Thursday, February 10, 2011

Report: Hackers in China hit Western oil companies (AP)

Report: Hackers in China hit Western oil companies (AP)

Report: Hackers in China hit Western oil companies (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:52 PM PST

AP - Hackers operating from China stole sensitive information from Western oil companies, a U.S. security firm reported Thursday, adding to complaints about pervasive Internet crime traced to the country.

Party over for 'Guitar Hero,' but not music games (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:29 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2009 file photo, gamers play Guitar Hero: Metallica during a demonstration of Activision's Guitar Hero game at the International Consumer Electronics Show Friday, in Las Vegas. It was a wild ride, but after enjoying the height of its popularity in the mid-2000s, 'Guitar Hero' is being discontinued by its maker, Activision Blizzard Inc.(AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, file)AP - "Guitar Hero" made ordinary people feel like rock stars, and its plastic guitars have redefined how people consume music and entertain themselves at house parties for the past half-decade. Yet its demise hardly marks the end of music games.

TMI: If all data were CD stack, it would pass moon (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:14 AM PST

AP - How much information is there, really?

Apple working on smaller, cheaper iPhone? (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:43 PM PST

Ben Patterson - In the wake of Thursday's somewhat underwhelming Verizon iPhone launch comes word that Apple may have a new, smaller iPhone up its sleevesâ€"one that could sell for $200, without a contract. The rumored new iPhone is about one-third smaller than …

Reports: Nokia “close” to inking Windows Phone deal with Microsoft (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:10 AM PST

Ben Patterson - Just days after his remarkable "burning platform" memo came to light, word has it that the new CEO of Nokia will put the ball in the air by announcing a game-changing deal with either Google or Microsoftâ€"and it looks like …

Online Dating for Nerds: Looking for Love in All the Wrong Postings (PC World)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:30 PM PST

PC World - Valentine's Day is just around the corner--and if you're without a special someone, online dating might sound like a viable option.

Rumor: Apple working on smaller, more affordable iPhones (Digital Trends)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:25 PM PST

Digital Trends - “According to people who have been briefed on the plans,” Apple is developing new, less expensive iPhone models to compete with lower level smartphones. In a move to compete with the rapidly expanding Android market, which integrates on smartphones of various makes and prices, Apple will market a cheaper, smaller version â€" about one-third smaller than the existing iPhone 4.

Day of reckoning dawns for Nokia's new CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:53 PM PST

Mobile telecommunication giant Nokia's incoming CEO Stephen Elop speaks during an award presentation at the close of the Nokia World 2010 conference at the ExCeL Centre in London September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregorReuters - Nokia's wisdom in picking outsider Stephen Elop to return it to its former glory will be tested on Friday when the new chief executive reveals his plans to transform the world's biggest cellphone maker.

US ambassador to UN hosts town hall at Twitter HQ (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:06 PM PST

Ambassador Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the UN, speaks at the Twitter office in San Francisco, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo)AP - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations held a global town hall meeting from Twitter headquarters Thursday morning where she cited the enormous impact of social media in the recent unrest in Egypt and elsewhere.

Insiders say RIM will enable Android apps on the PlayBook (Digital Trends)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:00 PM PST

Digital Trends - As information about the PlayBook’s launch surfaces, Bloomberg is reporting that RIM will open up the tablet to Android applications. According to “three people familiar with the matter,” the company is developing technology that will allow the PlayBook’s QNX operating system to run Android apps, offering early users a much wider selection. The sources also said that after looking for outside developers to enable this, it’s now working internally on the project.

Ebay points to PayPal momentum, pledges innovation (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:27 PM PST

Reuters - EBay Inc thrust its PayPal business into the limelight on Thursday, saying the online payments unit would surpass its main marketplaces division within three to five years as executives cast the Web company as an innovator.

Hitachi Maxell Enters the Wireless iPhone Charging Arena (Mashable)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:15 PM PST

Mashable - Wireless charging could soon become ubiquitous, and here's another one of the big boys jumping into the fray, Hitachi Maxell.

Android might not be the best-selling OS in smartphones (Appolicious)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 11:27 AM PST

Appolicious - Last month, analysis firm Canalys reported that Android had overtaken Nokia's Symbian operating system as the best-selling smartphone platform in Q4 2010. But research from another firm contradicts it -- so Android might not have been quite as meteoric in its rise through 2010 as previously believed.

Nokia to call on Microsoft tech (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:46 PM PST

Investor's Business Daily - The pair will likely announce that the No. 1 cell phone maker will put Microsoft (NMS:MSFT) mobile software in its phones, Bloomberg said. The move is seen as a bet that together they can take on Apple's (NMS:AAPL) iPhone and smart phones using Google's (NMS:GOOG) Android software. Nokia has lost share to its rivals, and the report said Nokia CEO Stephen Elop will unveil the new strategy on Fri. Nokia fell 7.3% to 10.88.

Cisco's Consumer Business Chief Resigns (PC World)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 06:20 PM PST

PC World - The head of Cisco Systems' consumer products business is leaving the company less than two years after he arrived with the acquisition of Flip camcorder maker Pure Digital Technologies.

Verizon iPhone launch greeted by shorter lines (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:08 PM PST

Chris Gates, assistant manager at a Verizon Wireless store, holds the new Verizon iPhones at his store in Boca Raton, Florida February 9, 2011. REUTERS/Joe SkipperReuters - Verizon Wireless' new iPhone drew sparse crowds on Thursday, a far cry from the mania that usually surrounds a nationwide Apple Inc product debut.

Canonical Opens Up Catalog of Linux-Friendly Components (PC World)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 04:10 PM PST

PC World - Though hardware compatibility with Linux improves with each passing day, users of the free and open source operating system can still encounter problems with particular devices and components.

Teradata tops, sees strong '11 (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 03:47 PM PST

Investor's Business Daily - The business data storage company said Q4 earnings rose 10% to 53 cents a share, beating estimates by 3 cents. Sales rose 10% to $548 mil, above views. Teradata sees '11 EPS of $2.10-$2.20, above views. Since NCR spun it off in '07, the data warehousing firm has reinvented itself, investing more in product design and marketing. Still, it faces tough competition from Oracle (NMS:ORCL) and IBM .
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