Friday, September 23, 2011

IT News Head Lines (CNET) 23/09/2011





Yahoo News links with Facebook
Yahoo News Activity feature lets users share articles with friends on Yahoo News and Facebook.

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Color starts over with live video "Visit" feature
The photos-with-friends feature and the from-the-ground-up social network are gone. Here's Color's second act.

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At F8, Facebook talks Timeline, media, more (live blog)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicks off his F8 keynote by introducing a revamped profile page the company calls Timeline, "the story of your life on a single page." He also talks Ticker, media sharing, and more using Open Graph apps. Join CNET for live coverage.

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Facebook unveils new version of Open Graph
With Ticker, Facebook users will be able to experience "frictionless experiences," "real-time serendipity," and the ability to find new patterns and activity, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

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Prius' artificial engine noise demonstrated, explained
The Toyota Prius V is quiet, too quiet for pedestrians to hear. So Toyota has gone and made it louder.

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At F8, Facebook announces Timeline
The world's leading social network is hosting its developers conference in San Francisco today. Onstage, the company unveils the new way users' "whole lives" are presented.

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Facebook for every music service
Kindle lets users "borrow" books from their public library, Pandora gets a site redesign in HTML5, and Facebook has some big changes in store for its F8 developer's conference.

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OnLive goes live in the U.K.
The cloud-gaming company says that its service will be coming to more European countries later this year.

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Netflix split to set up Amazon streaming merger?
Netflix's move to separate its DVD-by-mail service may pave the way for Amazon to buy the company, argues an analyst.

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Clearwire in talks with big carriers on network use (scoop)
Clearwire's chief says it is in discussions with a number of wireless companies to provide capacity using its planned 4G LTE network.

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Virtual building audit spots energy savings
FirstFuel crunches utility and weather data to build a profile of commercial building energy use and offer recommendations to improve efficiency by 10 percent.

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Meg Whitman to get HP job after the bell, report says
The former eBay CEO will take over as Hewlett-Packard's chief executive after the market closes this afternoon.

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Microsoft hands Rustock botnet case over to FBI
After winning a summary judgment against the perpetrators of the massive spamming network, the software giant hands evidence to federal law enforcement, including clues about the alleged ringleader.

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Ken Burns documentary to debut on iPhone, iPad
First episode of "Prohibition" will make its premiere tomorrow on the PBS apps for the iPhone and iPad ahead of the series TV debut in early October.

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Apple to sell 149 million iPads in '15, researcher says
Company will likely sell about 47 million iPads this year and see that figure jump to 69 million next year, Gartner predicts

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AT&T antitrust case gets February trial date
The big (and, eventually perhaps, bigger) carrier is going to have to wait considerably longer now for a decision on whether it can acquire T-Mobile.

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Bing brings Action Buttons to search results
The new Action Buttons can link you directly to pages where you can book a hotel room, schedule a flight, rent a car, or run other specific tasks.

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If HP's board calls, don't pick up the phone
commentary Dysfunction, thy name is Hewlett-Packard. CNET's Jim Kerstetter
offers Meg Whitman some unsolicited advice if she is asked to run the company.

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Windows 8 to tap heavily into Windows Live
Microsoft's Windows Live services will be a key part of Windows 8, letting you sync the same files across multiple PCs and share information with other Windows Live users.

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Full Tilt Poker lashes out at Ponzi scheme claims
Company says it doesn't believe that any "reasonable interpretation" of its business would make it a Ponzi scheme, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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