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• A Laptop With Its Head in the Cloud - New York Times
• Lunar eclipse Google doodle shows moon's slide into the red - The Guardian
• Senators introduce mobile location privacy bill - VentureBeat
• 'Jeopardy!' champ Watson the computer visits city students - Baltimore Sun
• Quiet China Giant Embodies Technology Aspirations - ABC News
• Adobe pushes Reader silent updates - Computerworld
• HTC Flip-Flops on Android Update for Desire Smartphone - Wired News
• Leaked Docs Showcase Apple's Meticulous Control of Retail Store Employees - DailyTech

A Laptop With Its Head in the Cloud - New York Times Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:05 PM PDT The Guardian (blog) A Laptop With Its Head in the Cloud New York Times You can say all kinds of nice things about Google's Chromebook laptop concept. You can say it's ahead of its time. Or that it's thinking way, way outside the box. Or that, as failures go, at least this one swung for the fences. ... First Look: Chromebook's Role In The Enterprise QuestionableCRN Chromebook: The Computer for the Rest of ThemDatamation Google Chromebook Makes Users Yearn for Windows: Tech by Rich JaroslovskyBloomberg Computerworld -BetaNews -eWeek all 128 news articles »

Lunar eclipse Google doodle shows moon's slide into the red - The Guardian Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:05 PM PDT Telegraph.co.uk Lunar eclipse Google doodle shows moon's slide into the red The Guardian Asia and the Middle East have enjoyed good views of a total lunar eclipse but for many skywatchers around the world the spectacle was best observed online, with live coverage available from Google. Google has a live doodle of the 100-minute-long ... Lunar Eclipse Pictures: See Today's Red Moon RisingNational Geographic VIDEO: First total lunar eclipse of 2011BBC News Google Homepage Doodle Provides Lunar Eclipse Live FeedPC Magazine Space.com -Washington Post (blog) -msnbc.com (blog) all 1,171 news articles »

Senators introduce mobile location privacy bill - VentureBeat Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:30 PM PDT AFP Senators introduce mobile location privacy bill VentureBeat The location information obtained by firms such as Apple, Google, and app developers likely made consumers nervous back in April when it was revealed Apple's iPhones were storing location data. Google had a similar incident not long after. ... Lawmakers Get Involved In "Locationgate," Propose Data Privacy LawMobileCrunch US senators unveil mobile privacy, data theft billsAFP US Senators propose law on mobile data privacyMobile Burn CNN -PCWorld -GigaOm all 30 news articles »

'Jeopardy!' champ Watson the computer visits city students - Baltimore Sun Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:35 PM PDT gulfnews.com 'Jeopardy!' champ Watson the computer visits city students Baltimore Sun Digital Harbor High School was teeming with IBM employees preparing to educate middle-school students Wednesday morning about the supercomputer known as "Watson," made famous by its appearance on the TV show ... 100 Years Of IBM: 25 Historic MilestonesInformationWeek Gallery: IBM: 100 years of THINKing bigZDNet For 100 years, IBM kept changing in order to stay IBMGCN.com Forbes (blog) -NY Convergence -Register all 39 news articles »

Quiet China Giant Embodies Technology Aspirations - ABC News Posted: 15 Jun 2011 02:42 AM PDT ABC News Quiet China Giant Embodies Technology Aspirations ABC News China's quietest multibillion-dollar Chinese success story began when a former soldier founded a company in the 1980s to sell imported phone switches. As sales rose, Huawei Technologies Co. invested to develop its own ... and more »

Adobe pushes Reader silent updates - Computerworld Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:04 PM PDT Computerworld Adobe pushes Reader silent updates Computerworld Computerworld - Adobe has switched on silent updating for its popular Reader PDF viewer, the company announced Tuesday. "[We're] turning the automatic update option on by default for all Adobe Reader users on Windows," said Brad Arkin, ... Adobe updates patch critical bugs in Flash and ReaderRegister Adobe To Patch Flash Player on PCs and Android DevicesNewsFactor Network How To Prioritize Microsoft Patch BonanzaInformationWeek Mobile Burn -CNET -eWeek all 40 news articles »

HTC Flip-Flops on Android Update for Desire Smartphone - Wired News Posted: 15 Jun 2011 12:02 PM PDT AndroidOS.in (blog) HTC Flip-Flops on Android Update for Desire Smartphone Wired News Despite earlier claims to the contrary, HTC's Desire smartphone will receive a software update to the latest version of Android. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Wired.com Smartphone hardware manufacturer HTC is having trouble making up its mind. ... HTC quickly flip-flops; Desire will get GingerbreadCNET HTC Desire To Get Gingerbread After AllTechtree.com Despite 'not enough memory,' HTC 180s and will bring Gingerbread to the DesireExaminer.com Inquirer -Unwired View -ITProPortal all 128 news articles »

Leaked Docs Showcase Apple's Meticulous Control of Retail Store Employees - DailyTech Posted: 15 Jun 2011 03:10 PM PDT DailyTech Leaked Docs Showcase Apple's Meticulous Control of Retail Store Employees DailyTech Oh how Apple retail store employees care about their customers -- well, they're carefully scripted to pretend to, at least. (Source: Lights. Camera. Drama.) Apple makes more money per square foot than any other retailer. It grabbed over $11B USD in ... Apple Stores' Secret Sauce SpilledPC Magazine News: Report: Apple Store Secret Sauce: Control + Attention to DetailThe Mac Observer Video: Sony Looks To Revamp Retail StoresGamut News Wall Street Journal -International Business Times -TechRadar UK all 36 news articles »

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