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	<title>Bits</title>
	<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com</link>
	<description>A New York Times blog</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma of a Toy Maker</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/the-innovators-dilemma-of-a-toy-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/the-innovators-dilemma-of-a-toy-maker/#comments
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel Helft</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Innovations and Ideas</dc:subject><dc:subject>innovators dilemma</dc:subject><dc:subject>LeapFrog</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[LeapFrog's successor to the best-selling LeapPad, the Tag, is being introduced today. It could have been in toy stores years earlier.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Consumer Savings on eBay</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/tracking-consumer-savings-on-ebay/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/28/tracking-consumer-savings-on-ebay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Stone</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject><dc:subject>EBay</dc:subject><dc:subject>Internet auctions</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests consumers save billions of dollars by shopping on eBay auctions. ]]></description>
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		<title>Hints That Europe Will Let Google Buy DoubleClick</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/hints-that-europe-will-let-google-buy-doubleclick/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/hints-that-europe-will-let-google-buy-doubleclick/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Online Marketing</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading the tea leaves in Brussels provides clues that the European Commission is preparing to allow Google to buy DoubleClick after a year-long review.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Ruminating Over Identity at Sundance</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/ruminating-over-identity-at-sundance/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/ruminating-over-identity-at-sundance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Hafner</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Technology and Society</dc:subject><dc:subject>Microsoft</dc:subject><dc:subject>MySpace</dc:subject><dc:subject>Reality Sandwich</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sundance</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[The places young people find online to hang out are less fake than the lives they live with their parents, their teachers, even their real-life friends. It makes their lives more real, said panelists discussing technology and how it changes us. ]]></description>
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		<title>Spectrum Auction: Bidders Spurn Frequencies Linked to Public Safety</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/spectrum-auction-bidders-spurn-frequencies-linked-to-public-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/spectrum-auction-bidders-spurn-frequencies-linked-to-public-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Telecommunications</dc:subject><dc:subject>fcc</dc:subject><dc:subject>spectrum</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[After four rounds of of the government auction, only a single bid has emerged for the block of frequencies  meant to combine national wireless voice and data service with communications for public safety agencies. ]]></description>
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		<title>Murdoch Decides to Take WSJ.com’s Money Now</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/murdoch-decides-to-take-wsjcoms-money-now/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/murdoch-decides-to-take-wsjcoms-money-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:08:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject><dc:subject>Business Models</dc:subject><dc:subject>News Corporation</dc:subject><dc:subject>Wall Street Journal</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[By deciding to keep charging for the online edition of the Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch is putting his interest in making more money ahead of his desire to use the Journal to advocate his conservative political views. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=854</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>At Sundance, a Second Life Sweatshop Is Art</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/at-sundance-a-second-life-sweatshop-is-art/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/at-sundance-a-second-life-sweatshop-is-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Hafner</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Innovations and Ideas</dc:subject><dc:subject>Invisible Threads</dc:subject><dc:subject>second life</dc:subject><dc:subject>Sundance</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want a window into so-called telemetric manufacturing methods of the future? Performance artists at the Sundance Film Festival created a virtual sweatshop in Second Life that makes real jeans. Is it art for money or money for art?   ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=853</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>The Art of Nanotech</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/the-art-of-nanotech/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/the-art-of-nanotech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barnaby J. Feder</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Nanotechnology</dc:subject><dc:subject>art</dc:subject><dc:subject>Cris Orfescu</dc:subject><dc:subject>nanotechnology</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nanotechnology is a new medium for art.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=851</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Spectrum Auction Day 1: $2.779  Billion in Bids</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/spectrum-auction-day-1-2779-billion-in-bids/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/spectrum-auction-day-1-2779-billion-in-bids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Telecommunications</dc:subject><dc:subject>fcc</dc:subject><dc:subject>spectrum</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bidding has started for the wireless spectrum that is being abandoned by the move to digital television. So far, it's not clear whether there will be enough interest for the government to receive the $10 billion it wants.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=852</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>John Donahoe’s Plan to Save eBay: Better Search</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/john-donahoes-plan-to-save-ebay-better-search/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/john-donahoes-plan-to-save-ebay-better-search/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject><dc:subject>EBay</dc:subject><dc:subject>John Donahoe</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[The incoming chief executive of eBay, John Donahoe, says he is planning a new search engine to show users the best offers from the best sellers with low prices, fast shipping and high quality.  He's also prepared for a wave of protest from sellers whose listings are not featured in the new search results.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=850</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>YouTube On the Go</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/youtube-on-the-go/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/youtube-on-the-go/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel Helft</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Music and Video</dc:subject><dc:subject>Google</dc:subject><dc:subject>Mobile phones</dc:subject><dc:subject>video</dc:subject><dc:subject>YouTube</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[YouTube expands its mobile site to make the experience of watching videos on the go more like it is on the PC.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=849</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Last.FM Has a First With Streaming Music</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/lastfm-is-first-with-streaming-music-users-choose/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/lastfm-is-first-with-streaming-music-users-choose/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Music and Video</dc:subject><dc:subject>Business Models</dc:subject><dc:subject>cbs</dc:subject><dc:subject>imeem</dc:subject><dc:subject>last.fm</dc:subject><dc:subject>Music</dc:subject>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/lastfm-is-first-with-streaming-music-users-choose/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last.FM, the  free online radio service owned by CBS, will let users listen to any of 3.5 million songs on demand, paid for with advertising. The key limit: each user  can only listen to each song  3 times. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=848</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Tracking the World&#8217;s Appetite for Innovation</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/tracking-the-worlds-appetite-for-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/23/tracking-the-worlds-appetite-for-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Lohr</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Technology and Society</dc:subject><dc:subject>H P</dc:subject><dc:subject>innovation</dc:subject><dc:subject>knowledge economy</dc:subject><dc:subject>Microsoft</dc:subject><dc:subject>Productivity</dc:subject><dc:subject>Unisys</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[    In its quest for what it calls &#8220;new metrics for the knowledge economy,&#8221; a nonprofit research group has come up with an index of  global innovation confidence.
    The poll of 25,000 people in a dozen nations, published on Tuesday, found the United States squarely in the middle [...] ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=846</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Can the Touch Revive Apple’s iPod Sales?</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/can-the-touch-revive-apples-ipod-sales/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/can-the-touch-revive-apples-ipod-sales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Consumer Electronics</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Hardware</dc:subject><dc:subject>Apple</dc:subject><dc:subject>ipod</dc:subject>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/can-the-touch-revive-apples-ipod-sales/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite a 10 percent drop in Apple's shares, the company did very well in the fourth quarter, putting $3 billion in the bank. It plans to address its main weakness--slow growth in iPod sales--by emphasizing the Internet capability of the iPod Touch. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=847</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Europe: Your I.P. Address Is Personal</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/europe-your-ip-address-is-personal/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/europe-your-ip-address-is-personal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:31:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Policy and Law</dc:subject><dc:subject>Google</dc:subject><dc:subject>Privacy</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a hearing Monday, a top European regulator said that Internet Protocol addresses, which identify computers connected to the Internet, should be treated as personal information, something Google and other sites have resisted. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=845</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Report Says Whitman to Leave After Conservative Decade at eBay</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/report-says-whitman-to-leave-after-conservative-decade-at-ebay/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/report-says-whitman-to-leave-after-conservative-decade-at-ebay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject><dc:subject>EBay</dc:subject><dc:subject>Meg Whitman</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meg Whitman is about to announce her retirement after a decade running eBay, a report says. The company faces challenges from Google and Amazon, and it may need to make more radical changes than has been the style of the cautious Ms. Whitman. ]]></description>
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		<title>Bits Debate: On the Rights of Readers and Viewers</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/bits-debate-on-the-rights-of-readers-and-viewers/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/bits-debate-on-the-rights-of-readers-and-viewers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Policy and Law</dc:subject><dc:subject>bits debate: copyright</dc:subject><dc:subject>Copyright</dc:subject><dc:subject>fair use</dc:subject>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/bits-debate-on-the-rights-of-readers-and-viewers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the march of technology taking away rights people used to enjoy, such as the ability to make personal copies of things they buy? Tim Wu, of Columbia Law School, says technology is eroding the value of ownership. Rick Cotton, of NBC Universal, says new copy protection systems will give more options to consumers. The Bits Debate continues. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=843</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Not Buying Gadgets, You Are Subscribing to Them</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/youre-not-buying-gadgets-any-more-you-are-subscribing-to-them/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/youre-not-buying-gadgets-any-more-you-are-subscribing-to-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saul Hansell</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Consumer Electronics</dc:subject><dc:subject>Blu ray</dc:subject><dc:subject>digital television</dc:subject><dc:subject>Televisions</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new specification will add features to Blu-ray disc players  proves that people really just subscribe to consumer electronics rather than buying them. Accept that and you can defend profligate spending on the latest TV or being a penny-pincher.  ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=842</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>Slide Slides Into Some Cash</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/slide-slides-into-some-cash/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/slide-slides-into-some-cash/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Stone</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Internet</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Silicon Valley</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject>Venture Capital and Finance</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Slide, the maker of applications for social networks, has raised another round of financing – $50 million from the private equity funds at Fidelity and T-Rowe Price. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRSS>http://bits.dblogs.nytimes.com/?feed=rss2&amp;p=841</wfw:commentRSS>
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		<title>A Less Stylish Approach to RFID</title>
		<link>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/a-less-stylish-approach-to-rfid/</link>
		<comments>http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/a-less-stylish-approach-to-rfid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 16:10:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barnaby J. Feder</dc:creator>
		
	<dc:subject>Nanotechnology</dc:subject><dc:subject>I.B.M.</dc:subject><dc:subject>Metro Group</dc:subject><dc:subject>RFID</dc:subject>
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		<description><![CDATA[Metro Group, the giant German grocery and consumer goods retailer, has been a leader in applying RFID tags to shipments of goods to track their progress through its distribution chain. It is starting a new effort to test if customers will accept tags on clothes.  ]]></description>
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