Tuesday, October 25, 2011

IBM names its first female CEO (AP)

IBM names its first female CEO (AP)

IBM names its first female CEO (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:28 PM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2006 file photo, IBM Senior Vice President Virginia Rometty speaks in New York. IBM on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 announced that Rometty will succeed outgoing CEO Samuel Palmisano, who is retiring after reaching traditional retirement age of 60, effective Jan. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh, File)AP - IBM Corp. ushered in the first female CEO in the company's 100-year history on Tuesday.

Amazon 3Q net income sinks, missing analyst views (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2011 file photo, Jeff Bezos, Chairman and CEO of Amazon.com, introduces the Kindle Fire at a news conference, in New York. Amazon,com releases quarterly financial results Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, after the market close. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - Amazon's spending on expansion will eventually help its bottom line, but right now it's costing the online retailer on Wall Street.

Google faces more government demands for user info (AP)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:50 PM PDT

AP - Google is dealing with more government demands to turn over information about its users as more people immerse themselves online.

Just Show Me: How to create an Apple ID (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:27 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Welcome to Just Show Me on Tecca TV, where we show you tips and tricks for getting the most out of the gadgets in your life. In today's episode we'll  show you how to create an Apple ID. An Apple ID is …

Transforming dining room table doubles in size with the push of a button (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 06:17 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Have you ever invited a large number of guests over for dinner and wished that you had just a little more room on your kitchen table? In the end, you were probably reduced to setting up TV trays or card …

Weiv Puts Concert Visuals into Audience Hands With Wii Remotes (Mashable)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:24 PM PDT

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China vows stricter controls on social media (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Reuters - China will intensify controls of online social media and instant messaging tools, the ruling Communist Party said in an agenda-setting document that marks the government's highest-level reaction so far to the explosive growth of microblogs.

Cain video ad blows smoke in unorthodox campaign (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 08:27 PM PDT

Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain addresses the crowd during a campaign stop to launch his Reuters - A campaign video showing Republican presidential front-runner Herman Cain's chief of staff blowing smoke from a cigarette at the camera drew heavy play on the Internet on Tuesday.

Amazon profit forecast disappoints, stock slumps (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:50 PM PDT

Reuters - Amazon.com Inc shocked investors with a far weaker-than-expected outlook for the crucial holiday season quarter as it spent heavily on its new Kindle Fire tablet computer.

Nokia to unveil first Windows phones (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:02 PM PDT

A corporate logo is displayed at the Nokia flagship store in Helsinki in this picture taken September 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - The world's largest cellphone maker Nokia will unveil its first phones using Microsoft software on Wednesday, hoping they will kick-start a rescue of its ailing smartphone business.

New risk for Occupy Wall Street: less media interest (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 02:04 PM PDT

Reuters - "Occupy Wall Street" is occupying less space in TV broadcasts, newspapers and social media as the story settles into a familiar pattern and protesters dig in for what could be a protracted fight.

Carriage, a la carte are focus of pay: TV earnings (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:22 PM PDT

Reuters - DirecTV Group and News Corp have one week to reach a new programing agreement before the satellite TV service's more than 19 million U.S. subscribers lose the media conglomerate's popular Fox television channels.

Android Market surpasses iTunes App Store in app sales for the first time (Appolicious)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT

Appolicious - It had to happen eventually, what with 500,000 Android devices being activated every day around the world. The Android Market has finally surpassed the iTunes App Store in app sales, generating 44 percent of all app downloads for Q2 2011.

Apple awarded patent for unlocking touchscreens (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 05:26 PM PDT

Digital Trends - Apple might have just been awarded the patent to rule all other mobile patents, and made all future legal battles more interesting. As of this morning Apple is officially the only company that is allowed to unlock a touchscreen device by using a sliding motion. We see this used on Apple devices as the familiar “slide to unlock” screen, but almost every other touch screen phone or tablet on the market currently use some form of sliding to unlock the device.

iTar Kickstarter project will turn your iPad into a playable guitar (Digital Trends)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:44 AM PDT

Digital Trends - Regular guitars seem cool enough to us, but if you’re looking for something a little more…modern, we’ve got a Kickstarter project that you’ll probably want to pledge to right away. The iTar project ($200+) from the folks over at Starr Labs aims to create a guitar that you can plug your iPad into to start playing. The ‘instrument’ will start with a Starr Labs patented button-based guitar fretboard. The iPad will hook into the instrument via the 30-pin dock and users will then essentially have a whole band at their fingertips. Instead of just being able to strum a guitar, the touchscreen interface of the iPad will allow users to have control of everything from drums to maracas and more. Whether you’re a professional musician or just a hobby instrumentalist, this product would offer almost limitless uses for work or for play.

Broadcom sees revenue decline, stock falls (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:59 PM PDT

Reuters - Broadcom Corp warned revenue could fall as much as 13 percent this quarter due to broad- based weakness in demand, even in wireless, where it supplies chips for Apple Inc products such as the iPhone.

RIM delays PlayBook update (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 07:52 PM PDT

A man holds a BlackBerry PlayBook during the Research In Motion (RIM) annual general meeting of shareholders in Waterloo July 12, 2011. REUTERS/ Mike CasseseReuters - Research in Motion said the software upgrade for its PlayBook tablet has been delayed to February next year.

IBM taps Rometty to succeed Palmisano as CEO (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 04:47 PM PDT

Reuters - IBM global sales chief Virginia Rometty will take over as CEO from Sam Palmisano in January, becoming one of the most powerful women in business and technology today.
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