MySpace Enables Sharing of User Data
eFluxMedia - 1 hour ago
By Alice Turner MySpace has enabled its users to allow sharing of data across a variety of partner sites such as Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter, with more to come soon.
Facebook Responds To MySpace With Facebook Connect TechCrunch
Better late than never: MySpace finally enables data sharing Ars Technica
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Office 2007 SP1 to hit Automatic Update on June 16
Ars Technica - 4 hours ago
By Emil Protalinski | Published: May 09, 2008 - 10:48AM CT Last December, Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Office 2007, much earlier than was originally announced by the company.
Office 2007 SP1 Begins Auto-Rollout in June PC Magazine
Microsoft to Offer Office 2007 SP1 via Automatic Update PC World
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'Grand Theft Auto Success' Taxes IGN's Google-Powered Map
InformationWeek - 2 hours ago
Microsoft's retailer survey also found more than 60% of all GTA games sold in the first week were for its Xbox 360 videogame console.
What you might not have known about GTA IV multiplayer Ars Technica
Feature: Grand Theft Auto IV Feature Blowout! GamePro.com
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House bill would enforce ESRB game rating system
BetaNews - 41 minutes ago
By Michael Hatamoto, BetaNews A bipartisan bill was introduced in the US House of Representatives Wednesday aimed at forcing stores to card minors attempting to purchase video games rated "Adults Only" or "Mature.
New bill: No ID, no 'mature' video games for you CNET News.com
Some Games Do Need An ID Check eFluxMedia
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Free AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots for iPhone still unofficial
BetaNews - 1 hour ago
By Tim Conneally, BetaNews AT&T "officially" posted information about free Wi-Fi hotspot access for its iPhone customers on Thursday, and summarily removed it.
AT&T's WiFi Fake-Outs Leave iPhone Users Nonplussed TechNewsWorld
AT&T’s Wi-Fi Tease for iPhone Users New York Times
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Apple settlements: Canadian iPod credit, notebook adapter refunds
Apple Insider - 3 hours ago
By AppleInsider Staff Apple has agreed to settlements in two longstanding class action lawsuits over allegations that earlier iPod models failed to live up to their battery claims, and that replacement adapters for some of its PowerPC notebooks were ...
Apple Settles Suit Over iPod Batteries Wall Street Journal
Failed power adapters spark settlement from Apple Ars Technica
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Microsoft Set To Launch WorldWide Telescope, Gates Says
InformationWeek - 4 hours ago
With the launch of WorldWide Telescope, Microsoft will extend its battle for Internet dominance with Google to the cosmos. By Paul McDougall Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said Friday that his company plans to launch its WorldWide Telescope project, ...
Microsoft's Answer to Google Sky to Launch at End of May PC World
Microsoft Telescope will Bring Universe to the Desktop Sci-Tech Today
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Environmental Group Hits Apple
InformationWeek - 48 minutes ago
Climate Counts, a nonprofit organization that aims to directing consumers toward the greenest companies, rated Apple last among electronic firms.
Apple Slammed By Climate Group For Not Turning Green CRN
Apple Slammed on Climate Change PC World
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Shuttered BitTorrent tracker sued back to the stone age
DailyTech - 8 hours ago
A federal judge court inflicted $110 million in penalties on shuttered BitTorrent tracker TorrentSpy.com, after the site defaulted on a court request to produce logs of its users’ activity.
TorrentSpy Ordered To Pay $110 Million In Piracy Case InformationWeek
Studios win $110 million in TorrentSpy suit Reuters
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Gran Turismo takes 50 millionth sales lap
GameSpot - 2 hours ago
Dual retail/online launch of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue puts Polyphony's 10-year-old racing series past milestone. By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot Last month Sony Computer Entertainment America launched Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, the latest entry in Polyphony ...
Gran Turismo Has Raced Into 50 Million Hearts In 10 Years PSX Extreme
Gran Turismo Series Sells Fifty Million Copies 1UP.com
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Virus runs amok amid JavaOne
CNET News.com - 1 hour ago
Sun Microsystems has bragged for 13 years now that Java security features keep the programming technology virus-free. Apparently, the same doesn't hold for the JavaOne trade show.
Flu Strikes JavaOne Attendees, Health Department Says InformationWeek
Norovirus outbreak linked to Moscone Center San Francisco Chronicle
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Are Backyard Ethanol Brewers an Answer to High-Priced Gas?
Scientific American - 1 hour ago
By Larry Greenemeier MICROFUELER: E-Fuel Corp.'s EFuel100 MicroFueler can produce up to 35 gallons of ethanol a week that consumers can pump directly into their cars and trucks.
How to make your car run on tequila (sort of) CNET News.com
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Xbox 360's New GPU: Jasper the Friendly Not-A-Ghost
PC World - 2 hours ago
Let's talk what's annoying about Microsoft's four-layer Intel-rific pee-cee-in-a-box. But first, fuggedabout all that "red ring of death" rumpus.
65 nm GPU for Xbox 360 'Jasper' due in August BetaNews
Nvidia CEO discusses his beef with Intel - Larrabee Ticks Him Off Legit Reviews
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Another net neutrality bill, in a Comcast-charged atmosphere
ZDNet - 3 hours ago
The latest net neutrality bill, offered by Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), is a second try to treat neutrality as an antitrust issue, Ars Technica says.
Dueling approaches to net neutrality clash in US House BetaNews
House Democrats Dig Up Decades-Old Antitrust Law in New Net ... E-Commerce Times
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Scientists map the genetic makeup of the platypus
The Associated Press - 22 hours ago
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - With a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and snake-like venom hidden in heel spurs, the platypus could be the result of some strange genetic experiment.
Platypus Genome Shows Beauty Is More than Skin Deep U.S. News & World Report
What's Our Connection to the Platypus? Scientific American
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Gates: Vista is doing just fine
CNET News.com - 7 hours ago
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says sales of Windows Vista have been "rapid", with more than 140 million copies sold worldwide.
Gates happy with "rapid" sales as Vista hits 140 million mark Ars Technica
140 million copies of Vista sold. How does Leopard compare? CNNMoney.com
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RIAA Clings to DRM and the Past: It's Time to Look Forward
PC World - 3 hours ago
Just when you thought the music business was entering a reasonable truce with the DRM-hating public it rears its ugly head. David Hughes, who is in charge of the technology unit for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), told the Digital ...
Decider 1, RIAA 0 CNET News.com
RIAA: DRM not dead and will likely be invigorated by subscriptions TechSpot
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Call of Duty 5 to Launch on Six Platforms
Wired News - 4 hours ago
By Jean Snow May 09, 2008 | 11:21:00 AMCategories: Console Games Yes, there will be a Call of Duty 5, and you'll be able to play it on (almost) every single console you own.
Call of Duty 5 Wii, PS2-bound GameSpot
Activision Sprinkles Some Call of Duty Details Escapist Magazine
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New Kid on the Blox
Washington Post - 15 hours ago
By Mike Musgrove If you heard, say, that director Steven Spielberg was coming out with a video game, chances are you wouldn't have pictured Boom Blox, the Wii game released this week with his name on it.
Spielberg's 'Boom Blox' offers charm, challenge on Wii USA Today
EA launches Steven Spielberg's 'Boom Blox' CNET News.com
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Appeals court issues split ruling in Alcatel-Lucent patent case
CNET News.com - 2 hours ago
A federal appeals court issued a split ruling on Alcatel-Lucent's patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft and Dell. The US Court of Appeals on Thursday issued a ruling Thursday that kicks one of Alcatel-Lucent's claims back down to the lower ...
US court reinstates part of Alcatel patent case Reuters
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