Sunday, September 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 18/09/2010



Testing out Lexus' safety features
At an event showcasing its latest set of safety technology, Lexus gave CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman a chance to test his driving skills, and the limits of gravity.
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Olive delivers digital tunes for technophobes
The new Olive O3HD drops the digital music server's price to less than $1,000, but I still don't understand its appeal.
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Best Buy retreats from iPad cannibalization claim
CEO Brian Dunn now says the Apple devices aren't cutting into notebook sales as much as he was quoted as stating earlier this week in a Wall Street Journal article.
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Radiohead loves Web but sees shortcomings
Radiohead's bassist calls iTunes clunky and says he misses "curatorial influences" of a music label as the band prepares to release new songs.
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Reporters' Roundtable: Deciphering Apple's developer rules
Apple recently rewrote its rulebook for developers. In this show we discuss these changes with Brian Chen of Wired.com and developer David McIntosh of Redux.
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The red pill of Alzheimer's: Would you take it?
An international team of experts on Alzheimer's disease uncovers a gene variation that reveals the rate at which the disease will progress.
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Google Mobile App now searches Gmail, Docs on BlackBerry
An update to Google Mobile App for BlackBerry expands the free software's search capabilities from the smartphone to the cloud.
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Hundreds of Netflix users rated 50,000 movies, shows
Some Netflix users are extremely busy. Leaked internal documents show that hundreds of the rental company's users have rated more than 50,000 films and TV shows.
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Ask Maggie: On getting what you pay for
CNET's Maggie Reardon looks into whether a 4G fee is really necessary, why travelers might benefit from a BlackBerry, and whether HTC smartphones can be unlocked for the U.S.
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