IT News HeadLines (CNET) 29-8-2008

29-8-2008

1. LinkedIn spruces up Groups platform
2. Tethering coming soon to iPhone 3G-
3. Antitrust scrutiny in Yahoo-Google deal intensifies
4. Video- Up close with one-to-one computing
5. Video- Democratic convention, day 4 recap
6. Week in review: Taming the wild Web
7. FCC to test proposed free wireless service for interference
8. Android Developer Challenge winners focus on location
9. CNET News Daily Podcast: You only need 250GB of downloads a month, says Comcast
10. Yahoo Mash: When getting social isn't enough
11. Following-up on a day spent letting iPhone apps run my life
12. Photos: Your ticket to the Democratic convention
13. Working with Windows and Linux, playing with the Mac
14. McCain taps outsider Palin to be VP
15. Senators and celebs mingle at Google-Vanity Fair party at Democratic convention
16. Report- Facebook screenplay based on book
17. Judge- Qualcomm violates Broadcom ruling
18. Nintendo shares soar on bumped-up forecast
19. Google to buy GeoEye satellite imagery
20. iPhone data plan promotion extended in Canada
21. Napster won't rule out a sale
22. Google's weird ways with open-source licenses
23. With 'followers,' Blogger gets--surprise!--more social
24. Quiet Canadian UAV looks to cash-in on DHS grants
25. Microsoft to drop $486 million for European shopping site
26. Students in Brazil get a new Classmate
27. Photos- Up close and one-to-one
28. Brazil- Tech powerhouse, but gap remains
29. Art design for the masses, chosen by the masses
30. Psystar countersues Apple on antitrust grounds
31. Yahoo Mash gets smashed, bashed, quashed
32. Vote for me, Obama says, through text messages
33. IE 8 Beta 2 not without its faults
34. Whoops! Obama's VP text-messaging idea didn't work out so well
35. In YouTube age, political criticisms can (and will) be used against you
36. Novell's third-quarter loss widens, but Linux booms by 30 percent
37. Google Code reverses open-source license ban
38. Democrats find 'green' political convention tough to enforce
39. Apple to fix hole in password-protected iPhones
40. The demise of Bell Labs, a pictorial
41. Comcast to cap monthly consumer broadband
42. Schmidt- Yahoo-Google deal set to start in October
43. IBM tests 4 terabyte solid state drive technology
44. CNET News Daily Podcast- IE 8 beta gets good early review
45. Google grab bag- Translation, Apps uptime, and more
46. $10 million for mobile media company BuzzCity
47. Digg town hall- Local news options, forums on the way-

48. There's electricity in the air as crowds await Obama

28-8-2008

1. Dell earnings down 17 percent

2. Google CEO- Internet spurred Obama's nomination

3. Apple applies for touch-screen Mac patent

4. Best Western details hack of German hotel

5. Sex ads on Denver Craigslist spike with Democrats' arrival

6. Veoh decision setback for Viacom, but Google not off hook

7. McCain grabs top Google ad spot for searches on Joe Biden

8. Google announces Android Market for phone apps

9. Target settles with blind patrons over site accessibility

10. Mozilla's Google subsidy to last three more years

11. Piracy as a core business strategy

12. Power-control software blamed for iPhone 3G reception issues

13. Be safer than NASA and disable autorun

14. Computing from the bottom up

15. Linux jumps to 13.4 percent of the stalling server market

16. Gartner- Global mobile-phone sales up

17. British man to face hacking charges in U.S

18. Video- Democratic convention, day 3 recap

19. Veoh wins copyright infringement lawsuit

20. Get a 16GB iPod Touch for $269.99 shipped

21. GE reshapes the future of wind power

22. EIC Squared- Psystar vs. Apple, Cisco vs. Microsoft, Dell's cloud

23. Quebec sued for not considering open source. Why this is bad policy

24. New binoculars make the most of mirage

25. Bloomberg mistakenly publishes Steve Jobs obituary

26. Democrats' quest for the White House

27. Photos- Raising accessibility standards

28. Images- The highs and lows of digital drama

29. Brazil's love of Linux

30. Console gaming, digital distribution, and the 'video game defense'

31. Nvidia boosts graphics on Intel i7, preps integrated chip

32. Be safer than NASA- Disable autorun

33. Google Apps Premier SLA credit and commitment to communication

34. Product marketing joins politics at Democratic convention

35. How do DNC Dems spread the word- Twitter, text, or telephone-

36. At DNC, Google pitches products to public sector

37. After flight delays, FAA may add backup system

38. Oracle names new chief financial officer

39. Microsoft, Nikon sign patent-sharing deal

40. FBI arrests blogger accused of leaking Guns N' Roses tracks

41. Let the 'Spore' advertising blitz begin

42. Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds

43. Nanosolar raises $300 million for thin-film solar

44. Handheld breath sensor could help detect cancer

45. YouTube's filters help copyright owners profit from pirated videos

46. Exploring Internet Explorer 8

47. Why Apple should stop chasing rainbows

48. Security hole opens up password protected iPhones

27-8-2008

1. TiVo loses subscribers but adds small profit

2. Images- IE 8 rising to the competition

3. IE 8 beta gives other browsers a run for their money

4. iTunes Store back online in China after Tibet song leaves front page

5. Rocket Racing League takes off with new engine, DKNY

6. AMD walks fine line with $3 billion NY plant

7. Dell's designs on cloud computing

8. CNET News Daily Podcast- Slicing up the Web with Mozilla's Ubiquity

9. Space- The final frontier for computer viruses

10. Report- Orange backs off iPhone 3G throttling

11. AMC decides to allow fans' 'Mad Men' Twittering

12. Tech firms at Democratic convention push for free trade

13. Tests clear iPhone 3G antenna as cause of reception problems

14. Google Earth shows cows point north

15. Compressed-air storage coming to wind power

16. Dell's new low-cost PCs for emerging markets

17. Google gooses Apple's Safari with Gears beta

18. Developer consolidation is bad for the video game industry

19. 'Facebook- The Movie'- Now, who should play Mark Zuckerberg-

20. Open-source gaming Wiz finds its niche

21. Cisco to acquire PostPath for $215 million

22. Video- Democratic convention, day 2 recap

23. Video- Hydrogen Road Tour revs its engines

24. Want to be a music industry mogul- Here's your chance

25. Did Photobucket's investors break the rules-

26. Obama ups clean-tech cred at convention

27. Is Google becoming Microsoft with Android-

28. Multiple subwoofers- If one's good, two are even better

29. TiVo, 'Entertainment Weekly' team up for favorite programs

30. Linux servers under the Phalanx gun- A problem with people, not code

31. Welcome to the new CNET

32. In U.K., iPhone ad banned over 'all Internet' claim

33. Print without wires for $41 shipped

34. Q&A- Jeff Howe on 'crowdsourcing'

35. Photos- Empowering youth with computers

36. In Sao Paulo, a 'social Silicon Valley'

37. Brazil- Digital inclusion, but how-

38. The opportunity for backup and disaster recovery in the Cloud

39. The correct way to update Windows' device drivers

40. 'Lonelygirl15' creators unveil new Web show, 'The Resistance'

41. Hillary Clinton talks up 'green-collar' jobs in convention speech

42. Photos- Getting around Democratic convention

43. Report- Studios want interoperable DRM

44. Mozilla offers do-it-yourself mashups for all

45. Technorati acquires 'online magazine' Blogcritics

46. Report- RIAA wins case over erased hard drive

47. Democratic bloggers shun official digs for 'Big Tent'

48. The site that might help you sleep with a psychopath

49. Firefox extension protects against man-in-the-middle attacks

50. Study- Fox Interactive tops digital display ad market

51. Google tests- What a difference a few pixels make

52. Microsoft, Immersion settle legal dispute

53. U.S. government giving 'green' buildings a boost

54. Daily Debrief- Yahoo's winding road

55. Upstart JumpTap takes on Google

26-8-2008

1. U.S. flight delays pegged to FAA computer woes

2. Surveys- Consumer outlook for economy, tech spending rise

3. Serious games for serious people

4. ASCII- An artful way around spam filters

5. Solid-state drives slip into the mainstream

6. Open-source Adium becomes even more divine in Version 1.3

7. Google, Verizon, others sued over voice mail patent

8. Is it time for Netflix to invest in system upgrade-

9. Top 10 Visited U.S. Games Websites July 2008

10. CNET News Daily Podcast- New details about last Netflix outage

11. Video- Democratic convention, day 1 recap

12. Photobucket, Target sign photo-printing deal

13. No foreign URLs- Top domain registrar blocked in China

14. Facebook hits 100 million users

15. The symphony of solar science

16. Photos- Inside Brazil's slums

17. Facebook's new ads- Advertisers, approach with caution

18. Brazil- An emerging market faces challenges

19. Borders of Computing- The gear

20. Sonatype helps make open source Maven repository tool a pleasure to use

21. Nvidia conference is all about the other processor

22. Google has a suggestion on your search

23. Disassembled Electric Appliances

24. No foreign URLs- Top domain registrar blocked in China

25. How to check if a computer is using OpenDNS