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July 18, 2008
 

Tech Insider

Technology & Science News, Product Reviews


NEWS  THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES

A Stroll Through the iPhone App Store

Hundreds of non-Apple programs are available already, and the party has just begun

Inside: This Week in Technology
Welcome to the Tech Insider!

This week, be sure to follow writer Stephen Wildstrom's stroll through Apple's new App Store, which peddles third-party applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch. What he finds is a slew of impressive applications, though some of them are still buggy.

We also have stories on eBay, the Microsoft-Yahoo saga and Comcast. Enjoy!
--Olga Kharif
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  TECH INVESTING
LAWSUITS
Judge to Tiffany: Police Your Own Brand
EBay has won a crucial victory for Web sales of trademarked goods, but the ruling doesn't apply to Viacom's copyright suit against YouTube

THE TECH BEAT
Microsoft, Icahn 'Set the Record Straight' on Yahoo
After Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's latest offer, the war of words continues with Microsoft saying Yahoo's account of the offer was inaccurate

TECHNOLOGY
FCC Gets Firm with Comcast
A July 11 order concerning network management could eventually affect all ISPs, but a new Administration could change the game in six months

TECHNOLOGY
What's Hurting Tech Stocks
Foreign revenues and other factors that once offered safety are now threats, and investors are doubting the growth prospects of Internet giants

  TECH INNOVATION
GIGAOM • From GigaOm
Can Serendipity Make You Rich?
With so much information online, search needs to change. The front-runners in doing so stand to make a mint

SOFTWARE
Numenta Is Imitating Your Brain
A startup's approach to advanced pattern recognition could trump rivals' in the hunt to capitalize on finding trends in large streams of data

WHAT'S YOUR STORY IDEA?
Behind Rising Health-Care Costs
New technologies for medical treatment can push prices sharply higher, even when the benefits are modest. Low-tech solutions can be more effective

  TECH SPECIAL REPORTS
CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY
Public-Private Alliances to the Rescue
Many companies are realizing that they can play a crucial role in helping communities recover from natural catastrophes

CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY
Making Maps Work When Disaster Strikes
GeoCommons, OpenStreetMap, and Mapufacture are three online hubs where people can collaboratively map areas, which could help in emergencies

CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY
The Do-Good Imperative
Some of the most innovative ideas today are coming from efforts to address the needs of those most in need

SPECIAL REPORT
Best Young Entrepreneurs of Tech
As the economy slumps, many entrepreneurs are looking past consumer Web sites to focus on products and services for companies

SPECIAL REPORT
The Power of Play
Check out our special report on the current gaming industry, including an analysis of trends for 2008, profiles of radical innovators—and introducing the BusinessWeek Arcade, a celebration of some of the Web's best free games

SUSTAINABLE TECH
Special Report: Sustainable Tech
Scientists are experimenting with viruses, salmon sperm DNA, potatoes, and more in making biomaterials for consumer electronics

TECH HOMELAND SECURITY
Homeland Insecurity
The Homeland Security Dept.'s overreliance on outside contractors and insufficient management of them could leave the U.S. vulnerable

TECH PIONEERS
Meet This Year's Tech Pioneers
The World Economic Forum has bestowed the coveted honor on 39 companies, which could become the Googles, a previous winner, of tomorrow

SPECIAL REPORT
Wireless World


BEST OF THE WEB
Scaling the Social Web
Move over, MySpace. Online players from media giant Viacom to auctioneer eBay are adding networking features for their users

TECHNOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT
Selling Computers to India
With growth slowing in China, computer makers hope Asia's other big market will pick up the slack

SPECIAL REPORT
The Power of Gaming
A recent report estimates that the video game market will increase to $48.9 billion in 2011. Our special report looks at some of the innovations sparking this growth

SPECIAL REPORT
The Future of Social Networking
A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data


CEO Guide to Green Computing
As a threat to operations and the bottom line, corporate computing's fast-growing power consumption is forcing companies to adopt green energy

VIRTUAL LIFE
The Coming Virtual Web
In the future, the Internet is almost certain to look more realistic, interactive, and social—a lot like a virtual world

CEO GUIDE TO TECHNOLOGY
Taming the World Wide Web
A rising tide of companies are tapping Semantic Web technologies to unearth hard-to-find connections between disparate pieces of online data

SPECIAL REPORT
Wireless World
Ultrafast networks and whizzy features are about to turn your cellphone into—well, your right arm

NEXT-GEN GAME CONSOLES
Game Definitely Not Over
On the eve of the launch of PS3 and Wii, stakes in the console tussle amid Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft have never been higher


CEO Guide to Social Networks
Networking technology gives companies a new set of tools for recruiting and customer service

PREDICTION MARKETS
CEO Guide to Technology -- Prediction Markets
More corporations are setting up their own markets for economic forecasts, hoping to tap into the wisdom of employees

WEB SERVICES
The On-Demand Software Scrum
Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP are battling each other—and smaller players—to gain a bigger slice of a fast-growing pie

SPECIAL REPORT
Computer Security
Computer-based fraudsters are finding new ways to trick people—not technology—to get the information they seek

SPECIAL REPORT
Young Entrepreneurs of Tech
We surveyed dozens of the country's biggest venture capitalists to come up with a short list of the 11 young people that are shaking up tech

HEART HEALTH
Heart, Heal Thyself?
So far, stem cells have not delivered the results scientists hoped for. But excitement is still rising

SPECIAL REPORT
Open Source's New Frontiers
How free software startups are challenging industry giants

SPECIAL REPORT
Eight Tech Trends for 2006
Tech Special Report on living-room wars, social search, wireless' new world, Web moviemakers—and lots more

SPECIAL REPORT
Computing's Next Generation
For the first time in years, hardware startups are trying to break into the market. Their gambit: Inexpensive special-purpose machines

SPECIAL REPORT
TV Goes Broadband
Name any gizmo. Chances are it's gotten more sophisticated since you last looked

SPECIAL REPORT: YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS OF TECH
Tech's Young Turks Are Back
As Internet companies and the economy in general rebound, so has the college-age entrepreneur—but it's a tougher road today



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