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March 15, 2011: 5:00 AM ETA curated selection of the day's most newsworthy tech stories from all over the Web. Sign up to get the newsletter delivered to you everyday.
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RIP, Zune. (2006-2011) Most of us hardly knew ye.
Put a fork in it, everyone -- the Zune is dead. Microsoft will reportedly put an end to its ill-fated music-video player due to lack of demand. Instead, the company will focus on putting its Zune software onto smartphones likely running Windows Phone 7. (Bloomberg)
- AT&T may be leveraging data usage caps against its DSL Internet users, but it's also giving mobile subscribers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico free calls and texts to Japan through March 31. (Wired customers can get credits for up to 60 minutes of direct dialing.) UPDATE: Sprint and Verizon have followed suit. (Engadget)
- In a 40-minute speech, HP CEO Leo Apotheker outlined his strategy for the company -- "to be the platform for the cloud and connectivity." That will include building an online cloud with an app store where both consumers and businesses can store and find info. While analysts generally approved of Apotheker's forward thinking, they did note the lack of concrete details. (Wall Street Journal) More
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Chrome OS CR-48 Netbooks begin to arrive
....at least to New York residents.
SeatGeek's Ben Kessler tweeted this morning that his Chrome OS Netbook was waiting for him at his doorstep. According to Flickr, the picture was taken in Manhattan.
PCMag editor Lance Ulanoff just tweeted that his ChromeOS Netbook arrived as well. In Manhattan.
NYC's Laptop Magazine also just got theirs. So did Larry Dignan of ZDNet.
Lifehacker Editor Kevin Purdy got his all the way up in Buffalo.
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Seth Weintraub - Dec 9, 2010 12:35 PM ETPosted in: Flickr, Google, Google Chrome OS, Lance Ulanoff, Manhattan, New York City, PC Magazine, SeatGeek -
Florida tourism saved by social media. Really.
The state mounted a PR blitz to show beachgoers that Florida's surf had been spared an oily disaster. Presidential visits aside, it seems social media helped save summer tourism on the Gulf of Mexico
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
The BP (BP) Deepwater Horizon spill happened in the middle of nowhere in the Gulf of Mexico, but it also took place, as every event of global import now does, in the realm of MORE
Aug 27, 2010 11:12 AM ET -
ARM and Intel's new battleground: the living room
One chipmaker rules the mobile device arena; the other dominates personal computers. Both have ambitious goals for expansion, and that means butting heads is inevitable
By Seth Weintraub and JP Mangalindan
As Intel's power-hungry chips grow more efficient and ARM CPU designs make strides in performance, the two chipmakers find themselves facing off for market share in a familial safe ground that's become a veritable hot zone brimming with untapped potential and MORE
Jun 8, 2010 2:07 PM ET
