Thursday, January 20, 2011

Google co-founder Page to replace Schmidt as CEO (AP)

Google co-founder Page to replace Schmidt as CEO (AP)

Google co-founder Page to replace Schmidt as CEO (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:40 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2010 file photo, Google CEO Eric Schmidt speaks at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page is taking over as CEO in an unexpected shake-up that upstaged the Internet search leader's fourth-quarter earnings Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Page, 37, is reclaiming the top job from Schmidt, who had been brought in as CEO a decade ago because Google's investors believed the company needed a more mature leader. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Eric Schmidt, a technology veteran brought in as Google Inc.'s "adult supervision" a decade ago, is relinquishing the CEO job to Larry Page, one of the prodigies who co-founded the company behind the Internet's dominant gateway.

4 HP directors step down in wake of Hurd fiasco (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:17 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 20. 2010 file photo, the corporate logo for Hewlett-Packard Co. is displayed at an HP Innovation Summit, in New York. Hewlett-Packard on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 announced that four members of its board of directors are stepping down six months after CEO Mark Hurd was forced to resign in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is trying to put a fresh face on its scandal-scarred board, swapping out four directors in an extreme leadership makeover at the troubled technology icon.

Verizon challenges FCC's net neutrality rules (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:58 PM PST

In this photo taken Aug. 21, 2010, a Verizon sign is shown at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Verizon on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 says it has filed a court challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)AP - Verizon Communications Inc. on Thursday filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic flowing over their networks.

Android-powered T-Mobile Sidekick poised to make a comeback (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:34 AM PST

Ben Patterson - It's been six months since T-Mobile retired the last of its venerable Sidekick handsets, but the carrier revealed Thursday that a new Sidekick â€" complete with speedy HSPA+ data access, plus Android under the hood â€" will be making its …

New iOS beta (strongly) hints at front-facing camera for iPad 2 (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:07 AM PST

Ben Patterson - Developers poking around a just-released beta for the next version of Apple's iOS platform say they've found a telltale image confirming â€" perhaps â€" that the next iPad will indeed boast a camera. The image in question, according to MacRumors, …

Samsung Galaxy 4G Landing on T-Mobile (PC World)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 10:59 AM PST

PC World - CES might be over, but the 4G phones keep trickling in. As a part of its aggressive 4G plans, T-Mobile announced that the Samsung Galaxy 4G will launch in the first half of 2011. But will it have the specs of the hot next-gen Galaxy phones? It doesn't seem like it.

Are Android Tablets Vapor? Or Just Not Here? (PC Magazine)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:12 AM PST

PC Magazine - Everyone seems to have proclaimed that this was the "year of the tablet" at the Consumer Electronics Show. But while I certainly saw a whole lot of tablets at the show, what strikes me most, in retrospect, is just how unfinished nearly all the tablets were.

Smart phones foster dumb habits among pedestrians (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST

This Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo shows a pedestrian using a phone by a crosswalk in New York. While smartphones and other electronic devices changed popular culture by offering an ability to always stay connected, it so swiftly turned into such a compelling need that a simple walk down the street is considered wasted time. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)AP - It was a miserable morning in New York, rain falling heavily and a 30 mph wind that made holding an umbrella difficult. Yet a man walked briskly up Fifth Avenue, balancing his umbrella and dodging pedestrians as he texted from his smart phone.

How a Sentiment Analysis Startup Profits By Checking Emotion in E-mail (Mashable)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 03:00 PM PST

Mashable - This post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day.

Google's Android Market policing could affect Amazon's app store (Appolicious)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 12:39 PM PST

Appolicious - Amazon.com (AMZN) is hoping to put out an app store of its own for Android devices with the capability of letting users shop for mobile apps on both their phones and PCs -- but it's possible the app necessary to buy those apps might get bounced by Google (GOOG).

Makers of mobile homes for FEMA near settlement (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 04:27 PM PST

AP - Companies that manufactured mobile homes for the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Katrina are nearing a settlement to resolve thousands of claims that Gulf Coast storm victims were exposed to potentially dangerous fumes, court records show.

Google co-founder Page takes over, targets Facebook (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 07:18 PM PST

Google co-founder Larry Page talks to reporters as CEO Eric Schmidt looks on, in Sun Valley, July 9, 2009. REUTERS/Rick WilkingReuters - Google Inc co-founder Larry Page will take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt, a surprise move to make the company more nimble at a time when competition heats up with fast-growing rivals like Facebook.

Nike Gets Buzz From Mysterious Kobe Bryant Project [VIDEO] (Mashable)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 01:53 PM PST

Mashable - Nike is building buzz on YouTube for a mysterious project directed by Robert Rodriguez and starring Kobe Bryant called The Black Mamba.

Apple tightens the screws on iPhone 4: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 06:12 PM PST

An Apple staff demonstrates a new Verizon iPhone 4 at Verizon's iPhone 4 launch event in New York January 11, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Apple Inc is giving a whole new meaning to locking your phone with its new screws.

Working in Google Docs Keeps Getting Better (PC World)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 02:47 PM PST

PC World - Google has been quietly adding a raft of new features to its Google Docs online office suite over the last few months, and there are rumors even more significant features are due very soon.

Winning Ideas for the Future of B-Schools (BusinessWeek)

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 05:08 AM PST

BusinessWeek - Alice Stewart has spent the past year working with colleagues to develop a proposal for an MBA program at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a process that got her thinking about ways business education could be transformed. As a professor of strategic management, she had observed that business students coming into her classroom might become more effective managers if they had a better grasp of more specialized knowledge, such as engineering or biotechnology, when they get into the workforce.
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