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Monday, September 22, 2008

TOP STORIES

Microsoft ups dividend, renews stock buyback

Stock rises as software giant says it will repurchase up to $40-billion more of its shares

Companies joining to push music on memory cards

Could CDs be replaced now by a fingernail-sized MicroSD memory card? A lot of companies are gambling that ‘slotMusic' will

Financial websites get busy amid turmoil

Internet traffic so heavy that in some cases, the financial sector's servers were performing as much as 12 times slower than normal

Want Ludacris to sing about your jeans?

An agent offers to put a company's brand name into the lyrics of a pop song, but doesn't get quite the response he's hoping for

Who's cool now, Mac or PC?

Microsoft has introduced its new ads, with a diverse and engaging bunch of people proclaiming their individuality, and they show that Apple does not have a lock on being hip

Pure artificial intelligence

Disney's new fantasy ATV racer features exceptionally bright computer-controlled drivers that, refreshingly, never pander to a player's abilities


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MORE TECHNOLOGY NEWS

No video, no problem for artists

Though YouTube is known as the Internet's greatest video warehouse, it's becoming known as the place to find new music

Is network DVR on the way?

U.S. cable TV operators ponder a system that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, but face legal problems

Bank looks east via Internet

Canadian Western Bank testing the market with ‘soft launch' of its online bank this week

Google extends market share

Search giant extends lead in the U.S. Web search to 63 per cent , its biggest monthly gain in five months

Lionsgate tests YouTube clip strategy

Studio quietly introduces new branded channel on the popular video site this week, with dozens of clips from its library

IT spending seen rising only 3%

Canadian companies expect to spend about $50-billion on IT this year

Seinfeld, Gates yield stage

Microsoft retires a bizarre ad campaign featuring Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld, saying it was planned to end after two weeks

Nokia ‘free' music to start Oct. 17

Handset maker's bundle of phone and music service could help the music industry make up for falling CD sales and challenge Apple's iTunes

ITC to probe Nintendo Wii patent case

U.S. Trade Commission to look into allegations that Nintendo infringed Hillcrest Laboratories' patents in its Wii video game

Mobile phone makers feeling the financial heat

RIM looks most exposed to risk of Wall Street woes, followed by Palm, HTC and HP, analyst says

PERSONAL TECH

Where the browsers are going

Today's browsers are no longer promoting their features, their makers are pitching them to developers, and Chrome's arrival shows the way they're all going

When will video games grow up? Wrong question, experts say

Gaming experts say that the industry has already matured more than it gets credit for

Sony's Xross Fade off to a good start

The Japanese electronic giant's DJ mix-station could stand to have a few more options, but the overall design is good

Music site gives fans a cut of sales

Popcuts to benefit those ahead of the curve by offering downloaders a piece of future revenue

TQ@WORK

We've got your back

G4S Canada uses an arsenal of technology to make sure your employees stay safe

Coded for business

This could be the breakthrough year for XBRL, the programming language that will make sifting through business data a snap

Seven Wonders of the World (Wide Web)

There's no shortage of IT news on the Web. In fact, it can be hard to tell one tech site from the next. Here are seven that stand out

SCIENCE

Cemetery evokes green Sahara

Excavation finds tiny woman, two children buried on bed of flowers in desolate Tenere Desert region of Niger

Minor p***t may help explain comets

P***t's elliptical orbit never gets it close enough to sun to create tail of gas and dust, astronomers say

Survivors of 1918 pandemic still protected

Discovery by influenza, immunity researchers of long-lasting antibodies suggests new ways to fight viruses

TECH POLL

U.S. cable TV operators will be testing a home digital video recorder that will let viewers record any show without a DVR, only a digital set-top box. The recording will be made at the cable company's site, and subscribers will see a new screen where they can choose programs to record and play using a new remote provided. Would you sign up for the service if it becomes available?

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