Thursday, April 15, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 15/04/2010



Air Force to add cyberwarfare training
New recruits will learn the basics, but officers and enlisted personnel could opt for a more advanced, undergraduate-level program.
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Samsonite charging ahead with solar luggage
The company's new line of bags will include hand luggage with thin-film solar cells for charging portables.
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Bing rolls out real-time Twitter feed
Microsoft's site adds social search option to include breaking news and updates from Twitter.
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Happy feet
We show you the new MacBook Pro and Flip camera. And forget multitouch--it's time for multitoe! Dust off those hooves!
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Google and Sun: Same vision, different results
These two companies shared a similar understanding of network-based computing, with distinctly different results. Why?
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Google launches Twitter timeline search
Over the next few days Google searchers will see a timeline of Twitter activity atop search results pages and will be able to click on spikes in tweets to see what was going on that day.
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Apple-Adobe rancor to result in lawsuit?
Sources tell IT World that Adobe is gearing up to sue Apple as the bad blood over Flash heads toward the boiling point.
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Apple delays global rollout of iPad
Faced with more demand than supply, Apple is postponing the international debut of the iPad from the end of April to the end of May.
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88 percent of firms show Zeus botnet activity
An RSA study finds that nearly 9 out of 10 Fortune 500 companies have computers compromised by the data-stealing Trojan.
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Industry heavies set to push WiMax upgrade
Intel, Motorola, Samsung, and others want to speed up industrywide adoption of the next WiMax release, which will increase peak transmission rates.
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Coda's 'everyday electric car' coming to California
Coda Automotive's simple electric sedan will be priced in the range of $35,000 after rebates and have a range of up to 130 miles in city driving.
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Kids on YouTube: How much is too much?
From a manic cooking show hosted by a 3-year-old to tykes parodying a "Scarface" scene, online videos of kids toe a fine line between adorable and digital-age stage parenting.
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Turning Web retailers into tax tattlers
Tax collectors want to force Amazon.com and other e-tailers to disclose how much you owe in unpaid sales taxes. And that could come back to haunt you.
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Intel's 'Tunnel Creek' chip aimed at home tablets
Intel is debuting an Atom processor for home tablets and announcing a partnership with China Mobile.
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Gmail redesigns its message window for Android, iPhone, iPad
An update to Gmail.com for Android and iPhone lets you quickly add, remove, and manage contacts in the compose screen.
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Skyfire's response to iPhone's Opera Mini: Us, too!
Surprising no one, Skyfire announces its intention to build a mobile browser for iPhone.
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Facebook rejects suggested 'Panic Button' for pages
commentary New safety center is meant to educate people about safe Facebook use, but the company stops short of displaying a "panic button" on each page, as has been suggested in the U.K.--and it should.
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Google backs Yahoo in privacy fight with DOJ
Yahoo, which has been quietly fighting the Justice Department in federal court, finds an ally in Google and privacy groups, who contend police must have a search warrant to read private e-mail messages.
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Kin sometimes out of the loop
The central hub of Microsoft's social hub updates only every 15 minutes as part of an effort to improve battery life. But will this turn off the "upload generation?"
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Intel CEO: New dual-core Atom chip coming
Paul Otellini says the company will bring out the new processor sometime during the second quarter.
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