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Today's Technology News:
Holiday Web shopping looks brighter than last year
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:51 pm PST
AP - Internet retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season — even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales. Full Story
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Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:23 pm PST
AP - People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want. Full Story
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Sony optimistic on 3-D TVs, in-house display
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:32 am PST
AP - A third to a half of the Sony Corp. TV sets sold annually will be packed with 3-D features by the year ending March 2013, a senior executive said Thursday. Full Story
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Time Warner Cable asks help on rising program fees
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:07 pm PST
AP - Time Warner Cable Inc. is asking the public for help as it tries to curtail increases in the programming fees it has to pay to carry cable channels and broadcast stations on its systems. Full Story
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AT&T and Verizon ads duel on airwaves and in court
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:02 am PST
AP - What would the holidays be without bickering between siblings? AT&T and Verizon are swamping TV with ads attacking facets of each other's wireless networks. While the ads stick fairly close to the truth, there's a lot they don't say. Full Story
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US online ad revenue down 5.4 pct in third quarter
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:02 am PST
AP - Online advertising revenue in the U.S. fell 5.4 percent in the third quarter from a year ago, as the sputtering economy kept its tight grip on even the fastest growing segment of industry, according to a report released Wednesday. Full Story
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Be A Cheap Geek With These Black Friday Online Hardware Deals
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:29 pm PST
PC World - Every year the Black Friday label entices tenacious consumers to embark on their shopping frenzy. Make it easy on yourself. Skip the lines, sleep in, and enjoy these online hardware and component deals while they last. Note that most of these deals are time-sensitive. Full Story
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Acer Aspire AS5517-1208 Laptop
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:00 pm PST
PC World - RadioShack is offering the 15.6-inch Acer Aspire AS5517-1208 laptop for $400. This Aspire laptop features an AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive, and it runs Windows 7. It's currently selling on the RadioShack Website for about $550, so the deal is a good $150 off. Full Story
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India to Set up Automatic Monitoring of Communications
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:20 am PST
PC World - India plans to set up a centralized system to monitor communications on mobile phones, landlines and the Internet in the country, a minister told the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament, on Thursday. Full Story
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Sony Bravia 46-Inch HDTV
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:30 pm PST
PC World - Wal-Mart has a 46-inch HDTV, the Sony Bravia KDL-46S504, on sale for $798. This 1080p HDTV features a 60Hz refresh rate and a 20,000:1 contrast ratio. It also has three HDMI inputs, and is Bravia Link compatible. The lowest price we found for the KDL-46S504 on PriceGrabber was $1200 at Crutchfield, so you'd save about $400. Full Story
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Nintendo Wii Video Game Console
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:30 am PST
PC World - Meijer's doorbuster deal this year is the Nintendo Wii, which the chain is offering (along with a $50 coupon toward your next Meijer purchase) for $200. Full Story
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Black Friday deals for Mac and iPhone software
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:32 am PST
Macworld.com - Thursday is Thanksgiving, the holiday season is upon us, and Black Friday is coming, well, Friday. And you know what that means—discounts. Before you go out and brave the throngs of shoppers crowding the malls, have a look at some Mac and iPhone software discounts that you can take advantage of right from the comfort of your home. Full Story
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Second Sony Ericsson phone has software problem
Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:58 am PST
Reuters - A second of Sony Ericsson's new smartphones, key to its strategy for returning to profit next year, has been hit by software problems in Britain ahead of a critical sales period. Full Story
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Senators Ask EC to Speed Up Oracle-Sun Probe
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:08 pm PST
NewsFactor - Oracle has received help from lawmakers seeking to speed up the review by the European Commission of its planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Fifty-nine U.S. senators have asked the EC to quicken its investigation and have accused the EC of stalling to hurt U.S. businesses. Full Story
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Spam King Gets More Than Four Years Behind Bars
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:08 pm PST
NewsFactor - One of the world's most notorious spammers has reached the end of the road -- or at least a rest stop -- that could last for the next 51 months. Alan Ralsky, known as the spam king, was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison by U.S. District Judge Marianne O. Battani in Detroit. In June, Ralsky pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and to violations of the CAN-SPAM Act. Full Story
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Metasploit Releases IE Attack, but It's Unreliable
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:40 pm PST
PC World - Developers of the open-source Metasploit penetration testing toolkit have released code that can compromise Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, but the software is not as reliable as first thought. Full Story
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13.3-Inch MacBook
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:17 pm PST
PC World - Best Buy is selling a 13.3-inch white MacBook for $1000. Full Story
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