Saturday, March 7, 2009

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 07/03/2009



Ecstasy treatment draws rave reviews
Psychiatrists use "party drug" to treat veterans suffering post traumatic stress disorder.
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Cybersecurity official quits, blasts NSA power grab
Rod Beckström, director of Homeland Security's secretive National Cybersecurity Center, says folding his group into the National Security Agency would endanger "our democratic processes."
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Craigslist to sheriff: Federal law protects site
Craigslist CEO says Cook County's sheriff is wasting his time, that federal law will not hold the Web classified publication liable for content submitted by users.
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Amazon's new games trade-in program examined
Amazon's latest move into the games re-sale business has sent a message to competitors. It means business. What does Amazon's program do right and wrong?
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Former Eminem producers lose royalty decision
F.B.T. Productions, the company that discovered Eminem wanted digital sales to be split equally between artists and labels. They couldn't convince the jury.
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Cisco buying maker of Flip Video camera?
Reports say the tech giant will acquire Pure Digital for more than $500 million.
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vPost: Send multimedia bundles from BlackBerry
The new application vPost lets you send up to five multimedia files from your BlackBerry, with a few drawbacks.
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Lawmaker: Consumers need details in data breach warnings
California State Sen. Joe Simitian says consumers should be given more information to understand the threat to their privacy when their data is affected by a security breach.
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Play Unreal Tournament III Black for free this weekend
First-person shooter fans with nothing to do this weekend can download and play Unreal Tournament III Black, which includes the Titan Pack expansion, on Steam for free.
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Chess match: Hulu blocks Boxee once again
Hulu moves once again to block Boxee. Boxee managers say that Hulu can't win because Boxee's community has the upper hand.
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Apple denies second round of layoff rumors
Valleywag has reported twice this week that Apple has laid off small groups of workers, but the company has now denied both reports.
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Expert: Twitter accounts hijacked in new attack
Don't fall for that tweet promising a Webcam chat with a 23-year-old woman, warns Trend Micro researcher.
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CNET News Daily Podcast: How Craigslist aids prostitution and police
CNET News reporters Greg Sandoval and Declan McCullagh discuss the high-profile suit brought against the online classifieds site by an Illinois sheriff over prostitution.
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Microsoft: Lots to turn off in Windows 7
In a blog posting, Microsoft notes that it is not just Internet Explorer that can be disabled. In fact, many Windows components can be disabled, should one so choose.
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Eye-socket camera films from inside the head
A one-eyed filmmaker invents a camera eye so he can film the world from a very personal perspective.
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Nokia and Verizon readying a secret 4G device?
Word on the wireless beat this week is that Nokia is developing an exclusive touch-screen device for Verizon's new 4G network.
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Obama's team lends an ear to the Valley kids
Does the administration really need to hear from the CEOs of companies that haven't actually made any money yet? To be honest--yes.
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From the counterintutive files: IT demand is...up?
Crazy as it seems, yes. Not everywhere, but the Federal Reserve's latest survey of current economic conditions finds pockets of strength around the country.
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Making solar cheaper than coal
Start-up 1366 Technologies wants to transform the energy business one solar cell at a time. Can it make renewable energy cheaper than fossil fuels?
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Photos: NASA's Kepler to seek Earth-like planets
A Friday evening launch will send the Kepler spacecraft out into the Milky Way on a mission to discover places that might support life as we know it.
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