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Amazon offers $139 wireless Kindle for mass appeal (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:27 +0000

Reuters - Amazon.com launched a cheaper, wireless-only Kindle on Wednesday, betting that the $139 price will turn its latest electronic reader into a mass-appeal device as Apple Inc's iPad gains ground.

Obama seeks his "mojo" on daytime TV’s "The View" (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:14:15 +0000

Reuters - President Barack Obama tried to revive his common touch on Thursday with a mainly light-hearted appearance on daytime television where five women hosts grilled him about his Blackberry, Lindsay Lohan and the Afghan war.

Motorola Smartphone Sales Up Despite Mobile Loss (NewsFactor)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:51 +0000

NewsFactor - Motorola said it shipped 8.3 million cellular handsets in the second quarter -- including 2.7 million smartphones, or 400,000 more units than the company shipped in the prior quarter. Overall, the company said it earned $162 million -- up from $26 million in the same period last year.

Russia clamps down on Internet, Google frowns (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:13:27 +0000

Reuters - A court in Russia's far east has ordered an Internet provider to block five sites which it said disseminated extreme views, prompting U.S. Internet giant Google to say on Thursday the move restricted access to information.

Motorola 2nd-qtr results beat Street, shares rise (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:47:30 +0000

Reuters - Motorola Inc posted stronger-than-expected quarterly results on strength in its enterprise and network units, boosting its shares despite investors' frustration that its phone sales target wasn't raised.

Video game group spent $1.1M lobbying in 2Q (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:44:48 +0000

AP - The Entertainment Software Association, a trade group for video game companies, spent $1.1 million during the second quarter to lobby on the regulation of video game content, First Amendment protection, parental control technology and other issues, according to a recent disclosure report.

Motorola 2Q earnings climb, revenue stabilizes (AP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:39:50 +0000

AP - Motorola Inc. on Thursday reported a sharply higher profit for the second quarter and stabilized its long revenue decline as its strategy of focusing on smart phones like the Droid bore fruit.

Any BlackBerry “iPhone Killer” will need better access to apps (Appolicious)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:44:00 +0000

Appolicious - The new BlackBerry phone that Research In Motion (RIMM) and AT&T (T) are expected to unveil next week will need more than touch screen functionality and a slide-out keyboard to win back consumers who converted to the iPhone or Android-based devices.

Security pro harvests info on 100 million Facebook users (Christopher Null)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:11:51 +0000

Christopher Null - How easy would it be to compile a list of, say, 20 percent of Facebook's user base, including their full name, unique user ID and URL of their Facebook page? Awfully easy, it turns out.

Russian court bans YouTube over extremist videos (AFP)

Yahoo! News: Technology News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:08:09 +0000

AFP - A court banned access to popular video site YouTube in Russia's Far East because it contained a video that the Justice Ministry declared extremist, Russian newspapers reported Thursday.