Tech Today: U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud, Mossberg Reviews Sony’s E-Reader

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14 Jan 2010

Tech Today gathers all the biggest technology news of the morning’s Wall Street Journal into one place for your reading pleasure.

U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud: U.S. government officials and business leaders were supportive but wary of taking sides in Google’s battle with China, a sign of the delicate tensions between the growing superpower and the West.

Inside Scoop on Sony’s E-Reader: The wireless Reader Daily Edition is a much-improved model that could make it more competitive with Kindle, but its interface takes some mastering, says Walt Mossberg.

H-P, Microsoft Partner Against Rivals: H-P and Microsoft agreed to jointly invest $250 million over the next three years to develop inexpensive online computing services.

Music Price-Fixing Suit Reinstated: A U.S. federal appeals court reinstated an antitrust lawsuit against the major record labels over alleged price-fixing of Internet music downloads.

Silicon Valley Counsel Role Grows: General counsels at Silicon Valley companies are facing more regulations and pressure to boost transparency, disclosure and governance at their firms.


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4 Responses to Tech Today: U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud, Mossberg Reviews Sony’s E-Reader

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jennifer_weisz

January 27th, 2010 at 5:59 pm

Start with MSFT's key products- say Windows, Office, internet explorer, and X-Box)- and think about the key distinctions between monopoly and perfect competition.

barriers to entry
# of suppliers
price maker / price taker
Homogeneity of output
etc.

Since perfect competition and monopoly are are theoretical extremes, think about where on the continuum MSFT lies for each variable considered.

In addition, think about different defitions of "the market". For example, MSFT has a monopoly on the MS x-box. However, it is one of several gaming platforms available since it competes with the Wii, playstation, and game cube.

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Jim K

March 10th, 2010 at 7:34 pm

No problem in following up once. If they don't respond, take it as a no. Some companies take two days to decide, some take two weeks and some take 2 months or longer.

Each company is different. But most companies have bad follow up.

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Fred S

March 24th, 2010 at 11:12 pm

walt mossberg, better writer, more funny in my opinion. Hope this helps

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Johnny Was a Lexicon Devil

March 25th, 2010 at 9:25 pm

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