Wednesday, April 14, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 14/04/2010



Next of Kin
Apple escorts Opera onto the iPhone, Sony launches a waterproof Walkman, Microsoft announces the socially oriented Kin phones.
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Stewart Brand warms up to nukes, geoengineering
A central figure in the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Brand now thinks people need to manipulate natural systems to forestall the effects of global warming.
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Apple refreshes its MacBook Pro notebooks
A new set of MacBook Pros feature Intel's i5 and i7 processors, as well as faster Nvidia graphics.
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Haptic hug vest makes emoticons so last century
I_FeelIM, aimed at adding emotion to virtual experiences, uses software to extract emotional meaning from text and pass it on to wearable haptic devices that simulate joy, fear, anger, and sadness.
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Design innovation at the Green Festival (photos)
Eco-minded businesses and activists exchange ideas over the weekend at the Green Festival in San Francisco.
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Google ready to get down to business
Google believes it can become the next great enterprise software company by focusing on the Web, hoping that CIOs will finally give it the alternate revenue stream it has long sought.
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Venture investment rises in first quarter of 2010
Venture investment is on the way back with more than 700 deals completed in the first quarter of 2010--good news for start-ups and the economy as a whole.
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Twitter goes corporate, adds search ads
Long-awaited Promoted Tweets program makes brands' presence on the microblogging service official, bringing paid tweets to search results and eventually users' activity streams.
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Korea cuts off kids' online gaming at midnight
The Korean government decides to shut off online games for a six-hour period at night for underage gamers in an attempt to address the problem of gaming addiction.
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Jobs confirms original iPhone won't run iPhone OS 4
Apple CEO Steve Jobs says in an e-mail to a customer that the original iPhone will not support iPhone OS 4, which was demoed last week at a special event.
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Wal-Mart chairman: Go green for money, not image
The massive retailer's bet that "going green" would be good for business has paid off because Wal-Mart has focused on reducing waste and efficiency, not altruism, says former CEO and chairman Lee Scott.
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Google CEO: 'We're now paranoid' about security
Following attacks on Google late last year that led to its decision to change its policy on China, the company accelerated plans to move to Web-based computers.
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They did it: Opera Mini lands on iPhone
Opera (and Apple) proved doubters and naysayers wrong when it approved Opera Mini for iPhone.
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Feds raise questions about big media's piracy claims
Piracy appears to be a drain on industry and tax revenue, but GAO says data unreliable. Report raises questions about film, music sectors' piracy claims.
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Microsoft's Kin One and Two (photos)
Microsoft's Kin brings Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter all in one place for a complete social smartphone experience.
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With new phone, Microsoft, Verizon become Kin
At a nightclub in San Francisco, the two companies launch a pair of smart phones aimed at the generation that lives on Facebook and Twitter.
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Drilling down on the Kin
Top execs from Microsoft and Verizon Wireless talk with CNET about the new social-networking phones, why they don't have to be iPhones, and how they fit in.
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Russian president calls station, suggests 'space summit'
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev calls space station to mark 49th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's launch on first manned space flight.
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Biodegradable 3D glasses coming to theaters?
What appear to be the first biodegradable 3D glasses are expected to be ready to hit theaters this summer.
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Can Mozilla be bigger than Facebook?
Mozilla makes a great browser, but its future is bleak unless it expands its vision to become a Web platform that can compete with Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft.
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