Thursday, March 10, 2011

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 09/03/2011




Retroficiency app sizes up building energy
Start-up launches to streamline the process of evaluating and retrofitting commercial buildings for better energy efficiency.
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GroupMe launches another update pre-SXSWi
Looking to make a splash among a smattering of competitors at the annual digital media festival, the group messaging service updates its app for the second time in two weeks.
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Leaked '64GB iPhone 4' prototype not the full story
A China-focused gadget blog claims to have come across an "engineered prototype." But apparently the serial number predates the iPhone 4, so if anything, it's something Apple tossed out.
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Opera coaxes coders to embrace Web fonts
Opera is building WOFF, the Web Open Font Format, into Opera 11.10, and is trying to encourage programmers to use it.
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Domo launching 'pre-social' mobile app ahead of SXSW
New mobile app helps you find the friends you haven't met yet.
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The 10 worst proposed Internet laws?
Washington advocacy group counting AOL, eBay, VeriSign, and Yahoo as members highlights worst Internet laws, with ad restrictions topping the list.
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Next-gen storage firm Fusion-io files for IPO
Company, which counts Facebook as its biggest customer, focuses on data centralization and has gear that lets active data be relocated to the server where it's being processed.
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Microsoft's mobile fortunes tied to app developers
The success of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform is in the hands of developers, who are starting to port mobile apps to the new operating system.
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Study: Negligence cause of most data breaches
Negligence is to blame for most breaches, but criminal or malicious attacks are fastest-growing category and most expensive to deal with, says Ponemon Institute.
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To cut LED lighting costs, Bridgelux rides silicon
Company says it has demonstrated the production of LED light chips on silicon, an effort that could ultimately result in cheaper energy-efficient light fixtures.
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See-through camera can image invisible objects
Researchers are zooming in on a handheld camera that can reveal the unseen, inner structures of everything from concrete bridges to body parts.
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Charlie Sheen-censoring browser plug-in is here
Tired of Charlie Sheen news? Install this plug-in for Firefox or Chrome and you never have to see his name again--unless you want to.
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Amazon considering free Kindles for Prime members?
More rumors are hitting the Web that Amazon is considering giving away its Kindle e-book reader to stimulate sales in its e-book store--and help expand a new market to new users.
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Study: Women use Facebook to compete for men
Researchers say that women who base their self-worth on their appearance tend to share more photos on Facebook. Results suggest they do it to compete for attention.
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Lawmakers tell Biden to push Russia on antipiracy
Group of Congress members who support stronger copyright protections wants vice president on trip to Russia to tell leaders there that its in their interest to step up antipiracy efforts.
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On Call: A bridge for T-Mobile and Sprint
Sprint is reportedly in talks with T-Mobile's parent company to buy the carrier. Though the idea of the two brands meshing still makes us queasy, it could work as they move to 4G.
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HubSpot raises $32M from Google Ventures, others
The marketing software company has attracted some big names for its Series D funding round, including Salesforce, Google Ventures, and Sequoia Capital.
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Facebook blocks pics of breast cancer survivor
A woman who says she wants to offer encouragement to others suffering through breast cancer is not allowed to post photos of her reconstructed breasts on Facebook.
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Activision calling up Dance Hero?
After burying Guitar Hero and DJ Hero, publisher is said to be trying its hand at motion-controlled music genre.
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The 'buspreneurs' roll south toward SXSWi
Six Startup Buses are heading to South by Southwest Interactive. CNET's Daniel Terdiman is aboard one to find out how a couple dozen "buspreneurs" create viable businesses at 60 miles an hour.
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