Monday, July 27, 2009

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 27/07/2009



The good and bad of Google Latitude on iPhone
We give Google Latitude for iPhone a spin over the weekend. How did it fare as a Web app as opposed to a native application? Read on to find out.
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Images: Tech timetable to 2012 Olympics
Company overseeing the tech for the London 2012 Olympic Games reveals how it's warming up in preparation for the starter's gun.
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Will this be the week for Microhoo?
Ad Age's magic 8-ball says that "signs point to yes." That said, we've all been down this road before. Take it with a grain of salt, if your shaker isn't already empty.
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Western Digital releases 1TB laptop hard drive
Western Digital unveils new hard drives for laptops offer 750GB and 1TB of storage, significantly shrinking the storage-capacity gap between notebook and desktop drives.
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Dinner for 13, minus gravity
Dinner parties can be challenging on Earth, but aboard the International Space Station it's an altogether different experience with astronauts around and above the table.
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Weak economy hurts Verizon's earnings
Telecom giant's overall profits dip in the second quarter, despite higher revenue and new subscribers for its wireless and TV services.
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Road Trip pic of the day, 7/27: Where is this?
After using a photo of a painted horse as an earlier Road Trip picture of the day challenge, I discovered that many cities had such attractions. What about painted bison?
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'Old' tech like Java and .Net is hot in cold economy
If you want a date, learn PHP or Squeak. If you want a job, you might want to focus on Java, .Net, Oracle, and other boring old enterprise technologies.
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Think, EnerDel to supply electric drive to Japan
A trial to convert thousands of Japanese postal trucks from gasoline to electric brings some business to electric carmaker Think and battery supplier EnerDel.
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Newspaper industry's next trick: Fake words
The New York Post is turning to Addictionary's fake words and definitions to make it more social and bring in more revenue.
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AT&T said to block 4chan; pranksters fight back
After AT&T's broadband customers began reporting they couldn't access the forum site, a fake report surfaced on CNN's iReport alleging that AT&T's CEO was dead.
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Zoho's winning strategy: open source + cloud
Zoho.com provides a glimpse into the future of the software industry: a lot of open-source software mixed with a cloud delivery strategy.
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The top 10 songs the Web brought back
Thanks to iTunes, YouTube, Guitar Hero, and the like, it's possible for long-forgotten music to be revived in a big way--even if it had disappeared from the airwaves for a reason.
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From iPhones to smart grids at Black Hat, Defcon
Security professionals to swap data on hacking everything from phones to critical infrastructure at Black Hat and its less corporate sister show Defcon, where geek games and mayhem rule.
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Broken record: Why labels want new album format
There's not enough margin in 99 cent downloads, so the music industry wants to find the next-gen album. Let's hope it won't force unwanted tracks on listeners.
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Labels to serve digital albums to iTunes rivals
The biggest recording companies plan to release their own type of interactive album that may end up competing with Apple's version, code-named Cocktail.
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Report: Apple, labels mixing musical 'Cocktail'
Record labels are working with the iTunes maker to concoct interactive bundles with material such as liner notes, lyrics, and photos, according to the Financial Times.
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Joule adds CO2 to sunlight to make fuel
Two-year-old Joule Biotechnologies introduces its synthetic biology technology that uses engineered microorganisms to make ethanol from sunlight and carbon dioxide.
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Facebook loses sizzle for Martha Stewart
First Bill Gates disses Facebook. Now Martha declares that she finds the site "dippy" and that Twitter is far more efficient. Then she tries to recant. Or at least explain.
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Astronauts in home stretch of marathon mission
The Endeavour astronauts are preparing for a fifth and final spacewalk Monday before departing the International Space Station Tuesday after an 'extremely successful' mission.
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