Thursday, December 23, 2010

FCC chairman seeks conditions on Comcast, NBC deal (AP)

FCC chairman seeks conditions on Comcast, NBC deal (AP)

FCC chairman seeks conditions on Comcast, NBC deal (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:39 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, a sign outside the Comcast Center, left, is shown in Philadelphia. The head of the Federal Communications Commission is laying out regulatory conditions Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, to ensure that cable giant Comcast Corp. cannot stifle video competition once it takes control of NBC Universal.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)AP - The head of the Federal Communications Commission is proposing regulatory conditions to ensure that cable TV giant Comcast Corp. cannot stifle competition in the video market once it takes control of NBC Universal.

Skype CEO: 21 million Skype users back online (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:57 PM PST

AP - Internet calling and messaging service Skype SA mostly recovered Thursday from an outage caused by an undisclosed glitch, but problems lingered for its worldwide user base.

Happy holidays from the Gadget Hound (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:42 PM PST

Ben Patterson - What could be more fun than blogging about the latest and greatest gadgets? Beats me, but even an avowed gadget hound like me needs a break once in a while. Anyway, I'll be going offline during the holidays â€" and …

Skype CEO offers apology, credit for Wednesday’s outage (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:59 AM PST

Ben Patterson - After a daylong outage that left untold millions of Skype users high and dry, the CEO of the peer-to-peer chat service apologized, promised that service is slowly but surely being restored, and announced that credits may be in the offing …

Christmas Eve shoppers may lead to spending record (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:31 PM PST

In this Dec. 18, 2010 photo, shoppers inspect watches in the jewelry section of the J.C. Penny store at the Manhattan Mall in New York. Call it Black Friday, Part II. Stores are rolling out the deals and expect to be swimming in shoppers on Christmas Eve as shopping stragglers take advantage of a day off work. For retailers, the last-minute rush caps a 'back-to-normal' holiday season.(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP - It's Black Friday, The Sequel. Stores are rolling out deals and expect to be swimming in shoppers on Christmas Eve as stragglers take advantage of a day off work. For retailers, the last-minute rush caps the best year since 2007, and possibly ever.

QuickOffice Connect for iPad gets PowerPoint editing ability (Macworld)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:50 PM PST

Macworld - The iPad has taken yet another step toward becoming a full-fledged laptop replacement for business users with Quickoffice’s release of a free update for its Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad. The 2.0.0 version of the suite adds extensive text formatting and graphical editing abilities for PowerPoint 2003 files as well as viewing and presenting capabilities for PowerPoint 2007 files.

IBM's Racetrack Memory Moves Closer to the Checkered Flag (PC World)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:00 PM PST

PC World - IBM researchers are now a step closer to commercializing an experimental technology that could be used load up a mobile phone with so much storage that it could keep copies of every movie made this year.

Now Facebook Admins Can Unmerge Their Pages from Places (Mashable)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST

Mashable - Responding to the requests of page admins, Facebook has finally given Facebook Page admins the ability to unmerge their business' Facebook Page with their Facebook Place Page.

Rovi buying Sonic for $720 mil (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST

Investor's Business Daily - Digital entertainment software maker Rovi (NMS:ROVI) will pay $14 or 0.2468 shares of Rovi stock for each share of Sonic Solutions (NMS:SNIC). With Rovi down 1.9% to 57.26, the stock offer is worth $14.13 as of Thu. But Sonic shot up 28.7% to 14.42. Rovi program guides find content from all over. Sonic has a platform for delivering TV shows and movies by Internet. Rovi also lifted its 2010 EPS guidance from a range of $2-$2.10 to $2.08-$2.12. Analysts saw $2.08. Rovi expects the deal to close in Q1 and to add 5-10 cents to 2011 profit.

HOW TO: Make the Most of TextMate (Mashable)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST

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New iPad 2 rumors focus on smaller size and louder speakers (Appolicious)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST

Appolicious - Just in time for the holidays, we have new "information" about the supposedly imminent iPad 2. As usual, the rumors come from anonymous sources in China, and have slight technical details about Apple's (AAPL) next-generation tab.

Software Said to Match Quantum Computing Speed (PC World)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:30 PM PST

PC World - While work continues on developing the fundamentals for super-fast quantum computers, a group of researchers has shown that, at least for some sorts of problems, classical computing could match the eventual speed of a working quantum computer -- with the correct software algorithms in place.

IBM offers glimpse into the future (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:20 PM PST

Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists gazing into their crystal balls.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)AFP - Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists gazing into their crystal balls.

IE9 Blocks Malware, But Older Versions Are Vulnerable (NewsFactor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:26 AM PST

NewsFactor - It's one step forward and one back for security on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. A new report from a security firm found that IE9 beta offers "vastly" more protection from malware than other browsers, while Microsoft on Wednesday issued a warning that there is a vulnerability in IE 6, 7 and 8 that could allow someone to take remote control of the computer.

Firefox 4 Beta Provides Support for 3-D Graphics (NewsFactor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:09 PM PST

NewsFactor - Mozilla launched a new Firefox 4 beta release for PCs and laptops Wednesday featuring expanded support for 3-D graphics, together with a revamped Firefox add-on manager. And on the mobile side, Mozilla introduced several enhancements to the mobile version of Firefox 4 beta for smartphones based on Google's Android and Nokia's Maemo platforms.

Google Tools for Better Searches (PC World)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:00 PM PST

PC World - Google is so well known for Web search that its name is now a verb, but the company does not limit itself to that one role. From robust and well-established applications such as Picasa to cutting-edge "Google Labs" products that may become next year's game changers (or next year's punchline), Google offers far more than just a search engine.
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