Sunday, February 15, 2009

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 15/02/2009



A brief history of chip fibs, flops: Intel, IBM, AMD
Even the biggest chip companies churn out their share of flops. But the hype that surrounds these chips is more fascinating than the failures.
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LinkedIn traffic grows
With the economy in a tailspin, the business-networking site has seen a sharp jump in traffic in recent months, TechCrunch reports.
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'Facebook fugitive' found dead
A British man, who was being sought by police in the brutal death of an ex-girlfriend, has been found hanged.
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Apple sued over iPhone screen tech
Picsel Technologies alleges patent infringement for technology found in the iPhone and iPod Touch that lets people fluidly zoom and pan sites, documents, and images, according to reports.
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Tech coalition launches sweatshop probe
Human-rights group's report on a keyboard supplier in China is leading to an audit of the factory by a watchdog coalition of tech giants.
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Winter Olympics tech on track
A year before the 2010 Winter Olympics are set to start in Vancouver, the technological backbone is nearly ready.
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Nvidia aims at top Netbooks, Windows 7
Company is aiming its Ion graphics chipset at both top PC makers and Windows 7 Netbooks.
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Web 2.0 is dead. Long live Web 2.0
Web 2.0 as marketing hype may be dead, but its utility as a business strategy is just waking up.
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RIAA, please stay away from celeb iPod auction
Charity Music Rising is selling iPod loaded with celebrity playlists to benefit musicians hit by Katrina. Hopefully, the RIAA will stay out of this one.
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Google, the great destroyer of value?
Google destroys value in the traditional newspaper relationship with the reader, but does it also create value?
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Woman, not breast-feeding, thrown off Facebook
Toni Ainsworth, a 21-year-old model, is claiming that her Facebook account has been closed because her pictures were "too sexy." She did, however, pass the areola test.
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iFart Mobile to Pull My Finger: You stink
iPhone fart app maker takes another to court over trademark infringement accusations as two developers battle it out in crowded fart simulation app market.
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Samsung's Blue Earth solar phone is ultra-green
It's not just the integrated solar panels. The phone is made of recycled plastic, features a pedometer, and even software that reaffirms just how much you're helping the planet by using it.
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Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Shakespeare on Twitter
Some of us procrastinators here at CNET News are having fun with the idea of coming up with Twitter versions of classic novels. And you thought Cliffs Notes made things easier...
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How to find how-tos on the Web
Want to learn how to tie a tie? Build an igloo? If so, check out these how-to sites that help you do things big and small.
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Foiled by eBay, Xbox gamertag seller turns to Craigslist
A man who tried to sell the rare Xbox Live gamertag "Hitman" on eBay had two separate auctions canceled. Now, he's trying out the less-regulated Craigslist.
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Twitter power? For real?
Can you really "dominate your market one Tweet at a time," as a new book suggests? Maybe the better question is whether you should want to.
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GOP tries to rebuild brand with technology
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele wants his party to be as tech-savvy as the Dems, but some GOP say they should focus on their message first.
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Yahoo MyWeb bites the dust
Company to shutter MyWeb to streamline its bookmark services into Delicious and Yahoo Bookmarks.
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Week in review: Valentines for green tech
Cupid was sweet this week on the environment, with Congress earmarking billions for energy and even Google crashing the smart-grid party. Also: Microsoft planning retail stores.
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