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iPhone came out and was priced for purchasers at $499. New iPhone comes out and I can buy it at $199. In Macland this [...]

Another change replaces the “minimum bid” price with an estimate for how much a particular advertiser would have to bid for ads to show on the first search page.

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Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

Attention advertisers: a promised change to Google’s AdWords quality-judging method will take effect in coming days.

The change adjusts Google’s [...]

If the Nevo S70 looks familiar, that’s because it’s an upgrade of the older Nevo SL model. That said, the company has promised “significantly improved battery life” on the S70 versus that earlier model. The ultra-high-end remote will most likely be employed by professional custom installers when it’s released later this year.
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Even though Morph is still in early development, Nokia believes that certain elements of the device could be used in high-end Nokia devices within the next seven years. And as the technology matures, nanotechnology could eventually be incorporated into Nokia’s entire line of products to help lower manufacturing costs.
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“Nokia Research Center is [...]

Opponents of Open XML said lobbying by Microsoft and its business partners was an attempt to manipulate the standards process in Microsoft’s favor. Microsoft executives, meanwhile, counter that IBM has been lobbying national standards bodies just as much to defeat ISO certification of open XML.

Microsoft was hoping to get the green light for a “fast [...]

Powerset iPhone Web App Demo from officialpowerset on Vimeo

Semantic search tool Powerset has put out a new
iPhone app this week. Those looking to search on the go can now use the service’s plain English searching capabilities to scour the entirety of Wikipedia and Freebase (coverage). The app comes after months of Powerset staff fumbling while [...]

Developed by DFT for Special Operations Forces, the 350psi regulated air source shoots the line out “in excess of 120 feet,” according to the company. “Minimizing complexity and emphasizing durability, T-PLS brings a much needed capability by mitigating noise and allowing the SOF operator to reach new heights in tactical climbing missions.”
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Previously: How I got burned by Twitter’s API, why it matters, and how to fix it.

On its Web site, OAuth is likened to a valet key given to a parking attendant–the key only allows access to, say, drive the
car, but doesn’t enable the trunk to be opened. “You give someone limited access to your car [...]

(a) Mr. Ellison, our Chief Executive Officer; Mr. (Jeff) Henley, our Chairman of the Board; Ms. (Safra) Catz, a President and our Chief Financial Officer; and Mr. (Charles) Phillips, a President, will each receive an award based on Oracle’s improvement in its pre-tax profit on a non-GAAP basis from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009. [...]

It’s no secret that many in Silicon Valley regard eBay’s 2005 acquisition of the telephony service as a $2.6 billion misstep. But new rumors, reported late Tuesday night on TechCrunch, suggest that eBay may be negotiating Skype-related partnerships with Google or even selling it outright.

This post was updated at 9:45am EDT with comment from Google.
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