Archive: Lifestyle News
Suit Up: Skype's Founders Sue eBay for Copyright Infringement
Thursday, September 17th @ 8:45am PDT
The tussle between Skype's founders and eBay just went nuclear: JoltID is suing eBay and an investor group for damages of up to $75 million a day.
Blockbuster Planning to Close Nearly 1,000 Stores
Wednesday, September 16th @ 11:30am PDT
The days of a Blockbuster on every corner may be coming to an end: the company is planning to close nearly 1,000 "unprofitable" stores by the end of 2010.
Cablevision Unveils Interactive Banner Ads on TV
Tuesday, September 15th @ 5:49pm PDT
Cablevision Systems Corp. is bringing interactive ads to your television.
Intuit Pays a Mint for Mint.com
Monday, September 14th @ 11:30am PDT
Personal finance giant Intuit has inked a deal to buy personal finance service Web site Mint.com for $170 million.
Volpi Gets Un-Joost
Monday, September 14th @ 10:15am PDT
Joost shareholders have removed high-profile exec Mike Volpi as chairman...and the board says its investigating his tenure running the company.
Facebook "Lite"-ens Up to Compete with Twitter
Friday, September 11th @ 12:00pm PDT
Facebook has launched a "Lite" version of its service to accommodate users with low-bandwidth connections...and, coincidentally, come across a lot like Twitter.
Panasonic Reveals to Mobile Americans a New Landline Phone
Thursday, September 10th @ 1:05pm PDT
Panasonic aims their new Bluetooth-enabled cordless phone to merge cellular and landline contacts.
Sherwood Rolls Out NetBoxx Internet A/V Receiver
Thursday, September 10th @ 11:15am PDT
Who needs a PC to tap into streaming audio and video? Sherwood's NetBoxx Internet A/V Receiver taps Netflix, Cinemanow, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon, and more.
Legal arguments pan, praise Google's book deal
Tuesday, September 8th @ 3:34pm PDT
Leading tech companies team up to block the class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to a multitude of literature.
Battle of Google Books
Tuesday, September 8th @ 2:10pm PDT
The Google Book debate trudges on, with today being the last day to submit written arguments and appeals.
Amazon.com makes its case against Google book deal
Thursday, September 3rd @ 8:53am PDT
Amazon makes another desperate attempt to block Googles book deal in a 41-page brief to the judge.
Wal-Mart to sell goods from other vendors on Web
Wednesday, September 2nd @ 10:45am PDT
Wal-Mart will start allowing 3rd party retailers to sell new items through their website.
Vevo In Talks with CBS and NBC?
Wednesday, September 2nd @ 10:40am PDT
Industry reports have Google-and-Universal's upcoming music video site Vevo in talks with CBS and NBC to license content - and develop shows for the Web.
Swiss battery maker ReVolt picks Oregon as US base
Wednesday, September 2nd @ 10:15am PDT
Oregon has been chosen as the location for ReVolt's U.S. headquarters. The company specializes in making electric car batteries.
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