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  When worlds collide
  on the mobile Net

  Apple may have blocked Google Voice from the iPhone, but in the long run more choice will prevail in the apps available to consumers.

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  Digital music's
  bad boy was right

  q&a MP3.com founder Michael Robertson pegged the problems with ad-supported music sites two years ago and the sector is struggling. He now says iTunes will fall. Is he right about that too?

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• PG&E to compress air to store wind power

  Pacific Gas & Electric says it is applying for stimulus funds to build a compressed-air storage facility able to store as much energy capacity as a medium-size power plant.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Open Book Alliance to oppose Google Book deal

  Amazon, Microsoft, and Yahoo have joined forces with library and author groups to oppose Google's settlement with publishing groups over digital book scanning.

  (Posted in Relevant Results by Tom Krazit)

• Blu-ray not yet finding a home on PCs

  The format is enjoying strong growth in the consumer space, but is still trailing far behind DVD in the PC market, according to a research report from iSuppli.

  (Posted in The Digital Home by Don Reisinger)

• Nokia unveils new mobile financial service

  Nokia Money will let consumers pay for purchases, take care of bills, and send money to other people, all from their cell phones.

  (Posted in Wireless by Lance Whitney)

• Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case

  Company finds faults with rulings that led to jury's patent infringement ruling. Microsoft also facing injunction that threatens to halt sales of current form of Word.

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• A Hummer getting better than 100 mpg?

  Testing shows Hummer H3E can go all-electric for its first 50 miles. Going by GM's Chevy Volt estimate method that's 190 mpg in city, Raser says.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Candace Lombardi)

• E-paper sales expected to hit $9.6 billion in '18

  Sales of e-paper displays--primarily used in e-readers for now--are predicted to soar from 22 million units this year to 1.8 billion in 2018.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Lance Whitney)

• Once again, cell phones linked to brain tumors

  A paper by a group of electromagnetic radiation activists says there's a "significant" risk of brain tumors from cell phone use, especially for children.

  (Posted in Health Tech by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore)

• Report: Antivirus feature for Snow Leopard?

  Mac security firm Intego says reports, and a screenshot, suggest that the forthcoming update to Apple's OS could have an antimalware feature.

  (Posted in Apple by Tom Espiner)

• Nuclear regulators urge high-tech fire detection

  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants plants to shift from human fire detection to high-tech tools.
  (From The New York Times)

• 'Arrandale' chip will be an Intel laptop first

  The upcoming processor, which puts two processor cores and a graphics function together in the same chip package, is the shape of things to come.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Free Software Foundation trashes Windows 7

  The advocacy group is encouraging businesses to throw out their Microsoft software in favor of open-source alternatives.
  • FSF promotes freedom with a closed Web site
  • Browserless Windows 7 refuses to go gracefully

  (Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)

• Better Place to test electric taxis in Japan

  The Japanese government is sponsoring a trial project to test Better Place's battery-changing stations for electric cars used as taxis in Tokyo.

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)
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