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Bluebeat to battle EMI over Beatles songs

The Beatles perform in 1964 at the Olympia in Paris. US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs.
AFP - Saturday, November 7

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - US online music service Bluebeat said it plans to fight British recording label EMI over rights to stream and sell versions of Beatles songs. More »

  • Globe's customer service is now online with the new Chat Assist

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 7

    Globe Telecom, a leading telecommunications company in the Philippines, launches Chat Assist, an online customer service assistance that can be accessed using the Globe website (www.globe.com.ph/support).

    Globe customers can get real-time customer service assistance including inquiries, requests and concerns about Globe's products and services through the new Chat Assist.

    "Globe Chat Assist expands our ability to provide excellent customer service to our subscribers because we are now able to serve them through more ways than one.

  • WiMax in emerging markets a niche rather than mass market, says Ovum report

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 7

    For mobile operators which have rolled out or are keen on introducing WiMax wireless broadband, a newly published report by a London-based research firm will surely put a damper on their business prospects.

    Ovum's latest study said that a "confluence of several factors including technology cost, coverage, vendor support and service provider choices will limit WiMax to only a niche technology in the emerging markets."

    The report said the hope and expectation that emerging markets, with their low fixed-line penetration, will become a key hunting ground for WiMax are unlikely to materialize.

    That seems to be bad news for Globe Telecom, which has launched its WiMax service early this year, and Smart Communications, which has also indicated its desire to offer the same service by year-end.

    As a niche technology, the Ovum report said WiMax will form part of established fixed and mobile operators' broader broadband access portfolios.

    Angel Dobardziev, practice leader at Ovum, said WiMax operators currently have thousands, or tens of thousands of subscribers, rather than the hundreds of thousands of subscribers that they planned to have at this stage.

    Scartel in Russia is the first WiMax operator in the emerging markets to reach the 100,000 subscriber mark, closely followed by Packet One in Malaysia with 80,000, both announced in August 2009, the report said.

    Most emerging market WiMax players are behind their initial rollout and subscriber targets, it noted, adding that the global financial crisis has also made access to finance difficult for greenfield WiMax players.

    Dobardziev pointed out that WiMax is not competitive against both fixed and/or mobile broadband alternatives in most urban areas of emerging markets (where virtually all existing WiMax rollouts are) on either coverage or price; and remains unaffordable to the mass market.

    "On a non-subsidized basis, it is currently priced and positioned as a broadband option only for businesses or wealthy consumers," he said in a statement.

  • RP marks opening of first call center for blind

    Manila Bulletin - Saturday, November 7

    The country's first call center that employs only blind persons has begun its formal operations, marking an important milestone in the struggle of disabled persons to cross the digital divide.

    The call center, comprised of eight training rooms and three desks dedicated for outbound calls, is a project of the Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV).

  • A view of the Microsoft cffices in Herndon, Virginia. Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

    Microsoft websites top spots in September: comScore

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Industry tracker comScore on Friday released a study showing that Internet users in September spent more time at Microsoft websites that at any other online properties.

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    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    "Call of Duty" game shoots to make history

  • "Call of Duty" game shoots to make history

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Gabriel Madway and Franklin Paul

  • A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.

    Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    OSLO (AFP) - - A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.

  • Louvre plays home to Apple's first French store

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Lionel Laurent

  • A computer at an internet cafe. Experts from 50 nations meeting in Madrid have reached a draft agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data, participants said Friday.

    Experts agree on proposed global privacy standards

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    MADRID (AFP) - - Experts from 50 nations meeting in Madrid have reached a draft agreement on international standards for the protection of privacy and personal data, participants said Friday.

  • Internet censorship seen liable to WTO challenge

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    By Jonathan Lynn

  • Intel in talks with India's ITI for jv: report

    Reuters - Saturday, November 7

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - Intel <INTC.O>, the world's largest chip maker, is planning to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd <ITEL.BO> to set up joint ventures, the Business Standard reported on Friday.

  • The control room at a power plant is pictured in this file photo. The new

    New 'smart' electrical meters raise privacy issues

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    MADRID (AFP) - - The new "smart meters" utilities are installing in homes around the world to reduce energy use raise fresh privacy issues because of the wealth of information about consumer habits they reveal, experts said Friday.

  • Droid joins 'Google phone' army in smart phone war

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - A Motorola Droid smart phone goes on sale Friday, joining the growing ranks of smart phones on the open-source operating system backed by Google.

  • Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group. Sales of Windows 7 in the days following its October 22 release were reportedly 234% higher than those posted by Vista when it was released into the market.

    Windows 7 debut a hit: NPD

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Microsoft's new-generation Windows 7 operating system hit the ground running, with US sales in its opening days blasting past those of its Vista predecessor, according to NPD Group.

  • "Guitar Hero" brings higher revenue for Activision

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    By Gabriel Madway

  • Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.

    Google lets users see stored account data

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - - Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.

  • FCC approves AT&T's bid for Centennial: sources

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved AT&T Inc's <T.N> $944 million bid to buy Centennial Communications Corp <CYCL.O>, two sources familiar with the decision said on Thursday.

  • AOC eyes to increase market share of widescreen LCD monitors in RP

    Manila Bulletin - Friday, November 6

    Positioned to be one of the top global providers of the best value display technology, Taiwan's Admiral Overseas Corp. (AOC), targets to increase its market share of widescreen LCD monitors in the Philippines from 22 percent last year to 25 percent this 2009, according to Ula M. Ladrillo, product manager of Glee Electronics Inc., the local distributor of AOC.

    In line with its objective, the company recently launched its EPEAT Gold Award-winning AOC 36 series - 936Sw 19-inch widescreen, 2236Vw 22-inch widescreen and 2436Vw 24-inch widescreen -- in the country.

    Institutional purchasers use the online EPEAT, or Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool to select and compare computer desktops, laptops and monitors based on their environmental performance, in addition to cost and performance considerations.

  • Verizon to sell HTC Android phone for $99.99

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday that it would sell an HTC Corp <2498.TW> phone based on Google Inc's <GOOG.O> Android system for $99.99, potentially putting pressure on smaller carrier Sprint Nextel Corp <S.N>.

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