common carrier” obligations to treat all traffic equally.
