Ed Oswald

The all stock transaction calls for the purchase of every outstanding share of Groove, and gives LiveWire a larger presence in the mobile music download market.

Prior to the transaction, Groove offered services across the mobile music and video spectrum, including ringback tones, ringtones and music downloads.

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This iPhone doesn't use the cellular network, instead it allows users to connect to their SIP and VoIP networks to make calls wirelessly.

The WIP 310 is the third phone available under Cisco's iPhone brand. As some may remember, Cisco sued Apple in January 2007 over use of the name, but reached a licensing agreement only a month later.

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Data from NPD Group indicates that Macs accounted for about one out of every eight computers sold during the month of February in the US.

Apple garnered a 14 percent unit share during the month, a 60 percent year-over-year increase. Apple also took a quarter of all dollar revenues during February, NPD says. This higher percentage of dollar sales is due to Apple's generally higher prices than its competitors.

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Apple on Tuesday released version 3.1 of its Safari Web browser for both Windows and Mac. The incremental update does little in the way of introducing new features, although the company is using it to usher in the next generation of Web standards.

Safari 3.1 is the first browser to support some of the features of HTML 5, the new standard that was released in January. That update to the base coding of the Web includes new video and audio tags, which allow for built-in support of media without proprietary technology.

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With 360 sales lagging behind its competitors, Microsoft is stressing the strength of its games and accessories market as evidence that there is nothing to worry about.

For the second month in a row, Xbox 360 sales according to NPD Group fell below those of the Wii and PS3 in February. About 432,000 Wii's were sold, and 280,800 PS3s. During the month, Microsoft only managed to sell about 254,600 consoles.

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The company's tiny wireless base station has been updated with technology to support the high speed connectivity standard, as earlier rumored.

Apple enthusiast sites including AppleInsider began hinting at a possible release of a new version of Airport Express over the weekend. The overall design of the player has not changed much, nor has the price -- it remains at $99.

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The search engine has provided some statistics of activity on its site from its first two weeks, and it shows that the company may have the upper hand on bringing social news to the mainstream.

According to Yahoo, about 16 million referrals have been sent to publishers -- who currently must be invited to have their content included in the service. Data also shows that the service is quickly catching up to Digg in terms of sending traffic.

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Google repeated its concern surrounding the proposed merger between Microsoft and Yahoo, saying it would threaten the openness of the Internet.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt made the comments to attendees as part of a press conference surrounding its efforts to bring cloud computing to Chinese universities. Obviously, reporters were anxious to get his take on the Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up.

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Microsoft officials told a French financial newspaper this week that a third generation player is due next year, along with the launch of the player in the European market.

Since its debut in late 2006, Microsoft's response to the iPod has been a US-only product. While there have been repeated rumors that launches in other markets were in the works, so far there has been no official confirmation until now.

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Rapt's technology will provide advertising yield and management solutions for users of Microsoft's Atlas Publisher Suite.

Microsoft Advertiser and Publisher Solutions (APS) is a total ad management package, with tools for both the advertiser and publisher. The company says it makes the buying and selling of media easier across its network and other participating companies.

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Search giant Google is certainly full of confidence when it comes to Android, arguing that it will have a much larger market than Apple's device.

Apple's small and tightly controlled market has often come up in criticism of that company's overall strategy. By locking itself to a small list of approved carriers, Apple may be hamstringing itself in sales.

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Second Life is looking for a second wind after a period of rapid growth. Is a new CEO the answer?

Philip Rosedale says that the reasons behind his resignation from the CEO position are due to the company needing a leader with more operational experience. He is not leaving the company altogether -- rather he will serve as chairman of the company after a successor is named.

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Tanya Andersen refiled her lawsuit against the record industry body on Friday, which could open up RIAA's investigation techniques for all to see.

She filed the original lawsuit in August 2007, although a judge dismissed the case at a hearing on February 13 on a motion by the RIAA. Andersen was given 30 days to refile.

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Apple is using its pre-existing partnerships to expand the reach of the phone to other markets.

T-Mobile will be the device's carrier in Austria, where the German telecommunications company also has a network and provides service. Phones will be sold for 399 euros for the 8 GB model, and 499 euros for the 16 GB.

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Microsoft has addressed critical issues in Office and Office Web Components, as well as specific issues within Excel and Outlook.

All the issues deal with some type of remote code execution risk, according to Microsoft.

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