Saturday, February 5, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 04/02/2011




TiVo offers free insight into TV ad effectiveness
The DVR service launches Ad Scorecard, which lets anyone find out how effective different companies are at capturing the attention of TiVo users.
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Google calls Microsoft a copycat (week in review)
Google accuses Microsoft of copying search results while unveiling new a new Android OS and market. Also: iPad's Daily debuts.
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More people grabbing Wi-Fi from their neighbors
New poll sponsored by the Wi-Fi Alliance finds that 32 percent of those questioned admit to trying to access Wi-Fi networks that weren't theirs, up from 18 percent two years ago.
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Microsoft gives Windows Phone devs copy, paste
Developers are getting an updated version of Windows Phone Developer Tools, which includes the new Windows Phone system software for testing apps. Is a consumer release far behind?
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Will 350,000 people file taxes on smartphones?
Around 350,000 iPhone and Android smartphone users have downloaded Intuit's SnapTax app to file simple returns, according to All Things Digital.
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Survey: Most homes own at least one tech gadget
New study from Pew Internet finds 90 percent of homes in the U.S. own at least one technology device, with the mobile phone the most popular gadget of all.
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Survey: Half of Verizon smartphone users to take iPhone leap
A good many current Verizon Android and BlackBerry users polled say they're ready to move to the iPhone after it's released February 10, according to survey firm USamp.
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Superstar
The Verizon iPhone 4 is sold out, Ericsson launches a mobile banking system, and Energy Star is creating a higher tier of certification.
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Untethered iOS 4.2.1 jailbreak tool released
Sorry, Windows users, for the moment it's a Mac-only solution. Another consideration: with iOS 4.3 just around the corner, should you even bother?
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Verizon: iPhone sets first-day sales record
The company says it sold more iPhones in the first two hours they were available for preorder than any other phone on any launch day in its history.
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Verizon iPhone arriving February 7 for some?
Verizon's iPhone isn't expected to be available to customers until February 10, but Engadget is reporting that some folks have a shipment delivery date of February 7.
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NFL teams may replace playbooks with iPads
The head of tech for the Dallas Cowboys tells CNET his team and at least a "couple" others are thinking of abandoning paper playbooks and game-day printouts of plays.
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Friday Poll: Is Honeycomb sweet enough for you?
Where do you stand now that Honeycomb has been detailed? A tablet that runs Honeycomb? The upcoming new iPad? Or something else altogether?
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DOE readies giant wood-to-fuel loan guarantee
Kior said it has a term sheet for a $1 billion loan guarantee from the DOE to build four plants that will convert wood chips into a gasoline substitute.
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Netflix rises as studios' DVD money plunges
The studios' home-entertainment units see bleak holiday quarters at a time when Netflix is seeing big growth. What message are consumers sending Hollywood?
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Bing to participate in World IPv6 Day
Microsoft's search engine will be one of the major sites available to help the computer industry see just how ready the world is for the next-gen Internet.
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Gaming boy falls onto subway tracks
A 10-year-old Italian boy is so engrossed in his PSP that he falls onto the subway tracks. Video shows him falling and being rescued by a policeman before a train arrives.
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Call for Apple CEO succession plan gains support
Influential proxy voting service ISS adds its support to a proposal that calls on Apple to disclose a succession plan for CEO Steve Jobs.
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Super Bowl winner revealed on the Web
For the last four years, the team with more Web chatter in the month before the game has won the Super Bowl. The data is in and it's.....
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iPad pub The Daily pops up on PCs
An enterprising programmer compiles a Web version of the much-hyped iPad-only "newspaper."
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