Tuesday, February 9, 2010

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Sharon Rapoport, sons Seth and Isaac, and John Anderson look at their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in their basement.
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Sharon Rapoport, sons Seth and Isaac, and John Anderson look at their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in their basement.

The average American is expected to spend nearly $1,000 this year on services like cable, Internet and video games.

Publishers Win a Bout in E-Book Price Fight

Publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily — of how much consumers pay for their content.

Findings

Will You Be E-Mailing This Column? It’s Awesome

A University of Pennsylvania study found that readers of news in print and online had more exalted tastes than might be expected.

With Shake-Up, SAP Seeks Better Customer Relations

The chairman of SAP, the German software company, said a decision to raise maintenance fees was wrong and acknowledged that he had been partly responsible for the move.

China Announces Arrests in Hacking Crackdown

Police officers also seized money and equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars during the crackdown, which occurred in November, state media reported over the past two days.

Making Solar Power Portable

A growing number of business travelers are using portable renewable energy devices to power up their electronics when they work in places that offer little or no access to electricity.

Electronic Arts Shrinks Loss, but Shares Fall on Forecast

The publisher released its results, which analysts had expected to disappoint, after the regular market session ended.

Insider’s Admission Deepens Galleon Case

Rajiv Goel said that in 2007 he provided the hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam with confidential tips about Intel and Sprint Nextel.

Multimedia

Interactive Feature: 10th Anniversary of the AOL-Time Warner Merger

The four executives responsible for the merger reflect on its anniversary about why they did it and why it failed.

Interactive Feature: A Peek Into Netflix Queues

Examine maps of Netflix rental patterns, neighborhood by neighborhood, in a dozen cities across the nation.

Video: C.E.S. 2010: Explosion of E-Book Readers

Brad Stone on the proliferation of e-book readers at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.

Video: C.E.S. 2010: The Internet in Your Car

A look at how automakers are building Internet connectivity and services into their newest models.

Video: C.E.S. 2010: What's New in Internet TV

Bits Blog lead writer Nick Bilton on the new Internet TV offerings that will premiere at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Pogue’s Posts

The latest in technology from David Pogue.

Multimedia

Tech Talk Podcast

Nick Bilton on corralling all that Web content; the tech term “content aggregator;” upgrading from a 32-bit to a 64-bit OS; and new calls for the demise of Internet Explorer 6.

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