Sunday, January 10, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWorld) 10/01/2010



Quick look: The LG GW990 and Intel's role in 'superphones'
The upcoming LG Electronics GW990 smartphone looks, and feels, like it could be a real hit when it finally gets to the market in the second half of the year.
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Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi to provide video downloads
Aircell, the company offering the Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service on many airlines, will launch an in-flight video downloading service later this year.
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Wireless power group sees standard within 6 months
The group developing a standard for wireless charging expects to complete its first specification within six months, opening the door for makers of cell phones, digital cameras and other devices to bring compatible products to market.
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Add Network Folders to Windows 7 Libraries
I'm a big fan of Windows 7's Libraries feature, which makes it easy to find the documents, music, pictures, and videos scattered across various locations on your hard drive.
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Microsoft asks for rehearing in Word case
Microsoft asked an appeals court for a rehearing in the patent case that requires the software giant to pay US$290 million in damages and prevents it from selling the current version of Word starting on Monday.
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Court shut-down of H-1B sites 'deeply dangerous'
A New Jersey judge's order to shut down three anti-H-1B visa Web sites, issued two days before Christmas, is drawing sharp criticism from an attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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FCC warns of impending wireless spectrum shortage
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said an impending shortage of wireless spectrum in the U.S. will dampen future economic growth unless action is taken to fix the problem.
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W3C posts draft standard for local database storage
The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) has posted a draft set of APIs that Web applications could one day use to store structured content offline.
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Your mobile future: From smartphones to superphones -- and beyond
Just when the world got familiar with the smartphone, the mobile phone community is starting to talk about the "superphone." There's much more to come.
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Hands On With the Litl Webbook
Litl's webbook looks and feels almost like a traditional laptop, but is billed instead as an internet appliance; think Chumby with a keyboard, and you won't be too far off the mark. The device was released in November, but I got a chance to check it out here at CES.
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