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Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:07:58 GMT
AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.
Google opens Web store for business applications
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:58:00 GMT
AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:33:15 GMT
AP - Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:07:11 GMT
AP - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:31 GMT
AP - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer
(AP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:08:06 GMT
AP - A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.
Summary Box: Google expands sales of business apps
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:16:42 GMT
AP - NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.
Chinese group files complaint over "faulty" HP laptops
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:59:44 GMT
Reuters - More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.
Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:18:05 GMT
AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.
Sony, Samsung Join Campaign To Push 3-D TV Sets
(NewsFactor)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:29:49 GMT
NewsFactor - On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 percent of its TV sales within the next year to be 3-D models, and Samsung announced a range of HDTV sets and Blu-ray players will ship later this month.
"Logorama" duo take aim at "Ghost Recon" videogame
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:52:51 GMT
Reuters - The directors behind the Oscar-winning animated short "Logorama," are moving into the live-action world -- but they aren't going Hollywood just yet.
As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules
(NewsFactor)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:25:44 GMT
NewsFactor - With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention.
LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:02:56 GMT
Reuters - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups.
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:26:39 GMT
Reuters - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.
Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
(AFP)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:49 GMT
AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
(PC World)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:00:19 GMT
PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.
Parallels Desktop update adds support for Chrome OS
(Macworld.com)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:06:00 GMT
Macworld.com - Parallels, whose Desktop offering lets you run a variety of operating systems without ever having to leave Mac OS X, has updated Parallels Desktop 5.0 to include support for Googleâs Chrome OS.
