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Intel settles AMD claims but isn't off the hook (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:12:14 GMT

AP - Intel Corp. will pay $1.25 billion to make peace with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the companies whose microprocessors run nearly all personal computers finally found common ground in a bitter and colorful dispute that caused international antitrust trouble for Intel.

NPD: October video game sales tumble 19 percent (AP)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:47:51 GMT

AP - After a slight reprieve in September, U.S. video game retail sales slumped again in October, unable to escape the economic turmoil that's cutting into consumer spending and swelling the ranks of unemployed.

Clicker.com aims to become Internet video usher (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:21 GMT

AP - Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet.

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:36:26 GMT

AP - First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.

HP's 3Com takeover marks a shot at Cisco (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:03:55 GMT

AP - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s $2.7 billion takeover of 3Com Corp. is a shot at networking leader Cisco Systems Inc. — and a sign of how old relationships are being frayed by a flurry of maneuvers by technology heavyweights.

Retailers use social media to advertise deals (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:35:49 GMT

AP - You may want to check Facebook and Twitter before heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving.

FDA tackles gray area of social media (Reuters)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:41:25 GMT

Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters)- Drug makers, Internet companies and nonprofits called for clarity on what is a gray area for U.S. health regulators: how drug promotion on Twitter, Wikipedia, blogs and other social media can be regulated.

Xbox Live boots pirate videogame players (AFP)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:06:13 GMT

AFP - Internet classified ad and auction websites were rife Thursday with Xbox 360 consoles modified to play pirated videogames in the wake of the devices being banned from Microsoft's online game community.

AMD Unveils Two-Year Processor Road Map (NewsFactor)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:38:41 GMT

NewsFactor - Advanced Micro Devices gave analysts a briefing on its computing platform road map through 2011 Wednesday, with company executives saying they intend to differentiate the company's chips from rival offerings by enabling a complete computing experience featuring stunning graphics and video. The executives also said AMD remains on schedule to deliver a new family of Fusion processors in 2011 that promise to dramatically lower power consumption in server and mobile-device applications.

Boxee Lands Deal for Set-Top 'Boxee Box' (PC Magazine)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:45:39 GMT

PC Magazine - Online video platform Boxee has signed a deal with an unknown device manufacturer to produce a "Boxee box" that will stream the site's content.

October U.S. video game sales down 19 percent: NPD (Reuters)

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:51:15 GMT

Reuters - Sales of video game equipment and software in the United States tumbled 19 percent in October to $1.07 billion, research group NPD said on Thursday, troubling figures as the industry heads into the most important selling weeks of the year.

Windows 7 Inspired By Mac? Here's the Guy Who Said So (PC World)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:43:00 GMT

PC World - It may be the biggest snafu Microsoft's seen since Vista. In an interview with PCR, a British trade publication, a Microsoft manager implied that Windows 7 was based on the anti-Windows itself: Mac OS X.

Corel gets sweetened buyout offer of $4 per share (AP)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:47:05 GMT

AP - Corel Corp., the maker of WordPerfect and other software, said Thursday its largest shareholder has increased the price at which it wants to buy the company.

Facebook provides alibi for robbery suspect (Reuters)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:08:37 GMT

Reuters - A 19-year-old New York man who was arrested for armed robbery has been exonerated thanks to a status update he posted on social networking site Facebook.

New Malware Affects Jailbroken iPhones (PC World)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:49:00 GMT

PC World - Late last week, an Australian hacker dubbed ikee deployed the Rickrolling worm– a harmless and humorous worm that installs a picture of 80’s one hit wonder Rick Astley to affected users’ home screens.

Second Beta Release of Firefox 3.6 Fixes 190 Bugs (NewsFactor)

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:06:28 GMT

NewsFactor - Mozilla's developer community has released the second beta of Firefox 3.6 to fix 190 bugs in the original release. Moreover, all current Firefox 3.6 beta users have been issued an update containing improvements of interest to users as well as web and add-on developers.

Apple launches iTunes Preview (Macworld.com)

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:10:00 GMT

Macworld.com - iTunes. You know it. I know it. We all have some sort of a relationship with it, whether it’s love for the things it does or hate for how bloated it has become.