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Today's Technology News: Apple's absence to be felt at CES gadget show Fans relieved to be able to watch Outback Bowl Some Hotmail users report missing e-mails Happy holidays from the Gadget Hound Skype CEO offers apology, credit for Wednesday’s outage Nintendo warns children not to play new player in 3D Apple's iPhone woes continue as some in Asia sleep in iPhone alarm glitch leaves users fuming Report says Facebook nets $500 million investment Music Tech: 8 Digital Instruments for the Cutting Edge Composer [VIDEOS] What Will Facebook Do With All That Money? Five things to expect from the mobile industry in 2011 iGate cancels briefing; Patni deal was expected Trojan Grabs Private Information from Android Devices New virus threatens phones using Android 5 Reasons to Try Zorin OS Linux Goldman, Digital Sky Technologies invest in Facebook: report Apple's absence to be felt at CES gadget show Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:02 pm PST AP - What do you call it when you have 120,000 people and an elephant in the room? Full Story Top Fans relieved to be able to watch Outback Bowl Sat, 1 Jan 2011 02:47 pm PST AP - College football fans were elated that they could stay home to watch the Florida Gators play the Penn State Nittany Lions in Saturday's Outback Bowl, after Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. and two cable TV companies agreed to extend contract talks for two more weeks. Full Story Top Some Hotmail users report missing e-mails Sat, 1 Jan 2011 02:56 pm PST AP - Some users of Microsoft Hotmail are starting off the new year scrambling to get back e-mails of old. A chorus of frantic users has posted complaints on Microsoft's online forum that all of their messages have disappeared. Full Story Top Happy holidays from the Gadget Hound Thu, 23 Dec 2010 01:42 pm PST Ben Patterson - What could be more fun than blogging about the latest and greatest gadgets? Beats me, but even an avowed gadget hound like me needs a break once in a while. Anyway, I'll be going offline during the holidays — and … Full Story Top Skype CEO offers apology, credit for Wednesday’s outage Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:59 am PST Ben Patterson - After a daylong outage that left untold millions of Skype users high and dry, the CEO of the peer-to-peer chat service apologized, promised that service is slowly but surely being restored, and announced that credits may be in the offing … Full Story Top Nintendo warns children not to play new player in 3D Sun, 2 Jan 2011 11:53 pm PST Reuters - Nintendo Co has warned children six years old or younger should not play games in 3D mode on a new 3D-capable handheld game player slated for an early 2011 debut, citing possible health risks. Full Story Top Apple's iPhone woes continue as some in Asia sleep in Sun, 2 Jan 2011 11:37 pm PST Reuters - Some iPhone users in Asia complained of malfunctioning alarms on the first working day of 2011, even after Apple reassured users that its phones' built-in clocks will work from Monday. Full Story Top iPhone alarm glitch leaves users fuming Sun, 2 Jan 2011 08:26 pm PST AFP - The bells weren't ringing for many iPhone users this New Year's weekend, when thanks to a glitch the alarms on Apple's iconic mobile phones failed to go off, causing many to oversleep. Full Story Top Report says Facebook nets $500 million investment Sun, 2 Jan 2011 11:33 pm PST AP - Social networking behemoth Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and a Russian investment firm in a deal that values the company at $50 billion, The New York Times reported. Full Story Top Music Tech: 8 Digital Instruments for the Cutting Edge Composer [VIDEOS] Sun, 2 Jan 2011 04:32 am PST Mashable - Some kids grew up wanting to drive DeLoreans or throw LightDisks at each other. Some kids wanted to be rock stars and play for the crowds. These instruments combine both of those dreams into one tech-filled bonanza of light and sound. Full Story Top What Will Facebook Do With All That Money? Sun, 2 Jan 2011 05:01 pm PST Mashable - We're still reeling from the news that Facebook has raised $500 million in new funding at a $50 billion valuation. While The New York Times report has yet to be confirmed, we've heard rumors for a while now that Facebook was looking to raise a massive round of funding to fuel its rapid growth further before an eventual IPO. Full Story Top Five things to expect from the mobile industry in 2011 Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:20 pm PST Appolicious - There are a few developments in the mobile space that are pretty clearly going to happen in 2011. Verizon (VZ) will most likely offer the iPhone, Apple (AAPL) will unveil a new iPad, and people will continue to waste unbelievable amounts of time playing games like Fruit Ninja. Full Story Top iGate cancels briefing; Patni deal was expected Sun, 2 Jan 2011 11:14 pm PST Reuters - U.S. software company iGate (IGTE.O) said it canceled a press conference it had scheduled for Monday, at which it was expected to announce a deal with Apax Partners for a majority stake in India's Patni Computer Services (PTNI.BO) for more than $900 million. Full Story Top Trojan Grabs Private Information from Android Devices Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:08 am PST NewsFactor - A new Trojan is targeting Android devices. Known in security circles as Geinimi, the Trojan is powerful enough to compromise the personal data on a user's smartphone and send it to remote servers. Full Story Top New virus threatens phones using Android Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:03 am PST AFP - A virus infecting mobile phones using Google's Android operating system has emerged in China that can allow a hacker to gain access to personal data, US security experts said. Full Story Top 5 Reasons to Try Zorin OS Linux Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:30 am PST PC World - One of the best features of the open source Linux operating system is that there are so many distributions to choose from. Full Story Top Goldman, Digital Sky Technologies invest in Facebook: report Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:41 pm PST Reuters - Facebook has raised $500 million from Goldman Sachs and Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies in a deal valuing the social networking site at $50 billion, the New York Times reported citing people involved in the transaction. Full Story Top

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