Archive for August, 2008
Early iPhone adopters have been wondering if the steady stream of bugs (and subsequent patches) has an end in sight.
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iPhone Users Discover But Another Bug
A Toyota dealership in Palo Alto has started taking deposits on a plug-in version of the Toyota Prius, a car the automaker hasn’t even confirmed it will put on sale.
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Palo Alto Toyota dealer starts taking deposits on plug-in Prius
Apple executives Thursday were scrambling to fix the latest in what has become an annoying and embarrassing series of glitches plaguing their products.
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Apple trying to fix iPhone flaw that lets unauthorized users gain access
Microsoft Corp. is buying a Munich, Germany-based Web comparison shopping site and its parent company for about $486 million in cash.
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Microsoft buys comparison-shopping sites in Europe
As awareness of global warming grows, researchers are looking at what motivates — and what hinders — consumer responses.

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Research: Hassles, negative feedback affect green actions
Confirming that venture capitalists consider its technology to be ready for prime time, San Jose’s Nanosolar says on its blog that the company has raised $300 million this year — more than any other solar company so far in 2008.
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Thin-film solar firm Nanosolar says it has raised $300 million
At Cisco Systems, at Temple Shir Hadash and at his Los Gatos home during his family’s shiva, Ben Goldman, a Cisco executive who was found shot to death in Detroit’s gritty 8 Mile area on Aug. 19, was remembered this week as a man full of life, family and song. Guest book for Goldman

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Cisco executive slain in Detroit is remembered as gifted techie, dedicated family man
Automakers such as GM, Honda Motor.
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GM, Honda, other automakers test hydrogen car prototypes with consumers
Microsoft will receive $20.75 million from San Jose-based Immersion after the companies agreed to settle a lawsuit that revealed Microsoft’s behind-the-scenes maneuvering against video-game console rival Sony.
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Microsoft to get $20.75 million settlement from Immersion
Who is the “iPhone Girl”? Pictures of an Asian factory worker found on a new iPhone sold to a British customer have generated keen discussion on the Internet about her identity — and her fate.
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Mystery ‘iPhone Girl’ generates Internet intrigue
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