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Apple will ship iPad within 24 hours of ordering from its online store

August 30, 2010
Apple will ship iPad within 24 hours of ordering from its online store

Customers have had to deal with extended shipping wait times for the iPad pretty much since the Wi-Fi iPad began shipping on April 3, but Apple’s production appears to have recently caught up to demand. The company is now saying that it will ship the tablet within 24 hours of ordering from its online store....
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Sennheiser Brings Broadway-Quality Sound to Eastern Connecticut Opera House

August 30, 2010
Sennheiser Brings Broadway-Quality Sound to Eastern Connecticut Opera House

Goodspeed Musicals are Known for their Lively Performances and Intimate Ambience East Haddam, Conn. — Goodspeed Musicals’ productions are known throughout the country for their lively performances and intimate ambience. At the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, Conn., many audience members can get up-close looks at the actors’ incredibly detailed choreography and costumes....
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Google’s YouTube video site is in negotiations to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010

August 30, 2010
Google’s YouTube video site is in negotiations to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010

Google’s YouTube video site is in negotiations with Hollywood’s leading movie studios to launch a global pay-per-view video service by the end of 2010, putting it head-to-head with Apple in the race to dominate the digital distribution of film and television content. Google has been pitching to the studios on the international appeal of...
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Paul Allen Microsoft co-founder sues for patent infringement against Internet’s biggest names

August 30, 2010
Paul Allen Microsoft co-founder sues for patent infringement against Internet’s biggest names

Paul Allen Microsoft co-founder, has decided to wage a legal battle against just about everyone by claiming patent infringement against a number of the Internet’s biggest names. The saga revolves around a company that Allen founded in 1992, Interval Research. Now little more than a patent holding outfit, Interval has alleged that AOL, Apple,...
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Pentagon computers attacked

August 25, 2010
Pentagon computers attacked

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon says a foreign spy agency pulled off the most serious breach of Defense Department computer networks ever by inserting a flash drive into a U.S. military laptop. The previously classified incident took place in 2008 in the Middle East and was disclosed in a magazine article by Deputy Defense Secretary...
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New Version of Digg: “Digg v4″

August 25, 2010
New Version of Digg: “Digg v4″

Digg is relaunching today as it attempts to surge to greater heights — with an added focus on making the site better for publishers as well as users. Digg v4 will be rolling out over the next few hours, and brings some major changes that could totally change the dynamic of the site. The biggest...
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German government proposed new restrictions on employers’ use of Facebook profiles when recruiting

August 25, 2010
German government proposed new restrictions on employers’ use of Facebook profiles when recruiting

As part of the draft of a law governing workplace privacy, the German government on Wednesday proposed new restrictions on employers’ use of Facebook profiles when recruiting. The proposed law would allow managers to search for publicly accessible information about prospective employees on the Web and to view their pages on job-networking sites, like...
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Gmail is going Skype: adding telephone calls to its popular Gmail email application

August 25, 2010
Gmail is going Skype: adding telephone calls to its popular Gmail email application

Gmail is going Skype: adding telephone calls to its popular Gmail email application, and tying them together with its Google Voice app. Since 2005, Gmail users have been able to talk to each other using their computer’s microphone and speakers. (The service was called, appropriately, Google Talk.) But there was no way to call...
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The Goo Goo Dolls Out with Sennheiser and Neumann

August 25, 2010
The Goo Goo Dolls Out with Sennheiser and Neumann

Old Lyme, Conn. – The Goo Goo Dolls occupy a unique space in the music industry, having risen from a respectable decade in the underground to worldwide stardom. Now poised to release their ninth studio album, Something For The Rest Of Us, the Goo Goo Dolls are spending much of the summer selling out arenas. Veteran...
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Apple might Introduce 99-cent TV Show Rentals and iPod Touch

August 25, 2010
Apple might Introduce 99-cent TV Show Rentals and iPod Touch

At a September 7 press event Apple will introduce a 99-cent TV show rental offering, a new version of the iPod Touch with a higher-resolution screen, and a $99 version of the Apple TV set-top box, according to Bloomberg news. Bloomberg reports the Apple announcment’s big news will be the introduction of 99-cent television...
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