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Seattle (WA) - Starbucks has announced it plans to give away free music downloads across its entire US chain to promote the coffee house’s upcoming promotion with the iPod.
More than 10,000 stores will hand out a total of 1.5 millions songs per day from October 2 to November 7.  Customers will receive a “song of […]

Up till now, Microsoft has been very quiet about the nascent Web Office threat from Google. But today, in response to the news that IT systems consultancy CapGemini has partnered with Google to sell Google Apps Premier Edition (GAPE) to enterprises, Microsoft issued an email listing 10 “top questions that enterprises should ask when considering […]

Over half of online adults have used the Internet to watch or download video, and nearly a fifth do so on a typical day, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project’s online video study, conducted in February and March 2007.
Among Internet users with broadband access at both home and work, nearly three-quarters watched […]

Funny:
Sprint Nextel Corp, which recently launched an advertising campaign to attract new customers, is disconnecting more than 1,000 subscribers for calling its customer service lines too often and making what the company called unreasonable requests.
More at reuters.
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Some of you may have already seen this video along with some others that are around the Net, for those of you that haven’t you’ll really find this amazing.
Microsoft says “Surface represents a fundamental change in the way we interact with digital content” and it truly is awesome technology.
Surface features a 30 inch tabletop display […]

Shares of Yahoo! rose 4.6 percent in after-hours trading, after closing up 3 percent, following the Internet giant’s announcement that CEO Terry Semel was being replaced with co-founder Jerry Yang. Susan Decker, Yahoo!’s advertising chief and reputed heir apparent,was named president. Yang hasn’t run day-to-day operations in more than a decade. (MarketWatch) Semel led Yahoo!’s […]

A new version of the No. 3 Web browser aimed at Windows users could boost Apple’s share of a market dominated by Internet Explore (you can get it here).
Today Apple Chief Steve Jobs said his company has created a version of its No. 3-ranked Web browser, Safari, for Windows users, aiming to gain share in […]

It’s official: MySpace parent company Fox Interactive Media has formally announced its acquisitions of image-sharing site Photobucket and slideshow mashup creator Flektor. Financial terms of the purchases were not disclosed.
Both acquisitions had been rumored for some time. The Photobucket deal, originally reported earlier this month, is inarguably the more significant of the two: Photobucket, […]

 
3M Co. has developed a new material for use in the first transparent ATM cards.

3M said in a press release that its new infrared Vikuiti Clear Card Filter is powered by a proprietary multi-layer, infrared-light-blocking optical film from 3M. Laminated between two clear sheets of PVC, the film reflects the infrared (IR) light generated […]

CALEA deadline arrives: All broadband operators and VoIP providers — along with some universities and public libraries must make it easy for the government to conduct electronic surveillance of their networks as of today.  Read more…