Friday, May 14, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 14/05/2010



Stanford grads hope to change smoking forever
Ploom aims to make smoking more efficient and greener. The company has a patent pending on their Model One vaporizer.
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Japanese town to test solar-to-electric cars
Mazda, EnerDel, Think Global, and others are trying to create a renewable automotive energy community.
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Diaspora about to hit $100,000 in donations
Four programmers have been raising money to build an open-source alternative to Facebook, and with Facebook's image under fire from both the press and the public, they've now raised an order of magnitude more than they intended to.
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Sylvania takes on 60-watt bulb with LED light
LED makers are introducing replacements for the popular 60-watt incandescent bulb that use about 80 percent less electricity and that could last for years and years.
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Adobe fights Apple with pro-Flash ad campaign
The next battle in the Apple-Adobe war over Flash takes the form of an Adobe publicity campaign, including its own letter propounding openness.
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Do you 'like' my jeans?
We offer a First Look at Sprint's new 4G phone, YouTube helps you hide your home videos, and Diesel lets you crowdsource your next denim purchase over Facebook.
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Sony narrows losses, sees gains ahead
Electronics giant reports lower-than-expected net loss and a return to operating profits, as it sees momentum in the current year.
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Comcast shows off an iPad remote
Cable giant demonstrates an upcoming iPad app that will let subscribers search for shows and control their TV remotely.
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Google coding tool advances cloud computing
The developer kit is designed to ease use of its Native Client technology, which is at the vanguard of Google's cloud-computing effort.
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Facebook's follies: A brief history
It's been a long, strange trip for the social network, especially since many of its mistakes have been played out--and continue to do so--in the public eye.
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Cisco touts growth in latest earnings
CEO John Chambers says the company is coming out of the downturn stronger and gaining a larger share of customers' "total wallet spend" via next-generation products.
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Apple iPhone move kills Mac coding conference
Jonathan "Wolf" Rentzsch cancels his C4 programming conference in the wake of an Apple change he sees as stifling programming innovation.
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Streaming game service OnLive inks U.K. deal
The service, which aims to move gamers away from consoles such as the Xbox, PS3, and Wii, features video games from top publishers.
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Apple launches MobileMe Mail beta program
Apple is offering users the opportunity to participate in its MobileMe Mail beta program, which is now live on its Web site.
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Report: iPhone 4G packs potent chip
A prototype Apple iPhone 4G squeezes in an iPad-class processor, according to an iFixit report based on a device teardown featured on a Vietnamese Web site.
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Wal-Mart tries to close gadget gap with Best Buy
A revamped electronics section is coming to your local Wal-Mart, including more connected TVs and Blu-ray players that stream its new Vudu video service.
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Report: Facebook calls all-hands privacy meeting
Facebookers will reportedly all gather together Thursday to discuss the company's difficult circumstances concerning privacy. Will changes be announced?
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'Hurt Locker' producers follow RIAA footsteps
Producers of acclaimed war film are preparing to sue, according to report. This strategy was tried by the music sector and leaders there dropped it.
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Hands-on with Steam gaming on four different Macs
Brief hands-on with Valve's Steam Mac software and games on four different Macs.
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Verizon to fulfill 4G promise to rural Americans?
Verizon Wireless is in talks with rural wireless carriers to extend its 4G wireless service to hard to reach places, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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