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ATT to cut 12,000 jobs, 4 percent of staff
(AP)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:25am
AP - ATT Inc. joined the recession's parade of layoffs Thursday by announcing plans to cut 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force.
NFL offers first live game broadcast in 3-D
(AP)
3 Dec 2008 at 7:41pm
AP - In broadcasting the world's first live 3-D football game to theaters in Los Angeles, New York and Boston on Thursday evening, the NFL promises an up close, personal, visceral experience that could open a new revenue stream for the league.
Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains?
(AP)
3 Dec 2008 at 2:07pm
AP - What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents. But they're coming from brain scientists.
IDC sees decline in US PC market next year
(AP)
3 Dec 2008 at 8:59am
AP - U.S. shipments of personal computers are expected to drop nearly 3 percent next year, while demand in much of the rest of the world will slow down quickly as the financial crisis spreads, research firm IDC said Wednesday.
Report: Former Yahoo exec to be Microsoft online chief
(CNET)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:02am
CNET - Microsoft's efforts to acquire one Yahoo employee at a time appear to be working.
Vietnam court upholds blogger's jail term
(AFP)
4 Dec 2008 at 9:16am
AFP - An appeals court in communist Vietnam on Thursday upheld a blogger's two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for tax fraud in a case media watchdog groups have said was politically motivated.
Amazon Builds a Shopping App for Apple's iPhone
(NewsFactor)
4 Dec 2008 at 9:50am
NewsFactor - What do you get when you cross the leading e-commerce destination with the most popular smartphone on the market? Amazon.com is betting on one thing: Revenue.
Mobile Handset Market to Shrink in 2009, Says ISuppli
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:07am
PC World - The global cell phone handset market will contract next year as consumers hang on to their handsets longer amid tough economic times, market-research company iSuppli said Wednesday.
Oracle Contributes Data-integrity Code to Linux Kernel
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:38am
PC World - Oracle has contributed data-integrity protection code, partly developed with the hardware vendor Emulex, to the Linux kernel, the vendors announced Tuesday.
Will Mac Become a Virus Trap?
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:56am
PC World - Apple has backed off its suggestion that Macs require antivirus software. Yesterday, the computer maker suffered a public relations nightmare after an article was discovered on the company's site encouraging Mac users to install antivirus software. Less than 24 hours later, Apple has quietly removed this recommendation from its KnowledgeBase.
Tough love inspires Facebook group
(Reuters)
4 Dec 2008 at 8:39am
Reuters - An Australian father who made his 5-year-old son walk 13 km (8 miles) to school every day to discipline him has inspired an appreciation group on social networking site Facebook.
CORE: M-Rated First-Person Shooter for Nintendo DS Goes Gold
(PC World)
4 Dec 2008 at 7:53am
PC World - You can count the number of DS-based first-person shooters on one hand. Three fingers, really, between GoldenEye: Rogue Agent, Call of Duty 4, and Metroid Prime: Hunters.
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