Friday, January 28, 2011

In future, cars might decide if driver is drunk (AP)

In future, cars might decide if driver is drunk (AP)

In future, cars might decide if driver is drunk (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:36 PM PST

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is shown the new Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS), one of the prototype components with a digital readout seen at far right, during a news conference announcing the device in Waltham, Mass., Friday morning, Jan. 28, 2011. Shane Karr, vice-president for Federal Government Affairs at the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers looks on at right. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)AP - An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver's fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, federal officials and researchers said Friday.

Internet cutoff fails to silence Egypt protests (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:17 PM PST

An Egyptian Army soldier riding in an armored personnel carrier is surrounded by anti-government protesters near Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - In its effort to silence protesters, Egypt took a step that's rare even among authoritarian governments: It cut off the Internet across the entire country.

The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark (AP)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:29 AM PST

AP - About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the Internet went dead.

“Heavy Rain” coming soon to a theater near you (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 08:57 AM PST

Ben Patterson - A dark, atmospheric thriller that felt more like a David Fincher movie than a video game, "Heavy Rain" seemed destined for the Hollywood treatmentâ€"and indeed, the search for the Origami Killer may soon make the leap to the silver screen. …

Amazon: Kindle books now outselling paperbacks, too (Ben Patterson)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 07:36 AM PST

Ben Patterson - Well, that didn't take long. Barely six months after crowing that its Kindle e-books were outselling its selection of hardcover books, Amazon has announced that sales of Kindle titles are now outpacing paperbacks, as well. The news came as Amazon …

RIM May Take a Cautious Approach in Making PlayBooks (NewsFactor)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST

NewsFactor - Research in Motion may have modest targets for its new PlayBook tablet. According to news reports, the Canadian BlackBerry maker is manufacturing only 150,000 to 200,000 PlayBooks per month.

Google to Hold Android Honeycomb Event Next Wednesday (Mashable)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 10:35 AM PST

Mashable - Google will be holding a press event next Wednesday, February 2, at its Mountain View headquarters to show off Android Honeycomb, the company's tablet-optimized OS.

Samsung posts record year, with help from Galaxy Tab (Appolicious)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 01:35 PM PST

Appolicious - It might have been the iPad's birthday this week, but Apple's (AAPL) tablet isn't the only one that's seeing strong sales -- though not nearly as strong as Apple's, admittedly.

Expo Notes: Quickoffice Connect for iPad shows off new features, previews collaboration services integration (Macworld)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 03:53 PM PST

Macworld - Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite (), an iPhone productivity app, was a Macworld 2010 Best of Show winner. More recently, Quickoffice released its much-awaited sequel, Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad, which it’s now promoting on the Macworld 2011 show floor.

LinkedIn eyes $175 million IPO; investors eye financials (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:45 PM PST

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner talks during an interview during the Reuters Technology Summit in San Francisco, California May 17, 2010. REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - Investors are closely examining the financial details disclosed in LinkedIn Corp's IPO filing, trying to determine how much the company is worth.

Sony MDR-XB1000 headphones pack supersized drivers, ballistic bass (Digital Trends)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 05:15 PM PST

Digital Trends - For the audiophile who places bass at the utmost important level, Sony’s new MDR-XB1000 headphones should please the ear. The headphones, which look about as intense as they should sound, pack whopping 70mm drivers to give listeners the ultimate in headphone bass. The headphones play music at an impressive 2-30,000 Hz frequency range. The headphones are currently only on sale in Japan, for about $377, but audio nerds should keep an eye out for imports, or suffer and wait for a U.S. release date.

Yahoo’s Interactive Bus Stops Are a Fun Way to Pass the Time (PC World)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 07:09 PM PST

PC World - While on a field trip today to the Macworld 2011 Expo we finally found one of the many interactive bus stops that Yahoo littered the city with. After a day of looking at iPhone case after iPhone case, it was nice to kick back and play a game on the giant capacitive touchscreen (which didn't really want to work at first).

Exclusive: U.S. asks about search fairness in Google/ITA (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 04:54 PM PST

Reuters - The U.S. Justice Department's review of Google Inc's planned acquisition of airline ticketing software company ITA Software is focusing on making sure ITA's products remain available, even to Google's rivals, according to a source close to the deal.

Ex-Salesforce.com Executive Offers Cloud Security (NewsFactor)

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 02:29 PM PST

NewsFactor - Led by CEO Tod McKinnon -- the vice president of engineering at Salesforce.com from 2003 to 2009 -- Okta is moving into the on-demand identity and access-management space. The goal is to accelerate enterprise adoption of cloud and web-based apps.
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