Tuesday, November 16, 2010

IT News HeadLines (Digital Trends) 11/15/2010


Digital Trends
Saudi Arabia blocks – then unblocks – Facebook
Saudi Arabia blocked access to Facebook, apparently citing moral concerns, but then restored access within a few hours with no explanation.


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Lenovo IdeaPad U260 ultraportable packs Intel Core i7
Lenovo's new IdeaPad U260 notebook offers a 12.5-inch display and up to an Intel Core i7 processor...and a look inspired by a leather-bound journal.


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HP Mini 1103 packs 10.1-inch display, weighs 2.8 pounds
Remember netbooks? HP's new Intel Atom-powered Mini 1103 packs a 10.1-inch display and weighs just 2.78 pounds...and mobile broadband is available.


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New PS3 jailbreak beats latest firmware update with downgrade
Sony’s 3.50 firmware update was supposed to end the threat of jailbreaking on the Playstation 3 once and for all. Not so fast, say the developers of the notorious PS Jailbreak. The team, which started all of the trouble with the release of the original Playstation 3 hack in August of this year, has announced [...]


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Path: an antisocial network
Path, a new social network, has launched. The site hopes to let close friends share photos in a new way.


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FriendFeed, Gmail creator quits Facebook
Paul Buchheit is leaving Facebook to join tech startup investor Y Combinator. He is the man who created FriendFeed, Gmail, AdSense, and Google's slogan "Don't be evil."


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U.S. to retake supercomputer throne from China
China has broken the record for computing speed, creating a supercomputer that calculates at 2.57 petaflops. Now the U.S. is working on two 20 petaflop supercomputers.


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Netflix coming to ‘some’ Android phones in 2011
Netflix announced Friday that its movie streaming app will be coming to some, but not all, Android devices in early 2011.


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Bill Clinton to cameo in The Hangover 2
Bill Clinton was spotted on the set of 'The Hangover 2' in Thailand. The former president will make a cameo in the comedy sequel.


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