Canon's New PowerShot: A Sharp Elbow Jab at Encroaching Smartphone Cameras
Canon's new PowerShot SX30 shows how camera vendors are defending the point-and-shoot category by creating products that smartphones can't duplicate.
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Nokia's Executive Departure Caravan Starts -- and It's Long Overdue
Nokia's head of mobile solutions Anssi Vanjoki, who has been responsible for smartphone development, has resigned. It will take many more departures for the company to right itself.
New Apple iPad This Holiday Season? Don't Hold Your Breath
According to several blogs, Apple is considering releasing a new iPad in time for the 2010 holiday season. But don't count on seeing iPad 2.0 on Black Friday.
Google Will Stream Video, Which Should Worry Apple and Amazon
Google plans to open streaming to its video partners -- the large and the small -- which will give it an enormous advantage in the video delivery wars.
Microsoft Mobile Bravado Is No Thriller -- It's More Like Flop Sweat
Microsoft's start to the Windows Phone 7 campaign is labored, immature, and underscores the desperation that Microsoft rightly feels. Getting back in the mobile game will be difficult.
Righthaven Uses Copyright for Parasitic Bottom Feeding
Righthaven is a company that is exploring a new form of intellectual property trolling -- suing for copyright infringement on newspaper stories that individuals and small organizations have posted.
Ebay's Big Move into Brick-and-Mortar Stores
Many retailers have been trying to get their customers using mobile apps in-store. But eBay could disrupt their plans with its own move into retail stores by stowing away on shoppers' phones.
Courts Nix Reselling Digital Content -- It Really Isn't Yours
A Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling underscores that companies can choose to only license such content as software, music, video, and books and prevent users from reselling them.
The Wrong Guy: Nokia's New CEO, Stephen Elop, Lacks Smartphone Smarts
Nokia is desperate for a turnaround with their new CEO Stephen Elop. But the Microsoft Office alum lacks the skills to make headway in the smartphone market.
Patent Office Admits the Truth: Things Are a Disaster
New numbers from the US Patent and Trademark Office show that the country's patent process is so broken as to be probably beyond repair.
Nokia Sacrifices the CEO Scapegoat, but Its Old Problems Remain
Nokia names a new CEO who used to run the Office division at Microsoft. But the change Nokia needs will be more extensive, and more painful to implement.
Why Google Should be Worried About Mobile Search
Google has been bragging about four fold growth in mobile search. It should be worried about how this number stacks up to the larger explosion in mobile, especially apps.
"Openness" on the App Store: It's Developers' Problem Now
With all its money and branding, why is Nike+ losing to RunKeeper, a startup app created by a nine-person team from Boston? The answer: RunKeeper plays nice with others.
Amazon's Plan: Make More Money with a Commodity Kindle
Amazon has gone from coveted control of the Kindle to an all out e-book tart -- and it's a smart move. Expect the trend to continue as the company fends off competition.
The Fort Gay Incident: Microsoft Still Kicking Off XBox Gamers With "Sexy" Profiles
Microsoft (MSFT) is kicking people off again from its popular XBox Live service for inappropriate sexual expression, going against its own revised code of conduct. The other problem? The gamers aren't actually talking about their sexuality. It is yet another example of a well-meaning company creating a hostile environment through miscommunication and miseducation of its employees.
Investigation
Weeks before Election Day, the FEC can't enforce the law
Tropical Storm Isaias forms in Gulf, could reach U.S. as hurricane this weekend
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Vance appears to soften U.S. demands on Iranian nuclear enrichment
Investigation
The life and travels of an alleged Chinese agent in the U.S.
How Israeli and Palestinian kids are coping 3 years after Oct. 7 attacks
Christa Pike is conscious, speaking after botched execution, attorneys say
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Former Cornell frat members ask university to clear their names
Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan to be executed Dec. 3, email states
