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Barnes & Noble may face Kindle-type dilemma
News When the bookseller releases its e-reader devices next year, it may not be able to avoid having to remotely delete e-books, as Amazon did last month.
Tags: Copyright, Digital media, E-book Reader, Safe Harbor, Wireless, Singapore, Jeff Bezos, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Kindle
Google sued by makers of Finally Fast
News Lawsuit pending over advertisers bidding on keywords involving trademarks they don't own, while also alleging Google has unfairly manipulated search results.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Lawsuits, Domain names, Google Inc., Ford Motor Co., computer, Advertisement, Search Result, brand, Web Site
India benefits as half the Valley outsources
News Survey shows that more than half of Silicon Valley companies outsource, with about half of those jobs going to India.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Outsourcing
Google signs US$146M lease for NASA campus
News The deal, negotiated over the last year, builds on an agreement the search giant signed with NASA in September 2005 to collaborate on space and technology research.
Tags: Investments, Growth strategies and tools, NASA, Google Inc., Lease, Carnegie-Mellon University, workplace, partnership, Silicon Valley, R&D
Google sued over Sky layer in Google Earth
News A former Google contractor is suing the company for allegedly stealing from him the idea for the Sky layer in Google Earth.
Tags: Search, Web 2.0, Lawsuits
Leadership classes can strengthen skills before and after a promotion
Insight Whether you're trying to get promoted or you've just landed in a high-level management role, experts say it's never too late to bone up on leadership skills. One way is taking group courses--an approach that has worked well for other CIOs.
A US$100 laptop prototype for US$150
News The One Laptop per Child project's "US$100 laptop" for school children in developing nations costs US$150 to make.
Tags: Components, Personal Computers, 802.11/Wi-Fi
