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Submission + - Amazon To Offer Ad-Supported Kindle (amazon.com)

Submitted by awyeah on Monday April 11, 2011 @11:35PM

awyeah writes: Amazon will soon be offering a discounted, ad-supported wifi Kindle called "Kindle with Special Offers." The price will be $114, a $25 discount from the $139 wifi-only device. Note that the advertisements will not appear during reading, only on the screen saver and home page. Will that be enough of a discount to get readers to purchase an ad-supported device?

Submission + - Nokia and RIM Respond to Apple's Antenna Claims 2

Submitted by awyeah on Saturday July 17, 2010 @11:32AM

awyeah writes: In response to Apple's press conference, where videos of a few devices were shown losing signal bars with a tight grip, RIM and Nokia have both taken shots at Apple. RIM's co-CEOs say that Apple's claims "appear to be deliberate attempts to distort the public's understanding of an antenna design issue and to deflect attention from Apple’s difficult situation." Meanwhile, Nokia, noting that they are pioneers in antenna design and were the first company to bring to market a phone with an internal antenna, prioritizes "antenna performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict."

Submission + - Google Ditches Windows on Security Concerns (ft.com)

Submitted by awyeah on Monday May 31, 2010 @08:39PM

awyeah writes: Google is apparently ditching Windows, mostly on security concerns. Will this cause any kind of impact on the outside world? How significant is this?

Submission + - Why Apple denied Google Latitude App (9to5mac.com)

Submitted by awyeah on Friday January 01, 2010 @06:45PM

awyeah writes: Another Apple patent today looks remarkably similar to the functionality of Google Latitude which Apple relegated to WebApp status earlier this year. Obviously if Apple is working on their own version of Google Latitude (or owns the IP rights to this functionality), they'd be hesitant to put an app with the same functionality on their devices from another company.

Glad they're fostering competition!

Submission + - F.C.C. May Pry Open the Cable Set-Top Box (nytimes.com)

Submitted by awyeah on Monday December 07, 2009 @06:07PM

awyeah writes: The New York Times reports that the FCC is finally looking into the practice of cable companies requiring use of their set-top boxes to access their digital cable and video on demand services. The inquiry states "Consumers can access the Internet using a variety of delivery methods (e.g., wireless, DSL, fiber optics, broadband over powerlines, satellite, and cable) on myriad devices made by hundreds of manufacturers; yet we know of no device available at retail that can access all of an MVPD's services across that MVPD's entire footprint."

Yes, there are a few devices out there — for example CableCARD-enabled TVs, and CableCARD/Tuning Adapter-enabled TiVos and Windows Media Center PCs, but only the cable companies' set-tops can access services other than broadcast TV, such as video-on-demand and pay-per-view.

Is it finally time to open these devices and embrace actual standards and competition?

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