Wednesday, May 4, 2011

For computer chip builders, only one way to go: Up (AP)

For computer chip builders, only one way to go: Up (AP)

For computer chip builders, only one way to go: Up (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:32 PM PDT

A reporter watches a video showing an image of an Intel 3-D Tri-Gate transistor at an Intel announcement in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Intel Corp. said Wednesday that it has redesigned the electronic switches on its chips so that computers can keep getting cheaper and more powerful. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)AP - In the race to build a faster computer chip, there is literally nowhere to go but up. Today's chip surfaces are packed with the tiniest electronic switches the laws of physics allow, but Intel Corp. says it is blowing past those limits with a breakthrough, three-dimensional transistor design it revealed Wednesday.

Doctored bin Laden corpse photos go viral, global (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:12 PM PDT

During a search and destroy mission in the Zhawar Kili area, U.S. Navy SEALs (SEa, Air, Land) found valuable intelligence information, including this Osama bin Laden propaganda poster located in an al-Qaeda classroom in this U.S. Navy handout photo dated January 14, 2002. REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Files/HandoutAP - The images are bloody, grotesque and convincing: Osama bin Laden lies dead, the left side of his head blasted away. But the pictures are fakes.

Review: Iconia is dual-screen laptop, but why? (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:28 PM PDT

AP - There's an amusing trend among gadget makers: They keep trying to improve their products by adding a second screen. All too often, this is less like adding a second patty to a hamburger and more like adding a second neck hole to a sweater. It does more harm than good.

Photography Tips: What is aperture? (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:15 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - Aperture is perhaps the most important â€" and also the most confusing â€" photographic concept to grasp. Mastering the use of aperture opens up a range of artistic possibilities and brings your photography to the next level. First, though, you have to …

Review: HBO Go (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 04 May 2011 04:55 PM PDT

Yahoo! News - HBO Go is the newest addition in the streaming video world. As the name implies, HBO Go is the product of Home Box Office, offering streaming for movies currently provided by HBO, HBO series, and other original programs. HBO Go …

Pandora Adds 10,000 Comedy Clips to Its Archives (Mashable)

Posted: 03 May 2011 06:52 PM PDT

Mashable - Pandora has expanded from music to jokes with the addition of 10,000 comedy clips from more than 700 comedians to its Internet radio service. Like its Music Genome Project, Pandora's Comedy Genome Project analyzes the content of each clip for style, content and deliver in order to figure out which comedians have similar delivers or joke about similar topics.

Facebook sued for children 'liking' products (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 07:02 PM PDT

The logo of social networking website Facebook is displayed on a computer screen in London. A father is suing the social network website for not getting permission from parents or guardians before letting members of the online social network know when children AFP - A father is suing Facebook for not getting permission from parents or guardians before letting members of the online social network know when children "Like" brands.

Electronic Arts posts higher 4Q earnings, revenue (AP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:46 PM PDT

AP - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. says its quarterly net income rose fivefold on strong revenue from online games and titles such as "Crysis 2" and "Dragon Age 2," sending shares higher in after-hours trading.

Hollywood actor Jackie Cooper dead at 88 (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:34 PM PDT

Actor Jackie Cooper (R) is shown with actor Wallace Beery in a scene from the 1931 film Reuters - Actor Jackie Cooper, who survived a tumultuous childhood as an Oscar-nominated star to enjoy a varied career as a TV executive, director and "Superman" sidekick, died near Los Angeles, his attorney said on Wednesday. He was 88.

Reports Say Apple Could Delay iPhone 5 Release (NewsFactor)

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

NewsFactor - An event that has become as much a staple of summer as ice cream, lawn sprinklers, and the last day of school appears likely to be put off this June, reports say. Apple's regular schedule of iPhone refreshes since 2007 may have been upset by the February release of the CDMA version for Verizon Wireless.

Renren's big day, maybe a prelude to Facebook IPO (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 05:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Renren's successful IPO could be the curtain raiser for what is to come if the world's No. 1 social networking site, Facebook, goes public next year.

iOS 4.3.3 Update Fixes Location-Tracking Problem (NewsFactor)

Posted: 04 May 2011 02:25 PM PDT

NewsFactor - Apple has released a 4.3.3 update to its iOS operating system with corrections to location tracking on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The changes could take some pressure off the company.

Uber’s new transportation app is going places (Appolicious)

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Appolicious - Recently, a San Francisco start-up has been making some waves in the iPhone community with its new app Uber. Its tag-line is "everyone's private driver" -- and it seems to be just that. The concept is simple: a network of cars with iPhones in them and an app to handle the orders. Uber allows you to order a black car to your location that will take you wherever you need to go. However, it costs about 50 percent more than your average taxi. ...

Boingo falls after pricing well (Investor's Business Daily)

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:42 PM PDT

Investor's Business Daily - The wireless hot spot provider fell 10.4% to 12.10 after raising $77.9 mil in its public offering. Shares of Boingo Wireless (NASDAQ:WIFI - News) priced at $13.50, the upper end of its expected $12-$14 range. Boingo makes software for mobile Internet access at Wi-Fi locations. Boingo is hoping to profit from continued growth of Wi-Fi. But its paid access model faces a threat from the growth of free Wi-Fi hot spots as well as free access granted as part of telecoms' bundled packages.

Analyst group says half of all game downloads are mobile (Appolicious)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:21 PM PDT

Appolicious - Sales-tracking analysis firm NPD has been paying attention to the number of digital video games being sold and has found that of all "full game" downloads being sold, half of them are mobile titles.

Apple update fixes iPhone tracking "bugs" (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Apple on Wednesday released updated software for iPhones to fix AFP - Apple on Wednesday released updated software for iPhones to fix "bugs" that resulted in location data being unencrypted and stored for up to a year.

Apple updates software to fix tracking glitch (Reuters)

Posted: 04 May 2011 03:34 PM PDT

Reuters - Apple Inc on Wednesday released a software update to fix a problem that enabled its mobile devices to collect and store customers' location data, making good on a promise it made last week.

'Anonymous' file planted on Sony servers (AFP)

Posted: 04 May 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Cybercriminals left a file named AFP - Cybercriminals left a file in the name of "hacktivist" group "Anonymous" on the servers of Sony's online entertainment network, the Japanese company said Wednesday, but it stopped short of directly accusing the Internet vigilantes of carrying out the attack.
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