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Embedded Linux declining?

An EE Times Europe reader poll found that Linux still leads in planned usage of embedded operating systems (OSes), but that the percentage is declining. About a third of respondents planned to use embedded Linux in future projects, down from about half the year before, claims the survey.

MediaDefender Claims Anti-Piracy Services No Longer In Demand - Declining revenue suggests they should fear bankruptcy

MediaDefender is an anti-piracy business that places both legal and illegal downloads online primarily for the purpose of trapping illegal filesharers for organizations like RIAA and MPAA. MediaDefender recently released financial information that indicates that they are rapidly moving towards bankruptcy. They have had a series of financial problems harming the company including a security breach last year that cost them over $800,000 but the business states that the reason that revenue has declined considerably is because there is a declining interest in anti-piracy services.

Can Neighborhood Blogs Rescue Community Journalism?

As news organizations ponder their declining revenues and make their layoff lists, journalists are left to wonder what they ought to do with their careers. Some, such as Seattle's Tracy Record, have abandoned old media and taken journalism back to its local roots.

Circuit City Seeks Recharge Under Marcum

After years of quarterly losses and steadily declining sales at Circuit City Stores, Philip Schoonover stepped down as chairman, president, chief executive and director of the consumer electronics retailer late Monday.

Half of mammals 'in decline', says extinction Red List

BARCELONA (AFP) - Half the world's mammals are declining in population and more than a third probably face extinction, said an update Monday of the "Red List," the most respected inventory of biodiversity.

Five 'new' Frans Hals paintings?

The Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem in the Netherlands is declining to confirm the news, preferring to await research confirming the claim. However, one of the pictures, from the Dutch national collection, is definitely by the old Dutch master, Frans Hals.

Wolfson warns of fall in profits as Apple looks elsewhere for iPod chips

"Wolfson Microelectronics, the Edinburgh-based manufacturer of semiconductors, warned yesterday that declining sales of mobile phones, digital cameras and satellite navigation systems would slice up to 20% off its end-of-year revenues," Terry Macalister reports for The Guardian.

Playboy isn't playing games in the face of weaker web sales

Playboy Enterprises Inc. is looking at more cost cutting in the wake of declining sales, including e-commerce.

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Birds Given Nest Egg

AN ambitious new grant scheme - the first of its kind in England - has been launched to help declining woodland bird species in the North East of England.

Globe banking on Apples stylish iPhone

GLOBE TELECOM, Inc. is banking on Apple’s third-generation (3G) iPhone to temper the effects on profits of declining consumption due to rising consumer prices.

Fish Diversity Key To Coral Reef Recovery

A report scheduled to be published this week in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may be critical to restoring coral reefs, which are declining dramatically worldwide. The conclusion results from a long-term study that found significant recovery in sections of coral reefs on which fish of two complementary species were caged.

Diversity Of Plant-eating Fishes May Be Key To Recovery Of Coral Reefs

A report scheduled to be published this week in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that maintaining the proper balance of herbivorous fishes may be critical to restoring coral reefs, which are declining dramatically worldwide. The conclusion results from a long-term study that found significant recovery in sections of coral reefs on which fish of two complementary species were caged.

Ask why you need a loan

According to many economists, the strain in the financial system caused by the subprime contagion could be with us for some time. This is no consolation to America's investors and homeowners, many of whom have experienced the double whammy of market losses and declining property values.

Google: $1 Billion AOL Investment "May Be Impaired"

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) disclosed in a regulatory filing this week that it believes its $1 billion investment in Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) AOL "may be impaired," adding that it will continue to review the investment and may potentially have to take a charge on its books to account for the declining value of its 5% stake in the company. "There can be no assurance that impairment charges will not be required in the future, and any such amounts may be material," Google said in the SEC filing.

Layoffs Possibility Notwithstanding, eBay Wants To Buy Classified Startups

Rumors are floating around that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is going to lay off about 10 percent of its 15,000 employees, attributable mainly to an analyst at Wedge Partners, a small Colorado investment-research firm. And while the company has refused to comment on it, it makes sense that eBay will do some rationalization of its business considering its declining profits and stagnant traffic. Despite that, the company is interested in making some more acquisitions in the online classifieds space, according to Jacob Aqraou, GM of eBay’s global classified business. He told WSJ that the company will take over a “fair� number of companies in the next six months or so. With the market being what it is, and the valuations coming down, the company is looking at sites that have leading positions in geographies and industry segments in which eBay does

Amazon Granted 1-Hour Offer Patent

theodp writes "Amazon was awarded a patent Tuesday for its Interactive Time-Limited Merchandising Program and Method for Improved Online Cross-Selling, which appears to be lawyer-speak for presenting customers with one limited-time offer after another until they finally bite on one or decline them all. So be careful - the next time you offer folks 10% off on a garden rake if they purchase it within sixty minutes after declining to buy a saucepan, you could be guilty of patent infringement!"

Updated: Cablevision Tells Investors 'No More Acquisitions'; Harbinger Takes 4.9 Percent Stake

Cablevision management has been meeting with key investors as it explores various strategies for lifting its share price. The Long Island-based cable operator said earlier this month that it would consider a variety of options to this effect, including asset sales. While it hasn’t done anything definitive yet, it has promised investors that it would cool down on acquisitions, according to WSJ. This makes sense, as the company’s perceived freespending ways contributed to its declining share price throughout much of the year. The company also claimed that the acquisitions of the Sundance Channel and Newsday arose from “special situations�, though it’s not clear what they meant by that.

EMI plans music portal with free, paid downloads

EMI is planning a pre-holiday launch of a new music portal that will include the ability to buy downloads, according to the FT. We've confirmed that but a source familiar with the project says it is not an attempt to displace digital retailers like iTunes or Amazon or as some EMI version of Sony Connect. It's meant more as a consumer testbed, a way for EMI to see what interests users most and how they respond to various things. It will include artist and catalog information; audio and video downloads will be both free and paid. EMI is declining comment although this seems like the sort of thing they should be talking about.

EMI Plans Music Portal With Free, Paid Downloads

EMI is planning a pre-holiday launch of a new music portal that will include the ability to buy downloads, according to the FT. We’ve confirmed that but a source familiar with the project says it is not an attempt to displace digital retailers like iTunes or Amazon or as some EMI version of Sony Connect. It’s meant more as a consumer testbed, a way for EMI to see what interests users most and how they respond to various things. It will include artist and catalog information; audio and video downloads will be both free and paid. EMI is declining comment although this seems like the sort of thing they should be talking about.

World's First Massively Multiplayer Forecast Game?

krou writes "The Institute of the Future will soon be launching what it calls the first massively multiplayer forecast game, billed as The Superstruct Game. According to the game's FAQ, the idea is to 'imagine how we might solve the problems we'll face.' Interestingly, the game itself is meant to be played 'on forums, blogs, videos, wikis, and other familiar online spaces.' From the IFTF website's sneak peak, the game is set in the year 2019, where the Global Extinction Awareness System (GEAS) has forecast the possibility of human extinction by the year 2042 as the result of five simultaneous 'super-threats': Quarantine, which is a result from 'declining health and pandemic disease'; Ravenous, which relates to the global collapse of the world food system; Power Struggle, related to the flux of power 'as nations fight for energy supremacy

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