Saturday, February 20, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 20/02/2010



Has Apple banned sexual content from App Store?
Apple has removed "overtly sexual" content from its App Store after receiving customer complaints, according to a TechCrunch report. But just how far do those removals go?
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Google gets go-ahead to buy, sell energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order paves the way for Google to become a major energy player.
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Canada's tech effort to win gold (images)
Canada has gone high-tech in its effort to put in a better medal showing on home soil. Here's a look at some of the gear that went in to the country's Own the Podium effort.
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Canada's high-tech effort to 'own the podium'
The host nation has spent millions of dollars over the past few years investing in technology it hopes will give it a better showing in the medals standings.
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Denny's social network plan may not be fully cooked
The restaurant chain invites its dinner customers to visit its Twitter account, but thanks to a misprint on the four-month-old menu, diners are pointed to a Taiwanese man's account.
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Report: Apple cuts some Final Cut staff
A digital video expert says 40 people in Apple's video editing group lost their jobs. Despite its consumer push, though, Apple remains active in the digital media market.
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'Freedom' chair: Part desk chair, part mountain bike
After three weeks testing his invention in Africa, an engineer at MIT unveils the "Leveraged Freedom Chair," which features two large levers attached to a bicycle drivetrain for rough terrain.
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Google book settlement draws fire in court
Search engine is turning copyright on its head, say opponents of a settlement that would enable Google to scan snippets of out-of-print books.
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ShadyURL makes URLs entertainingly suspicious
Link shorteners have had a strong run in the last few years. However, ShadyURL takes the idea of shortening URLs and adds a dash of dark humor.
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The iPhone app for instant booty calls
PinPointsX strives to satisfy the vast need for two people to engage in sex as immediately as possible. At its core is a Passion Map of the user's current location.
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Comcast launches online backup service
Comcast announces Secure Backup and Share online backup service exclusively for its high-speed Internet customers.
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Olympic notebook: Meet the Games' youngest reporter
10-year-old Brennan LaBrie, in town to cover the Games as a Time magazine "kid reporter," is already a veteran journalist.
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School accused of off-campus Webcam spying
A Philadelphia-area school district has deactivated the Webcams in school-issued laptops after a lawsuit accuses it of remotely activating the cameras to watch students' behavior at home.
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Report: Jobs disses Adobe Flash as 'CPU hog'
The Apple CEO also reportedly called the Web video software "old technology" in a closed-door meeting with The Wall Street Journal.
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Dell earnings: Enterprise spending rebounds
Reporting a better-than-expected fourth quarter, company is "cautiously optimistic" that commercial IT spending will improve amid "ongoing signs of stabilization."
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Malware crashed systems during Windows security updates
Microsoft says computers that crashed while installing the latest security updates were infected with malware called a "rootkit" that had made changes to the Windows kernel.
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The 'year of the Linux desktop' has passed
Many in the open-source community have been waiting for the "Linux desktop" to arrive for years, but they appear to have missed obvious signs that we're beyond it.
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Photoshop through the ages (images)
Age 20 is pretty old for software. Here's a look at where Photoshop has been and where it's going.
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Yahoo, Microsoft make search pact official (FAQ)
With the blessing of U.S. and European regulators, Yahoo and Microsoft are free to implement their search partnership. What's in store for users and advertisers?
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CNET News Daily Podcast: No Google Books ruling--yet
The judge in the hearing that will decide the fate of Google's planned digital library says there will be no quick ruling. That, and other news of the day.
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