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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 (PARIS)
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Google gets Clear Channel in radio ad market

Google will begin selling advertisements across all of the stations of Clear Channel Communications, the No.1 radio station owner in the United States, at the end of June, the companies were to announce Monday.
The new impulse: Buying using text messaging

A company called ShopText has introduced a system that lets people buy products instantly using text messages, a process that eliminates the need to go to a store or even to visit a Web site.
Returning CBS Radio executive faces challenge

A dwindling number of listeners, a juggling of musical formats at big-market stations, not to mention the loss of the talk-show host Don Imus, will provide a test for Dan Mason.
A golden age for gadgets

Nowadays, there is a profusion of gadgets that harness the latest micro technologies and the wackiest thinking of garage inventors. Whether the problem is how to one-up the office practical joker or brew a hot cup of espresso while driving to work, there's a gadget for it, and a cottage industry furiously bent on delivering more.
Wireless: Customized phones for the masses

If you have decided that the newest €750 cellphone from Nokia is not enough to distinguish yourself from the masses, do not despair.
European soccer clubs drawn by huge fan base in China

Unlike America, where soccer is now the most popular participation sport among children, relatively few Chinese actually play the game. But in contrast to the United States, where soccer rarely breaks into network television, the sport is a media phenomenon in China.
On Advertising: British ad businesses strike back

Facing tough new restrictions on the marketing of unhealthy foods to children, and fearing that ads for other products could be next, the ad industry is fighting back.
The iPod and the vacuum tube sing a warm duet

Most people think of vacuum tubes as relics, long replaced by transistors. But a few new iPod docking stations are aiming at the audience of audio enthusiasts that still values the warm tones the tubes offer.
Chinese authorities destroy 42 million pirated items

Pirated digital videodiscs, compact discs, computer software and illegal publications were destroyed in the government's latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property.
Films falter, but Weinsteins stay focused

Despite a series of box-office flops, the film production shop started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein two years ago is spreading out into other areas of the entertainment world.
Beatles and EMI reach royalty deal
MSNBC drops talk show host over racist remark
Apple will delay release of new OS X version for 4 months
Tax-wary U.S. technology investors are likely to be reassured
EU Parliament to vote on roaming fees
IBM announces new chip-stacking technology
China expected to issue more than one 3G permit
Getting more reality from games
Tolkien's Middle Earth goes online
BlackBerry maker reports rise in profit
Bloggers debate need for code of conduct
New agency takes new approach to Sony ads
Microsoft Xbox to have instant messaging
Standards divide European archives
On Advertising: A strategy of change
Telecom Italia becomes national drama
HP is imagining a Web friendly printer
The Nokia-Qualcomm disconnect
Telecom offers a virtual America's Cup
New boss to L.A. Times: Tribune first?
France caters to market for the most simple of computers
Sports organizations' new event: Guarding online revenue
For AT&T chief, nagging questions about broadband strategy
Mixing business with pleasure: BlackBerry gaming
Fashion ads touch a nerve in gender-conscious Spain

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Saving the oldies but goodies
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Apple TV aims to close the PC-to-TV divide
From tape to disc without the fuss
Midsize digital cameras offer advantages
Microsoft Office sheds features for simplicity's sake
2007 may turn out to be the Year of the Backup
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Products on the cutting edge
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Music to brush by; Video conversions made easier; GPS for off-roaders
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Wireless
Cellphone myths, and little-known facts

Wireless: Tracking what people do on their cellphones
Operating systems present problems for mobile phone makers
Cellphones open front in fight against disease
Reviving push-to-talk services with a cellphone for hard-hats
Cellphone 'number portability' unrealized
On Advertising: Germany raises its creativity profile
Consumers vote for the best slogan
Mobile phones are new frontier in advertising
"Big Brother" brouhaha stumps damage control experts
BBC creeping toward commercialism
Billboards get a digital update
Advertising:
Can Google break into selling that radio gaga?

Beer campaign turns back drinkers' clock
Selling cars by 'losing' the keys
CBS hopes March Madness leads to video mania
The Web drives an advertising boom without the need for agencies
Hands-on Tundra pitch aims to outmuscle its rivals
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IHT Tech/Media News Staff
Meet the reporters behind the stories.

- Doreen Carvajal, media reporter

- Thomas Crampton, tech/media reporter

- Kevin O'Brien, tech/telecom reporter

- James Connell, deputy technology editor

- Victoria Shannon, technology editor

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