Archive for June, 2008

Bloggers bemoan Zimbabwe's "stolen" election (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe listens to speeches at the African Union summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, June 30, 2008. (Asmaa Waguih - /Reuters)Reuters - President Robert Mugabe’s
re-election sparked cries of outrage from Zimbabwean bloggers
on Monday and demands for international intervention.

Online fashion firm ASOS shines in consumer gloom (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

An employee types on a computer keyboard with both Latin and Cyrillic letters in Sofia June 23, 2008. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)Reuters - Online fashion retailer ASOS shrugged
off the consumer downturn, posting a steep rise in annual
profit and a near doubling in first-quarter sales as it
benefits from the growing popularity of Internet shopping.

LVMH wins compensation from eBay in counterfeit case (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Reuters - A court in France ordered eBay Inc to pay
38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for
allowing the sale of counterfeit goods on its online auction
site.

Rhapsody Opens Fire Against ITunes With DRM-free MP3s (PC World)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

PC World - Rhapsody will sell MP3s in a new digital download store launched Monday for U.S. consumers.

Rhapsody to challenge iTunes by embracing the iPod (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A customer checks out Apple's iTunes in a file photo. Digital music seller Rhapsody is launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple's iTunes, offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday. (Kiyoshi Ota/Reuters)Reuters - Digital music seller Rhapsody is
launching a $50 million marketing assault on Apple’s iTunes,
offering songs online and via partners including Yahoo Inc and
Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody said on Monday.

Bloggers bemoan Zimbabwe's "stolen" election (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe listens to speeches at the African Union summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, June 30, 2008. (Asmaa Waguih - /Reuters)Reuters - President Robert Mugabe’s
re-election sparked cries of outrage from Zimbabwean bloggers
on Monday and demands for international intervention.

Laptops banned in Bhutan assembly over gaming fears (Reuters)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

A model poses with the new version of Asustek's low cost notebook 'Eee PC' during the 2008 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 4, 2008. (Nicky Loh/Reuters)Reuters - The national assembly in newly
democratic Bhutan has stopped lawmakers from bringing laptop
computers into the house for fear they might spend their time
playing computer games.

Verizon Wireless gets Rhapsody music subscriptions (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

The sign for the Verizon Wireless store is seen in Lakewood, Colorado September 11, 2007. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)AP - Cell phones are becoming more useful devices for listening to music. Verizon Wireless is introducing Rhapsody’s subscription music service Monday, allowing its customers to download as much music as they want to their phones for $15 per month.

Week in video-game news: 'Fallout 3' returns (AP)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

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How TMZ uses tech to get in your face (CNET)

Monday, June 30th, 2008

CNET - Alec Baldwin, Lindsay Lohan, and Kramer from Seinfeld may despise TMZ.com, but that hasn’t stopped the celebrity news site from bagging more blockbuster scoops the past two years than any competitor.