Touchscreens heat up enthusiasm for gadgets (Reuters)

October 29, 2008

A customer examines his new Apple iPhone 3G at Telcel Center in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata August 21, 2008. (Jayanta Shaw/Reuters)Reuters - More and more shoppers are willing to spend on gadgets with a touchscreen -- even if it means they lose on extra features and better quality.


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Docstoc Adds Email Uploads

October 29, 2008
Los Angeles-based Docstoc, an online document and sharing startup, said Wednesday that it has added email uploading and publishing to the service. The firm said that any document can be uploaded to the firm via email, and it will automatically be published publically on the site. DocStoc is venture backed by Rustic Canyon Partners. READ MORE>>No tag for this post.













FCC concerned at trend of pay-TV rate hikes (AP)

October 29, 2008
AP - The Federal Communications Commission expressed concern as several cable companies discussed plans to raise their rates for next year, including Cablevision Systems Corp., which on Wednesday announced an average hike for cable TV service of 3.5 percent.No tag for this post.