Top-Tier Newsmakers
Amazon
Electronics Help Amazon Post Record-Setting Holiday Orders (NYT, Dec. 27)
The Web retailer Amazon.com’s 2006 holiday season peaked with more than four million orders placed on Dec. 11. That broke last year’s single-day record of more than 3.6 million orders, set on Dec. 12.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/technology/27amazon.html?ref=technology
Apple
Buying an iPod? You may want to wait (USA Today, Jan. 5)
A year ago, the most state-of-the-art video game system in wide release was the PlayStation 2. Most big, flat-panel TVs cost more than $3,000. Six-megapixel digital cameras were high-end.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2007-01-04-ces-year_x.htm
More Apple stock-option fallout – now investors sue; Cupertino company also being investigated by 2 U.S. agencies (SF Chronicle, Jan. 4)
Even as Apple Computer shifts its focus to the annual Macworld conference in San Francisco, the Cupertino maker of Macintosh computers and iPod digital media players still faces fallout from the unfolding scandal surrounding its widespread manipulation of stock options.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/04/BUGDBNCBRA1.DTL&type=tech
Is Steve Jobs Untouchable? (BusinessWeek, Jan. 4)
In Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs is admired for many things: his storybook resuscitation of Apple Computer, his billion-dollar-plus fortune, his rock star status as the driving force behind iconic products such as the iPod.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070104_659422.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_today%27s+top+stories
Catch the Next Chapter on Your iPod (It’s Even Cheaper) (NYT, Jan. 4)
Unlike onscreen e-books, which never quite caught on, downloadable audiobooks have taken off, driven by the explosive popularity of the iPod. Downloads have grown sharply, rising to 9 percent of audio book sales in 2005; that is a 50 percent increase over the previous year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/books/04audio.html?ref=technology
Apple Posts Options Expenses, Stands by CEO (PC Mag, Jan. 2)
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs received a vote of confidence from the company's board in a much anticipated filing that also said it would take an $84 million charge for misdating stock options.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2078277,00.asp
Apple Probe Spotlights Two (WSJ, Jan. 2)
Now that Apple Computer Inc. has disclosed further details of its internal probe into backdated stock options at the company, the spotlight is falling on two former executives implicated in the investigation, Fred Anderson and Nancy Heinen.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116769300537264292.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
Top media player is still the sleek, easy-to-use iPod (Chicago Tribune, Jan. 1)
There are a lot of good media players, from companies including Creative Labs, iRiver and SanDisk. If there is one player that stands above the rest, however, it's the Apple iPod.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/01/BUGPHNA7991.DTL&type=tech
Apple Bitten by Options Mess Again (BusinessWeek, Dec. 28)
For Apple, it was beginning to look a lot like, well, Christmas. Analysts pointed to brisk sales of iPods and iTunes during the holidays, the most recent earnings report indicated robust demand for Macs, and the blogosphere was abuzz with rumors of hot new gadgets to be unveiled by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061228_538575.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_today%27s+top+stories
The iPhone Really Exists but Apple Doesn’t Make It (NYT, Dec. 28)
The tech world has been all atwitter for months about the elusive iPhone, a cellphone-and-iPod combo that Apple may or may not release soon. It was revealed that the iPhone actually exists -- but Apple isn't making it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/technology/28phone.html?ref=technology
Steve Jobs’ Best Year Ever (Wired, Dec. 26)
What a blockbuster year Steve Jobs had. Not only did he manage Apple's seamless switch to Intel, he probably made the company the most money in its 30-year history.
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72344-0.html?tw=wn_technology_6
Google
Google Builds China Ties (WSJ, Jan. 5)
Google Inc. has bought a stake in a Chinese software provider as part of the company's bid to extend its dominance beyond Internet searches to other online services.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116793563237767297.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
Google Steps Up Self Promotion (WSJ, Jan. 4)
Google Inc. may finally have learned how to promote itself without compromising its principles. Like its own legions of advertisers, it is marketing its products on Google.com.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116788440436966878.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
Google plugs Gmail data leak flow (USA Today, Jan. 3)
Google has fixed a security hole in several of its services that exposed the address books of Gmail users. An attacker could create a malicious website that would copy all the entries in a Gmail user's address book, a potential treasure trove for spammers.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2007-01-03-google-gmail-flaw_x.htm
With NASA, Google Expands Its Realm to the Moon and Mars (NYT, Dec. 19)
Google Earth, meet Google Moon and Google Mars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/technology/19google.html?ref=technology
Google, NASA unveil the first of joint projects; No official launch date set yet for online virtual space flights (SF Chronicle, Dec. 19)
Google Inc. and NASA unveiled plans for Internet users to take virtual flights across the moon and through canyons on Mars, in what will be among the first products of a high-profile partnership announced by the two organizations last year.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/12/19/BUGREN1OCN44.DTL&type=tech
New firm aims to be a Google for photos (Fortune, Dec. 19)
If you've ever tried to look for a photo of a person using Google, Yahoo or another popular search engine, you know that it can be a frustrating, and far from perfect, experience.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/18/technology/polarrose/index.htm?postversion=2006121906
New to Russia, Google Struggles to Find Its Footing (NYT, Dec. 18)
Google barely breaks into top 10 Web sites in Russia, while in many Western European countries it is most popular Web site and by far most popular search engine.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/technology/18google.html?ref=technology
H-P
Hewlett-Packard, Recasting Itself, Is Looking Beyond PCs and Printers (NYT, Dec. 25)
Hewlett-Packard is looking beyond personal computers and printers with its next challenge being consumer electronics. 92 billion company has set goal of growing 6 percent next year and year after, meaning it must add about $5.5 billion each year in new revenue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/technology/25hewlett.html?ref=technology
IBM
IBM, Siemens Snag German Contract (Forbes, Dec. 28)
With its formerly moribund stock trading near a 52-week high, International Business Machines gave its shareholders some good news, announcing it and Siemens had won a $9.3 billion deal to modernize the German military's technology.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/12/28/ibm-siemens-update-markets-equity-cx_mk_1228markets09.html
IBM, Siemens to run IT for German military (Fortune, Dec. 28)
IBM and Siemens have won a 7.1 billion euro ($9.3 billion), 10-year contract to modernize and manage the non-military IT systems of Germany's armed forces. Siemens will receive a 60 percent share of the deal, the biggest contract ever won by the German industrial conglomerate.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/28/news/international/international_ibm.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006122808
Microsoft
Microsoft Adds Behavioral Targeting (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 27)
Microsoft Corp. has started linking users' search habits with other personal information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements. With the use of small data files known as cookies, Microsoft can link information users provide when they sign up for Hotmail e-mail and other services with data on what they view and search for on various Microsoft sites, such as those for maps, Web journals and finance.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12dec27,1,5283423.story?coll=sns-technology-headlines
Flaw in Vista operating system could let hacker control PC (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 27)
Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0612270404dec27,1,7829576.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed
Amazon
Electronics Help Amazon Post Record-Setting Holiday Orders (NYT, Dec. 27)
The Web retailer Amazon.com’s 2006 holiday season peaked with more than four million orders placed on Dec. 11. That broke last year’s single-day record of more than 3.6 million orders, set on Dec. 12.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/technology/27amazon.html?ref=technology
Apple
Buying an iPod? You may want to wait (USA Today, Jan. 5)
A year ago, the most state-of-the-art video game system in wide release was the PlayStation 2. Most big, flat-panel TVs cost more than $3,000. Six-megapixel digital cameras were high-end.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2007-01-04-ces-year_x.htm
More Apple stock-option fallout – now investors sue; Cupertino company also being investigated by 2 U.S. agencies (SF Chronicle, Jan. 4)
Even as Apple Computer shifts its focus to the annual Macworld conference in San Francisco, the Cupertino maker of Macintosh computers and iPod digital media players still faces fallout from the unfolding scandal surrounding its widespread manipulation of stock options.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/04/BUGDBNCBRA1.DTL&type=tech
Is Steve Jobs Untouchable? (BusinessWeek, Jan. 4)
In Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs is admired for many things: his storybook resuscitation of Apple Computer, his billion-dollar-plus fortune, his rock star status as the driving force behind iconic products such as the iPod.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2007/tc20070104_659422.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_today%27s+top+stories
Catch the Next Chapter on Your iPod (It’s Even Cheaper) (NYT, Jan. 4)
Unlike onscreen e-books, which never quite caught on, downloadable audiobooks have taken off, driven by the explosive popularity of the iPod. Downloads have grown sharply, rising to 9 percent of audio book sales in 2005; that is a 50 percent increase over the previous year.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/books/04audio.html?ref=technology
Apple Posts Options Expenses, Stands by CEO (PC Mag, Jan. 2)
Apple Computer Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs received a vote of confidence from the company's board in a much anticipated filing that also said it would take an $84 million charge for misdating stock options.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2078277,00.asp
Apple Probe Spotlights Two (WSJ, Jan. 2)
Now that Apple Computer Inc. has disclosed further details of its internal probe into backdated stock options at the company, the spotlight is falling on two former executives implicated in the investigation, Fred Anderson and Nancy Heinen.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116769300537264292.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
Top media player is still the sleek, easy-to-use iPod (Chicago Tribune, Jan. 1)
There are a lot of good media players, from companies including Creative Labs, iRiver and SanDisk. If there is one player that stands above the rest, however, it's the Apple iPod.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/01/01/BUGPHNA7991.DTL&type=tech
Apple Bitten by Options Mess Again (BusinessWeek, Dec. 28)
For Apple, it was beginning to look a lot like, well, Christmas. Analysts pointed to brisk sales of iPods and iTunes during the holidays, the most recent earnings report indicated robust demand for Macs, and the blogosphere was abuzz with rumors of hot new gadgets to be unveiled by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2006/tc20061228_538575.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_today%27s+top+stories
The iPhone Really Exists but Apple Doesn’t Make It (NYT, Dec. 28)
The tech world has been all atwitter for months about the elusive iPhone, a cellphone-and-iPod combo that Apple may or may not release soon. It was revealed that the iPhone actually exists -- but Apple isn't making it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/28/technology/28phone.html?ref=technology
Steve Jobs’ Best Year Ever (Wired, Dec. 26)
What a blockbuster year Steve Jobs had. Not only did he manage Apple's seamless switch to Intel, he probably made the company the most money in its 30-year history.
http://www.wired.com/news/columns/0,72344-0.html?tw=wn_technology_6
Google Builds China Ties (WSJ, Jan. 5)
Google Inc. has bought a stake in a Chinese software provider as part of the company's bid to extend its dominance beyond Internet searches to other online services.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116793563237767297.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
Google Steps Up Self Promotion (WSJ, Jan. 4)
Google Inc. may finally have learned how to promote itself without compromising its principles. Like its own legions of advertisers, it is marketing its products on Google.com.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116788440436966878.html?mod=technology_main_whats_news
Google plugs Gmail data leak flow (USA Today, Jan. 3)
Google has fixed a security hole in several of its services that exposed the address books of Gmail users. An attacker could create a malicious website that would copy all the entries in a Gmail user's address book, a potential treasure trove for spammers.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2007-01-03-google-gmail-flaw_x.htm
With NASA, Google Expands Its Realm to the Moon and Mars (NYT, Dec. 19)
Google Earth, meet Google Moon and Google Mars.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/technology/19google.html?ref=technology
Google, NASA unveil the first of joint projects; No official launch date set yet for online virtual space flights (SF Chronicle, Dec. 19)
Google Inc. and NASA unveiled plans for Internet users to take virtual flights across the moon and through canyons on Mars, in what will be among the first products of a high-profile partnership announced by the two organizations last year.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/12/19/BUGREN1OCN44.DTL&type=tech
New firm aims to be a Google for photos (Fortune, Dec. 19)
If you've ever tried to look for a photo of a person using Google, Yahoo or another popular search engine, you know that it can be a frustrating, and far from perfect, experience.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/18/technology/polarrose/index.htm?postversion=2006121906
New to Russia, Google Struggles to Find Its Footing (NYT, Dec. 18)
Google barely breaks into top 10 Web sites in Russia, while in many Western European countries it is most popular Web site and by far most popular search engine.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/technology/18google.html?ref=technology
H-P
Hewlett-Packard, Recasting Itself, Is Looking Beyond PCs and Printers (NYT, Dec. 25)
Hewlett-Packard is looking beyond personal computers and printers with its next challenge being consumer electronics. 92 billion company has set goal of growing 6 percent next year and year after, meaning it must add about $5.5 billion each year in new revenue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/25/technology/25hewlett.html?ref=technology
IBM
IBM, Siemens Snag German Contract (Forbes, Dec. 28)
With its formerly moribund stock trading near a 52-week high, International Business Machines gave its shareholders some good news, announcing it and Siemens had won a $9.3 billion deal to modernize the German military's technology.
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/12/28/ibm-siemens-update-markets-equity-cx_mk_1228markets09.html
IBM, Siemens to run IT for German military (Fortune, Dec. 28)
IBM and Siemens have won a 7.1 billion euro ($9.3 billion), 10-year contract to modernize and manage the non-military IT systems of Germany's armed forces. Siemens will receive a 60 percent share of the deal, the biggest contract ever won by the German industrial conglomerate.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/28/news/international/international_ibm.reut/index.htm?postversion=2006122808
Microsoft
Microsoft Adds Behavioral Targeting (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 27)
Microsoft Corp. has started linking users' search habits with other personal information as it prepares to show more personalized advertisements. With the use of small data files known as cookies, Microsoft can link information users provide when they sign up for Hotmail e-mail and other services with data on what they view and search for on various Microsoft sites, such as those for maps, Web journals and finance.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12dec27,1,5283423.story?coll=sns-technology-headlines
Flaw in Vista operating system could let hacker control PC (Chicago Tribune, Dec. 27)
Windows Vista, the new computer operating system that Microsoft Corp. is touting as its most secure ever, contains a programming flaw that might let hackers gain full control of vulnerable computers.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0612270404dec27,1,7829576.story?coll=chi-techtopheds-hed
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