Saturday, February 19, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 18/02/2011




Taxes 2010: Four tax prep solutions compared
As much as we hate to be the bearers of bad news, we also want to help you get a jump on your tax filing for the 2010 tax year. In that spirit, we tested out four prep programs and have compared them here to help you decide.
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Lady Gaga is now the queen of iTunes
Lady Gaga's new single, "Born This Way," has become the fastest-selling track ever released on iTunes, Interscope Records reports.
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Krazit says, 'So long, CNET'
After five years of writing about everything from chips to search engine optimization, CNET's Tom Krazit is moving on.
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Cut Windows Home Server feature to return via add-in
The removal of the Drive Extender feature from the next major version of Windows Home Server is not the end of the road for the feature. Third-party developers are working to bring it back.
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With 'Arctic Sea,' Google offers a Web-app boost
Google releases the first developer version of its Native Client software to give Web apps the speed of native apps. It wants programmers to try it out, and Adobe looks interested.
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Novell investors approve takeover by Attachmate
Shareholders of Novell have voted in favor of Attachmate's $2.2 billion offer to acquire the company.
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Apple, Google face off on subscription sales (week in review)
Competition to sell you magazine subscriptions heats up, while new smartphones have everyone's ear. Also: FBI pushes Net wiretapping.
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Apple patent shows plans for iPad smart bezel
Patent reveals a bezel with sensors that could trigger certain actions on a device; a separate patent shows a longer-life battery.
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Report: Zynga raising cash at $10 billion valuation
Social-gaming company is potentially worth $10 billion, according to reports on the company's funding efforts, and it could be close to closing a $500 million funding round.
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GPS for kids who play hooky
President Obama names Intel's Paul Otellini to his Council on Jobs, Motorola moves up the launch for its Atrix 4G smartphone, and a pilot program will see if GPS can keep students in school.
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Obama dines with Jobs, Zuckerberg, other tech honchos
At an evening affair in Silicon Valley, the president discusses jobs, education, and R&D with bigwigs including the CEOs of Apple, Facebook, Google, Netflix, and Cisco.
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Comcast launching 24-hour 3D channel Sunday
The cable provider kicks off its round-the-clock 3D channel with an outdoor NHL game between Calgary and Montreal, followed by a Kings of Leon concert.
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PayPal suffers outage
Online payment service was down for more than an hour today, preventing customers from accessing accounts but apparently not affecting merchants' ability to use PayPal's API.
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HP chief: We must get products to market faster
Leo Apotheker tells The Wall Street Journal that one of his company's main weaknesses is its inability to get its most "innovative" products to the market quickly.
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Video game sales down again in January
The industry has turned in its 10th month of lower year-over-year sales in the last year, according to NPD Group. Overall, sales in January came in at $1.16 billion, down 5 percent.
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SoloPower lands loan guarantee for solar plant
Silicon Valley solar collector maker gets $197 million loan guarantee from Energy Department to build a 400-megawatt thin-film solar factory in Oregon.
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Ask Maggie: On hot trends at Mobile World Congress
In this week's column, I share some thoughts about what I saw at Mobile World Congress and offer advice about whether to ditch Verizon's 3G wireless broadband for Sprint's 4G service.
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Mobile phone e-wallets get closer to reality
Visa to roll out mobile payment system that lets people add a microSD card to their smartphones to make payments. It touts the system as safer than using a plain old credit card.
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Chrome beta hits v.10, Chrome dev hits v.11
Faster JavaScript, pasword sync, and video acceleration reach a wider Chrome audience. And due for version 11: "chromoting."
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Report: Apple's subscription plan draws antitrust scrutiny
U.S. investigators are examining the terms Apple placed on publishers wishing to sell digital subscriptions through the App Store, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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