Tuesday, November 22, 2011

FCC chairman opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile (AP)

FCC chairman opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile (AP)

FCC chairman opposes AT&T takeover of T-Mobile (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 05:50 PM PST

AP - The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has come out against the merger of cellphone giant AT&T and T-Mobile USA.

Facebook lowers six degrees of separation to four (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:19 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Are you a Facebook user? According to a study by the social network and the University of Milan, the old six degrees of separation theory doesn't always apply to you anymore. Only three people instead of five separate you and anyone else with a …

Netflix launches ‘Just for Kids’ section for Wii owners (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:13 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Wii owners who load the Netflix channel on their console will notice they now have the option to select from two "experiences," standard and Just for Kids. The latter offers up movies and TV shows specifically geared toward children 12 and under, …

Seminal RPG 'Chrono Trigger' Coming to iPhone (Mashable)

Posted: 21 Nov 2011 03:14 PM PST

Mashable - Game publisher Square Enix announced on its blog today that it plans to release a version of the beloved role-playing game Chrono Trigger for the iPhone and iPod touch next month. Originally released in 1995 for the Super Nintendo, Chrono Trigger is hailed by many as a landmark game for its unique story and mechanics. Players travel through time via mysterious portals, gathering a party of memorable characters across different epochs and learning of their mysterious interconnections -- all in a bid to save the world from a future of destruction.

Another tech group speaks out against piracy bill (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:58 PM PST

Reuters - The Stop Online Piracy Act might be stopped before it ever gets online, as yet another influential voice has come out against it.

Singapore Press Holdings sues Yahoo over copyright (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 06:21 PM PST

Reuters - Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), which has a near monopoly of newspaper publishing in the city-state, said on Wednesday it filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Yahoo Inc, alleging the internet giant reproduced news from its newspapers without permission.

Xbox Live Users Scammed in Phishing Attack (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:55 PM PST

NewsFactor - Bringing back memories of the Sony PlayStation hack that compromised thousands of gamer accounts, some British Microsoft Xbox Live users have been scammed in a phishing attack. Although Microsoft insists its network has not been hacked, the phishers have nonetheless fooled some gamers into disclosing credit-card information.

U.S., South Korea tops in Android app downloads (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 11:50 AM PST

Appolicious - Though Google's Android operating system continues to extend its reach around the world, when it comes to app downloads, the ecosystem's biggest market is still its home turf: the U.S.

Facebook porn, animal-cruelty hacks spark parent concerns (Daily Caller)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 09:10 PM PST

Daily Caller - Last week's Facebook hack, which placed hardcore pornographic images and scenes of animal cruelty at the front and center of users' news feeds, prompted outrage among users that reverberated throughout the blogosphere, raising the specter of a potential mass exodus from the social network.

Latest Xbox 360 Dashboard redesign coming December 6 (Yahoo! News)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 03:07 PM PST

Yahoo! News - Xbox 360 is getting another makeover, this time to its user interface, the Xbox Dashboard. Announced at this year's E3 show in Los Angeles, the latest overhaul of the Dashboard, codenamed "Madrid," will be available to all Xbox 360 owners on …

A bigger, better Infinity Blade 2 coming to iOS devices December 1 (Appolicious)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 12:10 PM PST

Appolicious - The best things in life are worth waiting for, particularly sequels to revolutionary video games you can play on mobile devices. Infinity Blade 2, a follow-up to the state-of-the-art title that debuted on Apple's iOS devices a year ago, drops on Dec. 1 and is arguably the most anticipated game to hit the platform this year.

New ASUS Tablet Has Quad-Core Chip (NewsFactor)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 05:43 PM PST

NewsFactor - ASUS is prepping a December U.S. launch for the world's first media tablet to feature a quad-core processor. Called the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the new mobile device uses Nvidia's new 1.3 GHz Tegra 3 chip, which is based on ARM's quad-core Cortex A9 technology.

Netflix shares hurt by bleak 2012 outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:31 PM PST

Reuters - Netflix Inc's shares dropped as much as 7 percent on Tuesday after it warned of a loss for 2012, a move the prompted several Wall Street analysts to cut their price targets for the online video and DVD rental company.

Nuance Plays Its Cards Right With Swype (The Motley Fool)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 10:37 AM PST

The Motley Fool - The technology segment has never been this exciting. With the launch of upgraded tablets and Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) much-awaited iPhone -- despite the fact that users got the 4S version instead of the promised 5 -- the market has been thrown wide open for newer, better technologies.

Gates back on stand in Utah in $1B antitrust trial (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2011 04:58 PM PST

Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates leaves the Frank E. Moss federal courthouse in Salt Lake City, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011. Gates testified in a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit brought by Novell Inc. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP - Microsoft's Bill Gates insisted that changes to Windows 95 that undermined a rival word processor were meant to protect the Windows operating system from crashing and not to hurt a competitor.
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