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Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover (AP)
date: 2010 09 08
AP - Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.
Google search accelerates with 'instant' results (AP)
date: 2010 09 09
AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.
Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan (AP)
date: 2010 09 08
AP - Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation? (Ben Patterson)
date: 2010 08 30Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out.Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says (Ben Patterson)
date: 2010 08 30Ben Patterson - Feel the need to "check in" on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority — and you’re also probably a guy below 40 — according to the latest research.Mophie releases Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4 (Macworld.com)
date: 2010 09 08Macworld.com - If you own an iPhone 4 and find that you burn too quickly through its battery despite the 16 percent capacity bump, you have a new battery expansion option from an old favorite. Mophie has announced the Juice Pack Air for iPhone 4.Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise (AP)
date: 2010 09 08
AP - Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.
Toy Camera From Japan Does 3D for Only $70 (PC World)
date: 2010 09 08PC World - Printing 3D images can be an expensive undertaking (just look at Fujifilmâs Finepix Real 3D W3, whichâll run you at least $500). But for those of us who can't shell out a ton of green for a 3D camera and printer, toy company Takara Tomy has come out with a âtoyâ 3D camera called the 3D Shot Cam thatâll give you stereoscopic 3D images in a small form factor.Operators Get Creative Due to Spectrum Crunch (PC World)
date: 2010 09 08PC World - The spectrum shortage is forcing mobile operators to experiment more with pricing models, new technologies and partnerships, executives speaking at the Mobile Future Forward event in Seattle said Wednesday.Google milks animated doodle mystery on Twitter (AP)
date: 2010 09 08
AP - For a dozen years, Google Inc. has been occasionally swapping its everyday logo for a "doodle," a sketch celebrating holidays, inventions, artists and sporting events, and showcasing designs from contest-winning students.
Lawsuit over filming of Beyonce video settled (AP)
date: 2010 09 08
AP - A lawsuit filed by a Los Angeles man upset with the disruption from a Beyonce Knowles music video shoot has been dismissed and settled.
Apple and BridgeCo Bring iTunes to Every Stereo in Your House (Mashable)
date: 2010 09 08Mashable - One of the new features that Apple announced at its music event last week was AirPlay, a feature that lets users wirelessly stream their music to different stereo systems all over their house.Google real-time search projects, Android in China (Appolicious)
date: 2010 09 08Appolicious - Google’s been revealing some insight to its ongoing research, the latest being real-time speech translation for Android. You speak to your phone in your native tongue, and the phone will speak back in the language to which you’re translating.GM testing voice command to update Facebook status (AP)
date: 2010 09 08AP - General Motors Co. is testing software that would let drivers talk to their cars to update status messages on the Facebook social media website, as well as listen to Facebook messages, the company said Wednesday.New Arm Chip to Stretch From Smartphones to Servers (PC World)
date: 2010 09 08PC World - Arm Holdings has taken the wraps off its next major chip design, promising a five-fold increase in performance that the company hopes will take it beyond smartphones and into new types of equipment such as high-performance routers and servers.Cybercrime is Rampant Around the World, Says Study (PC World)
date: 2010 09 08PC World - A new study by security vendor Symantec reports that Internet crime has grown into a widespread problem globally. It also provides intriguing insights into consumers' lax attitudes toward online piracy, plagiarism, and other illegally or unethical activities.Apple Browsing Share Tops Linux, Android Steals Share Everywhere (PC World)
date: 2010 09 03PC World - More people browsed the Internet last month with a device running Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, than used Linux to do so. That's a first for Apple, according to NetMarketShare, a firm that produces metrics on the market share of browsers, operating systems and search engines.Google unveils faster Internet search (AFP)
date: 2010 09 08
AFP - Internet powerhouse Google is giving Web searchers the thrill of speed with a turbocharged engine that displays suggested Web links as fast as a person can type.