Sunday, April 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 04/04/2010



Live blog: Apple iPad launch day
Apple's new tablet goes on sale in the U.S. at 9 a.m. Saturday in all time zones. Keep checking back here for coverage from stores in New York, San Francisco, and Palo Alto, Calif.
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iPad teardown photos: Thank you, FCC
Apple asked federal regulators to keep 15 iPad documents, including photos of its innards and wireless test results, confidential for 180 days. But the FCC didn't seem to listen.
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Google raises stakes in video, acquires Episodic
Search giant buys San Francisco online video platform start-up. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Digg's app comes to Android, minus some features
Digg's mobile app comes to Android, bringing with it new features like a landscape mode. It is, however, missing a few features its iPhone cousin has.
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'Cloud' means something important
Discussions of cloud computing often break down to complaints the term "doesn't mean anything," or to a bits-and-bytes acronym soup. But the fact is getting to flexible, variable, elastic IT is a big deal.
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Microsoft's money saves July 4 fireworks
The software giant and coffee maker Starbucks each chip in $125,000 to keep Seattle's fireworks display from being canceled.
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Facebook buys photo service Divvyshot
A talent acquisition rather than a product acquisition, Facebook has acquired the Y Combinator-funded start-up and will be shutting its service down.
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Trick Gmail into thinking you're on an iPad for two-pane goodness
Want to try out Gmail's two-pane view but don't have an iPad? A simple user agent switch can get you there. But the new view might not be worth the hassle.
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First impressions of iPad as a productivity device
Apple's iPad is coming tomorrow and one of the uses of the device will be its capability to get work done on the go or at home.
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Spurned, Adobe touts iPad apps using AIR, Flash
Doing its best to counter Apple's Flash-bashing rhetoric, Adobe shows off iPhone and iPad apps using the technology.
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New York Times prominent among media iPad apps
The New York Times iPad app, featuring news, opinion, and feature articles, was early out the gate, but others have joined the race.
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Apple's biggest fan? Maybe not
Greg Packer--already in line to be first to buy an iPad as he was with the iPhone--loves Apple products, but there's more than meets the eye.
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Whole Foods working to curb Facebook-based scam
Fake "fan pages" claiming to offer Whole Foods gift cards actually lead to a form that steals personal information, the grocery chain is warning consumers.
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GTA accounts for half of all DS M-rated revenue?
Take-Two CEO Ben Feder says Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars accounts for half of all DS mature-game revenue. But that might not be saying much.
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April Fools', or does iPad have a time-travel app?
Some people tracking their iPad shipments might see them travel back in time a little.
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iBooks app now available on iTunes store
Numerous big-name app developers are announcing titles for the iPad, and Apple has made its much-advertised iBooks application available in the iTunes App Store.
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Microsoft offering Windows 7 upgrade deals
Limited-time offer is for those wanting to move to higher-end Windows 7 versions, say starter to home premium, or home premium to professional.
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