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<title>CrunchGear Reviews the Samsung SC-MX20: $250 HD Camcorder</title>
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At $249, the Samsung SC-MX20 falls delicately between cheap flash-based camcorders and more expensive hard drive-based camcorders. It strips down some features that may not be necessary in the first place – high definition video, still photos, etc. – but adds something that most less expensive flash camcorders don’t have: an optical zoom. A big optical zoom, too, at 34x. That, coupled with long battery life, user-friendly codec support, and relatively low price make the SC-MX20 a winner. ]]></description>
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<title>MySpace And HP Team Up To Help You Print Out Those Drunken Photos</title>
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MySpace has partnered with computer giant Hewlett-Packard to introduce a number of new print options to the popular social networking site.  Beginning in November, users will be able to click an HP-branded "Print" box embedded on their MySpace pages to access a printer-friendly version of any portion of their profile that can be printed from their home printer.  The announcement was made today by MySpace co-founder and CEO Chris DeWolfe and HP EVP of Imaging and Printing Vyomesh Joshi at HP's Imaging and Printing Conference in San Diego. 

Being able to print anything seems a little excessive - I can't imagine wanting to print out anyone's MySpace profile, and running promotions to print across the entire site isn't very green either.  I wonder if MySpace's official Green site Our Planet will include the Print widget, too.]]></description>
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<title>Facebook Rolls Out Live Search&#x2026;Wait, Where&#x2019;d It Go? Oh, There It Is.</title>
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Update: Web search is now back, as is Facebook's post about it. See our observations below.

It's been a long time coming, but it appears as though Facebook finally has begun integrating Live Search into its main search bar, thereby providing web search in addition to its preexisting profile search capabilities.  

The functionality appeared earlier today for users, only to disappear again. Facebook published an official post about it only to take that down as well . Microsoft's own post, however, can still be found here.
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Mozilla has posted more information about Geode, the Labs plugin we foreshadowed yesterday that helps websites detect your current location. Geode is also now available for download here.

Geode is a forerunner to Firefox's future implementation of the W3C Geolocation Specification, a standard that (once universally implemented) will allow websites to serve up localized content and services within any browser. Mozilla plans to let the user determine how they want to reveal their location (via GPS, WiFi, manual entry, or other methods) and how specific they want that information to be (exact location, neighborhood, city, etc). ]]></description>
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<title>Google Reminds You That Knol Exists With New Policy Debates</title>
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Google launched Knol, a monetizable Wikipedia, last July, and since then most people seem to have either forgotten about it entirely or decided that it will never be as good as its Wiki predecessor.

Today the site is launching a new section called Knol Debates, and while I don't think it will ever get me to use the site as a reference encyclopedia, it's a great idea.  Google has brought together economists from the Cato Institute and the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) who have written their opinions regarding the current economic climate.  Users are encouraged to participate in the conversation by leaving their comments, reviews, and suggested modifications to the original arguments.

Google is also allowing users to vote on future topics for Knol debates with its recently launched Google Moderator tool.  For more information, check out the announcement on Google's official blog.]]></description>
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ZoomProspector, the free site that allows businesses to search nationwide for the best places to relocate, has launched to the public.  When we first introduced the site in April, we likened it to a Zillow for businesses.

ZoomProspector rates cities across the country by a number of relevant criteria, including proximity to airports, commute times, demographics, or the availability of venture capital in the area (you can also choose to exclude some of these items if they aren't important to you).  One of the more useful search functions is the ability to see what other businesses operate in the vicinity, so businesses can determine if they're going to be working close to a competitor, or even a potential client.  Once a business has found an appropriate city, it can view individual properties that have been added by real estate agents.
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Instead of dwelling on whether an economic apocalypse is about to loom upon us, some startups are plugging away at improving their products. Israeli Kampyle is a case-in-point. Today the company is extending its feedback analytics platform from websites to client software—with a specific focus on the installation process, a major pain point for client applications.]]></description>
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<title>How Low Can Google Go?  Stock Drops Another 5 Percent to $350 Territory.</title>
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Tech stocks continue to get creamed this morning, led by Google, whose stock is now officially a dropping knife (i.e., good luck catching it).  Shares are down 5 percent so far today to about $353 (at one point they dipped as low as $350.  That's more than a $50 drop since Friday and the lowest the stock has traded since March, 2006.   The question on investor's minds: How low can it go?

Even though Google is the best positioned Internet (or media) company to weather a slowdown in advertising spending, analysts have started cutting back their earnings estimates for the company.  As for overall ad spending, Barclays Capital is trimming its estimates for both overall and Internet ad spending.  Total ad spending in the U.S. (including cable and broadcast TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, Yellow Pages, direct mail, Internet, and outdoor) it forecasts will decline 3.6 percent this year to $284 billion and then another 5.5 percent in 2009 to $269 billion.  Of that total, Barclays is still estimating that Internet ad spending will grow 17 percent to $24.8 billion in 2008.  But that represents a $1.4 billion haircut from its previous 2008 estimate of $26.2 billion.  (It expects 2009 Internet ad spending to grow another 14 percent to $28.3 billion).

Although search advertising is most likely to hold up in the coming advertising recession, it's growth rate is expected to slow down.  Nevertheless, display advertising is expected to get the worst of it, which means less growth for Google's DoubleClick business, but should hurt Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft more.  That's why some analysts are still bullish on Google.  In a note today, Barclays Doug Anmuth writes:]]></description>
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It seems that Microsoft's SLPS, a programming suite for adding licensing and demo functionality to your .NET based software, is closed, adding a whiff of mystery to the down-turn. Could they have taken it out back and shot it?

The service is currently not accepting new orders - at least as of last night - so either there is an upgrade afoot or Microsoft is paring back some of their less popular business units. Companies like Nalperion and CryptKey are obviously ready to step into the vacuum left by Redmond.

UPDATED with comment from Microsoft]]></description>
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<title>April Fools Check: Did Google Really Release Mail Goggles?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I looked at the blog post and then I looked at the date. No, it's not April Fools and yes Google did just release a new product, created by Jon Perlow, called Mail Goggles. The new feature, which is a play on the term Beer Goggles (which refers to being so drunk that unattractive people look attractive) has the goal of helping you unsend those crazy drunken emails that sometimes go out late at night and on weekends.
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<title>MyPunchbowl 2.0 Launches With Gorgeous Custom Invitation Editor</title>
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MyPunchBowl, an eVite competitor that opened its doors early last year, has launched a '2.0' version of its site that features a revamped interface and a very impressive custom invitation creator.

MyPunchBowl CEO Matt Douglas says that his team has integrated improvements throughout the site for the new release, including an enhanced address book, the ability to send test invites (to make sure they appear correctly in mail clients), and various UI changes.  And while these features are welcome additions to the site, the site's most significant release is easily its invitation Design Studio.

Douglas, who worked at Adobe for years, says that his team has created a card designer that is similar in many ways to Adobe's Photoshop.  While the designer has a very intuitive and simple interface, it allows users to manipulate layer opacity, color, and texture with very little effort.  Users are offered a library of pre-made cards as well as some basic templates, all of which can be customized to include user-defined text, fonts, and colors.  While many users will simply choose one of the pre-fabricated cards, the flexibility afforded by the designer will definitely appeal to a large portion of MyPunchBowl's userbase.
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<description><![CDATA[ A recent update to the net-connected Chumby device adds Pandora Radio as an option under the Music menu. Check out the above video for a quick demonstration of everything. It’s pretty straightforward – you’ll need to reboot your Chumby to get it to show up initially but once that’s done, you’ll find the Pandora option amongst the other available music sources.   Then, simply enter your Pandora username and password and you’ll have access to your stations. You can create new stations straight from your Chumby device and they’ll show up on Pandora.com as well.]]></description>
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<title>appssavvy Raises $3.1 Million To Connect Social Media Developers, Advertisers</title>
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appssavvy, a company that aims to help pair developers on social media platforms with advertisers and brands, has closed a $3.1 million Series A funding round led by TRUE Ventures.  Also joining the round is About.com founder Scott Kurnit.

appssavvy reports that it has worked with 100 developers on the Facebook platform who account for 500 applications, as well as developers working on OpenSocial, Bebo, and a number of other social networks.  Because there are so many developers and applications available across these social networks, it can be hard for advertisers to find an appropriate match for their brands.  appssavvy acts as a middleman between these developers and major corporations like Fox and Adidas, giving developers ad revenue and offering brands targeted advertising.  

appssavvy has a number of competitors, including SocialMedia, Lookery, and Cubics.]]></description>
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Netvibes, the site that lets users customize their homepages with a variety of widgets, has partnered with Rambler.ru to bring its widgets to the massive Russian web portal.  Rambler is the Yahoo of Russia, with an estimated 40 million users and 3 billion monthly pageviews.  The deal is being described as "multi-year" and worth "multi-millions", but further details haven't been disclosed.  Netvibes availability on Rambler.ru is expected to begin in November.

This marks the first time Netvibes has licensed its platform for installation and distribution to an independent third party, and probably won't be the last.  In order to stay competitive with other widget hubs like iGoogle, Netvibes would do well to spur its growth by offering its widgets to other region-specific portals (that said, Netvibes has been doing well, with a reported 500 million widgets served montly).  According to the press release, the Rambler homepage will include Google Search, Blinx video search, and a number of Russian services like Price.ru.
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<title>Sugar High: Sugar Inc Launches API And IMDB For Fashion</title>
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Sugar Inc, the company behind a network of popular women-focused blogs that includes PopSugar, is announcing two major releases tonight that take advantage of its fashion-hungry userbase.  The first, dubbed PopSugar's CelebStyle, is positioning itself as an IMDB for style, analyzing outfits from many of television's most popular shows.  Sugar Inc is also announcing a new ShopStyle API, which gives developers access to the site's massive database of clothing and accessories which can be used in any variety of applications.  Here's a breakdown of both announcements:]]></description>
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<title>Fight Spam With A Direct Message To Twitter</title>
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There doesn't appear to have been an official announcement, but Twitter has begun soliciting spam reports to a "spam" user account via direct messages.

Are you a victim of Twitter spam? Just begin following @spam and send it a direct message with the username of your spammer. As the following email autoresponse to spam reporters instructs, you can send these direct messages from your mobile phone or opt for a public tweet as well:]]></description>
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<title>Geode: The New Geo-Tagging Project From Mozilla Labs</title>
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Tomorrow Mozilla will launch a new geotagging project called Geode into Mozilla Labs that promises to leverage your physical location to enhance your overall browsing experience. More details will be provided in a post tomorrow, but this is what we know already:]]></description>
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<title>Forget The Blackberry &#x201C;Application Center.&#x201D;  The BerryStore Will Have Better Apps.</title>
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As Research in Motion prepares to open its Blackberry Application Center to answer the iPhone's App Store, an unaffiliated startup called the BerryStore has already launched a competing app store for Blackberry Apps.  What makes it better than the official BlackBerry App Center (besides the name), is that apps in the BerryStore work across both old and new BlackBerries alike (not just the upcoming BlackBerry Storm), and across carriers.  The BlackBerry App center, in contrast, is designed to be a carrier-specific store, with different apps for different carriers.  

AYou can download the BerryStore as an app itself by visiting www.berrystore.com on your BlackBerry. (The App Center will require users to download apps through their Blackberry browsers, which is not the best experience). Already there are about 40 apps in the store, ranging from Loopt, 3Jam, and TwitterBerry to Obopay, Citysense, and Google Mobile. All of them are currently free, although the company plans on offering paid apps in the future.  Developers can get more details about how to submit apps or the BerryStore here.

Below is a list of each app currently in the BerryStore with a short description:]]></description>
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<title>What Does the Slow-Down Mean for Gadget Lovers?</title>
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With news of doom and gloom coming at us from every side I would like to take a moment to look at the market as it stands and assess what a slow-down/recession will mean for us, the gadget obsessed.

To recap, we are in this mess because of what amounts to a credit freeze. Companies that once could request "cash" to cover overnight expenses - we're talking millions and billions of dollars worth of cash - are now told they can only withdraw a significant percentage less than they were previously allowed to access. This, in turn, reduces capital expenditures and slows hiring - if you can't get a quick loan you can't cover a new factory or a make a bigger payroll. This, in turn, slows large purchases and raises unemployment which, in turn, makes us all freak out. 
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<title>Apple Met Goal of 10 million iPhones Sold in 2008</title>
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By using some fairly interesting IMEI collection, the folks at Mac Observer have found that Apple sold 10 million iPhones in 2008, reaching and potentially surpassing Steve's original stated goal. By looking at phones sold over the last few months, Mac Observer's "Apple Finance Board" found that the phone has gone through nine 1 million unit runs. Adding this to the known sales they found the total number was far above analyst expectations.]]></description>
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<title>Meet Mark Zuckerberg In Munich, Tomorrow</title>
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Attention all TechCrunch readers in Munich: here's your chance to meet Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.  (Hmm, I wonder if he'll be making some sort of announcement).  He will be giving a speech at a closed, invite-only event on Tuesday evening, October 7 at Amiando headquarters.  Amiando CEO Felix Haas is offering to give admission to one lucky TechCrunch reader.  (That's right, only one). Explains Haas in an e-mail:

Mark will give a speech to the selected guests about Facebook’s plans for Europe and Germany. After the speeches and an extensive Q&#038;A session with Mark Zuckerberg there will be plenty of time to get-together with Mark at dinner &#038; drink.  I want to offer admission for one of your readers.

All you have to do to apply is explain why you want to meet Zuckerberg in comments.  The person with the best reason gets a ticket.  (Put in your real e-mail address so Felix can contact you in case you win).  ]]></description>
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<title>SimplyBox: Drag-And-Drop Clips Of The Web For Research, Sharing</title>
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Web bookmarks are badly in need of an overhaul.  Sure, they're fine for jumping to the dozen or so sites you visit on a daily basis, but they quickly become unwieldy whenever they're used for research purposes.  Folders of bookmarked job listings or apartment openings on Craigslists become practically useless as you frequently need to revisit them to remind yourself why you bookmarked them in the first place.

Tonight sees the launch of SimplyBox, a San Francisco-based startup that allows users to clip portions of websites in a visual way, overcoming some of the shortcomings of traditional bookmarks.  SimplyBox is currently available as plugins for Internet Explorer and Firefox, with a Safari version on the way.  The site will go live at 6 PM PST tonight.

To use SimplyBox, you hit the "Box and Save" button in the browser toolbar, which turns your mouse arrow into a targeting cursor and displays a series of "boxes" at the bottom of the screen.  After highlighting the portion of the page you'd like to save for later, you drag it into the box you'd like to store it in.  The whole process is very intuitive and only takes a few seconds.
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GameFly, which is perhaps most easily explained as the NetFlix of the gaming world, today launched a new version of their site specifically optimized for mobile handsets. 
Through the magic of user agent detection, getting to the mobile site is a one step process: just type  the standard GameFly.com address into the browser of any mobile handset. Once there, users can search through the GameFly library, order games, switch up their "GameQ" queue, read reviews, and manage their account.]]></description>
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On the same day the public markets are tanking because of the spreading credit crisis, we see one of the biggest M&#38;A exits of the year with eBay acquiring Bill Me Later for $945 million ($820 million in cash, plus an extra $125 million in options).  The only other tech exits of this size in 2008 were Sun buying MYSQL for $1 billion (which involved less cash and more options), AOL buying Bebo for $850 million.  This is for a company that lets consumers defer payment when they buy things online.  Remember, loose credit is part of the reason we are in the current economic mess.

So is Bill Me Later part of the problem or part of the solution? I put that question to Michael Kwatinetz, the former Wall Street tech analyst who is now a partner at Azure Capital, the biggest shareholder in Bill Me Later.  He explained to me how Bill Me Later works, and how it actually has more stringent credit controls than most credit cards:

The problem is people who can’t afford to pay for things are financing things. If you have the proper controls, you don’t allow that to happen. 

We don’t grant credit limits. We grant credit on a transaction basis. If you are somebody who is not paying us, or running up your bills in other places, we don’t grant credit.

Traditional credit cards, in contrast, let you run up your bill up to a pre-determined credit limit.  With each transaction, BillMeLater check your credit score, credit outsanding, status with credit agencies, and a few other criteria.  And it either approves your credit or it doesn't for each purchase in less than three seconds.  Kwatinetz says that the company tightened its lending policies about a year ago, and claims that the nonpayment rate is "probably the lowest of anyone on the Web."
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<description><![CDATA[SearchMe, a new Sequoia-backed search engine that launched in March, isn't happy with some of the screen shots that have been seen around the Internet promoting Yahoo's new BOSS (“Build Your Own Search Service”) product.

In particular, this shot, which was included in a CNET article, shows what appears to be SearchMe's search interface (itself borrowed from Apple's iTunes album browser) with the logo cut off (compare it to this). CNET describes the screen shot as "One idea Yahoo showed for BOSS: show miniature versions of the Web pages returned by search results."

To be fair to Yahoo, the screen shot was included in a press briefing document (the slide, which I also received, is shown below) and Yahoo was using it only as an example to show how the service worked. Yahoo has also said that they reached out to SearchMe to discuss a partnership, as they've done with scores of other companies. In the briefing, Yahoo didn't specifically call attention to the slide, and it was made clear to journalists (or at least me) that the product wasn't made for front end design, just as a search web service.]]></description>
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<title>Technical Analysis: It&#x27;s the Uptick Rule, Stupid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An SEC decision in July 2007 could well be contributing to the current financial crisis.
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<description><![CDATA[But even AMD's big early gains faded as global financial fears continue to spread.
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<title>AMD Dumps Fabrication Plants</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Long-hinted strategy comes into the open as the company spins off its manufacturing arm as a separate business.
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<title>Anatomy of Facebook&#x27;s Facelift</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Despite criticism of new design, social network sticks to its guns.
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<title>The Buzz: BlackBerry App Store Seen Next</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Consumer market success is tied to accessible secure software, say experts.
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<title>Search Ads: Chilly Economy&#x27;s Silver Lining?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Analyst cuts projections for online ad spending, but search marketers say their segment is holding strong. Is Google-Yahoo the greater concern?
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<title>Big IT Decisions for the Small-Minded</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The tech world is distracted with petty squabbling &#150; like PCs vs. Macs &#150; when larger issues need attention.
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<title>Fears Spread About Online Bank Runs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[With the rise in Internet banking, officials at home and abroad caution about how rapidly Web users can spur massive withdrawals after a loss of confidence in their bank.
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<title>AMD to Spin Off Manufacturing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The beleaguered chipmaker's long-awaited "Asset Smart" strategy makes its debut as it seeks to better compete with Intel.
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<title>GOP Laptop Stolen After Missouri Break-in</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Political dirty tricks afoot in Missouri?
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<title>Apple Jumps to 17% of Smartphone Market</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The newcomer to the scene has grabbed a lot of territory fast, but don't think RIM will just roll over.
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<title>Investing in Mobile&#x27;s Future</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In the wireless realm, relevant content is king, experts say. Or at least, it will be as devices improve and models become clarified.
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<title>SAP Shares Slide on Earnings Warning</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Like other IT companies, the software vendor, already locked in a tussle with Oracle, is hit by the financial crisis.
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<title>Stocks Battered as Financial Crisis Spreads to Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[European bank troubles and a warning from SAP sent stocks tumbling once again on Monday.
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<title>Cox Cleared in Verizon VoIP Patent Suit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Unlike its earlier case against Vonage, Verizon's claim of patent infringement on Internet telephony against Cox hits the skids.
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<title>Yahoo, Google Delay Ad Deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[As antitrust concerns persist, companies agree to postpone controversial search-advertising partnership.
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<title>Is .NET on Linux Finally Ready?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Novell releases Mono 2.0 with compatibility for Microsoft .NET 2.0 but Novell execs admit it still some catching up to do.
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<title>Arms Race Continues in SOA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[HP and IBM load up on new features while refining their focuses -- each aiming to cash in on the appeal for software-oriented architecture.
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<title>Portuguese Bank Offers &#x27;McCain/Obama&#x27; Deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Under novel interest scheme, investment returns rise and fall with candidates' political fortunes.
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