Monday, January 31, 2011

Baidu net income surges in 4th quarter (AP)

Baidu net income surges in 4th quarter (AP)

Baidu net income surges in 4th quarter (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:07 PM PST

AP - Baidu.com Inc., which operates China's leading search engine, said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit more than tripled to surpass Wall Street expectations, sending shares higher in after-hours trading.

Oracle to pay $46M to settle kickbacks charges (AP)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:16 PM PST

AP - Oracle Corp. has agreed to pay $46 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged kickbacks to win government work.

At nearly $8 a pop, are movie tickets still worth it? (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:57 AM PST

Ben Patterson - The average price of a single U.S. movie ticket crept up to $7.89 last year, according to the latest figures the country's theater ownersâ€"almost the same price as a month's worth of all-you-can-eat video streaming on Netflix. Of course, streaming …

Android smartphones, tablets on the march (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:35 AM PST

Ben Patterson - Just a year ago, Android handsets accounted for a slim 8.7 percent of the global smartphone market, with OS vendors such as Nokia, RIM, and Apple well in the lead, according to an industry survey. Not anymore. Also: Android establishes …

Dell Streak 7 Gets Aggressive Pricing, Imminent Release (PC World)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:00 AM PST

PC World - The Dell Streak 7 was one of the many tablets revealed at CES last month, but at the time, T-Mobile kept mum on pricing and availability details. Now, all is revealed -- and from a pure-play price perspective, T-Mobile has kept its promise to best the tablet competition with this model.

Apple Hit With Another Suit Alleging Privacy Violations (PC World)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:20 PM PST

PC World - Apple has been hit with another lawsuit accusing it of privacy violations for the way it shares information collected from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users with advertisers.

Digg Gets an Overhaul to Draw Users Back (Mashable)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:08 PM PST

Mashable - Digg has launched an overhaul and redesign of the struggling social media service in an attempt to bring users back and regain some momentum.

What should we expect from Android’s Gingerbread and Honeycomb updates? (Appolicious)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:45 PM PST

Appolicious - Cupcake. Donut. Eclair. Froyo. What's up next? Why, it's Gingerbread and Honeycomb of course. These future Google Android updates may posses sweet nicknames, but they also pack a lot of power and continue to improve the still quite youthful Android operating system, hopefully adding both function and performance.

Expo Notes: Get your heart pumping with Scosche's myTrek (Macworld)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 06:00 PM PST

Macworld - While there were plenty of cases and gadgets available for iOS devices at this year’s Macworld 2011, Scosche’s myTrek Bluetooth pulse monitor caught our eyeâ€"and along with it, a 2011 Best of Show award.

Baidu upbeat on outlook, targets social search (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:56 PM PST

Reuters - Baidu Inc beat fourth quarter estimates and painted a bright near-term outlook as it bets on large advertiser spending and new Chinese Internet trends, such as social networking, to spur growth.

New Technology Measures Emotional Responses to Web Videos (Mashable)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 08:48 AM PST

Mashable - Startup Affectiva is building technologies to measure emotion in web video. It is technology the founders, MIT scientists Dr. el Kaliouby and Dr. Rosalind Picard, are looking to perfect with the help of a newly awarded $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Remains of the Day: Water, water everywhere (Macworld)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 04:35 PM PST

Macworld - The great thing about the Internet is that there’s something for everyone. Maybe you like Macs. Maybe you like tea brewing apparatuses in the form of a penguinâ€"we’re not here to judge. In the meantime, however, you can get the skinny on the creation of Apple’s legendary 1984 ad, hear a tech industry CEO rage at Steve Jobs, or watch as Microsoft drops cash like it’s hot. It’s a super-sized edition of remainders for Monday, January 31, 2011.

IBM touts social skills on RIM's PlayBook (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 03:29 PM PST

Jeff McDowell, senior vice president of enterprise and platform marketing for Research in Motion, holds a prototype Blackberry PlayBook, a seven-inch tablet, during an interview at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2011. REUTERS/Steve MarcusReuters - IBM wants to dislodge Microsoft's desktop-bound business software by touting an update of its Lotus programs designed to harness the mobility and collaboration possible with cloud computing.

Oracle to Pay $46 Million to Settle Kickbacks Complaint (PC World)

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 02:30 PM PST

PC World - Oracle has agreed to pay the U.S. government US$46 million to settle complaints that Sun Microsystems, which merged with Oracle in 2010, engaged with other technology vendors in a kickbacks scheme affecting government contracts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
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