Friday, February 4, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 03/02/2011




Dude, your veins are off the shelf!
Researchers are testing bioengineered veins in two sizes that could soon enable patients with poor veins to go on dialysis, undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and more.
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Road Trip Pic of the Week, 2/3: What is this?
If you know what this is and where it's located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Week challenge.
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Time to take the 'cyber' out of cyberbullying
It doesn't matter if it happens cyberspace, in school, or in both. Bullying is bullying. It's about behavior, not technology.
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AT&T opens first Foundry innovation center
The phone company today announces the opening in Plano, Texas, of the first of three innovation centers aimed at increasing innovation in the mobile market.
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U.S. clean-tech investing hit $4 billion in 2010
Venture capital investment rises 8 percent and a larger percentage of funding goes to later-stage deals, according to an Ernst & Young report.
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Survey: T-Mobile tops in customer satisfaction
T-Mobile outscores Verizon Wireless for customer satisfaction in a J.D. Power survey that also found AT&T at the bottom of the list.
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Microsoft tallies 2.8 billion minutes of Facebook IMs
Windows Live Messenger hosts hordes of chatty Facebookers, thanks to the 18 million or so who have integrated Facebook chat with the IM service.
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'The Daily Show' returns to Hulu
Verizon's iPhone 4 is coming to Best Buy, News Corp. launches The Daily for the iPad and says its ready to sell MySpace, and Viacom reaches a deal that brings back "The Daily Show" to Hulu.
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Verizon to throttle data speeds for heaviest users
With just a week before the iPhone launches on Verizon, the company said it will penalize data speeds of its heaviest users.
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News Corp. ready to unload MySpace
Parent company is eyeing the sale of the social network, saying that it's received interest from potential buyers without placing MySpace on the market.
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Net powers: IPv4 is over. All hail IPv6!
Executives from ICANN and beyond watch the last current-generation Internet addresses depart--and warn about consequences of extending the IPv4-based Net.
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DOE: ARPA-E grants attract private money
Looking to highlight the fruits of investing in energy research and development, the Department of Energy says six ARPA-E grants attracted four times more money from the private sector.
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Meet Lady Gaga's newest social media toy
The pop star is one of the launch partners for SkyGrid Groups, a tool that brands can use to create on-the-fly social-media aggregators for different events or niche interests that their fans may have.
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Moving to IPv6: Now for the hard part (FAQ)
Today, the last current-generation Internet addresses were divvied up at the highest level. Here's a look at what happens next in rebuilding the Net with the newer IPv6.
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Reddit surges to 1 billion monthly page views
Social news site continues to see strong growth, hitting 1 billion monthly page views. Back in July, it had about 400 million page views.
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ARM's 2015 plan: Grab PC, server share
The message is clear: ARM Holdings is serious about being a PC and server player. And why not? After all, it's got notable support from companies including Microsoft and Nvidia.
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Tough TV market bites into Sony's earnings
Net income drops almost 9 percent in the December quarter as the electronics giant continues to face a highly competitive marketplace for LCD TVs.
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Rift widens between Hulu CEO and backers
In a blog post, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar says TV burdens viewers with too many ads and predicts TV's profit margins will slip. Apparently this hasn't been well-received among Hulu's backers.
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The tech behind the Super Bowl's stadium (photos)
Just about everything that takes place on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium will be impacted in some way by technology.
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Texas-size tech behind Super Bowl stadium
Cowboys stadium is home to the NFL title game, and it takes lots of gear to keep a Jerry Jones-size event like a Dallas Super Bowl running smoothly.
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