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Thursday, 18th August 2011

Amazon VOD 100,000 Titles Avaialble

Amazon announced this morning that it now has 100,000 movies and television shows available to purchase or rent through its video-on-demand service. Of those, 9,000 are available to stream at no extra charge through its Amazon Prime membership program. Amazon has been busy in recent months, cutting licensing deals with networks and studios…

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Setbacks for Google in Patent Cases Make Motorola Look Less Valuable

If the proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility (MMI) by Google announced on Monday truly is about the value of MMI's patent portfolio, then mitigating circumstances over just the past few days may make the $12.5 billion bid seem a bit steep. The problem stems from an ongoing U.S. International Trade Commission investigation brought by…

Enterprise Scott M. Fulton comments

Wednesday, 17th August 2011

Where Does Mobile Malware Come From?

What is mobile malware? Where does it come from? How does it get into your phone? These questions are just beginning to surface in the public mindset as splashy headlines warn smartphone users of the dangers lurking to take over their shiny, new mobile device. Security company BullGuard came up with a very informative infographic that shows where…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

Startup Camp Graduates Ten New Ventures Today in Silicon Valley

Both ReadWriteWeb COO Sean Ammirati and I are active in our respective communities' entrepreneur mentoring programs, and we always enjoy seeing how other localities help nurture their budding startups. Probably nowhere else in the world is the idea of a startup happy place more entrenched than in Silicon Valley, where one electrical engineering…

David Strom comments

What Tech Stories Do You Want to Read?

Yesterday I wrote about the lack of big ideas in tech media, in response to a New York Times op-ed about the "post-idea world." I basically complained that there is too much mindless pap on Techmeme these days, most of it about business deals and rumors. Where are the "big idea" articles about technology, I wondered. It's all…

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