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Last updated: Aug 20, 2008 3:38 PM PT
Yahoo makes push
for Net-enabled TVs
The Internet giant hopes to spur new options for TV watching and advertising, and it's joining Intel to try to gain a foothold in the consumer electronics market.
• Complete IDF coverage
• Video: Intel, Yahoo team on interactive TV platform
Possible pizzazz
from Palm?
video CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Bonnie Cha talk about what consumers can expect from the Treo Pro, due this fall from the smartphone specialist.
Just in
- Build your own Cloud with the Eucalyptus open source project
- Intel lists new processors for ultra-portables
- Nokia takes 'Lonely Planet' mobile
- Talking cool: Intel doubles notebook fan speed
- FTC would have OK'd EA-Take Two merger
- Pixlr brings desktop flavor to Web-based photo editing
- Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud
Talking cool: Intel doubles notebook fan speed
Chipmaker hopes the prototype being displayed at the company's developer forum ultimately will find its way into notebook PC designs.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)
Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud
Security researcher digs into Google and Baidu to find evidence of Chinese gymnasts' ages and finds evidence disappearing as he works, like sand shifting under his feet.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)
FTC would have OK'd EA-Take Two merger
Merger gets federal nod of approval, but Electronic Arts let its bid for Take Two expire earlier this week.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)
Nintendo sued over Wii controller patents
Hillcrest Labs, a Maryland-based maker of interactive media systems, claims that the console's Wiimote violates four of its patents.
(Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)
Solazyme targets algae fuel in three years
Next-gen biofuels using algae or plant wastes are getting closer to commercialization, but large-scale production with sustainably grown plants remains the challenge.
(Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)
FCC finalizes Comcast's filtering penalties
In BitTorrent case, federal agency gives cable operator 30 days to submit its "network management" compliance plan for its approval. The company will not be fined.
(Posted in Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh)
American Airlines launches in-flight Wi-Fi
The service, called Gogo, is available for $12.95 on some cross-country flights.
(Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)
Microsoft planning IE privacy mode
Worried about leaving tracks as you browse the Web? A privacy mode is on the agenda for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
(Posted in Microsoft by Stephen Shankland)
Apple acknowledges iPhone 3G reception issues
After weeks of silence, Apple has admitted that the iPhone 3G can suffer from reception problems and that the latest software update is the cure.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)
• Developer creates copy-paste tech for iPhone
All-day 'Harry Potter' read-a-thon comes to the Web
If you're really bored at the office on September 23, you'll be able to tune into publisher Scholastic's Web site to watch people reading the first Potter book cover-to-cover.
(Posted in The Social by Caroline McCarthy)
Disney wants to socialize with parents, too
Disney's Internet unit launches DisneyFamily.com, a social network for parents to create a profile, swap advice, get cooking tips, and clip coupons.
(Posted in Digital Media by Stefanie Olsen)
Microsoft trucks in its data centers
As it plugs in 10,000 servers a month, Redmond looks beyond the traditional rack for ways to cut costs and ease power consumption.
(Posted in Beyond Binary by Ina Fried)
At IDF, Intel touts its mobile processors
roundup At its developer confab, the chipmaker reveals that it has 'first silicon' for Moorestown, its next mobile chip. Also: New Atom chip is due next month.
• Thinking big with SSDs
• Barrett laments R&D funds
• Intel: Sensors will be key
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