Friday, October 2, 2009

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 02/10/2009



Security Essentials fares well in AV-Test trial
Microsoft's new, free software gets generally good marks for virus and malware detection in a preliminary review. It could do better at cleanup, though.
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Week in review: Net theft, under your nose
New Trojan steals money from accounts while account holders are logged in. Google resolves misguided e-mail issue. Also: Facebook fakes.
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Six-watt dimmable LED bulb comes to U.S.
The Pharox60 bulb uses one-tenth the electricity of comparable incandescent bulbs and fits into traditional light sockets. But it will cost you more up front.
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Fresh crew, billionaire clown reach space station
Wearing a red clown nose, the founder of Cirque du Soleil floats into the International Space Station, saying he had no problems adapting to weightlessness.
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AdMob: iPhones, Android phones on the rise
Use of the smartphones continues to grow around the world at the expense of devices using Symbian and Windows Mobile, according to the ad-serving company.
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Twitter experimenting with a lab of its own
Microblogging service plans to launch Twitter Labs, in the same vein as Google Labs. But what this means for users isn't clear yet.
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Find the right doctor with these online resources
If you're having trouble finding a good doctor, the Web is a useful place to start your research. These services can help you find the right doctor for you.
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Crowdsourcing coming to iPhone apps, big time
The number of applications that depend on information submitted by users is growing every day, and changing the iPhone platform in the process.
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Is the iPhone hurting AT&T's brand?
AT&T's exclusive deal to carry the iPhone has been a double-edge sword. While the iPhone brought it millions of new customers, half say they'd defect to another carrier.
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Revving up with the Zipcar iPhone app
Using the new app to find and book the car-sharing service's vehicles on the go is really convenient, but at least at this point, its unlock-by-iPhone feature is more of a gimmick.
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Hulu to stream Austin City Limits live on Facebook
Hulu will be live-streaming select acts from the Austin City Limits music festival through their Facebook app, Friday through Saturday.
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IBM to launch cloud-based e-mail service
Big Blue enters the cloud-email game with its new LotusLive iNotes service, which will cost $3.75 per month per user.
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McAfee launches online backup service
For $60 per year, McAfee's new online backup service offers you an unlimited amount of online storage space.
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Cloud computing and the big rethink: Part 2
If operating systems were originally designed to be applicable across the widest variety of hardware, and VMs are designed as containers for them, is the homogeneity of cloud infrastructure the VM's bane?
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Targeted e-mails distribute malware in PayChoice breach
E-mails included names and partial passwords and directed people to a Web site or download software that dumped a Trojan on their computers for stealing data and disabling security software.
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Fujitsu's hard-drive business now Toshiba's
Fujitsu completes transfer of hard-drive business to Toshiba, concluding agreement that moves business into new company called Toshiba Storage Device Corp.
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More colleges than ever offering gaming degrees
The Entertainment Software Association says more than 250 colleges and universities currently offer degrees and certifications in video game design, programming, and art.
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Docs To Go for iPhone finally gets Excel
Documents to Go 2.0 can now create and edit Microsoft Excel documents. It's about time, too.
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Same game costs more on PSP Go than on iPhone... why?
A new trend has arisen during the first day of Mini availability. The same games cost more on the PSP/PSP Go than they do on the iPhone/iPod Touch.
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Reserve Nissan's Leaf EV starting Spring 2010
Nissan has announced that it will begin taking reservations for its upcoming Nissan Leaf electric vehicle starting in the Spring of 2010.
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