Tuesday, November 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (CNET) 11/15/2010



Sencha's Web-app tools reach mobile browsers
Web programmers who want to span multiple mobile browsers can with Sencha Touch 1.0, available today for free. It's WebKit-only for now, though.
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AMD joins MeeGo alliance
Chipmaker will kick in its engineering know-how to help drive the growth of mobile and embedded devices running the Linux Foundation's open-source MeeGo platform.
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'Unforgettable' iTunes announcement tomorrow
Apple is advertising an "exciting announcement" at 7 a.m. PT concerning iTunes that it claims will make Tuesday a day that you will never forget.
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Study: Fleet buyers can jump-start plug-in vehicles
The Electrification Coalition, made up of mainly of auto and electric power companies, argues that fleet buyers are key to driving plug-in vehicles adoption in U.S.
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Loaded: You've got mail!
Facebook is set to make an announcement about a new messaging system, Sony's Dash touch-screen device gets Hulu Plus, and AOL revamps its classic mail client.
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Survey: Consumer wariness to limit EV sales
Mainstream consumers are less concerned about mile range than they are with plug-in vehicle price and technology, a Pike Research survey shows.
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Facebook temporarily blocked in Saudi Arabia
Facebook was offline for several hours in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but was it a technical glitch or a conflict between the social network and the country's mores.
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Shopping on Google now includes inventory checks
Shoppers doing research online through Google will be able to see if a product is in stock near them as well as navigate through new category listings.
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Few see Web, Hollywood like Eric Garland (Q&A)
Big Champagne tracks consumption of entertainment content on Web. Its CEO discusses how Netflix, the music sector, and mass pirating have changed Hollywood's views.
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Why film studios are betting on Web again
Hollywood could have snubbed Netflix, ditched Hulu and stuck with traditional distribution. Instead, they're licensing content for Web TV and taking on former partners, including theaters owners.
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Amazon adds graphics-chip computing service
Tapping into the GPU's power for more than just graphics work is a major trend in computing. Now Amazon Web Services is jumping into the market with a GPU-based service.
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Police told to text to save money
Police in the UK are reportedly being trained to text because their radio system is too expensive.
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A Path the world isn't meant to see
Buoyed by marquee founders and investors yet dealing with the tech industry's highest of expectations, photo-sharing service Path.com has launched. The outlook? Unclear.
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China unseats U.S. in supercomputer ranking
The Tianhe-1A supercomputer bests the Jaguar system in the biannual Top 500 list, but the U.S. high-performance computing community doesn't need to hang its head in shame just yet.
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AOL's 'Project Phoenix' e-mail overhaul is here
The revamped system looks a lot like Gmail, but promises some new features like a tabbed messaging interface and built-in text messaging.
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