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09/07/2010 01:55 PM
Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter (AP)
AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.
09/05/2010 07:29 PM
Taiwan's HTC: iPhone's `quiet' challenger (AP)
AP - East Asia is the world's electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are largely anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple's iPhone.
09/08/2010 05:09 AM
Craigslist urged to drop adult services worldwide (AP)
AP - Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and national nonprofit organizations said Tuesday they want Craigslist to be "a model for good policy" and officially get rid of its adult services section globally.
08/30/2010 12:19 PM
Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.
08/30/2010 08:58 AM
Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)
Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.
09/08/2010 03:15 AM
Extensis launches Portfolio Server 9.5 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Extensis has announced Portfolio Server 9.5, a new version of its Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, designed to help small businesses and corporate teams quickly locate and access large collections of photos, graphics, documents, and videos.
09/07/2010 05:33 PM
HP sues ex-CEO Hurd over new job at rival Oracle (AP)
AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. is suing Mark Hurd, the chief executive it ousted last month, to stop him from taking a top job at rival Oracle Corp.
09/08/2010 04:14 AM
Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Xbox Live are apologizing to a West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by declaring he's from Fort Gay.
09/08/2010 05:21 AM
China Mobile falls as Vodafone sells $6.5 billion stake (Reuters)
Reuters - China Mobile shares fell the most in a year after Vodafone sold its stake in the company for $6.5 billion, nearly double what it paid, but analysts expect the stake sale to have no major impact on the Chinese firm.
09/08/2010 04:30 AM
Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile (Reuters)
Reuters - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive.
NPR Topics: Technology
09/07/2010 04:04 AM
Google's Logo Turns To Bouncing Balls For Anniversary, Event (Updated)
Google has revamped its logo for yet another special occasion -- this time, its name is made out of a flock of colored balls that bounce away from the cursor when a visitor comes to the Google search page.
09/07/2010 03:49 AM
Oracle Names Ex-HP CEO Mark Hurd Co-President
Oracle Corp. has announced that former Hewlett-Packard Co. CEO Mark Hurd is joining the database software maker as co-president. Oracle said in a statement Monday that Hurd will also serve as a member of the board of directors. He will report to CEO Larry Ellison.
09/06/2010 12:00 PM
Counting Calories? There Are Apps For That
For decades, people who wanted to get serious about losing weight joined Weight Watchers. They used paper and pen to help keep track of their calories with a point system. But today, people have much easier ways to track their calories -- using weight-loss apps. How many calories in an avocado? 300. The mobile apps take away your excuse for not counting calories. NPR's Anthony Brooks reports on the Boston-based company called Lose It!
09/06/2010 12:00 PM
The 'Empty Pleasures' Of Artificial Sweeteners
For this week's edition of All Tech Considered, NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Carolyn de la Pena, a professor at the University of California, Davis, about her new book, Empty Pleasures -- about the evolution and impact of artificial sweeteners.
09/04/2010 01:27 PM
Flying Cars? Conveyor Belts? The Future Of I-95
When Interstate 95 was being built 50 years ago, high-speed roadways and high-tech cars were a fantasy of things to come. These days, I-95 commuters fantasize about simply being able to move. With smarter cars and sky-high roads, the future may just come to their rescue.
Yahoo! News: Internet News
09/08/2010 01:41 AM
Norton Releases 2011 Security Products (PC World)
PC World - Norton on Wednesday announced its 2011 versions of its Norton Internet Security suite and Norton Antivirus software. Norton also announced a new application--Norton Power Eraser--that is designed to remove the increasingly common fake antivirus malware.
09/08/2010 01:10 AM
Symantec: Most Hacking Victims Blame Themselves (PC World)
PC World - Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.
09/08/2010 12:16 AM
Nokia N8 Release Date: End of September in the Online Shop, October 1 in UK Stores (Mashable)
Mashable - Nokia has announced an official launch date and pricing for its Symbian^3 smartphone, the Nokia N8. The device will be available at the Nokia Online Shop "during the last week of September," and it will appear in UK's physical stores on October 1.
09/07/2010 09:37 PM
Samsung Fascinate at Verizon: Buy One, Get One Free (Mashable)
Mashable - We knew that the Samsung Fascinate is coming to Verizon's online store today (and physical stores tomorrow), but we didn't know that Verizon has a special offer for buyers: buy one, get one free.
09/07/2010 08:26 PM
Craigslist quiet on fate of adult services section (AFP)
AFP - Connecticut's top law enforcement official called for online classifieds website Craigslist to confirm that it has permanently closed its "adult services" listings.
msnbc.com: Innovation
08/31/2010 02:43 PM
Researchers rescue Moore’s Law
Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: A new breed of memory device could keep the decades-long speedup in computer power going for decades longer, researchers say.
09/07/2010 09:17 AM
Green gym generates electricity from bikers
With their row after row of exercise machines, most gyms burn far more electrical power than calories. But by equipping stationary bikes and elliptical machines with generators, a San Diego gym has become as healthy for the Earth as it is for its patrons.
09/07/2010 01:37 PM
Lasers could defend helicopters against missiles
A new laser technology aims to protect helicopters in combat operations from heat-seeking missiles.
09/02/2010 10:39 AM
Shape-shifting plane to aid maritime rescues
Gilligan might have gotten off that island a lot sooner if shape-shifting robot planes had been around.
09/01/2010 04:28 PM
Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict
Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
Yahoo! News: Personal Technology
09/08/2010 04:14 AM
Gamer suspended over name of W.Va. town: Fort Gay (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Xbox Live are apologizing to a West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service's code of conduct by declaring he's from Fort Gay.
09/08/2010 12:20 AM
Salesforce.com Readies Native Mobile Chatter Apps (PC World)
PC World - Salesforce.com is working on a series of native mobile applications for its Chatter collaboration software, the company announced Wednesday. Supported platforms include Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Google Android and Reseach in Motion's BlackBerry.
09/07/2010 03:50 PM
Android vs. IPhone Is No Easy Call (PC World)
PC World - Google's Android mobile operating system proved a formidable rival to the wildly popular iPhone in a recent real-world test.
09/07/2010 03:27 PM
Court: Judges can demand warrant for cell locales (AP)
AP - Judges have the right to require warrants before police get cell phone records that could suggest a customer's likely location, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday in a novel electronic privacy case.
09/07/2010 02:18 PM
iPod Now Accounts for 40% Of iOS Devices (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Steve Jobs called it the iPhone without the phone. And it seems to be giving the iPhone a run for its money.
Yahoo! News: Software News
09/08/2010 04:30 AM
Salesforce.com offers Chatter networking on mobile (Reuters)
Reuters - Salesforce.com will offer mobile versions of its Chatter tool for social networking inside companies from later this year as it seeks to make its software more ubiquitous and its customers more productive.
09/08/2010 03:15 AM
Extensis launches Portfolio Server 9.5 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Extensis has announced Portfolio Server 9.5, a new version of its Digital Asset Management (DAM) software, designed to help small businesses and corporate teams quickly locate and access large collections of photos, graphics, documents, and videos.
09/08/2010 01:41 AM
Norton Releases 2011 Security Products (PC World)
PC World - Norton on Wednesday announced its 2011 versions of its Norton Internet Security suite and Norton Antivirus software. Norton also announced a new application--Norton Power Eraser--that is designed to remove the increasingly common fake antivirus malware.
09/08/2010 12:20 AM
Salesforce.com Readies Native Mobile Chatter Apps (PC World)
PC World - Salesforce.com is working on a series of native mobile applications for its Chatter collaboration software, the company announced Wednesday. Supported platforms include Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, Google Android and Reseach in Motion's BlackBerry.
09/07/2010 08:00 PM
Red Bend Buys VirtualLogix for Mobile Virtualization (PC World)
PC World - Red Bend, a mobile software management company, has acquired VirtualLogix to stake its claim in the emerging field of mobile virtualization.