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Study: Feds slow in getting records on Web
 
AP - Federal agencies have dragged their feet on implementing 10-year-old law that requires them to use the Internet to make government documents easily available, a new study says.
"Borat" DVD selling nicely in Kazakhstan
 
Reuters - Kazakhs are rushing to order Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Borat' on DVD from Amazon.co.uk, the online giant said.
Dynamics Gets its Own 'Duet'
 
PC World - Microsoft expands its ERP access with a tool to more closely integrate the enterprise and desktop.
Burton's "Nightmare" spurs digital 3-D growth
 
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - 'Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas 3-D' changed it all.
Bet on for fate of Heather Mills leg on dance show
 
Reuters - An online gambling site is taking bets on whether Heather Mills' artificial leg will fall off during her upcoming appearance on 'Dancing with the Stars.'
Philips agrees to sell TSMC shares in phases
 
AFP - Electronic giant Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to sell its shares in the world's biggest chip foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), in phases for an orderly exit from the company, a joint statement said Monday.
Stop surfing, make friends, Indian students told
 
Reuters - One of India's top engineering schools has restricted Internet access in its hostels, saying addiction to surfing, gaming and blogging was affecting students' performance, making them reclusive and even suicidal.
Going down: Get set for great camera deals
 
USATODAY.com - LAS VEGAS - This year you'll finally be able to get the digital camera you've always wanted, but couldn't afford. Popular digital SLR cameras from Canon and Nikon generally set you back around $1,000. But discounters will likely drive that down to $299 by year's end, says Chris Chute, an analyst at researcher IDC. That's just a tad higher than most people pay now for compact point-and-shoots.
Eisner to take on the Internet
 
USATODAY.com - NEW YORK - Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner built his career trying to identify and shape hit movies and TV shows. Now he's at it again, this time on the Internet. His investment firm, The Tornante Co., will announce Monday the formation of a studio, Vuguru, that will acquire and develop slickly written, produced and acted Web video.
Cisco, IBM Expand Support
 
PC World - Pair extend shared tech support services to dozens of markets.
Cisco, IBM to merge maintenance services abroad
 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. said on Monday they will combine technical support services for mutual customers, highlighting increasingly close ties between the network equipment maker and computer services company.
Philips drops stroboscopic backlight for flat TVs
 
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips has quietly dropped its advanced, blinking fluorescent backlights for flat televisions, and will instead focus on LED backlights which are smaller, the Dutch electronics group said on Monday.
Nokia sees India as 2nd biggest market by 2010
 
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Nokia expects India to become its second-largest market by volume by 2010, or even sooner, the world's top cell phone maker said on Monday.
Cable, telcos compete over wireless
 
AP - Two months ago, Fred Poteet walked into a Sprint store to resolve some technical problems with his cell phone service. When he walked out, he had a new wireless contract — with Cox Communications Inc., his cable TV operator.
Nokia sees India as 2nd biggest market by 2010
 
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE) expects India to become its second-largest market by volume by 2010, or even sooner, the world's top cell phone maker said on Monday.
Seagate's encrypted hard drives on route
 
AP - Seagate Technology LLC, the world's largest hard drive maker, announced Monday the first manufacturer to sell laptop PCs with its new built-in encryption technology.
Cisco, IBM to merge maintenance services abroad
 
Reuters - Cisco Systems Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. said on Monday they will combine technical support services for mutual customers, highlighting increasingly close ties between the network equipment maker and computer services company.
Canon to spend $254 million on output-tech R&D facility
 
TOKYO (Reuters) - Canon Inc. , the world's top camera and copier maker, said on Monday it will spend 30 billion yen ($253.5 million) on a research facility to develop new factory automation and other technology to cut production costs.
Intel Enters Market for Flash-Based Hard Drives
 
PC Magazine - Analysts began speculating late last week that Apple Inc., along with LG, may soon be releasing flash-based laptops later in the year. Today, news from Santa Clara-based Intel, the company that currently supplies Apple with its processors, may lend some credence to that assertion.
EU Calls To Break Apple's iTunes-iPod Link
 
NewsFactor - The European Union's Consumer Protection Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, has lashed out at Apple, claiming that the company's strategy of bundling iTunes and iPods together is unfair to consumers.
Seagate Ships Super-Secure Hard Disk Drive
 
PC World - ASI Computer Technologies will use the automatically encrypted Momentus in a laptop.
Samsung Boosts Cell Phone Memory to 8GB
 
PC World - The new, high-capacity flash memory chip could store 2000 songs on a mobile phone.
Egyptian court rejects blogger's appeal
 
Reuters - An Egyptian appeals court on Monday upheld a 4-year jail sentence against a blogger convicted of insulting Islam and President Hosni Mubarak.
Does Free Domain Registration Promote Malware?
 
PC World - Easy, anonymous registration boosts sites used for spamming or hosting malicious apps, McAfee says.
Microsoft Boosts Convergence
 
PC World - Partnerships to develop Dynamics enterprise apps highlight this week's conference.
Nokia sees replacement sales role up in 2007
 
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , the world's largest cell phone maker, expects replacement sales of cell phones to continue gaining share of the total market in 2007, it said in its filing with U.S. officials on Monday.
Tight-lipped Russians prove challenge for cell phone operator
 
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's top cell phone operator MTS , hopes to convince customers to get over their reticence to talk and text, executives said on Monday.
Philips cuts stake in TSMC semiconductors
 
AFP - Dutch electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics said Monday it had cut its stake in the world's biggest chip foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), as part of plans to divest its holding in the group.
Nokia sees replacement sales role up in 2007
 
Reuters - Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest cell phone maker, expects replacement sales of cell phones to continue gaining share of the total market in 2007, it said in its filing with U.S. officials on Monday.
Eisner launches Internet video studio Vuguru
 
Reuters - An investment firm run by former Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Michael Eisner has launched a studio that will produce and distribute videos for the Internet, portable media devices and cell phones, as Hollywood strives to reach tech-savvy viewers online.
Tight-lipped Russians prove challenge for cell phone operator
 
Reuters - Russia's top cell phone operator MTS , hopes to convince customers to get over their reticence to talk and text, executives said on Monday.
World's biggest high-tech fair looks back to the roots
 
AFP - The world's biggest high-tech fair, the CeBIT, kicks off Thursday spotlighting a host of gadgets ready to change the world of work and play.
Samsung Debuts 8-GB Flash for Phones
 
NewsFactor - Someday soon, many cell phones might store as many as 2,000 songs -- or enough map data for a built-in GPS to steer you any place on the planet.
Seagate Ships Encrypted 2.5-Inch Drives
 
NewsFactor - In a first-to-market move, Seagate Technology is now shipping its new 2.5-inch notebook PC hard drives with built-in encryption technology. ASI Computer Technologies will be the first laptop manufacturer to incorporate the technology into its hardware.
Samsung Ships 8-Gbyte NAND Flash
 
PC Magazine - Samsung Electronics said Monday that it had begun shipping an 8-Gbyte NAND flash memory module, signaling the next generation of flash-based MP3 players and other devices.
Few woes mark computers' daylight shift
 
AP - This weekend's early switch to daylight-saving time was billed as a little re-enactment of the Y2K computer problem at the turn of the millennium. And as it happened, the daylight bug appeared to have equally minor results.
GoDaddy Servers Weather Denial-of-Service Attack
 
PC World - The domain registrar and hosting firm reports disrupted service Sunday from distributed denial-of-service attacks.
Intel Introduces New Quad-Core Xeons
 
NewsFactor - Intel's lower-powered -- but high-power -- quad-core microprocessors go on sale Monday. Drawing only 50 watts for each quad-core processor, the L5320 and L5310 require as much as 60 percent less power than the company's existing 80-watt and 120-watt quad-core server products.
GE Debuts a Slew of Digital Cameras
 
NewsFactor - One of the most noted brands behind kitchen appliances and washing machines is going small. GE, known for "bringing good things to life," is hoping to bring good things to photographers. The company has expanded its consumer electronics division to include digital cameras.
Samsung Intros 8-GB Flash for Phones
 
NewsFactor - Someday soon, many cell phones might store as many as 2,000 songs -- or enough map data for a built-in GPS to steer you any place on the planet.
EU Calls To Break Apple's iTunes-iPod Link
 
NewsFactor - The European Union's Consumer Protection Commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, has lashed out at Apple, claiming that the company's strategy of bundling iTunes and iPods together is unfair to consumers.
Can Nintendo's Mii Concept Kill MySpace?
 
NewsFactor - Real-world body image concerns are bad enough, but what happens when the rest of the planet starts dissing how your Nintendo avatar looks? According to senior Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto, users of the popular Wii console soon will be able to find just what others think of their online appearance.
IBM's Palmisano paid $18.8M last year
 
AP - IBM Corp. Chairman and CEO Samuel J. Palmisano collected compensation worth $18.8 million in 2006, a year in which the company posted record profits and enjoyed a rebound in the stock market.
U.N: Cybersquatting complaints rise
 
AP - The U.N. copyright agency that arbitrates more than half the world's 'cybersquatting' cases saw a 25 percent increase in complaints last year.
AOL partners with PointRoll on new ads
 
AP - Internet company AOL said Monday it is partnering with a unit of Gannett Co. to offer new forms of interactive advertising that incorporate audio and video elements.
NBC, Sports Illustrated team up on Web video
 
Reuters - Sports Illustrated magazine and NBCSports.com said on Monday they will share video, news and photography on their Web sites.
Texas Instruments tightens 1Q outlook
 
AP - Texas Instruments Inc., the leading maker of chips for cell phones, tightened its profit and sales outlook for the first quarter on Monday.
Clock ticking for analog televisions
 
AP - Attention owners of primitive TVs: If you still use an antenna to watch 'American Idol,' your picture will disappear at midnight on Feb. 17, 2009, unless you buy something called a digital converter box.
The Caveman: Evolution of a Character
 
AdWeek.com - Three years ago, the creative team at The Martin Agency was tasked with driving traffic to Geico's Web site, where consumers could get free rate quotes. They settled on promoting how easy the site was to use. But how to communicate that?
IBM Starts Producing Advanced Cell Microprocessor
 
PC World - IBM Corp. has started production of a more advanced version of the Cell microprocessor, the chip it developed with Sony Corp. and Toshiba Corp.
Will Mills' leg fall off on dance show? Place your bets
 
AFP - An online gambling site is inviting macabre bets on whether Heather Mills' prosthetic leg will fall off during her participation in US television show "Dancing with the Stars."
McAfee Says Vista's StickyKeys Could Be Misused
 
PC World - A Windows feature designed to simplify computing for disabled users could be misused in Vista, a McAfee Inc. researcher reported Monday.
Disney to launch Web site aimed at moms
 
AP - The Walt Disney Co. is launching a new Web site aimed at moms who are increasingly turning to the Internet for answers to everything from problems with teething babies to financing college.
China looks to rein in bloggers
 
Reuters - China will intensify controls of the growing numbers of bloggers using the Internet to lay bare their thoughts, politics and even bodies, the country's chief censor has announced.
Microsoft to Offer 'MySpace' for Business Apps Users
 
PC World - Software giant introduces first in a series of online communities for its Dynamics apps users.

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