Sunday, July 4, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 04/07/2010



Road Trip Pic of the Day, 7/3: What is this?
If you know what this is and where it is located, you could win a prize in the CNET Road Trip Picture of the Day Challenge.
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Photos: The making of Crayola's crayons
Road Trip 2010: Crayola makes more than 3 billion crayons a year. CNET's Daniel Terdiman stopped by to see how it's done.
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How 3 billion Crayola crayons are made
Road Trip 2010: CNET reporter Daniel Terdiman got a look at how the famous crayons are produced, and is too nice to keep that delightful information to himself.
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Security, interface improvements land in Chrome
The stable version of Google Chrome receives multiple security fixes today, as the development version adopts an interface tweak to create more room for extension icons.
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Reporters' Roundtable: Space programs (podcast)
Why go to space? And how? Space journalist Miles O'Brien and Commercial Spaceflight Federation president Bretton Alexander talk about how our space program has changed since Apollo, whether we're going back to the moon, and the need for the "Interstate for Space."
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More suits filed in iPhone 4 antenna fracas
Even as Apple has said it is a software problem, the antenna issue that has dogged the phone since its debut is bringing more accusations of deceptive and false marketing.
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Consumer Reports: iPhone 4 signal issues aren't unique
Consumer Reports says that antenna reception isn't a unique problem and may not be serious. The Consumer watchdog said it sees no reason to forgo purchasing an iPhone 4.
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iPhone-Evo spoof gets employee suspended
Best Buy suspends 25-year-old Brian Maupin, whose snarky videos have since gone viral.
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How many Palm employees did HP just lay off?
Sources say some Palm employees are losing their jobs in the wake of the company's acquisition by HP, but that the number is in the double digits, not hundreds.
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Starbucks' winning combo: Caffeine and Web
Starbucks began offering free Wi-Fi on Thursday, so now it's never been easier to connect to the Web. Or has it?
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Study: Facebook's tarnished brand has bounced back
Two months ago, a polling firm called YouGov said that Facebook's image was tanking. Now the same firm says it's started to bounce back in a big way.
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Blockbuster stock to be delisted from NYSE
After a tumultuous decade of trying to compete with Netflix, the company says its Class A and Class B stock will be delisted from the stock exchange next week.
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5-bar phone signal: What's it get you? (FAQ)
Apple's explanation of why the iPhone 4 is having so many reception issues has called into question what the 5-bar signal strength icon really means.
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Russian cargo ship aborts space station docking
Cargo ship's automated rendezvous with the International Space Station is called off after an unexplained communications glitch. Russians plan to try again Sunday.
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Democrats push for new Internet sales taxes
House Democrats try to force online retailers like Amazon to collect sales taxes for out-of-state purchases, saying $23 billion in new taxes could be raised.
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Understanding next-gen streaming game services
Services that stream games from server farms may one day take over traditional PC gaming, and even console gaming. We break down the big players.
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Trent Reznor composing score for 'The Social Network'
Nine Inch Nails front man, who has said that social media "is doing more harm than good" for the world, is scoring the harshly critical film about the origins of Facebook.
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Ask Maggie: On iPhone or Android; the Verizon iPhone; and buying refurbs
CNET's Maggie Reardon answers readers' burning questions about choosing a cell phone, including which carrier to turn to and how to go about buying a used phone.
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Microsoft's Kin gets tribute site
Redmond's not-so-smart phone may not have lasted beyond infancy, but one online tribute site wants to make sure the product's memory lives on.
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