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1. “There are only three things on the Internet that have made money: Amazon, eBay and Google,” he said. “If we’re going to make a lot of money on the Internet, we’ll have to challenge Google in search.” said Mr. Ballmer for Microsoft ([]) 2. When talking about consumers interest Mr. Ballmer said "If you lose the consumer, you lose the enterprise.” ([]) 3. As prepaid carriers begin offering smartphones and other sleek handsets, the leap from contract to pay-as-you-go may become even more appealing for cellphone users. ([]) 4. The key to finding work in this economy is to look beyond job-listings sites like Monster.com; if your search consists mainly of scouring available jobs and sending in your résumé and cover letter, you're on the wrong path. ([]) 5. If you're unemployed, jump on this social network for networkers. ([]

6. The cell-phone novel, or //keitai shosetsu//, is the first literary genre to emerge from the cellular age. [|(http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/22/081222fa_fact_goodyear)] 7. Maho i-Land, which is the largest cell-phone-novel site, carries more than a million titles, most of them by amateurs writing under screen handles, and all available for free. ([|http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/12/22/081222fa_fact_goodyear)] 8. They will transmit the information back to shore using Wi-Fi technology. ([]) 9. Unlike earlier robotic fish, which needed remote controls, they will be able to navigate independently without any human interaction. ([]) 10. The new software is expected to allow employees to make domestic and international calls using regular office telephones, instead of a headset plugged into a personal computer. [|(http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123776338990608661.html)] 11. Smart phones are getting so smart that they're now outwitting other consumer-electronics devices. ([|http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123785343579319803.html?mod=article-outset-box)] 12. "Why would you want to carry around so many devices? I have everything I need in one device," Mr. Vargas says. ([|http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123785343579319803.html?mod=article-outset-box)]13. 13. A formal complaint about Google's Street View has been sent to the Information Commissioner (ICO). Drawn up by lobby group Privacy International (PI), it cites more than 200 reports from members of the public identifiable via the service. ([|http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7959362.stm)] 14. Speaking to the BBC, Google boss Eric Schmidt, said: "We agree with the concerns over privacy."The way we address it is by allowing people to opt out, literally to take anything we capture that is inappropriate out," he said "and we do it as quickly as we possibly can." ([]) 15. "...developed the device to prevent contracture (loss of retractility) of patients who are paralyzed on one side of the body due to strokes and the disuse syndrome suffered by the elderly." [|(http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081118/161364/ )] 16. When hemiplegic or bedridden patients or the elderly who can not move the joints as intended stay in bed for a long period, they could suffer from secondary symptoms such as contracture of muscles and the economy-class syndrome. To prevent these symptoms, hospitals offer programs that include a range of motion exercises by physical therapists and employ CPM (Continuous Passive Motion) devices. [|(http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081118/161364/ )] 17. Sensory addiction is an inability to cope with slowness. The addict is constantly in need of new stimuli and becomes quite unsettled until that new stimuli is found. ([]) 18. With technology we expect progress and we define progress as making our tasks easier and quicker. ([]) However, “as we’ve seen with the history of television and video games, plugged-in sources of stimulation that are awe-inspiring at one time quickly become outdated and boring later on” ([])