Thursday, March 31, 2011

Acer pledges efforts to rebound amid slowing sales (AP)

Acer pledges efforts to rebound amid slowing sales (AP)

Acer pledges efforts to rebound amid slowing sales (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 09:16 PM PDT

AP - Taiwan's Acer Inc. has pledged to meet new challenges in the slowing PC market after it replaced its top executive as sales fall amid competition from tablets and other devices.

Myanmar marks unusually low-key Armed Forces Day (AP)

Posted: 27 Mar 2011 03:39 AM PDT

AP - Myanmar's military government on Sunday held an unusually low-key ceremony marking Armed Forces Day, as anticipation mounts that it will soon turn over power to a nominally civilian administration.

AP Interview: Catching up with Twitter's Biz Stone (AP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 01:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 13, 2010 file photo, Isaac 'Biz' Stone, co-founder and Creative Director of Twitter Inc, speaks during a conference at the Innovate Tijuana festival in Tijuana, Mexico. In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Stone offers a glimpse into his low-key lifestyle. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, file)AP - When Twitter turned five years old on March 21, co-founder Isaac "Biz" Stone was on the road celebrating with some of the popular short messaging service's famous users. In the past two weeks, he has appeared on the shows of Conan O'Brien, Howard Stern and Martha Stewart among others. He also made a special stop in Chicago just to take out Twitter's employees there for drinks — a pastime he calls "beersonbiz."

U.S. Government Open-Sources IT Dashboard to Help Cut Tech Costs (Mashable)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:12 PM PDT

Mashable - The United States government has made its IT Dashboard, a cost-cutting tool for federal transparency, freely available for anyone, especially other governments, to use and customize.

China report claims Google-linked firms broke rules (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:22 PM PDT

A woman walks past the logo of Google in front of its headquarters in Beijing January 12, 2011. REUTERS/Christina HuReuters - Chinese authorities found three companies linked to Google Inc broke tax rules and are investigating possible tax avoidance, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Thursday, raising the risk of fresh pressure on the Internet search giant.

Google foe won't take "no" on Buzz cash (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:22 PM PDT

Reuters - An internet privacy group that prodded U.S. regulators to scrutinize Google Inc is miffed about getting cut out of a class action settlement over the search behemoth's Buzz social network.

Theater owners fuming over studios' VOD plan (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 08:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Feeling blindsided, theater owners were furious Thursday that four Hollywood studios didn't brief them on plans to launch a new premium video-on-demand (VOD) service on DirecTV late next month, followed swiftly by Comcast and VUDU.

MLB takes notice of the Android just in time for 2011 season (Appolicious)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:15 PM PDT

Appolicious - Opening Day has finally arrived, and for Android users it's better than ever.

Parody blooms on Twitter (AFP)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 07:19 PM PDT

Twitter is becoming the place for parody with a cast of characters that includes an elusive cobra, a tipsy Queen of England, a profanity-spewing US politician and a maladroit BP spokesman. There are scores of accounts on Twitter impersonating celebrities and politicians, some, deservedly, with only dozens of followers while others have tens of thousands.(AFP/File/Kimihiro Hoshino)AFP - Twitter is becoming the place for parody with a cast of characters that includes an elusive cobra, a tipsy Queen of England, a profanity-spewing US politician and a maladroit BP spokesman.

HTC Android Tablet: The Pen Makes It Special (PC World)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:07 PM PDT

PC World - HTC has posted a new promotional video for its upcoming Android tablet, which will either be named the Flyer--its moniker in the video--or the smartphone-like Evo View 4G when it arrives this summer.

New Google Tool Tells You How to Make Your Site Faster (Mashable)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:30 PM PDT

Mashable - Google has released Page Speed Online, a Google Labs project that analyzes any website for its speed and gives suggestions on how to improve it.

Another look at Apple’s Most Controversial Apps (Appolicious)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 05:17 PM PDT

Appolicious - PC Magazine recently featured what it considers to be Apple's most controversial apps. Under the thumb of Steve Jobs, Apple has maintained a high standard by taking a prudent approach to content. However, despite Apple's meticulous review and approval process, there are still a few bad apples among its offering of useful and good, clean fun apps.

Vodafone (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:25 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - Vodafone (NASDAQ:VOD - News), the U.K. wireless service provider, agreed to pay $5 bil cash to buy out Essar Group's 33% stake in their Indian joint venture. Vodafone originally paid $11 bil for a 67% stake in Hutchison Essar. Vodafone fell 1.5% to 28.75.

GarageBand '11 adds support for iPad files (Macworld)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 03:47 PM PDT

Macworld - When GarageBand for iPad arrived earlier this month, its laundry list of features included the ability to take projects you created on your iPad and open them in the desktop version of Apple’s music-creation application. There was a catch, however: before that could happen, Apple needed to update GarageBand ’11 to support that feature.

Remains of the Day: So sue me (Macworld)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PDT

Macworld - Amazon does an about face on licenses for cloud music, and we go three for three in matters legal, including an eye-rolling patent suit against Apple and a surprise antitrust complaint. The remainders for Thursday, March 31, 2011 demand a retrial.

Four New Features Coming to Ubuntu 11.04 'Natty Narwhal' (PC World)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 04:30 PM PDT

PC World - The combination of Ubuntu Linux's growing popularity with all the big changes coming up in the next version mean that Natty Narwhal, or Ubuntu 11.04, might just be the most widely and anxiously anticipated release of the open source operating system ever.

Acer Must Look Beyond PCs After Lanci's Departure (PC World)

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:10 PM PDT

PC World - In the wake of Gianfranco Lanci's departure as president and CEO on Thursday, Acer must move aggressively in the smartphone and tablet markets and step up its focus on enterprise PCs in order to remain a major player on the world stage, industry analysts said.
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