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![]() Globe and Mail | Sony, Samsung, Panasonic 3D TVs: So What's On? PC World If you're the early-adopter type who doesn't mind paying top dollar for the latest tech gear, 3D TV may tickle your buying bone. But once you've shelled out thousands of dollars for 3D-enabled hardware, such as a Panasonic, Sony, or Samsung 3D TV, ... Sony Sets Aggressive 3D TV Target DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg talks up 3D in the home Panasonic, Best Buy To Launch 3-D Push |
![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Microsoft Fixes Eight Flaws In Excel, Movie Maker ChannelWeb Microsoft released two "important" patches for its March Patch Tuesday release, plugging eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, while warning users about another zero-day attack in Internet Explorer. ... Excel, Windows Movie Maker Patched Microsoft skips patch for PowerPoint add-on Microsoft Fixes Eight Bugs, Warns Of IE Zero-Day |
![]() Sydney Morning Herald | Veil Lifts on Apple's Secret Plan to Control Universe Wired News The recently unveiled secret agreement that Apple makes iPhone developers sign supports what many have suspected all along: Apple is trying to control the universe. Much has been written anecdotally about the Apple app-approval ... Home Buyers Check Out Apps Apple's draconian developer docs revealed Hoover's Near Here app brings sales data to the iPhone |
![]() Reuters | Google Tests TV Search Service Wall Street Journal Google Inc. is testing a new television-programming search service with Dish Network Corp., according to people familiar with the matter, the latest development in a fast-moving race to combine Internet content with ... Report: Google testing TV search Report: Google Working On Android-Based Set-Top Box TechBytes: Google Tests TV Search |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Foursquare gets down to business CNET For as far back as we've been discussing social networks, there have been question marks around the best ways to monetize users. To date, advertising has been the primary strategy, with virtual goods starting to pull in some serious ... Facebook Updates May Share Your Location Soon Report: Facebook To Add Location-Sharing Next Month, Facebook Will Know Where You Are |
![]() CBC.ca | Global warming skepticism rising in the GOP Los Angeles Times Prominent Republicans such as Marco Rubio and Tim Pawlenty have started expressing doubts, indicating that climate change is becoming a litmus test for conservatives. By Jim Tankersley Reporting from Washington - It wasn't long ago that Marco Rubio and ... Outside science academies to review warming panel UN to review errors made by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate-change deniers take a lesson from anti-evolution activists |
![]() AFP | Obama's plans for NASA changes met with harsh criticism Washington Post Harrison Schmitt's credentials as a space policy analyst include several days of walking on the moon. The Apollo 17 astronaut, who is also a former US senator, is aghast at what President Obama is doing to the space program. ... Obama's New Mission for NASA Sets Off Intense Criticism NASA space shuttle gearing up for big phase out Astronaut tells Augusta Prep students about trip aboard shuttle |
![]() Reuters | FCC to Propose National Digital Literacy Corps PC World The US Federal Communications Commission will propose a National Digital Literacy Corps to help US residents get online as part of a national broadband plan due out next week. "The Digital Literacy Corps will mobilize hundreds of digital ambassadors in ... FCC Plan Asks for Govt.-Funded Broadband Training FCC Considers Free Wireless Internet for US Big Broadband Plan Just The Start |
![]() 3News | New Guitar Game Features Real Guitar PC World The game, developed by Seven45 Studios, was announced on Tuesday at the beginning of the Game Developers Conference. Power Gig is similar to other music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and features "beat-match" style play in which players must ... On latest guitar game, players strum real strings Power Gig: Rise of the SixString Announced at GDC 2010 Power Gig, a music game with real guitars |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Turing Award goes to Microsoft researcher V3.co.uk The Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) has awarded this year's Turing Award to Charles Thacker, currently a Microsoft researcher. The award, widely considered the technology industry's Nobel Prize, was given to Thacker for his groundbreaking work ... `Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer Microsoft Researcher Wins Prestigious Computing Award Microsoft researcher wins Turing Award |