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Today's Technology News: Smartphone app lets workers track wages AP Source: Apple nears music deal with labels Malone's Barnes & Noble bid a bet on the Nook Sony website and customer accounts hit with new wave of attacks Should you buy a tablet if you already have a smartphone and a laptop? Rube Goldberg Machine Goes From Big Bang to Apocalypse [VIDEOS] Internet bosses woo world leaders at 'e-G8' AFP chairman talks media future with US counterparts Growth eyed in Indian mobile banking sector Contract Killer tops this week’s best Android games LinkedIn site has security vulnerabilities: expert Why Android Fans Annoy IPhone Users Mobile marketing grows with smartphone sales Marvell to invest $200 million in Israeli R&D NYC Opera union seeks unfair labor practice charge Special Report: Sony stumbles: Did Stringer's makeover fail? Windows Debugging Made Easy Apple Mac Sales Surge in Enterprise Market Smartphone app lets workers track wages Sat, 21 May 2011 08:49 pm PDT AP - Workers who don't trust the boss to keep track of their wages can now do it themselves with a new smartphone application from the Department of Labor. But employers worry that the time sheet app, along with other new initiatives, could encourage even more wage and hour lawsuits. Full Story Top AP Source: Apple nears music deal with labels Fri, 20 May 2011 03:47 pm PDT AP - Apple Inc. is close to securing deals with all four major recording companies on a music service that will allow users to stream songs stored on remote computer servers, presumably to an array of portable Apple-made devices, a person familiar with the matter said Friday. Full Story Top Malone's Barnes & Noble bid a bet on the Nook Fri, 20 May 2011 01:35 pm PDT AP - Why buy a bookstore? Full Story Top Sony website and customer accounts hit with new wave of attacks Fri, 20 May 2011 03:28 pm PDT Yahoo! News - Sony just can't seem to catch a break. After locking down and overhauling its online services due to a cyber attack that revealed the personal information of over 100 million account holders — and fixing a snafu in its password … Full Story Top Should you buy a tablet if you already have a smartphone and a laptop? Fri, 20 May 2011 12:59 pm PDT Yahoo! News - When the age of the modern tablet was ushered in just over a year ago with the introduction of Apple's iPad, tablets were called a "third class" of personal gadget to complement the laptop computer and the smartphone. The implication … Full Story Top Rube Goldberg Machine Goes From Big Bang to Apocalypse [VIDEOS] Sat, 21 May 2011 08:47 am PDT Mashable - A group of creative scientist/students at Purdue University have created a Rube Goldberg machine that runs through the history of the universe starting with the Big Bang and ending with post-rapture optimism. They're calling it the "world's least efficient machine," even though it's bristling with mechanical ingenuity. Why's it so inefficient? Mainly because it takes 244 steps to water a plant. Full Story Top Internet bosses woo world leaders at 'e-G8' Sun, 22 May 2011 03:08 pm PDT AFP - The world's most powerful Internet and media barons gather in Paris on Tuesday in a show of strength to leaders at the G8 summit, amid international rows over online access, copyright and regulation. Full Story Top AFP chairman talks media future with US counterparts Sun, 22 May 2011 12:34 pm PDT AFP - Emmanuel Hoog, AFP's chairman and chief executive officer, wound up a US tour over the weekend involving talks with US counterparts on how news organizations are adapting to the rapidly evolving landscape of new mobile and Internet media platforms. Full Story Top Growth eyed in Indian mobile banking sector Sun, 22 May 2011 01:47 pm PDT AFP - Hundreds of millions of poor Indians who have no access to financial services could benefit from mobile banking, experts say, as cell phone use grows at breakneck pace. Full Story Top Contract Killer tops this week’s best Android games Sun, 22 May 2011 02:30 pm PDT Appolicious - A slew of action-packed games have hit the Android Market this week, including Contract Killer and Bang Bang Racing. They represent the range of games that are gaining popularity in the mobile realm, especially as smartphones permeate the majority of mobile users in the U.S. Gaming remains a top entertainment category, making room for RPGs like Battleheart, and marking milestones for brain teasers like Nano Panda. Full Story Top LinkedIn site has security vulnerabilities: expert Sun, 22 May 2011 04:18 pm PDT Reuters - LinkedIn's professional networking website has security flaws that makes users' accounts vulnerable to attack by hackers who could break in without ever needing passwords, according to a security researcher who identified the problem. Full Story Top Why Android Fans Annoy IPhone Users Sun, 22 May 2011 09:38 am PDT ContributorNetwork - Full disclosure: I'm an Android fan. I bought an HTC Aria on AT&T's network, before Verizon got the iPhone. I like how Android phones work, I like that I can customize them, and I like that the Android operating system is open-source -- I even run Ubuntu on my laptop. Full Story Top Mobile marketing grows with smartphone sales Sun, 22 May 2011 06:51 pm PDT Appolicious - Michael Shim, vice president of mobile partnerships at Groupon, said Groupon could be making half its sold/purchased deals on mobile platforms a couple years from now. If his prediction holds true, that would mean a significant amount of advertising dollars would be spent on mobile advertising, Tricia Duryee reported in All Things Digital. Full Story Top Marvell to invest $200 million in Israeli R&D Sun, 22 May 2011 09:04 am PDT Reuters - Silicon Valley chip designer Marvell Technology said it was to invest $200 million in Israel to accelerate research and development of critical communications, mobile and system-on-chip technologies. Full Story Top NYC Opera union seeks unfair labor practice charge Sat, 21 May 2011 10:30 pm PDT AP - A union representing workers at the financially troubled New York City Opera says it will file unfair labor practice charges after the board voted to move out of the Lincoln Center and cut staff. Full Story Top Special Report: Sony stumbles: Did Stringer's makeover fail? Sun, 22 May 2011 11:12 pm PDT Reuters - Had Sony stuck with the Airboard portable computer it launched in 2000, Satoru Maeda rather than Apple's Steve Jobs might have been feted as the creator of tablet PCs. Full Story Top Windows Debugging Made Easy Fri, 20 May 2011 01:00 pm PDT PC World - When it comes to debugging hard-to-diagnose software and operating-system problems, there is no set recipe. Rather debugging is all about "having the right tools and knowing how to use them," advised Microsoft technical fellow Mark Russinovich at the close of the Microsoft TechEd conference, held this week in Atlanta. Full Story Top Apple Mac Sales Surge in Enterprise Market Sat, 21 May 2011 08:04 am PDT PC Magazine - Apple Mac sales to enterprise users surged 66 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to an analyst. Full Story Top

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