Thursday, November 25, 2010

Sharp holiday price drops seen for flat-panel TVs (AP)

Sharp holiday price drops seen for flat-panel TVs (AP)


Sharp holiday price drops seen for flat-panel TVs (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:08 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken March 3, 2010, people look at wide screen televisions at a Costco store in Mountain View, Calif. If you're in the market for a new flat-panel TV, it's a good time to buy. TV prices usually drop from year to year, and the decline will be sharp this 2010 holiday season thanks to a supply glut. Consumers have been holding out all year for better deals, leaving lots of unsold televisions on the shelves. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - If you're in the market for a new flat-panel TV, it's a good time to buy.


Australian Senate approves $35B broadband network (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:42 PM PST

AP - The Australian Senate on Friday approved legislation that enables the government to roll out a 36 billion Australian dollar ($35 billion) high-speed national broadband network.

YouTube, French authors, filmmakers reach deal (AP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 02:33 AM PST

AP - YouTube and top associations of French authors, filmmakers and other creative artists say they have struck an agreement to put more TV shows and movies online in France.

Survey Finds Opera Mini Popular for Net Surfing, But Is It? (NewsFactor)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:38 AM PST

NewsFactor - Young Opera Mini browser users are surfing the web more often from mobile phones than from a desktop or laptop computer -- even in several countries where smartphones aren't widely used. That finding from a new survey of more than 300,000 respondents may say a lot about Opera Mini users -- but not a whole lot about mobile users in general.

Firemint posts preview of Real Racing 2 (Macworld)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:30 AM PST

Macworld - The gaming world is currently busy gushing over Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3, but iPhone owners will soon have their own next generation racing game to brag about.

Openness to virtual operators key in 4G mobile: France (AFP)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:52 AM PST

Openess to virtual operators will be an important criteria in awarding frequencies for fourth-generation (4G) telecoms services in auctions next year, French Energy, Industry and Digital Economy Minister Eric Besson said.(AFP/File/Lionel Bonaventure)AFP - Openess to virtual operators will be an important criteria in awarding frequencies for fourth-generation (4G) telecoms services in auctions next year, a French minister said Thursday.


Smartphones, Twitter top Japan hit product survey (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PST

NTT DoCoMo's campaign girl displays Samsung Electronics' Galaxy S smartphone at CEATEC JAPAN 2010 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, October 5, 2010. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonReuters - Smartphones and Twitter were the hottest products in Japan in 2010 and travel and leisure were back on the menu, an ad agency survey showed, as penny-pinching consumers rediscovered their fun side.


How Online Classrooms Are Helping Haiti Rebuild Its Education System (Mashable)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:30 AM PST

Mashable - When University of the People founder Shai Reshef welcomed 16 Haitian students to their first day of class last Thursday, he told them that life might prevent some of them -- as it does students in every part of the world -- from completing their degrees at the free, online university.

If Big-Rig Drivers Don't Behave, Software Will Log It All (NewsFactor)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:26 AM PST

NewsFactor - Remember the bumper stickers on the backs of trucks and buses asking "How's my driving?" with a toll-free number to call in complaints about the operator's performance? These days, bosses don't have to depend on annoyed motorists to rat out their bad drivers.

Microsoft Ditches Drive Extender, Customers Furious (PC Magazine)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

PC Magazine - Windows Home Server users decry decision to remove Drive Extender feature from the upcoming WHS latest release, code-named "Vail."

EU Broadband Take-up Pulls Ahead of US, but Speeds Still Low (PC World)

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST

PC World - European countries are outstripping the U.S. in terms of broadband take-up, but their broadband connections don't match the speeds of those in Asian countries.

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