2010年5月28日星期五

Technology Report: Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple

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Good afternoon Bit, THU 27 May 2010 
 
Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple
Facebook boosts privacy controls amid criticism
Another death at China iPhone maker's plant
German agency not satisfied with Facebook changes
Microsoft CEO unconcerned with Apple market cap
"Prince of Persia" leaps onto movie screens
AT&T: 40 percent of iPhone sales are to business users
Apple overtakes Microsoft as biggest tech company
Pakistan partially lifts block on YouTube: official
Penguin, Amazon resolve e-book pricing for Kindle


Sony to launch e-reader in Japan, take on Apple
May 27, 2010 07:59 AM ET
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Thursday it would launch an e-reader and online content distribution service in Japan by year-end, taking on rival Apple Inc whose iPad hits shelves in the country on Friday.

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Facebook boosts privacy controls amid criticism
May 26, 2010 07:55 PM ET
BOSTON (Reuters) - Facebook is beefing up privacy protections on the world's most popular online social network, addressing mounting pressure to better secure personal data exchanged among its nearly 500 million members.

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Another death at China iPhone maker's plant
May 27, 2010 09:10 AM ET
HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 10th employee of iPhone-maker Foxconn jumped to his death late Wednesday, just hours after the company's chairman promised to make life better for employees at the sprawling production site in southern China.

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German agency not satisfied with Facebook changes
May 27, 2010 01:40 PM ET
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's national consumer-protection agency may take legal measures against Facebook if it finds that the social network's new privacy controls do not meet German data-protection standards.

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Microsoft CEO unconcerned with Apple market cap
May 27, 2010 07:58 AM ET
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer was unperturbed a day after rival Apple Inc shot past his firm as the world's biggest tech company by market value and said his aim was to develop a good product line and earn more profits.

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"Prince of Persia" leaps onto movie screens
May 27, 2010 07:59 AM ET
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Long before Jake Gyllenhaal mastered parkour and sword fighting to bring Prince Dastan to life in new movie "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," video gamers held sway over the acrobatic hero.

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AT&T: 40 percent of iPhone sales are to business users
May 27, 2010 03:59 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Thursday that 40 percent of its iPhone sales since the beginning of the year have been to business customers, suggesting that the phone is encroaching on an area dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry.

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Apple overtakes Microsoft as biggest tech company
May 26, 2010 10:55 PM ET
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Apple Inc shot past Microsoft Corp as the world's biggest tech company based on market value on Wednesday, the latest milestone in the resurgence of the maker of the iPhone, which nearly went out of business in the 1990s.

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Pakistan partially lifts block on YouTube: official
May 27, 2010 02:25 AM ET
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has partially unblocked the popular video sharing website YouTube, but links to "sacrilegious or profane material" will remain restricted, a top government official said on Thursday.

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Penguin, Amazon resolve e-book pricing for Kindle
May 26, 2010 04:15 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Penguin books said on Wednesday it reached a deal with Amazon.com to again sell its new titles for Amazon's Kindle e-book reader in another step in book publishers' ongoing efforts to find profitable pricing models for e-books.

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