Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Robert Hernreich - Chrome Users Return to Internet Explorer, Firefox (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)

They're back. Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Mozilla's Firefox lost some users with the debut of Google's Chrome browser, but they are returning. Just three weeks after its launch, Chrome is seen as not so polished and is losing some users, according to Net Applications, an Internet tracking company. Robert Hernreich

The recording industry and a group representing digital media reached an agreement Tuesday regarding royalty rates for certain online music services, but the controversial issue of rates for Internet radio stations like Pandora has yet to be settled. Robert Hernreich

A rival to the all-conquering BlackBerry and iPhone mobile devices was launched in New York yesterday. Like Apple's iPhone, T-Mobile's G1 offers its users high-speed internet access, a music player, camera and the traditional phone and texting facilities. Robert Hernreich

THE GIZMO: Logitech Squeezebox Boom ($299.99) and CC Wi-Fi Internet Radio ($214.99). RADIO GA GA: If you build a 20 times more exciting radio, will people jump for it? Robert Hernreich

NEW YORK -- The first phone that harnesses Google Inc.'s ambition to make the Internet easy to use on the go was revealed Tuesday, and it looks a lot like an iPhone. Robert Hernreich

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