Sunday, September 26, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 25/09/2010



Grooveshark VIP price increase planned
Company informs its VIP customers it plans to raise prices in December. Music streaming service hints that it's close to reaching a legal settlement with Universal.
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Reporters' Roundtable: How game mechanics are infecting everything
From Green Stamps to Foursquare, game concepts and philosophies have been getting into economic and social apps for years. What's new in the field?
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Follow our RIM DevCon live blog
BlackBerry maker on Monday opens its annual developer conference in San Francisco. Expect to hear updates about software, social features, and maybe even a new tablet.
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Art, biology, tech converge at The Lab (photos)
San Francisco art gallery, called The Lab, explores interactive art with a special emphasis on biotechnology.
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Apple looks to patent new flash system
The patent shows an array of flash lights that point at different directions, so we presume the camera will detect where the subject is and turn on the nearest flash.
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Hair-washing robot leaves your locks silky-smooth
Still washing your own hair? Lie back, think of Japan, and let Panasonic's hair-washing bot do the job.
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Is Google's weird new ad taking the pizza?
Google launches a 10-minute ad for Google Mobile in which almost the only line of dialog, repeated so many times that it seriously affects the digestion, is "pizza." Funny?
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Sony's Google TV product slated for October 12 NYC unveiling
Sony will be unveiling its "Internet Television" Google TV product at a New York City press event scheduled for October 12.
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DOJ settles no-recruit claims against tech companies
Adobe, Apple, Google, Intel, Intuit, and Pixar had entered into broad non-solicitation agreements that the DOJ said hurt competition and employee salaries.
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What is the 'true' cloud journey?
While some may claim it's obvious how cloud adoption is going to evolve, those same people can't agree on how. Furthermore, most others in IT don't see it as remotely obvious.
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Ask Maggie: On iPhone upgrades and reception issues
This week's Ask Maggie tech advice column tackles questions from readers about iPhone upgrades, data usage, and reception issues.
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Scrabble comes to the Kindle
You can now get Scrabble on your Kindle for $4.99.
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Office 15 to include an app store?
Microsoft isn't talking much about the next Office, but a job posting indicates that Microsoft may be developing yet another app store.
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Robotic arm found to work too easily
A computer program created directs a robotic arm to grab objects with just one touch, but in a pilot study the automatic mode is considered "too easy."
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Windows Phone 7 won't support tethering
Despite earlier comments suggesting it would be up to carriers whether to allow the phone to act as a modem, Microsoft now says the operating system won't support that feature.
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Vodafone fixes hole in customer site after data exposed
Customers angry that Vodafone took a few days to fix the problem as they discovered that strangers had their e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
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'Rickroll' protection hits Firefox in add-on form
Getting "Rickrolled" may no longer be in vogue, but it still happens. Now you can defend yourself with a simple browser extension.
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From IBM Netezza to the human brain
IBM is buying Netezza for $1.7B. Why is a company with $191 million in yearly revenue worth $1.7 billion to IBM, which already has products in this space?
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Target to begin selling iPad in October
The retail giant will carry all six versions of Apple's tablet, starting at $499, beginning October 3.
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Google finally announces Project 10^100 winners
Five organizations have been selected to receive a total of $10 million as Google finally wraps up a project tied to its tenth anniversary two years ago.
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