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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.