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Today's Technology News: Laptop tracks gaze, taking eye-tracking out of lab Next venture for Andreessen: Mobile social app NJ congressman tops 'Jeopardy' computer Watson Report: Verizon may ditch unlimited iPhone data plan by summer T-Mobile to switch off Sidekick servers, promises “easy” transition Facebook VP Explains New Comments System [VIDEO] Dior fires "odious" Galliano over racist slurs Gadgets galore at world's top tech fair Google Pulls 21 Apps In Android Malware Scare Chinese Twitter-like Service Passes 100 Million Users GDC: Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY Makes US Debut Sina says to experiment with Weibo monetization in H2: CEO Android is virtually everywhere, from docks to clouds Canada's telecoms fight over spectrum auction rules Sony unit apologizes for band's Nazi-like costumes Apple set to unveil new iPad, with or without Jobs Man Gets 7 Years for Forcing Modems to Call Premium Numbers SAP Unveils 'Facebook for Enterprise' Sales Tool Laptop tracks gaze, taking eye-tracking out of lab Tue, 1 Mar 2011 03:09 am PST AP - Ever wish your eyes were lasers? A laptop prototype brings that wish closer to reality. Full Story Top Next venture for Andreessen: Mobile social app Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:57 am PST AP - The brains behind social-networking company Ning have launched a new venture, a smart-phone communication tool called Mogwee. Full Story Top NJ congressman tops 'Jeopardy' computer Watson Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:06 pm PST AP - Turns out it really does take a rocket scientist to beat Watson, the "Jeopardy"-winning computer. Full Story Top Report: Verizon may ditch unlimited iPhone data plan by summer Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:46 am PST Ben Patterson - It looks like the days of unlimited 3G data for new Verizon iPhone customers are numbered, with a Verizon Wireless exec confirming Tuesday that the carrier will soon drop its all-you-can-eat data plan for the iPhone—possibly around the time that … Full Story Top T-Mobile to switch off Sidekick servers, promises “easy” transition Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:07 am PST Ben Patterson - Still using a Sidekick phone? If so, bad news: the party's almost over, with T-Mobile telling its remaining Sidekick-toting subscribers that their devices will turn into pumpkins at the end of May. The carrier says it will be turning off … Full Story Top Facebook VP Explains New Comments System [VIDEO] Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:04 pm PST Mashable - Facebook launched a new public commenting platform Tuesday, but the company didn't do too much commenting about it in public. The exception: Dan Rose, Facebook's VP of Partnerships and Platform Marketing, who spoke at the Webtrends Engage conference in San Francisco. Full Story Top Dior fires "odious" Galliano over racist slurs Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:52 pm PST Reuters - French fashion house Christian Dior fired its star designer John Galliano on Tuesday after an online video clip spread around the world showing him hurling anti-Semitic abuse at people in a Paris bar. Full Story Top Gadgets galore at world's top tech fair Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:20 pm PST AFP - A Shakespeare-reciting robot, the world's most merciless alarm clock and "intelligent" cocktail shakers were among the gadgets wowing visitors at the CeBIT high-tech fair on Wednesday. Full Story Top Google Pulls 21 Apps In Android Malware Scare Tue, 1 Mar 2011 01:59 pm PST Mashable - Google has just pulled 21 popular free apps from the Android Market. According to the company, the apps are malware aimed at getting root access to the user's device, gathering a wide range of available data, and downloading more code to it without the user's knowledge. Full Story Top Chinese Twitter-like Service Passes 100 Million Users Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:10 pm PST PC World - One of the biggest Twitter-like microblogs in China continues to see its popularity grow, with the number of registered users accounts surpassing the 100 million mark, according to site operator, Sina. Full Story Top GDC: Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY Makes US Debut Tue, 1 Mar 2011 07:04 pm PST PC World - Sony Ericsson's Android-powered PlayStation gaming phone, the Xperia PLAY, made its US debut this evening at the Gaming Developer Conference in San Francisco. Full Story Top Sina says to experiment with Weibo monetization in H2: CEO Tue, 1 Mar 2011 06:14 pm PST Reuters - Sina Corp, China's largest Internet portal, will start to experiment with monetization of its microblogging product Weibo in the second half of the year, its chief executive said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Android is virtually everywhere, from docks to clouds Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:43 am PST Appolicious - Motorola docks get smarter Our smartphones are now as powerful as many of our computers, reiterating the trend towards interoperable devices. Motorola (MMI) is taking a literal approach with the Atrix, a laptop dock you can plug your phone into. Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha reportedly had good news for investors yesterday, saying the company will be bringing its Webtop apps and their corresponding docks to its high-end smartphone lineup in the second half of this year. Full Story Top Canada's telecoms fight over spectrum auction rules Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:52 pm PST Reuters - The next government auction of valuable wireless spectrum in Canada is still at least a year and a half away, but the fight among telecom companies over how the auction should be run is already in full swing. Full Story Top Sony unit apologizes for band's Nazi-like costumes Tue, 1 Mar 2011 09:05 pm PST AP - Executives from a Japanese Sony music unit apologized Wednesday for a rock band under its management that dressed up like Nazis on a national TV broadcast. Full Story Top Apple set to unveil new iPad, with or without Jobs Tue, 1 Mar 2011 10:36 pm PST Reuters - More than a year after igniting the tablet computing craze, Apple Inc prepares to unveil the second version of its blockbuster iPad on Wednesday -- possibly minus lead showman Steve Jobs. Full Story Top Man Gets 7 Years for Forcing Modems to Call Premium Numbers Tue, 1 Mar 2011 03:40 pm PST PC World - A New Hampshire man who made US$8 million by installing unwanted dial-up software on computers and then forcing them to call expensive premium telephone numbers was handed down an 82-month sentence on Monday. Full Story Top SAP Unveils 'Facebook for Enterprise' Sales Tool Tue, 1 Mar 2011 02:10 pm PST NewsFactor - SAP AG is showing a new package it describes as "Facebook for the enterprise" -- even as it fends off suggestions that it might be up for sale. The new solution, called SAP Sales OnDemand and announced at the CeBIT 2011 trade show currently taking place in Hanover, Germany, could compete with products from Salesforce.com and Microsoft's CRM Online. Full Story Top

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