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Wednesday, September 3, 2003

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Mobile phones sales climb: "Nokia again dominated the sector, taking 35.9 per cent of the market with 41.2 million units shipped compared to 35.1 million a year ago." [The Register]

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The Scobleizer Weblog writes: 'While over at Marc Canter's blog, I saw this link to Dana Blankenhorn's blog over on Corante. "The problem for bloggers is getting it read." [...] I don't know if that really is a problem. If you have good stuff, it'll be found. Why? weblogs.com. I regularly visit sites there randomly. If your title is anything technology related, it'll get noticed even faster."

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Apple No. 5 with 7 percent of notebook market: "Apple was No. 5 in the US notebook market with 7 percent marketshare, behind Dell (27%), HP (20%), Toshiba (10%), and IBM (9%), according to CNET News.com." [The Macintosh News Network]

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What a Half-Smile Really Means: "Micro-expressions -- facial expressions that last a fraction of a second -- give away exactly how you feel, no matter how hard you try to conceal it. A CD-ROM set teaches how to detect the emotions people try to hide. By Kim Zetter." [Wired News]

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Microsoft Prepares Office Lock-in: "This will not only coerce those running older versions of Office to upgrade, which has been a problem for MS in the last few years, but it will also shut out competing software, such as OpenOffice." [Slashdot]

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SCO Fined in Munich For Linux Claims: "SCO Germany has to pay a fine of 10,000 Euros (~10,800 US$) because they kept on saying that Linux contains stolen intellectual property of SCO. In May a German court had decided that SCO Germany must not continue making those claims." [Slashdot]

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RIAA Subpoenas Raise New Privacy Concerns: "Protecting privacy from the 'new spam' By Peter Swire for the Boston Globe. Overlooked in the heated rhetoric has been a victim of the RIAA's campaign - the privacy of all those who surf the Internet or send e-mail. On the RIAA view, your sensitive personal information on the Web would be available to anyone who can fill out a one-page form." [On Lisa Rein's Radar]