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Tech News Flash: Monday -- October 17, 2011

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RIM's Apology Gift Bag Gets Mixed Reactions
Specs on Motorola's Droid 'Razr' Dribble In
Google's Miscalculated Obama Gambit
Stallman on Steve Jobs: Tasteless or Incisive?
Newsstand Smooths Out iOS Mag-Reading but Could Use Some Curb Appeal
New Xoom's Pretty Much the Old Xoom With a Prettier Price

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The BlackBerry Blackout: Research In Commotion (12:37 minutes)
In this episode: Research In Motion's BlackBerry platform gets a black
eye thanks to a massive, days-long service outage that affects users all
over the globe; Sprint begins a tricky balancing act as the newest U.S.
member of Team iPhone; a newly discovered malicious Android application
presents itself as a Netflix app in order to gain users' trust; HP
reportedly has second thoughts about its plan to spin off PCs; Netflix
changes its mind about schlepping its DVD service off as its own brand
after users give the idea a big thumbs-down.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/shared/audio/ect-recap-2011-10-14.mp3

Today's Story Highlights

RIM's Apology Gift Bag Gets Mixed Reactions
Battered by customer outrage worldwide over its BlackBerry network
failures last week, as well as strong sales of the iPhone 4S from rival
Apple, Research In Motion on Monday announced a slew of free gifts in an
attempt to remedy the situation. Consumers who own BlackBerries will get
premium apps worth more than $100 for free, while enterprise customers
will get one month of free tech support.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73519.html

Specs on Motorola's Droid 'Razr' Dribble In
Motorola and Verizon Wireless are reportedly about to unveil a Droid
challenger to the highly touted Apple iPhone 4S. The two have invited
the press to an event to be held Oct. 18. Details about the event are
not forthcoming, but Motorola has released a teaser video. The clip
throws out words like "faster," "thinner," "smarter" and "stronger,"
kicks off with a bullet, and its imagery includes a bullet and a razor.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73513.html

Google's Miscalculated Obama Gambit
Google's earnings knocked one out of the park last week but in other
areas, things aren't going as well. Google Chairman Eric Schmidt had to
testify in front of Congress that Google wasn't like Microsoft, and the
rules that applied to that company didn't apply to his. Evidently
unhappy with just cornering the Web advertising market, Google wanted to
corner the market on arrogance as well.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73501.html

Stallman on Steve Jobs: Tasteless or Incisive?
Well it's starting to look like 2011 is just going to be one, long
roller-coaster ride. No sooner does the prospect of a quiet day loom on
the horizon than something happens to turn the world on its ear once
again. In the past two weeks, of course, we've had to endure the loss of
not just one but two leading figures in the technology world: Steve Jobs
and Dennis Ritchie.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73512.html

Newsstand Smooths Out iOS Mag-Reading but Could Use Some Curb Appeal
Apple's new Newsstand app, built into iOS 5, is an enigma. For starters,
it's not exactly a "newsstand," which is a rack of magazines and
newspapers you can browse through, quite possibly on the side of a
street. The bookshelf-like Newsstand app sports a pleasingly angled
shelf style, similar to the bookcase shelf of iBooks.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73506.html

New Xoom's Pretty Much the Old Xoom With a Prettier Price
Motorola is trying for another bite at the Apple, so to speak. It has
launched its Xoom Family Edition tablet -- a product clearly designed
with aspirations to take on the iPad. Going on sale exclusively at Best
Buy, Xoom Family is an Android 3.1-powered device with a 10.1-inch
widescreen HD display and 16 GB of storage.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/73511.html

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