Apple unveils new TV box for renting movies, shows (AP)

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• Apple unveils new TV box for renting movies, shows (AP)
• China requires ID to buy mobile phone numbers (AP)
• Review: News app that lets you choose your editor (AP)
• Remains of the Day: Did I miss anything? (Macworld.com)
• Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods (AP)
• New Apple TV: Living Room as Tech Battleground (PC World)
• Google data gathering was not a crime: NZealand (AFP)
• Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti (AP)
• Apple Seeks Its First Apple TV Success With New $99 Device, 99-Cent Rentals (Investor's Business Daily)
• Pay for Starbucks Coffee with Your BlackBerry (Mashable)
• Say good-bye to what made the iPod great (Appolicious)
• Taleo to buy Learn.com for $125 million (AP)
• Plastics company cancels job creation contract (AP)
• The Most Dangerous Jobs in Technology (PC World)

Apple unveils new TV box for renting movies, shows (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:50 PM PDT AP - Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire.

China requires ID to buy mobile phone numbers (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:59 PM PDT AP - China wants people who buy new cell phone numbers to register their personal details, joining many European and Asian countries in curbing the anonymous use of mobile technology.

Review: News app that lets you choose your editor (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 01:50 PM PDT AP - Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? Anyone you know, really?

Remains of the Day: Did I miss anything? (Macworld.com) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:30 PM PDT Macworld.com - You ever get that nagging feeling at the back of your mind that you’ve missed something important? Huh. Well, it was probably nothing. I mean, after all, what could be more important than Microsoft shipping Windows Phone 7? Or Steve Jobs’s approval of Intel’s latest acquisition? I’ll tell you what: Don Draper on his iPhone. Lean back, relax, and let the soothing remainders for Wednesday, September 1, 2010 wash over you.

Apple refreshes iTunes software, updates iPods (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 05:45 PM PDT AP - Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.

New Apple TV: Living Room as Tech Battleground (PC World) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:20 PM PDT PC World - Today’s unveiling of a smaller, cheaper Apple TV set-top box is the latest in a long line of tech industry efforts to conquer the living room. Recent reports and rumors have Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Sony all developing low-cost entertainment devices that would stream entertainment bitsâ€"movies, TV shows, music, photos, and so onâ€"from the Internet to your HDTV.

Google data gathering was not a crime: NZealand (AFP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 08:31 PM PDT AFP - New Zealand police said Thursday that Google did not commit a criminal offence when it collected data from wireless networks for its "Street View" mapping service.

Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:06 PM PDT AP - The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.

Apple Seeks Its First Apple TV Success With New $99 Device, 99-Cent Rentals (Investor's Business Daily) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:13 PM PDT Investor's Business Daily - Apple (NMS:AAPL) — after big success with computers, phones and music players — is taking another swing at its hobby, the tough-to-crack market for providing streaming video content to TVs.

Pay for Starbucks Coffee with Your BlackBerry (Mashable) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 04:00 PM PDT Mashable - Mocha frappuccino and soy latte lovers rejoice: Starbucks is rolling out its Starbucks Card Mobile App for BlackBerry tomorrow, September 2.

Say good-bye to what made the iPod great (Appolicious) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:05 PM PDT Appolicious - Apple (AAPL) killed what made the iPod great on Wednesday.

Taleo to buy Learn.com for $125 million (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:05 PM PDT AP - Human resources software maker Taleo Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy software company Learn.com Inc. for $125 million in cash.

Plastics company cancels job creation contract (AP) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 02:02 PM PDT AP - A plastics compounding company operating in eastern Texas has canceled its state job creation contract, joining other businesses that have quit or changed their pacts under the Texas Enterprise Fund.

The Most Dangerous Jobs in Technology (PC World) Posted: 01 Sep 2010 06:00 PM PDT PC World - In the world of information technology, some professions are particularly perilous. Whether you’re risking psychological stress or your very life, these fields aren’t for the faint of heart. Some people in these roles thrive on adrenaline, climbing thousands of feet to fix communications towers. Others risk only emotional damage, getting paid to consume disturbing Internet content.

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