Saturday, November 21, 2009
Tech Gadget
Chan Park
Apple's new 5G iPod nano offers cool upgrades for users
Looks like Apple decided to throw in the kitchen sink for the new iPod nano. This year's diminutive iPod model features a built-in video camera for shooting casual videos and sharing them on … Continued
From the Tech Blog
Tom Gromak
Microsoft pulls plug on MSN direct, maybe on your GPS device, too
Own a GPS device that gets traffic 'over the air?' How about a self-setting watch? Or a desktop weather station? They might stop getting updates in 2012 when Microsoft discontinues its MSN Direct … Continued
More Tech Headlines
From the San Jose Mercury News
- Silicon Valley jobless rate rises to 11.9 percent - 12:52 AM
- Federal jury deadlocks on most of espionage case against two Silicon Valley engineers - 10:34 PM
- Comcast's plan to buy control of NBC hinges on Vivendi's stake - 10:33 PM
- Oracle's $7.4B Sun Microsystems deal: EU extends review deadline - 09:10 PM
- Law firms in legal dispute over keyword ads on Google, Bing - 09:10 PM
From SiliconValley.com
- Nook e-readers sold out for holidays - 03:39 PM
- California adopts first-in-nation rules to cut energy use by new TVs - 12:37 PM
- 'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations - 09:47 PM
- Nintendo's Mario endures in new release even as games come and go - 03:34 PM
- Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 connect to Facebook - 12:18 PM
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AP Headlines
- B&N Nook sells out, too late for holiday orders - 03:43 PM
- Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty - 05:43 AM
- Dell's profit, stock drop on weak quarterly report - 10:57 AM
- 200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English - 01:28 AM
- Web sites cater to for-sale-by-owner home sellers - 01:45 PM
- Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search - 02:38 PM
- GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on - 04:09 PM
- Google adding automatic captions to YouTube videos - 02:31 PM
- Google's Chrome OS to be ready for 2010 holidays - 04:36 PM
Tom Gromak
Google's shiny new Chrome OS is on track for 2010
Internet giant Google says it's a year away from releasing its forthcoming Chrome computer operating system, but it released what's been done so far to the open source community for wider development at a press conference Thursday. - 11/19/2009
Nintendo's Mario endures even as games come and go
Mario, the pot-bellied Italian plumber with a penchant for rescuing princesses, collecting golden coins and gobbling magic mushrooms, has been around for nearly three decades. And even though he hasn't changed much, the latest game he stars in, the newly released "The New Super Mario Bros. Wii" is one of the holiday season's top titles. - 11/19/2009
AOL offers buyouts to 2,500, a third of work force
New York -- AOL LLC, an Internet company struggling to adapt to an advertising-driven economy, is looking to shed more than a third of its work force as it prepares to spin off from Time Warner Inc. next month. - 11/19/2009
Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search
San Francisco -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently. - 11/19/2009
'Uncharted 2' leads Video Game Award nominations
New York -- "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has seized a leading eight nominations for this year's Video Game Awards, Spike TV announced Wednesday. - 11/18/2009
Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook
Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook. Both systems are integrating the social network this week. - 11/18/2009
U.K. police make 2 Trojan computer virus arrests
London -- British police have made the first European arrests connected to the spread of a data-thieving virus thought to have infected tens of thousands of computers worldwide, Scotland Yard said Wednesday. - 11/18/2009
China censors anti-censor pitch
Beijing -- President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao finished their first round of meetings in Beijing today with both leaders saying their talks focused on areas of cooperation. - 11/17/2009
T-Mobile resumes sale of Sidekicks after data loss
New York -- T-Mobile USA is selling Sidekick phones again, more than a month after a server meltdown caused contact numbers, pictures and other personal information to disappear from many of the phones. - 11/17/2009
Soaring skyward in 140 characters
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Fingers will be flying when space shuttle Atlantis blasts off Monday: About 100 of NASA's geekiest fans will be on hand, pecking away at iPhones, BlackBerrys, laptops and other Twittering gadgets. - 11/16/2009
Twitter to scrap controversial suggested user list
Putrajaya, Malaysia -- Social-media site Twitter plans to scrap its hand-picked list of "suggested users" to follow after controversy erupted over the selection of people on the list, a company executive said Monday. - 11/16/2009
CMU physicist develops panorama of sky
MOUNT PLEASANT -- A scientist has finished a two-year, 26,000-mile mission to assemble a panoramic photo image of the night sky. - 11/16/2009
Egypt to apply for first Arabic domain name
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Egypt will apply for the first Internet domain written in Arabic, its information technology minister said Sunday at a conference grouping Yahoo's co-founder and others to discuss boosting online access in emerging nations. - 11/16/2009
Game on
'Tekken 6's' enhanced features make it a button-mashing paradise
Latest 'Tekken' is bigger than ever; 'Lego Rock Band' encourages blockhead banging; 'Mario and Sonic' disappoint at the Winter Olympics. - 11/13/2009
Google, book publishers to reveal new settlement
New York -- The future of Google's plans to sell millions of books online could begin to take shape Friday. - 11/13/2009
