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11/3/2010, 11:16
In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular games over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
Facebook will roll out a new location-based service in April, which will allow users to update their locations automatically. Click to read more.
Google has announced a Google App Marketplace. While there's already a marketplace for Android applications, this is about 3rd-party applications that integrate and work with Google's Apps, such as Docs, etc.
A pioneering deep-sea robot made by Massachusetts researchers has been lost off the coast of Chile.
Microsoft has advised users to immediately download the latest patches which were issued on Tuesday.
Google is recruiting allies in its effort to win customers for Google Apps, its bundle of online office software.
Beyond the usual suspects - monocrystalline, thin film, and solar thermal - have emerged a tantalizing array of even more advanced solar energy technologies.
There's still no content available, but manufacturers have started a 3DTV launch blitz that will make your head spin. They are counting on the popularity of 3D movies like "Avatar" to make a 3DTV the next must-have hardware for the home. Samsung, LG, Sony, and Panasonic are the top four TV manufacturers.
VoiceCentral announced Black Swan, a Google Voice iPhone web app in December of 2009, but it was somewhat upstaged by Google itself, which released an official Google Voice iPhone web app in late January. Now Black Swan is out, so how does it compare with Google's web app?
How draconian is the App Store approval process? That's been discussed over and over again. How draconian is the iPhone developer agreement, however? Copies of the agreement have been hard to come by for non-developers (for good reason; more on that later), but the EFF managed to get one, and it's eye-opening.
A user of Panda Cloud Antivirus has detected malware being shipped on an HTC Magic Android phone. Clearly, if malware can be distributed by a battery charger or digital picture frame, it can be distributed via a smartphone, which can show up as a disk drive when plugged into a PC.
Gregg Keizer ) 09 March, 2010 08:03 Even though Microsoft has dropped a plan to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue a first service pack, it won't deliver the update before the fourth quarter of this year, a site that has accurately predicted past Windows timetables said today.
The crew for the next Nasa mission STS-131, shuttle Discovery give a thumbs up after leaving the Orientation Checkout Building on the way to launch pad 39-A during the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The deep space antenna that relayed Neil Armstrong's famous "one giant leap for mankind" declaration from the moon to a rapt American audience will be offline for eight months for repair.
It's well known that digital photo frames can carry malware that can infect a PC, or at least, it should be. How about a battery charger?
Amazon Associates beware; you can expect this to happen in any state that passes a so-called "Amazon Tax" law. Amazon.com has cut ties with Amazon Affiliates in Colorado after that state.
Sexting is (unfortunately for parents) popular among teens and tweens. Some of the teen sexters have even been charged with child porn because of it. Many think that is unnecessary, but in this case, with a New Hampshire teacher, the door to jail seems wide open.
Apple has, in the past, been accused of being a big "flash memory bully," sucking up supplies to the point that shortages for other OEMs occur. With the iPad about to launch, suppliers wonder if it will cause supplies to tighten up so much that solid-state drive (SSD) adoption in PCs will be delayed.
Not only did the Oscars have a surprise visitor last night (Steve Jobs, above via TwitPic), Apple aired the first iPad TV advertisement during last night's Academy Awards. Jobs was most likely in attendance because of the 5 Academy Award nominations for Pixar.
The thing I love most about America is that there's always somebody who doesn't get the word - somebody who doesn't understand that in a Great Recession you're supposed to hunker down, downsize and just hold on for dear life.
