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High-tech event crowd urged to save the planet (AFP)
March 15, 2010
AFP - Techno-hip trend-setters that design online services, software, buildings and other components of modern life have been told to "get off the sidelines" and start saving the planet at a key high-tech event.
HDTV: Even Critters Prefer It (PC World)
March 15, 2010PC World - Apparently we aren't the only species to prefer the crisp, smooth picture of an HDTV compared to that from one of those old CRT sets of yesteryear.
Smartphones put the moves on social networking (AFP)
March 15, 2010
AFP - Mobile social networking ruled on Saturday as the techno-hip at South By South West (SXSW) used location-based services on smartphones to track down everything from panels to parties.
Summary Box: Court OKs cable TV access rules (AP)
March 15, 2010AP - THE DISPUTE: Cable TV providers challenged a five-year extension of federal regulations requiring them to make channels they own available to rivals such as satellite TV.
Xbox 360 Outsold Wii in February, Says NPD (PC World)
March 15, 2010PC World - Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo's Wii in February to claim the top spot in the U.S. monthly sales ranking for the first time in more than two years, analyst group NPD said Thursday. Overall the industry had a poor month with total sales down 15 percent from February last year.
Apple to replace iPad batteries with a new iPad (Macworld.com)
March 15, 2010Macworld.com - After facing criticismâand lawsuitsâin the past over the irreplaceable batteries in its products, Apple appears determined to get in front of the issue with the iPad. Three weeks before shipping its new tablet, the company announced an iPad battery replacement program.
QAD shares slide after 4th-quarter revenue drops (AP)
March 15, 2010AP - Shares of QAD Inc. sank Friday after the business software provider reported a drop in fourth-quarter revenue and predicted another drop for the first quarter.
Bye bye Bajaj: Sun sets on India's beloved scooter (AP)
March 15, 2010
AP - It was a purchase to be remembered.
Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World)
March 15, 2010PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.
Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux (PC World)
March 15, 2010PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didnât last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
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