Technology Report: Sharp sets December e-reader launch

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Good afternoon Bit, MON 27 Sep 2010    Sharp sets December e-reader launch HP's Bradley says company spending on innovation iPhone 4 orders exceed 200,000 in China UAE sees BlackBerry issue solved before deadline U.S. single digital music sales flat this year: Nielsen Eurocopter unveils new-look helicopter Iran says Bushehr nuclear plant not damaged by Stuxnet France arrests 9 for mobile-phone codes fraud Welcome to Nokia, Mr. Elop Top tech firms settle employment probe Glowing new fluorescent angelfish Engineers test crowd control system From 'Dell Hell' to online outreach Sharp sets December e-reader launch September 27, 2010 11:43 AM ET TOKYO (Reuters) - Sharp Corp said on Monday it would launch an e-book service and tablet-style computer in Japan in December, taking on Apple Inc's iPad and domestic rival Sony's Reader. Full Article HP's Bradley says company spending on innovation September 27, 2010 03:13 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The chief of Hewlett-Packard's personal computer division said the company is spending appropriately on research and development, countering recent remarks by rival IBM. Full Article iPhone 4 orders exceed 200,000 in China September 26, 2010 11:31 PM ET HONG KONG (Reuters) - Pre-orders for Apple Inc's iPhone 4 in China have exceeded 200,000 units since the handsets went on sale on Saturday, China Unicom said, adding that it has stopped taking online orders because of strong demand. Full Article UAE sees BlackBerry issue solved before deadline September 26, 2010 05:21 AM ET ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates is "very optimistic" about reaching an agreement in a dispute with BlackBerry maker Research In Motion before an official deadline, a top Abu Dhabi official said. Full Article U.S. single digital music sales flat this year: Nielsen September 27, 2010 04:07 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The rapid rise of single digital music sales has stalled in the United States, the world's biggest and most important market, with sales in the first half of 2010 flat compared with a year before. Full Article Eurocopter unveils new-look helicopter September 27, 2010 02:10 PM ET MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - European group Eurocopter showed off a revolutionary winged helicopter on Monday, in a bid to counter U.S. rival Sikorsky's efforts to break the speed barrier by rewriting rotorcraft design rules. Full Article Iran says Bushehr nuclear plant not damaged by Stuxnet September 27, 2010 11:41 AM ET TEHRAN (Reuters) - A computer virus that experts said may have been created by a state did not affect Iran's nuclear plant or government systems, but did hit computers of staff at the plant and Internet providers, officials said on Sunday. Full Article France arrests 9 for mobile-phone codes fraud September 27, 2010 02:56 PM ET MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - French authorities have dismantled a cybercrime network and arrested nine people suspected of being involved in the illegal sale of codes used to unlock mobile phones, police said on Monday. Full Article Welcome to Nokia, Mr. Elop September 27, 2010 06:25 AM ET LONDON/HELSINKI (Reuters) - The company many see as among the most innovative in the world is a strange mix of intensity and laid-back cool. Its products are revolutionary and have transformed an entire industry, says the author of a definitive history of the firm. The mobile phones it makes, says one executive, are a perfect fusion of form and function, both "beautiful and practical". Full Article Top tech firms settle employment probe September 25, 2010 08:39 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google, Apple, Adobe Systems, Intel, Intuit and Disney's Pixar reached a settlement with the Justice Department that bars the companies from agreeing to not poach each other's top employees, the department said on Friday. Full Article

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