Monday, April 9, 2012

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 4/9/2012





Microsoft store coming to an Apple Store near you?
Microsoft and Apple Stores cheek by jowl? The more the merrier for consumers, and better for Microsoft, which needs to demonstrate it has competitive offerings too.
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Nvidia Tegra 4 chip leak whets appetite for non-iOS tablets
As soon as Q1 2013, Nvidia's Tegra 4 chip aims to make quad-core tablets even faster, according to data leaked by a Chinese Web site.
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U.S., U.K. firms selling spy gear to repressive regimes, says report
The U.K.'s Guardian newspaper reports that a privacy group is raising the alarm about exports of surveillance equipment.
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Bosses' big fear? That employees will film them
A survey suggests that bosses are paranoid that employees will upload inappropriate videos to company networks or film them in slightly less than perfect situations and then post the videos to the network.
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Cameron narrates stunning Titanic simulation
A documentary billed as "the ultimate forensic investigation" of the sinking, though voyeuristic, promises to be fascinating.
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YouTube founders readying 'Zeen' magazine platform
A teaser page on the Web suggests Chad Hurley and Steve Chen will soon launch a new service called "Zeen" -- designed to let users "discover and create beautiful magazines."
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Cyclist hits pedestrian, posts eulogy for helmet, say officials
Prosecutors in San Francisco claim a man who allegedly plowed into pedestrians -- after which one died -- later made an online post in which he told his version of events and lamented the death of his helmet.
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Adbusting satirical video sees through Google's new goggles
commentary Did Google's ukulele-strumming promo vid for its high-tech specs make you a little queasy? You may well appreciate this skillful, and perhaps insightful, parody by culture jammer Jonathan McIntosh.
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Google's augmented-reality glasses: Is it all PR?
Experts in augmented reality, on seeing Google's Project Glass, suggest it's a vast overpromise of what can be delivered. So, is it all to make Google seem more interesting?
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Car audio at the New York auto show
People pay big bucks for optional car audio systems, but how good are these systems?
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