Friday, January 22, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 22/01/2010



Seesmic makes Twitter pretty, with Look
Now you can consume Twitter without contributing, or even logging in.
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Clinton unveiling U.S. policy on Internet freedom
The secretary of state is expected to unveil new U.S. policy Thursday aimed at encouraging countries around the world to allow their citizens to freely access the Internet.
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Box.net gets a killer app: previews for everything
File storage service Box.net has a new trick up it's sleeve: it can now show you a quick preview of any file without having to open it up in its native software application.
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Amazon: Kindle app store on the way
Less than a week before Apple is expected to announce a much-anticipated tablet, Amazon takes its first steps toward letting developers build applications for its e-reader.
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Oracle-Sun deal gets EU approval, finally
After intense antitrust investigation focused on the MySQL database, the European Commission gives an official OK for Oracle to acquire Sun Microsystems.
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Nokia takes on Google with free navigation app
Nokia updates its navigation and maps service and makes it available for free as it competes more aggressively in the smartphone market with Google and others.
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Record label blocks YouTube video embedding
The band OK Go would have liked you to embed the YouTube version of its latest video on your blog. But EMI won't let them.
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Staples selling Dell, HP Core i5 laptops for $649
Fully loaded Intel Core i5 laptops from Dell and Hewlett-Packard are on sale for a few days for as little as $649.
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Report: Apple tablet is a shared media device
Anticipated device is expected be a hub for all kinds of media: magazines, newspapers, books, text books, music, games, and video, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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Grounded teen tries Facebook to embarrass parents
A 15-year-old is grounded by her parents for breaking their rules. So she goes where all fine teens go to pout--Facebook--where she creates the group "1,000 to get Tess ungrounded."
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View and manipulate your browser cache
Forget about exploring your Firefox or Google Chrome cache. When it comes to browser cache, the biggest problem that most users face is figuring out just which folder the elusive cache resides in.
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YouTube begins HTML5 rollout
YouTube has begun rolling out support for HTML5 video, a spec that will let users view YouTube videos in most modern day browsers without Adobe's Flash.
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Want to be a better gamer? Size matters
A multi-institutional research team finds that the volume of three specific structures in the human brain can predict video gaming performance in men and women.
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Opera 10.50 preview crawls forward
The significantly faster public pre-alpha build doesn't introduce any major new features, but it does include several important bug fixes from the last pre-alpha.
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YouTube gets rentals, starting with Sundance films
The popular video provider gets into the rental business with a small selection of titles from the Sundance Film Festival.
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Kids pack in nearly 11 hours of media use daily
A study from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows a "dramatic" rise in the amount of time children and teens spend using entertainment media. But is it all bad?
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Apple, labels talk music in the cloud
iTunes customers who dream of storing their music on someone else's servers could get their wish, according to several music industry sources.
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Clinton plans to stump for global Net freedom
CNET has learned that Secretary of State Clinton will elevate Internet freedom as a departmental priority in speech Thursday. She'll also address the Google-China flap.
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Apple fixes a dozen holes in Mac OS X
Several holes addressed in Apple's security update could allow an attacker to take control of the computer, including a hole in Flash Player plug-in.
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Microsoft files patent suit against TiVo
The software maker is intervening in a legal spat between the DVR company and AT&T, a partner of Redmond.
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