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HarperCollins talks tablets with Apple

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:17:56 +0000 tgdaily -

Amazon ought to be getting a little anxious because it appears that Apple is talking to HarperCollins about a tablet device the Cupertino company is cooking up.

Facebook's Mafia Wars is sort of a compulsive disorder

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:24:26 +0000 tgdaily -

I'm a recent convert to Facebook and was invited to join Mafia Wars - an online game - by one of my pals on the social networking site.

Porn industry embraces immersive 3D technology

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:46:02 +0000 tgdaily -

CES wasn’t the only show brimming over with 3D announcements this past week, with the Adult Entertainment Expo also bursting out of the box to bring 3D content into people’s living rooms, albeit in a slightly different shade of blue than James Cameron’s Avatar.

Moore's Law unnatural, proclaims Intel CEO

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:44 +0000 tgdaily -

It took Intel CEO Paul Otellini only about a minute to mention Moore’s Law in his CES keynote on Thursday, remarking that the ‘law’ was “not a law of nature, but a law that reflects human inventiveness.”

Gaga goes gaga for Polaroid

Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:30:03 +0000 tgdaily -

Lady Gaga left her fans - and hordes of opportunistic photographers - waiting today as the popular pop diva arrived at the Polaroid conference over an hour fashionably late.

Now TI is doing an e-reader too

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:24:24 +0000 tgdaily -

Another firm is set to jump on the e-reader bandwagon - and this time it's giant semiconductor company Texas Instruments.

Sony says 3D is here to stay

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:24:02 +0000 tgdaily -

Sony CEO Howard Stringer and Sony Electronics president Stan Glasgow kicked off the company's CES 2010 keynote address by extolling the virtues of everything 3D.

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Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:06:26 GMT -

AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.

Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:43:39 GMT -

AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.

Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect (AP)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:38:49 GMT - AP - The sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control.

OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:19:02 GMT - AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.

MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:53 GMT -

AP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.

Stop TV networks' blackouts, providers beg the FCC (AP)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:19:03 GMT -

AP - The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards.

US city schools locked down after online threat (AFP)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:59:52 GMT -

AFP - A vague threat apparently posted by an Australian on two social networking sites led to the lockdown on Wednesday of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis, officials said.

Meet PlayStation Move, Sony's PS3 Motion Controller (PC World)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:45:00 GMT - PC World - Sony's upcoming motion controller finally has a name--the PlayStation Move--and it looks like a pair of aircraft traffic wands with glowing blue and pink bulbs on the ends. The company announced the name during the 2010 Games Developer Conference before proceeding to demonstrate several games and inviting attendees to give the technology a spin for themselves.

Sony VAIO W Series Netbook (PC World)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:24:00 GMT - PC World - Buy.com has a Sony VAIO W Series netbook in cocoa brown on sale for $443.75 with free shipping. The sleek little netbook has a 10.1-inch backlit LCD panel, which has great picture quality with minimal glare, rich colors, and sharp contrast. The VAIO W Series also features 720p high-definition support and plays 720p video stutter-free. The unit on sale boasts a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, and 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi. Like any good netbook, it also has a built-in Webcam and microphone and two USB ports--who needs an iPad when you can get this netbook for $50 less?

Panasonic Sets the 3D HDTV Bar At Best Buy (PC World)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:00 GMT - PC World - A scrum of reporters pressed against Brad and Ashley as they shuffled up to the counter at a Best Buy store in Manhattan. Cameras flashed and elbows flew. Was it the end of Brangelina? Some new reality show?

Sony unveils new motion-controlled gaming system (Reuters)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:02:53 GMT - Reuters - Sony Corp has unveiled its new motion-controlled video game system, pitching it to both casual and hard-core gamers alike, as the company looks to ride one of the hottest trends in gaming.

Consumer Reports: Apple still tops in computer tech support (Macworld.com)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:44:00 GMT - Macworld.com - I have the greatest respect for the men and women behind Apple's tech support. Despite having one of the toughest jobs in the industry, they've always been extremely efficient and courteous in solving my own problems.

Motorola, Microsoft in deal to put Bing on phones (Reuters)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:19:55 GMT - Reuters - Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating system.

Chambers: How I'll make Cisco into IT's biggest player (InfoWorld)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:41:39 GMT - InfoWorld - By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond.

Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:00 GMT - Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.

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.

Android Dominates, Windows Mobile Plummets, iPhone Stagnant (PC World)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:02:00 GMT - PC World - The results are in from comScore for the most recent quarter for smartphone usage in the United States. With smartphone use up 18 percent over the previous quarter, topping 42 million users, Google's Android mobile operating system stands out as the dominant winner for this quarter.