Wednesday, February 25, 2009

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 25/02/2009



What does Apple co-founder see in solid-state drives?
What does Steve Wozniak know about solid-state drives that we don't? The chief technology officer of Fusion-io provides some insight into why Apple's cofounder is joining the company as chief scientist.
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Green news harvest: Obama pushes energy agenda
In a speech to Congress, Obama calls for investment in clean energy and legislation to put a cap on greenhouse gas emissions.
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Project aims to make communities plug-in ready
You need a strategy to get plug-in electric vehicles to take off, says Project Get Ready, which plans to get 20 communities ready for electric transportation.
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Metaplace: Platform for user-created virtual worlds
Backed by virtual-world expert Raph Koster, Metaplace makes it easy for anyone to build their own Web-based virtual space. Get an invite here to the closed beta.
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15 online photo editors compared
We take a look at more than a dozen different online photo editing tools to let you know what each is capable of.
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AMD's first six-core chip on track
Advanced Micro Devices says "Istanbul"--its first six-core processor--is on track to launch later this year.
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Effects shop fulfills amputee's mermaid dream
Fully functional prosthetic tail might be the future of swimming for double amputees.
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Ginx does Twitter groups
Web Twitter client Ginx gets a feature Twitter should have added months ago: groups.
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New Google toolbar for IE includes desktop search
A new version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer users brings some Google search power to the desktop.
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Photos: Tinkering around at TechFest 2009
Microsoft's internal science fair shows employees (and press) what the company's research teams are working on in their labs.
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Google wants to join EU case against Microsoft
Search giant says it has applied to help the Commission prove antitrust charges related to the Microsoft's dominance of the Web browser market.
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Obama's new Commerce pick has strong ties to tech, China
President Obama is expected to name as his new choice for commerce secretary former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, who has experience working with the tech industry and China.
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Credit card data breached at unnamed payment processor
Credit unions are reporting that consumer credit and debit accounts were exposed in a breach at a payment processor but the name is being withheld during the forensic investigation.
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Getting inside a Microsoft surface computer
At TechFest, Microsoft shows off a cardboard dome that could serve as the display for a surface computer, with the user inside.
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New Beatles outtake discovered?
An audio-only YouTube video purporting to be take 20 of the Beatles song "Revolution" runs seven minutes longer than "Revolution 1" from the "White Album."
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Search still on Microsoft's research radar
Microsoft shows several projects at TechFest aimed at giving the company a better chance at competing with Google.
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Spotify could become the best music service ever
When Spotify fills the big-name gaps in its catalog, it'll blow every other online music service away.
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He wanted to check Facebook, so he stole a laptop
A 19-year-old man in Florida allegedly steals someone's laptop when the owner wouldn't let him check his Facebook page.
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Having a cow over Gmail just misses the point
Google's early-morning glitch was good for a few headlines, but the real news is how rare these cloud-computing outages have become.
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What a new Microsoft-Citrix partnership means
Project Encore is an interesting (and potentially lucrative) server virtualization deal, and its benefits could be immediate and profound.
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