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The United States is to blame for strains between Beijing and Washington and should take steps to repair ties, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday, indicating the two powers have not overcome a recent rough patch.
Downey Orbits Cuaron’s 3D Gravity
Robert Downey Jr. is negotiating a deal to star in Gravity, the 3D space film directed by Alfonso Cuaron.
iPad battery replacement = iPad replacement
When the first-gen iPhone was released, with its non-user-replaceable battery, many were interested, and not-so-happy with its battery replacement policy: users had to expect a three-day wait and could lose all their data. You would, of course, get your iPhone bad. Now, with the iPad, Apple has changed course: they don’t replace your battery; they replace your iPad.
Google to Leave China: Report
Google is 99.9 percent certain to shut down its Chinese search engine, google.cn, after coming to an impasse with Chinese authorities, according to report in the Financial Times. The report cites an unnamed source “familiar with the company’s thinking.”
Former astronauts criticize US moon decision
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U.S. Mulls Mandatory Car Black Boxes
In the wake of not just the massive Toyota recalls that have come since late 2009, but also the recalls of other automakers, but at least one runaway Prius just this week, the NHTSA is reportedly examining a requirement for black boxes in cars.
Special court rejects claims that vaccines with mercury preservative caused autism
The vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special federal court ruled Friday in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
Sony Unveils New Controller for PlayStation
The evolution of gaming is moving beyond the console and into user’s hands. Sony has unveiled its take on motion control with the “PlayStation Move.”
Apple gives chief operating officer $5M bonus
Apple Inc. is giving its chief operating officer a $5 million bonus for “outstanding performance” running the company while CEO Steve Jobs was on medical leave.
Apple loses i-rritating Australian trademark spat
Apple is very protective, some would say overly so, about anything it thinks infringes on its trademarks. For example, it filed opposition against a proposed New York City trademark for its GreeNYC program. The logo (left) contains an apple (nothing like the Cupertino firm’s though). This time, in Australia, Apple lost.
Scientists have found genes that could explain some cases of stuttering.
Why people stutter has long been a medical mystery, with the condition blamed over the years on emotional problems, overbearing parents and browbeating teachers.
Idaho woman faced financial woes before Haiti trip
In the days after the Haiti earthquake, Laura Silsby made a series of calls around the country to mobilize a trip to rescue orphaned children from the disaster.
Google Plans High-Speed Fiber-Optic Network Test to Boost Internet Speeds
Google Inc. is planning to build high-speed fiber-optic broadband networks in the U.S. as it aims to offer Internet speeds that are more than 100 times faster than whata s available today for most Americans.
Google Unveils Street View Snowmobile
Just in time for the 2010 Olympic Games, Google has unveiled a Street View snowmobile.
iSuppli: Apple making up to 60% profit on iPad
Apple Inc. is set to make substantial margins on the iPad tablet, as the product only costs between $219 and $335 depending on the model, according to research firm iSuppli Corp. Click to read more…
Google Going ISP With Own Fiber-Optic Network
On Wednesday, Google announced plans to build its own experimental 1 Gbps fiber-optic network. Their plan is to select trial locations, based on responses from interested communities (who can apply here). Google plans to collect “responses” until March 26th, and announce the selected communities at a date TBD later this year.
Windows 7 Battery Error Messages Not Our Problem: Microsoft
Some users are seeing error messages in Windows 7, warning them that their batteries are about to fail. The warning (above), indicates that the battery needs replacement.
Baidu posts jump in quarterly earnings on stronger revenue, beating expectations
In this July 28, 2005 file photo, a receptionist works behind the logo for Baidu.com, a Chinese language search engine, at the company’s office in Beijing.
Baidu Jumps 10% as Revenue Forecast Tops Estimates: Video
Feb. 10 — Bloomberg’s Paul Gordon reports on Baidu Inc.’s share performance after the owner of China’s most popular Internet search engine forecast sales that topped estimates.
Nvidia unveils Optimus switchable graphics technology
Jason Cross ) 10 February, 2010 02:12 Does your laptop have switchable graphics? You know, both an integrated graphics chip that sips energy and gives you long battery life along with a discrete GPU that offers better 3D graphics and video performance? Notebooks with switchable graphics have been shipping for years, but they haven’t lived up to …
Apple Blanches As Woz Says He Loves The Nexus One
Co-founder of Apple Steve Wozniak surely cut Apple CEO Steve Jobs to the quick last week, when he admitted on the set of NBC Class Action, an education show, that he loves the HTC Nexus One, AKA the Google Phone. Don’t worry, too much, iPhone fans: he still carries two of them.
Solar eclipse passes over Africa and Asia
Thousands of people in Africa and Asia viewed an eclipse Friday as the moon crossed the sun’s path blocking everything but a narrow, blazing rim of light.
Terrorism Joke At Apple Store Earns Teen Arrest
It is unclear why people feel it is “funny” in this day and age to joke about something like terrorism, particularly at the airport. Making such a threat anywhere, nowadays, is nonsensical, and here we have a case happening in New York City.
NDP: December was video game industry’s best sales month
U.S. retail videogame and console saw its best sales month ever in December 2009, according to NDP Group retail data. Click here to read full story.
Despite Google’s decision to pull out, Chinese internet users swell to 384 Mln
Chinese internet users, already the largest in the world, have grown even more to 384 million by the end of 2009, a Chinese research group said Friday. Click here to read more.
iPhone and Blackberry makers sued
Camera maker Eastman Kodak Co. has said it will sue Apple Inc. and Research In Motion , the makers of the iPhone and Blackberry, for patent infringement. Click here to read more.
Intel 4Q profit climbs as PC market turns around
The Intel logo is shown Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 in New York. Intel Corp. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit ballooned as a strong rebound in the personal computer market overcame a hefty payment Intel made to its biggest rival.
Contest Mixes Kids with Science, Robots
Students at Hamilton Middle School in the Heights are preparing a unique set of robotics challenges for an upcoming contest - and it’s not too late to get involved.
Cocaine found in NASA shuttle facility
NASA is investigating how a bag of cocaine got into the hangar that houses space shuttle Discovery at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Next iPhone To Feature Touch-Sensitive Back: Analyst
Only a couple of days after a Korean paper said the new iPhone would be out in April, a Goldman Sachs analyst chimed in on the annual update to the iPhone, saying it would be out in (ta-da) June, when Apple usually release updates to its popular app phone.
URL Shorteners Have An Exciting Week
The world of URL shorteners continues to expand as more people use Twitter and Twitter-like services. After all, with 140 characters to play with, you can’t have a full-fledged URL in a Tweet. With that, Google (goo.gl, natch), Facebook (fb.me) and bit.ly (new Pro service) have all made announcements this week.
Top-Selling Author Gives E-Book Exclusivity To Amazon.com
This will probably raise red flags across the publishing industry, but it is certainly a coup for Amazon.com and its Kindle e-book reader. Steven Covey is Amazon.com’s 13th-highest top-selling author overall, and Amazon.com now has “electronic exclusivity” to two of his best-sellers.
Obama Touting Home Energy Efficiency Program
Hoping to jump-start his plans for job growth, President Barack Obama is pushing Congress to pass incentives for homeowners who retrofit their homes to make them more energy-efficient. The president planned to visit a Home Depot store in Northern Virginia on Tuesday to make the case that outfitting houses to be more energy-efficient will create …
Google’s Android phone new assault on iPhone
Motorola’s new Droid phone, which runs Google’s Android 2.0 system. The Wall Street Journal says Google will market its own phone Google Inc.’s development of a mobile phone that uses its Android operating system marks a new push by the company to take on Apple Inc.
Satellites measure dwindling water in Calif. farmbelt as more wells sap underground supply
New data from satellites show the vast underground pools feeding faucets and irrigation hoses across California are running low, a worrisome trend federal scientists largely attribute to aggressive agricultural pumping.
Google Phone Becomes Nexus One, Slated For T-Mobile
The Google phone, now also known as the Google Nexus One or the HTC Nexus One, will launch as early as January 5, 2010, according to an anonymous source quoted by Reuters. The information follows a Friday explosion of data about the new phone, which was apparently given out by Google to its employees en masse.
Fake Steve Urges Users To Take Down AT&T
Hot on the heels of AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega’s announcement that the carrier would be pursuing tiered pricing for data plans, Fake Steve Jobs took AT&T to task. Ah, but he didn’t stop there. Fake Steve has a plan to bring AT&T to its knees on Friday: Operation Chokehold.
US Reveals Fund for Green Tech in Poor Nations
The White House on Monday announced a new program drawing funds from international partners to spend $350 million over five years to supply developing nations with clean energy technology to curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce global warming.
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China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
Microsoft Fixes Office 2003 Document Lockout Bug
Microsoft has fixed a problem in Office 2003 that prevented the software from opening documents saved using its access control technology.
Tech Test: $100 Palm Pixi Is Stylish, Sluggish
Palm is fighting harder than ever to snag a chunk of the smart phone market, and just six months after releasing the stylish Pre it’s back with a lighter, more petite and affordable version called the Pixi.
AT&T Loses The First Round In Its Ad War
AT&T has lost round one in its fight against Verizon’s anti-ATT-network ads. The company has sued Verizon, saying the maps and statements made in the latest Verizon ads confuse consumers.
Irony: Microsoft Banned From Selling Windows In China
Irony of ironies. Microsoft has been banned from selling Windows in China, the ultimate land of piracy. One would think it might be the other way around (if it were possible, that is).
Palm Pixi, Pre Prices Slashed At Amazon.com
Hopefully you didn’t pay $100 for the Palm Pixi on the day it launched a few days ago. If you did, you probably feel seriously ticked off, as you can now get the Palm Pixi at Amazon.com for a mere $25, and without having to mail any rebates in.
Is The Real Google Phone Coming?
When Google first started working on the Android platform, it was believed to be a smartphone, nicknamed the Google Phone or gPhone. Since then, Android the platform has emerged, and thoughts of a Google Phone have vanished. But should they have?
Black Friday? There’s An App For That
You can bet that on Black Friday, which is the day after Thanksgiving, there will be plenty of people buying Apple products, including iPhones. They might even be using this new app to help them.
Scientists model cat’s brain with huge supercomputer, a step toward a better-reasoning machine
Scientists say they’ve made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that “think” like a living thing’s brain - an effort that tests the limits of technology.
Could email be obsolete in a decade?
How often do you send an email these days? Me, I send loads each day. Whether it’s emails to work colleagues through the day, or emails to friends during my lunch or when I’m home at work.
Senators blast Web sites for scamming shoppers
With Cyber Monday, the unofficial start of the Internet holiday shopping season nearing, a Senate committee Tuesday condemned three online companies, saying they are tricking consumers into signing up for subscription services they don’t want.
Microsoft cloud service to launch January 1
US software giant Microsoft has announced that its internet-based cloud computing service Windows Azure will launch on January 1. Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie revealed the official launch date for what has been described as “Windows in the Cloud” at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
