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• Google Wallet Aims to Take Mobile Payments Mainstream - PC Magazine
• AT&T's T-Mobile Bid May Raise Wireless Prices, Lawmakers Say - San Francisco Chronicle
• Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft, Detainee Says - Fox News
• Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store - Computerworld
• Mark Zuckerberg kills what he eats - msnbc.com
• Intel would consider making custom chips for major customers like Apple - Apple Insider
• Sony's PlayStation business prevails in spite of annual losses - Neoseeker
• Nook Color finding success with female users - RCR Unplugged
• Everything you need to know about Mac scareware - Computerworld
• 3D Universe Map Shows Most Complete Detailed Image Yet - PC Magazine

Google Wallet Aims to Take Mobile Payments Mainstream - PC Magazine Posted: 26 May 2011 02:57 PM PDT ABC News Google Wallet Aims to Take Mobile Payments Mainstream PC Magazine Putting to bed months of rumors, Google on Thursday announced an "open" NFC-based mobile payments ecosystem that lets users pay for items by tapping their phone against a payment reader. "Your phone will be your wallet. ... Google Shows Mobile Payment, Coupon Service to Expand in AdsSan Francisco Chronicle Google Wallet: Five things you need to knowComputerworld Google Introduces Google Wallet (PHOTOS)International Business Times PCWorld -Chicago Tribune -Financial Times all 930 news articles »

AT&T's T-Mobile Bid May Raise Wireless Prices, Lawmakers Say - San Francisco Chronicle Posted: 26 May 2011 02:29 PM PDT International Business Times AT&T's T-Mobile Bid May Raise Wireless Prices, Lawmakers Say San Francisco Chronicle May 26 (Bloomberg) -- US House lawmakers said they are concerned that AT&T Inc.'s planned purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc. may thwart competition and raise prices for wireless users. The $39 billion deal would result in more consolidation "than any ... Lawmakers Question AT&T Acquisition of T-MobilePCWorld AT&T's Bid for T-Mobile May Raise Wireless Prices, Lawmakers SayBloomberg AT&T-Mo met w/ more oppositionPhoneDog National Journal -CNET -Wall Street Journal all 383 news articles »

Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft, Detainee Says - Fox News Posted: 26 May 2011 11:38 AM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play World of Warcraft, Detainee Says Fox News A former prisoner of a Chinese labor camp claims guards are forcing detainees to play online games as part of a huge money-making scam. Liu Dali told The Guardian website that guards traded the credits inmates built up playing games such as World of ... Chinese Prisoners Forced To Farm Warcraft Gold Or Get BeatingsThe Consumerist Chinese labour camp prisoners forced to play online gamesTelegraph.co.uk Report: Chinese Prisons Forced Inmates to Slay Orcs for CashPC Magazine VGChartz -Popular Science -VentureBeat all 90 news articles »

Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store - Computerworld Posted: 26 May 2011 01:17 PM PDT VentureBeat Amazon challenges Apple with Mac app download store Computerworld Computerworld - Amazon today launched a Mac-specific application download store that will compete with Apple's nearly five-month-old Mac App Store. The new subsection of Amazon's massive online store, dubbed "Mac Software Downloads," ... Amazon takes on Apple's Mac App Store with its own 'Mac Download Store'Apple Insider Move Over, Apple: Amazon Launches Mac Download StorePC Magazine Amazon opens up Mac downloads storesCNET The Loop -Gamasutra -Macworld all 34 news articles »

Mark Zuckerberg kills what he eats - msnbc.com Posted: 26 May 2011 02:57 PM PDT CBC.ca Mark Zuckerberg kills what he eats msnbc.com Facebook, iPads, Android, and everything between — the tech news you need, the stories you want, and the tips you'll actually use. Our Digital Life. Read. Live. Share. Yo! I just hit a marmot! Let's eat! By Helen AS Popkin Nothing ingratiates ... Billionaire Zuckerberg kills to eatRegister Facebook's Zuckerberg slit a goat's throat? Wow.Los Angeles Times Mark Zuckerberg | No 13The Guardian USA Today -Telegraph.co.uk -Fox News all 562 news articles »

Intel would consider making custom chips for major customers like Apple - Apple Insider Posted: 26 May 2011 01:26 PM PDT Reuters Intel would consider making custom chips for major customers like Apple Apple Insider By AppleInsider Staff An executive with chipmaker Intel said on Thursday that his company "wouldn't blink" if given the opportunity to build a custom chip based on the Intel architecture for a major client like Apple. Intel Chief Financial Officer ... Tablet marketgasm? Don't make us laugh, say Intel chiefsRegister Intel Says it Would Make Chips for EnemiesFox Business Intel might make chips based on non-Intel coresMontreal Gazette Afterdawn.com -San Francisco Chronicle -Mac Rumors all 34 news articles »

Sony's PlayStation business prevails in spite of annual losses - Neoseeker Posted: 26 May 2011 01:29 PM PDT Gamasutra Sony's PlayStation business prevails in spite of annual losses Neoseeker The earthquake disaster which hit eastern Japan this past March as well as the undermining of security for its popular online networks took their toll on Sony Corp. just as its fiscal year was about to wrap up. As it turns out, the electronics giant as ... Sony's identity theft offer for PSN users now availableUSA Today Sony Offers Identity Theft Protection After Cyber-attacksPCWorld Sony confirms new PlayStation 4 is "under way"ZDNet (blog) VentureBeat -DailyTech -Ars Technica all 164 news articles »

Nook Color finding success with female users - RCR Unplugged Posted: 26 May 2011 02:33 PM PDT Reuters Nook Color finding success with female users RCR Unplugged Barnes & Noble's Nook Color has been on the market for around seven months now, and although it hasn't managed to make a huge splash, it has generated some noticeable ripples. The lost-cost device, sporting an Android core with a custom Nook skin on ... Fans of Women's Magazines Love The Nook ColorPC Magazine seismic shift in publishingMarketWatch Female Magazine Fans Flock to Nook ColorNew York Times Wired News -Reuters -Los Angeles Times all 1,137 news articles »

Everything you need to know about Mac scareware - Computerworld Posted: 26 May 2011 11:32 AM PDT BBC News Everything you need to know about Mac scareware Computerworld The fact that Mac users have fallen victim to "scareware" scams -- the kind that have long plagued Windows users -- shouldn't come as a surprise. After all, fake antivirus software schemes like MacDefender don't have to rely on ... Mac Guard: Apple users hit by second Mac malware scamChristian Science Monitor Apple standard procedures won't work with securityCNET New MacGuard Phishing Attack Bypasses Mac OS X Password RequirementCRN Apple Insider -PC Magazine -InformationWeek all 610 news articles »

3D Universe Map Shows Most Complete Detailed Image Yet - PC Magazine Posted: 26 May 2011 12:02 PM PDT Space.com 3D Universe Map Shows Most Complete Detailed Image Yet PC Magazine You've never seen the universe like this before. Astronomers on Wednesday unveiled the most complete 3D map of the local universe, covering a distance of 380 million light-years, ever created. This giant, 3D atlas of the sky called the ... Astronomers Create Most Complete 3-D Map of Universe EverFox News The Most Complete Map of the UniverseThe Atlantic Wire Survey captures local universe in 3-DScience News Wired.co.uk -Ubergizmo (blog) -Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) all 28 news articles »

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