Saturday, February 12, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 11/02/2011




Nokia: Symbian to take Microsoft 'downscale'
Nokia's adoption of Windows Phone 7 as its primary smartphone platform will work in the interests of developers, mobile operators, and content publishers, CEO Stephen Elop says today.
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Is the Nokia/Microsoft deal a prelude to a merger?
Nokia and Microsoft may have only announced a strategic partnership but are the two actually picking out china patterns together?
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School suspends teacher who blogged that kids are whiny
A teacher in Pennsylvania posts critical comments about her students, co-workers, and administrators on her blog. The school suspends her.
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MPEG LA patent move blemishes Google's Web video plan
The patent licensing group is seeking those who believe VP8 uses their patents, a step that could ultimately spoil Google's effort to create royalty-free Web video.
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Air Force OKs biofuel jet fuel mix in aircraft
The Air Force approves a blend of plant-based fuel with jet fuel for the first time, saying performance for pilots will not be affected.
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Tablet competition grows (week in review)
HP and Dell mix it up with new tablet PCs, while the U.S. seeks domain veto powers. Also: Android advances.
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Industry vet: The $50 million video game must go
Mark Cerny, a video-game industry veteran, says developers could easily save millions of dollars when creating blockbuster games.
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Nokia embraces Windows Phone 7
AT&T and T-Mobile offer huge deals to compete with Verizon's iPhone launch, Google offers added security for log-ins, and Windows Phone 7 could become the primary OS on Nokia handsets.
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Harvard, Mitre cook up programmable nanoprocessor
Researcher says the bottom-up construction, in contrast with the way today's commercial circuits are built, points the way toward tomorrow's integrated systems.
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Sony: PlayStation Move is for consoles, not PCs
Sony's Richard Marks, who was instrumental in the development of the PlayStation Move, says the motion-gaming peripheral is for consoles, not PCs.
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New rumor hints RIM tablet to run Android apps
RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook may be capable of running Android apps, sources tell Bloomberg. This rumor follows a similar one from last month.
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A retro nuclear reactor eyes the future (photos)
Since 1958, MIT has housed a small nuclear reactor on its Cambridge campus for various experiments. Now the reactor's mission is shifting from cancer tests to aiding the development of new nuclear power designs.

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Nuclear research reactor perseveres in city center
A nuclear reactor, albeit a very small one, has been spitting atoms amid the city bustle near MIT since 1958. Even though it's steeped in history, the research center is leading experiments on the future of nuclear power.
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Ask Maggie: What to do with that old AT&T iPhone
Maggie advises a reader on what to do with that old iPhone, Also: choosing between iPhone and Android; Verizon's unlimited data plan.
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Nokia, Microsoft becoming Windows Phone bedfellows
In the proposed partnership, Windows Phone would become Nokia's principal OS, and phones would use Microsoft search and ad services.
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Obama pushes for national 4G-speed wireless
President offers details on plan for 4G-speed wireless connections in rural areas, but plan to spend over $18 billion hits resistance from Republican deficit hawks
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MacBook Air 'Sandy Bridge' update expected in June
Apple is aiming for a summer refresh of the MacBook Air that will be centered on an upgrade to Intel's Sandy Bridge processors, CNET has learned.
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Bing now taps user location, history for relevance
Bing now pulls up results that are relevant to a user's location, as well as changing the order of results to prioritize the sites users have already visited after running previous searches.
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Some eHarmony user information stolen
An ancillary advice site that uses eHarmony user names and passwords was hacked using an SQL injection vulnerability.
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Report: Jobs still very involved during medical leave
The Wall Street Journal hears from two sources that Apple's CEO is working on upcoming products during his leave of absence from the company.
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