Friday, April 22, 2011

Sci/Tech News

Sci/Tech News


Location Is Not a Four Letter Word - PC Magazine

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT


Fox News

Location Is Not a Four Letter Word
PC Magazine
Apple and Google are tracking your location and saving the data. So what? Who cares? By Lance Ulanoff I do not care if Apple and Google know where I am. The revelation that Apple's storing location data and keeping it for a year or more on my iPhone ...
Google location tracking can invade privacy, hackers sayRegister
Ask Maggie: Round up of iPhone 5 rumors ; Should I worry my iPhone is tracking me?CNET
Track your own iPhoneFortune
New York Times (blog) -ABC News -Wall Street Journal
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Samsung Sues Apple on Patents - Wall Street Journal

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:49 PM PDT


ABC News

Samsung Sues Apple on Patents
Wall Street Journal
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it filed patent infringement lawsuits against Apple Inc. in Seoul, Tokyo and Germany, in apparent response to Apple's suit against it over trademark issues in the US earlier this week. ...
Samsung counter sues Apple over iPhone, iPadReuters
Samsung countersues Apple on new groundRegister
Apple's and Samsung's lawsuits in visual formCNET
PC Magazine -Bloomberg -Ars Technica
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Apple inks deal with Warner Music for iTunes cloud service - report - Apple Insider

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 12:35 PM PDT


Globe and Mail

Apple inks deal with Warner Music for iTunes cloud service - report
Apple Insider
Apple has reportedly reached an agreement with Warner Music, the third-largest record label, for its anticipated cloud-based music streaming service. Citing sources in the music industry, CNet's Greg Sandoval reported Friday that Warner ...
Apple Music Cloud Takes ShapeInformationWeek
Will Google Partner With Spotify on a Music Service? We Doubt It [REPORT]Mashable
Google talks to Spotify to power music serviceCNET
The Business Insider -Digitaltrends.com -Android Police
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Windows 7 speeds up in 2011, 350 million licenses sold - BetaNews

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:12 PM PDT


Afterdawn.com

Windows 7 speeds up in 2011, 350 million licenses sold
BetaNews
After a year and a half on the market, more than 350 million Windows 7 licenses have been sold, and Microsoft on Friday has claimed Windows 7 to be the "fastest selling Operating System in history. ...
A New Record? Microsoft Claims 350 Million Windows 7 Licenses SoldTIME
Halfway to Windows 8, Windows 7 Has Sold 350 Million LicensesReadWriteWeb
At 18 Months, Windows 7 Still Living in WinXP's ShadowPC Magazine
Ars Technica -Network World -Hard OCP
all 16 news articles »

Anonymous May Have Taken Out PlayStation Network - NewsFactor Network

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT


BBC News

Anonymous May Have Taken Out PlayStation Network
NewsFactor Network
By Barry Levine Hacker group Anonymous may have used DOS to take down Sony's PlayStation Network. About 70 million video-game players were affected. Anonymous denied responsibility, but its Facebook page implied otherwise. ...
PlayStation Network outage continuesCNET
Playstation Network (PSN) Could Be Down For DaysHolyFragger
Sony Struggles With Outage of PlayStation NetworkWall Street Journal (blog)
PC Magazine -PCWorld -Christian Science Monitor
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Let There Be LEDs: Building a Better Lightbulb - Fox News

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 01:19 PM PDT


Fox News

Let There Be LEDs: Building a Better Lightbulb
Fox News
Boasting cooling fins like those found inside some computers, the LED-powered Switch bulb may be the lightbulb of the future. If you thought mousetraps were tough, try building a better lightbulb. Just in time for Earth Day, ...
On Earth Day, green light bulbs debutUSA Today
Budget LEDs debut on AmazonCNET
Light Craft Releases High Power LED Wall WasherExhibitor Online
Jetson Green -KVUE -San Jose Business Journal
all 14 news articles »

Amazon outage sparks frustration, doubts about cloud - Computerworld

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 02:24 PM PDT


Amazon outage sparks frustration, doubts about cloud
Computerworld
Computerworld - Amazon's prolonged outage of cloud services has the potential to set back cloud adoption by giving businesses -- especially those already on the fence -- a strong reason to go slow. And for those companies that sell ...
Amazon's spending may pressure earningsMarketWatch
Things Fall Apart: Amazon's Epic Cloud Failure Reveals Shortsightedness by ...Xconomy
What can we learn from Amazon's cloud failure?TechFlash
Microsoft Certified Professional (blog)
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Rumor: Illusive white iPhone 4 to drop April 27 - CNET

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:01 PM PDT


CNET

Rumor: Illusive white iPhone 4 to drop April 27
CNET
According to a couple European Web sites, Apple's white iPhone 4, the last year's unicorn consumer electronic product, finally has a date associated with its release. If you have been patiently waiting for a white iPhone 4, ...
White Apple iPhone 4 spotted in retail packaging at Vodafone UKApple Insider
White iPhone 4 hits the UK - someone pinch meIntoMobile
Officially Spotted: White iPhone 4Gadget Review
Bizjournals.com (blog) -tuaw.com -Today's iPhone
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AT&T Adds More iPhone Customers Than Verizon - NewsFactor Network

Posted: 22 Apr 2011 03:13 PM PDT


CBS News

AT&T Adds More iPhone Customers Than Verizon
NewsFactor Network
By Mark Long Most of the new CDMA iPhones activated by Verizon Wireless have been for existing customers. The result is that AT&T added more iPhone customers in the first quarter. And few of the new Verizon iPhone customers appear to have switched from ...
Verizon's HTC ThunderBolt, iPhone 4 Are Causes for Conversation: ReporteWeek
Verizon LTE Garners 500000 CustomersInformationWeek
AT&T touts benefits of T-Mobile deal to FCCReuters
PCWorld -PC Magazine -Computerworld
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