Archive for March, 2010

Amazon, publishers strike e-book pricing deal: report (Reuters)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Reuters – Online retailer Amazon.com Inc has struck deals with two publishers on the pricing of electronic books, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

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Comcast Details Masters 3D Plans

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Comcast gave New York media a preview of what 3D coverage of The Masters Tournament at Augusta…

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Comcast Details Masters 3D Plans (Broadcasting and Cable)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Gives demo of live feed from…

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Comcast-NBCU deal criticized by affiliates

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

CBS, ABC and Fox TV station affiliates are pushing for conditions on the proposed acquisition of a 51% stake in NBC Universal by cable giant Comcast Corp.

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Comcast-NBCU deal criticized by affiliates (The Hollywood Reporter)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

CBS, ABC and Fox TV station affiliates are pushing for conditions on the proposed acquisition of a 51% stake in NBC Universal by cable giant Comcast Corp.

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Comcast Details Masters 3D Plans – Broadcasting & Cable

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Television Broadcast

Comcast Details Masters 3D PlansBroadcasting & CableBy Glen Dickson — Broadcasting & Cable, 3/31/2010 6:54:35 PM Comcast gave New York media a preview of what 3D coverage of The Masters Tournament at Augusta …Masters in 3-D Really Does Have Extra DimensionNew York TimesI Just Saw The Masters In 3D And It Was Awesome (CMCSK)San Francisco ChronicleComcast debuts 3D test footage in NYVarietyMultichannel News -TVPredictions.com (press release) -Television Week (blog)all 35 news articles »

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Paulo Filho is back! Troubled fighter lands a bout with Bellator – Yahoo! Sports (blog)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

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Paulo Filho is back! Troubled fighter lands a bout with BellatorYahoo! Sports (blog)Check your cable guide for shows airing on FOX Sports Net's 19 regional networks and on Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area and MSG Plus …Bellator Fighting Championships brings 'Lombard vs Filho' to Monroe, LA, on May 13MMAmania.com (blog)all 8 news articles »

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Silicon Valley venture capital powerhouse bets on iPad (AFP)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

AFP – A major Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has backed Internet stars such as Google and Amazon on Wednesday doubled a fund to support software tailored for Apple gadgets.

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Final SmackDown Rating, WrestleMania PPV Feed Issues On Comcast

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Final rating for SmackDown this past Friday. News on major issues with Comcast’s HD feed of WrestleMania 26.

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Final SmackDown Rating, WrestleMania PPV Feed Issues On Comcast (Lords of Pain)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Final rating for SmackDown this past Friday. News on major issues with Comcast’s HD feed of WrestleMania 26.

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Final SmackDown Rating, WrestleMania PPV Feed Issues On Comcast – LordsofPain.net

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Final SmackDown Rating, WrestleMania PPV Feed Issues On ComcastLordsofPain.netMany Comcast customers were unable to purchase the WrestleMania in HD PPV due to bandwidth issues. In related news, many Charter systems in Massachusetts …and more »

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Some Yahoo email accounts hacked in China, Taiwan (Reuters)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Reuters – Yahoo email accounts of some journalists and activists whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, according to rights groups and foreign correspondents, days after Google said it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China because of censorship concerns.

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2010 Scouting Report Presented by Comcast: Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise State – Big Cat Country (blog)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

2010 Scouting Report Presented by Comcast: Kyle Wilson, CB, Boise StateBig Cat Country (blog)by SoCalStites on Mar 31, 2010 5:50 PM EDT in 2010 Scouting Reports 0 comments More photos ยป Matt York – AP Barring a miraculous slide to the 10th spot by …and more »

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Google has censorship balancing act outside China (AP)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

AP – Google Inc. didn’t stop wrangling with censorship when the company moved its search engine out of mainland China to shed its restraints on what can be shown on the Internet.

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Oracle Revamps Tuxedo for Mainframe Rehosting (PC World)

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

PC World – With the latest version of its Tuxedo online transaction processing (OLTP) middleware, Oracle is hoping to lure IBM mainframe users over to the world of x86-based distributed computing, namely by promising that their applications will run just as quickly and will not need to be rewritten for the new environment.

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