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Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 2:07pm
AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.
Google opens Web store for business applications
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 7:58pm
AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 7:33pm
AP - Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 9:07pm
AP - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 1:30pm
AP - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer
(AP)
9 Mar 2010 at 1:08pm
AP - A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.
'JihadJane' recruited in US, Europe, Asia: prosecutors
(AFP)
10 Mar 2010 at 2:52am
AFP - A US woman operating online under the name "JihadJane" recruited jihadist fighters in the United States, Europe and Asia in a bid to carry out terror plots "or die trying," prosecutors said.
China Mobile investing $5.8B in Chinese bank
(AP)
10 Mar 2010 at 3:50am
AP - China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone company by subscribers, said Wednesday it was investing $5.8 billion in a Chinese bank as part of a plan to develop mobile phone banking and business services.
IBM, universities target easy-to-use cellphones
(Reuters)
10 Mar 2010 at 3:31am
Reuters - IBM has started a two-year research program that aims to make cellphones easier to use for groups including the elderly and the illiterate.
Sony, Samsung Join Campaign To Push 3-D TV Sets
(NewsFactor)
9 Mar 2010 at 10:29am
NewsFactor - On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 percent of its TV sales within the next year to be 3-D models, and Samsung announced a range of HDTV sets and Blu-ray players will ship later this month.
"Logorama" duo take aim at "Ghost Recon" videogame
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 9:52pm
Reuters - The directors behind the Oscar-winning animated short "Logorama," are moving into the live-action world -- but they aren't going Hollywood just yet.
Street Fighter IV arrives in the App Store
(Macworld.com)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:06am
Macworld.com - Students of the hadouken have a new venue to test their fighting mettle: Street Fighter IV launched Wednesday for the iPhone and iPod touch. This seminal arcade fighter brings high-end graphics, complex combos, and a memorable cast of characters to the mobile platform.
Google opens virtual shop for business software
(AFP)
10 Mar 2010 at 12:09am
AFP - Google opened an online shop for business software hosted as services in the Internet "cloud."
MySpace readies site overhaul to rekindle growth
(Reuters)
9 Mar 2010 at 7:26pm
Reuters - With shrinking audiences, deep layoffs and two management shake-ups, MySpace, the one-time leader in Internet social networking, has had a rocky year.
Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
(AFP)
9 Mar 2010 at 2:10pm
AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
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