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Besides working overtime to crank out the $700 billion financial market rescue plan — to little avail as it turned out — the House of Representatives on Sunday also passed a piece of legislation that could rack up significantly more penalties for copyright violation.
The weekend media spotlight was on the heated Congressional negotiations that produced a financial bailout bill, which promptly went nowhere. But hidden somewhere in the static of dealmaking, rhetoric and counteroffers was a strong signal of support for Internet radio. The Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 passed the House on Saturday and was scheduled for a vote in the Senate on Monday.
Nearly a week after T-Mobile, HTC and Google unveiled the G1, the first handset running the open source Android mobile platform, another handset maker is reportedly preparing a large push to incorporate the nascent mobile software system into its upcoming devices. A report Sunday stated that Motorola is boosting the size of its Android development team from 50 to 350.
Shares of Apple were pummeled on Wall Street Monday due to investor concerns that sales growth of Mac computers, iPhones and iPods could slow as consumers spend less. Two brokerages covering the company — Morgan Stanley and RBC Capital — downgraded their ratings on Apple shares, pouring fuel on the fire.
TiVo is teaming up with Nero to bring a new video recording solution to the PC. The companies announced Nero LiquidTV/TiVo PC on Monday. The product will offer TiVo functions from a computer, without the need for a set-top box. The system will be marketed toward both existing TiVo users and families that don’t currently have digital video recording devices.
So it’s happened. Someone’s stolen your identity and now you’ve got a collection agency on your case, demanding payment for a car you didn’t buy or a credit card you didn’t take out. What to do? The first thing is not to panic, said Jay Foley, executive director of the Identity Theft Resource Center.
Two weeks ago, Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin discovered that a hacker had gained access to her personal e-mail account and posted some of its contents — both letters and photos — on a Web site viewable by the public. The incident underscores the importance for anyone with secure online profiles to create strong passwords.
With so many companies tightening their budgets in the midst of the tough, uncertain economic climate, there’s a tendency to look at social networking as the new, free panacea. I’ve seen a few companies start social networking strategies, promising to be open and reach out to their customers — only to turn these strategies into yet another communication channel where they do all the talking and none of the listening.
Last week was so ugly the economic conditions had me up on YouTube looking for things to put a smile on my face, and I found two — one that has the “Pimp My Ride” folks pimping an IT shop with an Xbox — not some marketing group’s best moment — and an HP ad spoof that has Steve Jobs selling HP computers.
The U.S. economy has entered a vicious cycle where housing, employment and financial troubles are forcing consumers to tighten their purse strings and closely evaluate their every purchase. Retailers are also feeling the grip of a tightening economy as they compete aggressively for a diminishing number of buyers’ dollars.
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