IT-Code-News: IT News Head Lines (CNET) 10/11/2013

Thursday, October 10, 2013

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 10/11/2013

HP no longer playing by Microsoft, Intel rules, exec says
With Microsoft and Intel becoming "outright competitors," Hewlett-Packard sees most of the PC growth happening outside the Windows market. That means Android, Chrome, and Ubuntu. [Read more]

Acer's Chromebook C720 leads with pseudo-Haswell core
Mainstream or not, here come the next-gen Chromebooks. Acer's C7 update claims 8.5 hours of battery life, even with a downgraded Haswell chip. [Read more]

Digg Reader gets Chrome extension for easy feed signup
An extension eases use of Digg's service for reading Web site content sent over RSS feeds. Also new: an Android app that stays in sync better. [Read more]

TV networks will reportedly seek Supreme Court review of Aereo
Apparently frustrated by conflicting court decisions, broadcasters seek review of decisions on the legality of retransmitting TV signals on the Internet. [Read more]

Microsoft board said to seek Ballmer successor this year
Special committee working to have a new chief executive in place before the end of the year, sources tell Bloomberg. [Read more]

Psst, Twitter's IPO date looks to be November 15
While revising its SEC filing in preparation for its IPO, the social network may have accidentally revealed the big date is only five weeks away. [Read more]

New York -- home of smartphone shopping during funerals
A survey probing when people in different cities use their smartphones to shop reveals results that some might find deadening. [Read more]

Microsoft publishes its Windows Phone YouTube app (again)
It appears that Microsoft has surrendered in its ongoing battle with Google over its YouTube app. While the app is now available, it's pretty bare bones. [Read more]

Apple job post suggests iPhone deal with China Mobile near
Ad seeks an engineer to work in China who has extensive knowledge of TD-SCDMA, the communications protocol used exclusively by China Mobile. [Read more]

Smartphone apps to make you (Americans) smarter
In light of a recent study that shows Americans are below average for math and literacy of all the developed nations, I have rounded up some apps to...well...help my countrymen exercise our collective noggins. [Read more]

Airbnb files motion to block New York AG's subpoena
The rent-out-your-home service vows to fight the state's subpoena requesting troves of user data saying it's a "government-sponsored fishing expedition" and "unreasonably broad." [Read more]

Ohio school mad at 15-year-old for using 'Madden' phrase
In announcing a middle school football game, a 15-year-old describes one player in Gus Johnson's inimitable phrase, as having "got that getting-away-from-the-cops speed." The student is disciplined. [Read more]

T-Mobile's LTE network goes nationwide, covers 233 cities
The company met its year-end target of covering 200 million people early and will likely end the year covering 205 million people. [Read more]

T-Mobile to offer free unlimited international data, texts
The latest shake-up eliminates international roaming rates for data and text messages and simplifies calling rates, the latest carrot dangled by T-Mobile. [Read more]

T-Mobile's international plan teased on its own site
The mobile carrier quietly announces that it's launching free data roaming in more than 100 countries later on this month. [Read more]

For $49, a doctor will see you now -- online
American Well unveils a new service that connects consumers directly to physicians through their mobile devices for advice -- and sometimes even for diagnoses and prescriptions. [Read more]

'Hackproof' Quasar IV Android smartphone gets the go-ahead
A company claiming to make the most secure smartphone software on the market announces that it's on schedule to make the phones for real. [Read more]

Man jumps from train to retrieve cell phone, hit by 2nd train
A man pulls the emergency cord because he's left his phone on a bench on the station platform. He either leaps or slips from the train and is seriously injured when another train hits him. [Read more]

Telescopes fire lasers into space in awesome time-lapse video
The observatories at Hawaii's Mauna Kea send beams into the heavens in this gorgeous recording by Sean Goebel. [Read more]

Gartner: 'Back-to-school' PC sales don't make the grade
Though the numbers mostly lined up with a report from market research firm IDC, Gartner paints a much darker picture of the PC industry. [Read more]

Create a PDF from any document in OS X
If you can print a document, you can save it as a PDF and use this feature to quickly annotate or add other enhancements to your print job. [Read more]

Is bRight Switch the light switch we've been waiting for?
This smart little upstart could make a big splash in the Internet of things. [Read more]

PC sales decline is finally slowing, IDC says
But analysts warn that their report shouldn't be construed as a comeback for the global PC industry. [Read more]

Get hired with these five Windows Phone apps
Stay on top of your job hunt and build your professional network on the run with these apps on Windows Phone. [Read more]

Create a file manager desktop background image in OS X
If you regularly use your desktop to organize files, then you might benefit from creating a custom image to manage your workflow. [Read more]

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