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Today's Technology News: Nintendo cuts profit, 3DS not ready for Christmas House Democrats shelve net neutrality proposal Review: New search partners aren't identical twins Star Wars saga to get 3-D makeover, starting with 'Phantom Menace' in 2012 Cutting the cord may sound 'cool,' but 'very few' are likely to snip, survey says Remains of the Day: Vox populi, vox Google? Google gives Gmail users more control over inboxes E-books may spur more kids to read: study Nokia says starts shipping flagship N8 model Facebook and Skype exploring partnership: report Hulu Plus may pressure Netflix What "Like" Buttons Mean for Web Traffic [STATS] Apple TV should spin-off interesting app crossovers Dell pitches open system in data center offering Oracle Has Appetite For Chips Microsoft Security Essentials: Soon Free for Small Businesses Linux News Roundup: Fedora 14 Gets MeeGo, Madriva Is Reborn Intel Makes WiMax Investment With South Korea's KT Nintendo cuts profit, 3DS not ready for Christmas Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:41 pm PDT AP - Nintendo shares tumbled Thursday after the company said its 3DS game machine, packed with glasses-free 3-D technology, won't be ready to go on sale for Christmas, crushing its earnings forecast by more than half. Full Story Top House Democrats shelve net neutrality proposal Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:58 pm PDT AP - House Democrats have shelved a last-ditch effort to broker a compromise between phone, cable and Internet companies on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or degrading online traffic flowing over their networks. Full Story Top Review: New search partners aren't identical twins Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:22 pm PDT AP - Just because Yahoo Inc.'s U.S. website and Microsoft Corp.'s Bing are using the same technological ingredients for searching the Internet doesn't mean they're slicing and dicing the results the same way, too. Full Story Top Star Wars saga to get 3-D makeover, starting with 'Phantom Menace' in 2012 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:13 pm PDT Ben Patterson - George Lucas just can’t stop tinkering with the Star Wars movies, and now he’s poised to unleash his latest retooling of that saga from a long time ago in a galaxy — a 3-D galaxy, this time — far, far away. Unfortunately, the original and perhaps best of the Star Wars epics won’t be the first to make the 3-D leap. Full Story Top Cutting the cord may sound 'cool,' but 'very few' are likely to snip, survey says Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:42 am PDT Ben Patterson - Sure, it’s fun to sit around and fantasize cutting the cable TV cord in favor of getting all your favorite shows over the Internet or on DVD. But when push comes to shove, only a tiny handful of us will actually do it — or so says a recent survey. Full Story Top Remains of the Day: Vox populi, vox Google? Wed, 29 Sep 2010 04:30 pm PDT Macworld.com - Pigs fly! Hell freezes! The official Google Voice app may actually appear in the App Store! Also, space gets explored with the help of an iPhone, and RIM says “no, way” to the fart app phenomenon. It’s Wednesday, September 29, 2010 and here are your remainders. Full Story Top Google gives Gmail users more control over inboxes Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:42 am PDT AP - Google Inc. is addressing one of the biggest complaints about its free e-mail service by giving people more control over how their inboxes are organized. Full Story Top E-books may spur more kids to read: study Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:25 pm PDT Reuters - The amount of time children spend reading books for enjoyment decreases as they use cell phones and other mobile technology, but e-books might just bring them back to literature, according to a report released on Wednesday. Full Story Top Nokia says starts shipping flagship N8 model Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:04 pm PDT Reuters - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Thursday it has started to ship its flagship smartphone model the N8. Full Story Top Facebook and Skype exploring partnership: report Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:08 pm PDT Reuters - Social networking website Facebook and Internet telephone company Skype are in talks to establish a partnership that is aimed at integrating their communication services, Wall Street Journal said, citing a person familiar with the situation. Full Story Top Hulu Plus may pressure Netflix Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:21 pm PDT Investor's Business Daily - Hulu Plus, a $10-per-month online TV subscription service, will soon be available for users of Roku set-top boxes and TiVo (NMS:TIVO) subscribers who buy its newest digital video recorders. Hulu's premium on-demand streaming video service, which debuted in June, is seen as an emerging challenger to Netflix (NMS:NFLX). Hulu's free ad-supported service generated more than $100 mil in sales last year. Hulu, owned by News Corp. (NMS:NWS), GE's (NYSE:GE - News) NBC Universal and Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS - News), offers one of the largest online catalogs of current TV shows available for streaming. Full Story Top What "Like" Buttons Mean for Web Traffic [STATS] Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:47 pm PDT Mashable - The new-this-year-yet-somehow-already-ubiquitous Facebook Like button has been around just long enough to generate some interesting numbers relating to Facebook users and web traffic. Full Story Top Apple TV should spin-off interesting app crossovers Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:07 am PDT Appolicious - When the new version of Apple TV launches later this week, and more specifically when Apple (AAPL) adds AirPlay functionality with the iOS4 update coming in November, expect an influx of cool new apps that link your iPhone and iPad to your TV. Full Story Top Dell pitches open system in data center offering Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:53 pm PDT Reuters - Dell is unveiling new software to tie together disparate pieces of data center hardware, making a pitch for an open system that runs counter to what some of its rivals are doing. Full Story Top Oracle Has Appetite For Chips Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:51 pm PDT Investor's Business Daily - Life is rarely dull at Oracle (NMS:ORCL), the enterprise software maker that seems to have a special talent for grabbing headlines. Full Story Top Microsoft Security Essentials: Soon Free for Small Businesses Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:08 pm PDT PC World - Starting early next month, Microsoft Security Essentials, Redmond’s anti-malware service for Windows PCs, will be free for small businesses to install on up to 10 PCs. Full Story Top Linux News Roundup: Fedora 14 Gets MeeGo, Madriva Is Reborn Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:25 pm PDT PC World - There's never a dull moment in the land of Linux, and recent weeks have been no exception. Since no outlet can hope to give full coverage to every development that occurs, here's a roundup of some of the key events. Full Story Top Intel Makes WiMax Investment With South Korea's KT Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:00 pm PDT PC World - Intel and South Korea's KT Corporation plan to work together to expand WiBro (Wireless Broadband) Internet service to several new areas of South Korea and and have worked to make the network compatible with mobile WiMax. Full Story Top

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