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Ruby shining on Java, Windows, and Mac OS (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Ruby, the popular open source dynamic language, is making headway not only on Java but also on the Windows and Mac platforms.
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California's Plasma-TV Ban Could Be Costly, CEA Warns (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - California's ban on plasma-screen televisions to reduce energy consumption could cost as much as $50 million per year in sales taxes because consumers are free to buy the sets online or in other states. "At a time when the state of ...
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Two Approaches to NFC Battle for French Hearts and Mobiles (PC World)
PC World - Two competing approaches to equipping mobile phones with contactless communications capabilities vied for supporters at the Cartes exhibition in Paris this week. Either approach could turn phones into self-service electronic tour guides, ...
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Gameloft to cut back on Android development (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Though you may think us to be iPhone fans all the time, we really do want to root for the underdog. Whether it's Google's Android or Palm's webOS, the smartphone industry could really use a David to the iPhone's Goliath to promote ...
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Mac OS X 10.6.2 Hack Gets Atom Support Back (PC World)
PC World - Early last week, Apple released the 10.6.2 update to Snow Leopard loaded mostly with welcome, but unsurprising bug fixes, including a patch for the uncommon but extremely harmful user account deletion bug.
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Xbox LIVE Gold Free Today Through Monday (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft wants you on Xbox LIVE for the weekend with, of course, a view toward forever, and it's prepared to temporarily waive the cover fee to grab your attention.
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Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone (AFP)
AFP - Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.
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Sony to launch online download service for TVs (AFP)
AFP - Sony Corp. aims to launch next year a new online service that will allow people to download content such as music and movies to their televisions and other electronic gadgets, a top executive said Friday.
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California Bans Power-Hog TVs: Death Knell for Plasma? (PC World)
PC World - Sales of plasma HDTVs have been on the decline for some time now. Although plasmas are generally cheaper than comparably-sized LCD models, their picture isn't as bright; as a result, their images often appear dark and washed out under the ...
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Nokia to axe 330 jobs in Finland, Denmark (AFP)
AFP - Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said on Friday it would shed about 330 jobs in Finland and Denmark as part of a streamlining of its research and development operations.
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Sony's Hirai Hopes for Quick Start to Online Content Service (PC World)
PC World - Sony is hoping to launch its planned online content service early next year and expects it will give the company an advantage in the increasingly competitive consumer electronics market, the executive heading up the project said Friday.
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Gameloft says it, others reining in Android plans (Reuters)
Reuters - French mobile phone games company Gameloft said it and other software developers were cutting back investment in developing games and other applications for Google's Android platform.
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Sony hopes online service will build brand loyalty (AP)
AP - Sony's new online service connecting the whole range of its gadgets to downloadable content like movies and games should help build brand loyalty, a top executive said Friday.
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Foxconn to Build JIL Handset for China Mobile (PC World)
PC World - Taiwanese electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn will make a handset for China Mobile next year that supports software developed by the Joint Innovation Lab (JIL) joint venture, according to the head of China Mobile.JIL is a joint venture ...
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First Look: Super Monkey Ball 2 (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - The original Super Monkey Ball was an App Store launch game and sold like gangbusters. Taking advantage of the iPhoneâs accelerometer controls and already possessing a huge following thanks to its console success, Super Monkey Ball ...
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California Energy Commission Rule to Impact HDTV Industry (PC World)
PC World - For the California Energy Commission, the voluntary guidelines of the Federal Energy Star program aren't enough to curb energy guzzling by HDTVs. In a unanimous vote, the CEC just introduced the nation's first state-mandated regulations for ...
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Android vs. iPhone: Which Has the More Advanced Users? (PC World)
PC World - It seems the mobile world is full of silly little battles these days. You've got the AT&T-Verizon; ad assault. There's that ever-popular Droid-iPhone rivalry. And then, of course, everyone's favorite Google Phone debate: Is there a Google ...
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Hack brings 10.6.2 back to Atom processors (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the first syllable of the word "hackintosh" it's little surprise that that state of affairs has ...
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Susan Boyle album sets pre-order record on Amazon (Reuters)
Reuters - The upcoming debut album by British singing sensation Susan Boyle has become the largest global CD pre-order in the history of Amazon.com, the online retailer said on Thursday.
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Indian Eye Hospital Uses IPhone for Remote Diagnostics (PC World)
PC World - An Indian eye hospital is piloting software that will push to doctors' iPhones retinal images collected from patients in remote locations.
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New AT&T TV Ad More Misleading Than Verizon's Claims (PC World)
PC World - Firing back at Verizon, AT&T; has released a new ad that talks about the wonders of the iPhone--and then promotes two Samsung handsets. How misleading is that?
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Pulse Smartpen Gets Its Own App Store (PC World)
PC World - "Unique" is one of the most overused words in tech, but it's the only way to describe Livescribe's Pulse smartpen. Depending on how you look at it, it's an voice recorder that can also take notes, and then lets synchronize them and upload ...
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California Takes Aim Power-Hungry TVs: What's Next? (PC World)
PC World - Televisions are notorious for draining huge amounts of energy, which is why California is cracking down with energy efficiency regulations. But your HDTV isn't the only home tech product that's slurping up power. Here are 5 other gadgets ...
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Incase debuts new chargers for iPod and iPhone (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Accessory vendor Incase has released two new chargers for iPods and iPhones.
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Wikipedia, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments (Reuters)
Reuters - The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
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US PS3 Sales Leap 70% in October (PC World)
PC World - After years of third-stringing it, Sony's beleaguered PS3 may finally be rallying, according to sales data cited on Sony's US PlayStation blog. The company's American division reports year-over-year October hardware sales lifted nearly 70 ...
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Sony Plans PlayStation Expansion (PC World)
PC World - Sony is hoping to return its PlayStation business to profitability next year with the help of new hardware devices and expansion of its network-delivered services platform, it said Thursday.
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Livescribe SmartPen Gets its Own App Store (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - It's time for yet another application store, but this time it's not for a phone or an MP3 player. Instead, Livescribe is introducing a beta edition of its App Store for its Pulse SmartPen.
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Nokia sees corporate interest for netbook (Reuters)
Reuters - Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.
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Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade (AFP)
AFP - The birth of Wikipedia, the death of Napster, the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter were named by the Webby Awards on Wednesday as among the top 10 Internet moments of the decade.
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Your Free Phone Cost $240 (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Think you're getting a cell phone for free? No way.
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Yahoo Go To Go Bye-Bye (PC World)
PC World - Yahoo Go will soon be gone. The mobile application service, launched in 2006 at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will shut down on January 12, 2010, Yahoo has announced.
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Apple Clears Final Hurdle To Sell iPhone in South Korea (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple will soon begin offering its iPhones through carriers in South Korea. On Wednesday, Apple jumped its last hurdle in getting the iPhone into the hands of mobile-phone users in South Korea.
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Sony may not fill some e-reader orders by holidays (AP)
AP - Sony Corp. says some customers who pre-order its newest e-reader may not get the gadget in time for the holidays.
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Review: $100 Palm Pixi is stylish but sluggish (AP)
AP - Palm Inc. is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it's back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.
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Netflix Streaming Comes to Sony Bravia TVs, Blu-ray (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Netflix on Wednesday officially expanded its streaming capabilities to Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-ray DVD players.
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CatPaint iPhone app adds cats to any photo (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Are your photographs suffering from a decided feline shortage? There's a cat for that.
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YouTube Direct Provides 'Citizen Journalist' Clearinghouse (PC World)
PC World - Google's new YouTube Direct allows amateur journalists (meaning anyone with a camera in their mobile phone) to upload video clips for a shot at their 15 seconds of fame. The broadcast news media seem to have learned the wrong lesson from ...
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Microsoft Sees 'Natal' as Your Next TV Remote (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - It's entirely possible, and reasonable, that the controllerless Project Natal technology Microsoft is developing will replace a remote control on Xbox 360-powered TVs, Marc Whitten, the general manager responsible for Microsoft's Xbox ...
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Sony Ericsson closing NC site among global cuts (AP)
AP - Cell phone handset maker Sony Ericsson is closing its North American headquarters in North Carolina as part of a global consolidation that will cut about 2,000 jobs worldwide.
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BlackBerry Bold 9700 Hits T-Mobile Stores (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - T-Mobile announced Wednesday that the BlackBerry Bold 9700 with Wi-Fi Calling is now available.
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A quiet Palm releases WebOS update (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Palm has stayed very quiet since its releases of the Palm Pre and Pixi devices this summer, which debuted the WebOS that was at one point seen as a key rival to Apple's iPhone. Other than back-and-forth fights with Apple on the WebOS's ...
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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook (AP)
AP - Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.
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EU Closes 54 Web Sites for Consumer Law Violations (PC World)
PC World - The European Union published findings of an 18-month investigation Tuesday finding that 301 Web sites that sold mobile phone ringtones, wallpapers and other services had "serious breaches of EU consumer law," according to a statement.
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Google-Branded 'Super' Phone Expected in 2010, Report Says (PC World)
PC World - Google phone rumors are back with a vengeance, spurred on by reports that the Internet behemoth Google is partnering with phone maker HTC on a "super" Android device thinner than the Droid and iPhone. The release date for this ...
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PS3 Firmware 3.10 Released, Adds Facebook Support (PC World)
PC World - Before you ask, no, the PS3 isn't getting an Xbox 360-equivalent Facebook interface in today's version 3.10 Facebook-angled firmware release. That's the bad news. The good news, if you're PS3-do-or-die, is that it actually adds a few bits ...
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China Mobile's 3G Coverage to Rapidly Expand (PC World)
PC World - The 3G network of the world's largest mobile phone network operator will cover 70 percent of China's cities by the end of this year, the company's chairman said Wednesday.
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IPhone Cleared for Sale by South Korean Regulator (PC World)
PC World - South Korean regulators gave Apple a business license on Wednesday that would allow it to launch the iPhone in the country at any time.
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China Mobile says still in iPhone talks with Apple (AFP)
AFP - China Mobile, the country's largest mobile operator, said Wednesday it is still in negotiations with Apple over the sale of iPhones in China.
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China Mobile Still in Talks to Sell IPhone (PC World)
PC World - The world's largest mobile phone service provider by subscribers is still in talks with Apple about offering the iPhone in China even though rival China Unicom started selling the handsets there last month.
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