Sunday, May 2, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 02/05/2010



Globe-trotting Tesla Roadster reaches Moscow
Tag Heuer sponsors the first around-the-world trip for an electric car with the Tesla Roadster.
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Why does the record industry hate music lockers?
Apple's first attempt to launch a music locker service based on Lala technology reportedly was rejected by copyright owners who wanted more money.
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Family disputes Verizon's $18,000 bill
A Massachusetts family is still fighting over the huge bill, allegedly caused by their son connecting to the Web on his phone four years ago.
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Give Road Trip tips, get Halo beta codes
Daniel Terdiman will head out on Road Trip 2010 in June and wants help figuring out where to go. If you're a Halo fan, this is your ticket into the Halo: Reach beta.
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How chemical warfare can save your marriage
The Better Marriage Blanket, using technology developed in chemical warfare, might just allow you to tolerate your spouse's nighttime flatulence.
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Jury convicts Palin e-mail hacker on two counts
Tennessee jury convicts 22-year-old son of a Democratic politician of hacking into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account when she was a U.S. vice presidential candidate.
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Free Android phones coming to Adobe employees
Adobe employees will be encouraged to use Android as the company plans to give away phones around the time of Google's I/O conference.
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Activist groups launch new Facebook privacy offensive
MoveOn.org and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are both campaigning against new modifications at Facebook that
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Get your kids off Facebook, principal tells parents
New Jersey school principal's e-mail reminds parents that their kids are "children still" and says there's no reason for a middle-school kid to be on a social-networking site.
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Microsoft exec touts Windows 7's strength
In interview, Windows VP Tami Reller says there is strong consumer and business demand for Windows 7 and says that Microsoft is finally gaining on Apple.
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Halo 2 continues to live on
A group of hard-core Halo 2 players that's refused to give up access to Xbox Live has remained logged in for 15 straight days now.
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Patent challenge looming for open-source codecs?
An e-mail from Apple CEO Steve Jobs, if authentic, could be the start of a patent offensive against open-source video codecs such as Ogg Theora.
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Gulf Coast oil spill responders employ latest tech
Oil spill cleanup is largely a low-tech field, but there are an increasing number of new technologies being used in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
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RIM replaces Motorola as top-tier phone maker
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion beats Motorola out of a spot as one of the world's top five handset makers for the first quarter of 2010.
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Dean Kamen: Cultural inertia is main tech barrier
Inventor says societal priorities and resistance to change slow adoption of potentially superior tech, including a water purification and power generation system he developed for poor countries.
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