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Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week
(AP)
AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.
On latest guitar game, players strum real strings
(AP)
AP - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer
(AP)
AP - A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.
Google welcomes chance to export to Iran, Cuba
(AP)
AP - A senior Google executive welcomed on Tuesday a U.S. decision to relax restrictions on exporting Internet communications services to Iran, Sudan and Cuba.
Mandatory insurance proposed for UK dogs
(AP)
AP - A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now the British government is proposing that dog owners be forced to get microchips and take out insurance for their pets.
Stay tuned: More fee disputes over local TV coming
(AP)
AP - Stay tuned for more fee disputes threatening local television stations on cable TV lineups.
U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case
(Reuters)
Reuters - The United States is studying whether it can legally challenge Chinese Internet restrictions that hurt Google and other U.S. companies operating in China, but direct talks with Beijing might yield faster results, the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
LG Elec launches Android-based smartphone
(Reuters)
Reuters - LG Electronics Inc, the world's No. 3 mobile phone maker, on Wednesday launched a smartphone based on Google's Android operating system in South Korea, as it seeks to boost its relatively weak smartphone line-ups.
Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA
(AP)
AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.
Sony, Samsung Join Campaign To Push 3-D TV Sets
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 percent of its TV sales within the next year to be 3-D models, and Samsung announced a range of HDTV sets and Blu-ray players will ship later this month.
Sony Signs Major HD Deals for PlayStation Network
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In the ongoing battle for content, Sony said Tuesday that it had locked in the five top studios to supply HD content to the PlayStation Network.
As Ballmer Praises Apple, EFF Cites Stiff App Store Rules
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With the stakes high in Microsoft's bid to add its search engine to the iPhone, a few words of praise by the software giant's CEO have drawn a considerable amount of attention.
Sentilla's Energy Management Tool Gets Chargeback Feature
(PC World)
PC World - Sentilla has released an update to its data-center energy management tool, which lets IT and facilities staff track the energy usage of servers and other equipment. The latest version is a software-only product that adds a chargeback capability, allowing companies to bill individual business units for the energy they use.
Facebook Reported Ready To Let Users Share Locations
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Facebook may join other Internet companies in offering location-based services. The social-networking site plans to let its users to share their location and see the locations of friends, according to published reports.
Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole
(AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
(PC World)
PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.
Parallels Desktop update adds support for Chrome OS
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Parallels, whose Desktop offering lets you run a variety of operating systems without ever having to leave Mac OS X, has updated Parallels Desktop 5.0 to include support for Googleâs Chrome OS.