Technology Report: Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part

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	01/23/2012
Good afternoon Bit RIM's new CEO Thorsten Heins, who joined RIM in 2007 and previously served as a chief operating officer, said during a conference call that he would hone the current strategy rather than abandon it. "I don't think that there is some drastic change needed. We are evolving ... but this is not a seismic change," Heins said. RIM's U.S.-traded shares tumbled as investors wondered whether Heins could reverse the BlackBerry maker's decline, closing the day down 8.5 percent. The founder of file-sharing website Megaupload was ordered to be held in custody by a New Zealand court, as he denied charges of Internet piracy and money laundering and said authorities were trying to portray the blackest picture of him. U.S. authorities want to extradite Kim Dotcom, a German national also known as Kim Schmitz, on charges he masterminded a scheme that made more than $175 million in a few short years by copying and distributing music, movies and other copyrighted content without authorization. Megaupload's lawyer has said the company simply offered online storage. The Supreme Court ruled that police cannot put a GPS device on a suspect's car to track his movements without a warrant. The high court ruled that placement of a device on a vehicle and using it to monitor the vehicle's movements was covered by U.S. constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures of evidence. "A majority of the court acknowledged that advancing technology, like cellphone tracking, gives the government unprecedented ability to collect, store, and analyze an enormous amount of information about our private lives," Steven Shapiro of the American Civil Liberties Union said. YouTube is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, according to the company. Roughly 60 hours of video is now uploaded to YouTube every minute, compared with the 48 hours of video uploaded per minute in May, Google said. The jump in video views comes as Google pushes YouTube beyond the personal computer, with versions of the site that work on smartphones and televisions, and as the company steps up efforts to offer more professional-grade content on the site. The number of Americans owning a tablet computer or e-reader nearly doubled over the holiday period as Kindles, Nooks and iPads proved to be popular gifts, a new study found. In early January, 19 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew owned an e-reader, up from 10 percent in December, with identical results for tablets, according to a report released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. LATEST NEWS Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part January 23, 2012 03:39 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc coasts into 2012 with a strong wind in its sails, a clutch of envelope-pushing products in its hold, a record share price, and a steady hand at the tiller. | Full Article Music sales fall again in 2011, but optimism grows January 23, 2012 09:20 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Digital music revenues rose eight percent in 2011 to $5.2 billion, but it was not enough to prevent another annual decline in the overall market to $16.2 billion from $16.7 billion in 2010. | Full Article Nokia Siemens secures 1.2 billion euro loan: source January 23, 2012 03:43 AM ET (Reuters) - Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has raised more than 1.2 billion euros from a group of 14 European and U.S. banks as it looks to restructure the business and pay costs of a big redundancy program, a source close to the deal said on Monday. | Full Article EU's Reding says data fines not in focus January 23, 2012 01:59 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union will leave the setting of fines for breaching proposed new data protection laws largely to national bodies, European Commissioner Viviane Reding said after reports that the EU planned to fine companies up to 5 percent of their turnover. | Full Article Korean research, a first step toward Dr. Smartphone? January 23, 2012 12:38 PM ET SEOUL (Reuters) - Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that -- and perhaps even tell you that you have cancer. | Full Article BUSINESS NEWS Wall Street ends flat, eyes key earnings January 23, 2012 04:07 PM ET NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended little changed on Monday as investors took a pause from a recent rally, awaiting earnings from bellwethers such as Apple later in the week. | Full Article Kodak replaces chief restructuring officer January 23, 2012 03:29 PM ET (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co has replaced its chief restructuring officer on Monday, just a handful of days after it filed for bankruptcy protection. | Full Article Europe should boost bailout fund, consider euro bonds: Lagarde January 23, 2012 11:02 AM ET BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of the IMF called on European governments to boost the size of their rescue fund and consider financial risk-sharing steps like common euro zone bonds as a way out of their sovereign debt crisis. | Full Article Protests intensify as mortgage settlement nears January 23, 2012 02:25 PM ET (Reuters) - As state and federal officials near a deal with top banks to settle claims of foreclosure abuses, left-leaning activist groups have stepped up pressure on the officials to reach a deal that demands more from the banks. | Full Article Romney puts Gingrich on defensive before debate January 23, 2012 01:49 PM ET TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Monday sharpened his attacks on rival Newt Gingrich's business past and character ahead of a crucial debate in which Romney needs a strong performance to recharge his bid for the White House. | Full Article U.S. TOP NEWS Iran slams EU oil embargo and warns could hit U.S. Ex-CIA officer charged over classified leaks Chinese vice president Xi to visit White House February 14 U.S. flouts law at Guantanamo, despite Obama vow: U.N. 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