Thursday, October 27, 2011

Baidu profit up 80 percent, forecasts more growth (AP)

Baidu profit up 80 percent, forecasts more growth (AP)

Baidu profit up 80 percent, forecasts more growth (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:40 PM PDT

AP - Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, said Friday its latest quarterly profit jumped 80 percent as strong growth in usage of its site helped to drive advertising revenue higher.

HP says it will keep personal computer unit (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:21 PM PDT

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided against spinning off or selling its PC division — a plan first brought to light in August by the technology conglomerate's now former CEO.

Electronic Arts 2Q loss expands; raises forecast (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:59 PM PDT

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2008, file photo, shows the exterior view of Electronic Arts Inc. headquarters in Redwood City, Calif. Electronic Arts Inc. reports quarterly earnings Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, after the market close. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)AP - Video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. said Thursday that its second-quarter loss expanded from a year ago due to higher costs, even as revenue grew.

Two Girl Scouts present educational app to big business (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:14 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Girl Scouts are becoming more and more high-tech, and the introduction of new science and technology badges is merely one of the moves the organization is taking to ignite young women's interests in the fields. Thanks to the new level of …

Astronauts play zero gravity tricks aboard the ISS (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 06:08 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Thanks to years of fascinating videos from NASA, we know quite a bit about life aboard the International Space Station. We've seen the crew conduct experiments, makes repairs, and play with robots, but actually living aboard the massive space barge is clearly a …

Beware the Digital Disruptors: They're Coming for Your Industry (Mashable)

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 05:14 PM PDT

Mashable - James L. McQuivey, Ph.D. is a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research serving Consumer Product Strategy professionals. Follow him on Twitter at @jmcquivey. Growing up in the '70s, I was the world’s biggest fan of The Bionic Man. Every Sunday night at 7 p.m. you could find me glued to our Trinitron TV to watch Steve Austin battle every villain from Bionic Sasquatch to the evil Dr. Dolenz. The appeal of the show was simple: Amplified by technology, the Bionic Man is better, stronger, and faster than his enemies.

Baidu sees strong Q4 sales driven by ad spend (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:40 PM PDT

Reuters - (Reuters)- Top Chinese search engine Baidu Inc forecast strong sales that topped Wall Street estimates, after reporting robust quarterly earnings, shrugging off concerns that a weak economy could hit advertisers.

Coldplay keeps 'Mylo Xyloto' off streaming plans (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:36 PM PDT

Coldplay's lead singer Chris Martin performs during their first concert of a European tour, at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid Wednesday Oct. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - British band Coldplay is withholding its latest album, "Mylo Xyloto," from all-you-can-listen streaming services such as Spotify and Rhapsody — making it the biggest band yet to express reservations about a system that pays artists a fraction of a penny every time someone listens to a song.

Redbox raises prices on DVD rentals (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:29 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Earlier today, Coinstar announced an increase in price on DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks from $1.00 a day to $1.20 a day. The price hike takes effect on Monday October 31 at all 34,000 Redbox stations in the United States. However, two dollar a day video game rentals and $1.50 a day Blu-ray rental prices will remain unchanged for the time being. The company claims that the price alteration was needed due to rising operating costs such as larger debit card fees. However, Coinstar’s earnings have nearly doubled due to more people adopting the rental kiosks over alternatives like Netflix. Investors reacted negatively to the news of the price increase as shares of Coinstar fell ten percent today.

Judge blocks most of SF cellphone warning law (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:27 PM PDT

AP - A federal judge on Thursday struck down most of a San Francisco ordinance that requires retailers to warn customers about cellphone radiation and its health effects.

Facebook now allows friends to help recover accounts (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 08:36 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Announced in an official Facebook post this morning, the social network plans to test a method of account recovery that uses trusted friends to provide access to a user’s Facebook account. This system is similar to lending out a house key to a neighbor or friend when traveling on vacation or a business trip. Friends can help a Facebook user recover account access when the user forgets their password and doesn’t have access to an email account for recovery. Facebook users can choose between three to five friends to trust with account recovery and they will be supplied a code via email to help regain access to the account.

BlackBerry maker parts ways with another top manager (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:07 PM PDT

Reuters - Research In Motion has parted ways with a senior executive involved with the company's move into "cloud-based" services, adding to a string of high-level departures from the BlackBerry maker.

Modern Combat 3 tops iPhone Games of the Week (Appolicious)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Leading the charge this week is Gameloft's first-person shooter, Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation. It's a pretty impressive Call of Duty look-alike with great production values and a huge multiplayer offering that'll keep you busy throughout the weekend. But it's not the only great game we saw this week. There are four other phenomenal contenders you should pick up as well. Read about all of them below.

Pictures of the Droid 4 leak out (Digital Trends)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 05:34 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Is there anything more fun than seeing a picture of a yet unannounced cell phone? We don’t think so, which is why we are so excited about the freshly leaked picture of what is being called the Droid 4. Droid-Life not only was able to get a few pictures, but also some presumed specs, which we will of course take with a grain of salt.

DirecTV complains to FCC about "misleading" Fox ads (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:32 PM PDT

Reuters - DirecTV Group sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) alleging that Fox Broadcasting Co was running misleading ads warning customers that the satellite TV network would pull their access to local Fox stations.

How Steve Jobs Got Away with Not Having a License Plate (The Atlantic Wire)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 04:18 PM PDT

The Atlantic Wire - Steve Jobs was characteristically coy when he told biographer Walter Isaacson why he felt no need to have a license plate on his Mercedes. Jobs brushed off the question as if he were invincible, but it turns out he was just exploiting a loophole in California's vehicle laws. Talking about Jobs and his signature Mercedes AMG sports coupe, Isaacson said on 60 Minutes last weekend:

Nintendo's losses grow, slashes forecast (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 07:35 AM PDT

AP - Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. said Thursday its net loss grew to 70.3 billion yen ($925 million) for the six months through September, battered by the strong yen and weak software sales.

Here Come ARM-Based Servers (NewsFactor)

Posted: 27 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT

NewsFactor - ARM chips are making a big leap from mobile devices to servers. Hewlett-Packard is collaborating with a start-up company to develop servers using the processors from U.K.-based ARM Holdings, according to news reports.
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