Saturday, March 13, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 13/03/2010



Friday hiatus: CNET News Daily Podcast
There will be no News podcast today.
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When malware strikes via bad ads on good sites
Who is responsible for malware in ads, Web site owners or ad networks and delivery firms?
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Plastic Logic Que e-reader delayed till summer
Plastic Logic's Que proReader was supposed to come out in April. Now it's been pushed back till summer. With the iPad's arrival next month, that may spell doom for this once highly anticipated e-reader.
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Google ponders split decision on China
Google appears close to deciding its future in China and might be eyeing a resolution that lets it stay in the country in some fashion even if it shuts down its search engine.
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Obama to 'aggressively protect' intellectual property
The president says us intellectual property is country's "single greatest asset" and must be protected from piracy and counterfeiting.
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ISP interruptions trip up Zeus botnet
But the source of the Zeus banking Trojan is back in action after unidentified agents cut off upstream connectivity to an ISP in Kazakhstan.
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Chasing efficiency in green homes (photos)
At the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association's BuildingEnergy conference, the focus is on deep cuts in energy through efficiency and on-site power.
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Beijing official warns Google to obey China's laws
Minister of Industry and Information Technology Li Yizhong cautions that the search giant must adhere to China's laws on censorship.
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'Deep-energy retrofits' take root in homes
The talk at an annual building conference in Boston is about how to reduce energy use in houses by more than 50 percent. Early pilot tests show it can be done, but with steep costs.
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Video game pros get down to work (and play) at GDC (photos)
Video game developers, artists, and producers gather to share ideas on the future of gaming at the Game Developers Conference, the world's largest professionals-only video game convention.
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Too busy at SXSW to RSVP? No problem
Maybe it's a sign of SXSW excess or perhaps it's a prank, but RSVP While You Sleep is advertising a $37 service that tasks overseas virtual assistants with responding to your party invites.
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Why no one cares about privacy anymore
A backlash to the Google Buzz backlash indicates that people have grown comfortable relinquishing their privacy. Call it Generation X-hibitionist, developing on Web sites like Loopt, FriendFeed, Flickr, and Blippy.
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IE 9, Windows Phone in the Mix
At the annual Las Vegas event, Microsoft plans to show its latest browser and give developers the tools they need to write software for the forthcoming Windows Phone 7 series devices.
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Google tweaking Buzz to declutter Gmail in-box
Don't like Buzz spamming your Gmail in-box? Google is adding some knobs to let users dial down the notifications.
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Apple says iPad pre-orders start Friday morning
Company confirms that anyone who wants to order an iPad online can begin the quest early Friday--5:30 a.m PST, to be exact. You don't even have to get out of bed.
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A peek at Unreal Engine on Palm Web OS
At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Palm surprises everyone (including Epic Games) by having a working demo of the Unreal Engine running on the company's Web OS.
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Google makes its local shopping move
Company announces Thursday that it will offer mobile device users inventory checks on local stores, allowing them to see if products are available.
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Thunderbird beta 'Lanikai' released
Mozilla Messaging updates the Lanikai build of Thunderbird to beta status. Notably, Thunderbird 3.1 beta 1 shares the same Gecko engine as Firefox 3.6.
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Report: Verizon 4G handsets out by mid-2011
Verizon Wireless exec tells The Wall Street Journal it will have a 4G wireless phone on the market within three to six months of launching its 4G LTE network.
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