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Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:43:30 GMT

FILE - In this June 8, 2009 file photo, Apple interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook smiles before the start of the the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for 'outstanding performance' running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.  Timothy Cook will also receive 75,000 restricted stock units scheduled to vest in 2011 and 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for "outstanding performance" running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.


Privacy issues nix Netflix movie-picking contest (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:50:54 GMT
AP - Netflix has canceled a sequel to a $1 million contest to improve its movie recommendations.
Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:11:20 GMT
AP - A federal court Friday upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make sports programming and other channels they own available on equal terms to rival TV providers such as satellite companies.
No .xxx yet: Internet agency delays porn decision (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:47:23 GMT
AP - Porn Web sites can't park themselves at a ".xxx" address quite yet.
Chinese minister insists Google obey the law (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:32:26 GMT

Li Yizhong, Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology, gestures during a press conference in Beijing Friday, March 12, 2010. Li, China's top Internet regulator, insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or 'pay the consequences,' giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)AP - China's top Internet regulator insisted Friday that Google must obey its laws or "pay the consequences," giving no sign of a possible compromise in their dispute over censorship and hacking.


Lenovo says business will focus on mobile Internet (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:38:53 GMT

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday May 25, 2006, a Chinese model uses a mobile phone to control a robot made by Chinese computer maker Lenovo at a high-tech exhibition in Beijing, China.   Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday, March 12, 2010. (AP Photo, File)AP - Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday.


Reported cyberfraud losses double in 2009: FBI (Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:41:55 GMT

People use computers at an Internet cafe in Changzhi, north China's Shanxi province June 20, 2007. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Reported losses from Internet fraud more than doubled in 2009, with scams that falsely used the FBI's name generating the most complaints, the law enforcement agency said on Friday.


Microsoft Xbox 360 Leads Gaming Sales in February (NewsFactor)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:02:50 GMT
NewsFactor - Microsoft's Xbox 360 video-game console moved to the top of the U.S. market in February. The software giant's console had been number two behind the Nintendo Wii for nearly three years.
iPad Will Read Books Aloud, Support Open EPUB Format (NewsFactor)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:22 GMT
NewsFactor - Eager to be the first on your block with an iPad? Apple started taking orders for the tablets on Friday. Wi-Fi models running from $499 to $699 will be available on April 3; 3G models, costing $629 to $829, won't be available until late April.
Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:44:05 GMT
AP - THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.
GDC: AFK Interactive Brings the MMO Experience to Your Phone (PC World)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:32:00 GMT
PC World - Some of you World of Warcraft addicts may be familiar with Blizzard's Armory app for iPhone that lets you keep track of your character and guild, and generally blurs the line between your online and offline world. Running with that same concept is AFK Interactive, which has created a mobile development platform that will bring similar functionality to all kinds of mobile phones, including "dumb" ones.
Apple COO gets $22 million reward as Jobs stand-in (Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:25:05 GMT
Reuters - Apple Inc has awarded its chief operating officer a bonus valued at $22 million for leading the company while Chief Executive Steve Jobs was on 6-months' medical leave last year.
QAD shares slide after 4th-quarter revenue drops (AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:39:31 GMT
AP - Shares of QAD Inc. sank Friday after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue and predicted another drop for the first quarter.
RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed (AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:47:52 GMT
AP - RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed.
Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million dollars (AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:51 GMT

Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.


Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux (PC World)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:16:00 GMT
PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
Anticipation Grows as Apple Takes Orders for IPad (PC World)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:20:15 GMT
PC World - Apple started taking orders for the iPad tablet Friday, with early adopters rushing to order one of the most hotly anticipated products in recent memory.

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 Word of the day 

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 12, 2010 is:

sub rosa • \sub-ROH-zuh\  • adverb
: in confidence : secretly

Example sentence:
The private investigator met sub rosa with his client to show her photos of her husband rendezvousing at various local establishments with another woman.

Did you know?
"Sub rosa" literally means "under the rose" in New Latin. Since ancient times, the rose has often been associated with secrecy. In ancient mythology, Cupid gave a rose to Harpocrates, the god of silence, to keep him from telling about the indiscretions of Venus. Ceilings of dining rooms have been decorated with carvings of roses, reportedly to remind guests that what was said at the table should be kept confidential. Roses have also been placed over confessionals as a symbol of the confidentiality of confession. "Sub rosa" entered the English language in the 17th century, and even before then, people were using the English version, "under the rose." Earlier still, "unter der Rose" was apparently used in Germany, where the phrase is thought to have originated.

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