Technology

Court OKs TV rules opposed by Comcast, Cablevision

AP – 15 mins ago

WASHINGTON – A federal court has upheld regulations that require cable TV companies to make channels they own available to satellite TV providers and other rivals on equal terms. Full Story »

  • Lenovo says business will focus on mobile Internet

    AP – Fri Mar 12, 3:38 am ET  
    FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday May 25, 2006, a Chinese... AP

    BEIJING - Lenovo Group expects wireless Internet products to account for up to 80 percent of its sales within five years as it pursues expansion in faster-growing emerging markets, CEO Yang Yuanqing said Friday. Full Story »

  • 'Uncharted 2' nabs 5 trophies at video game awards

    AP – Fri Mar 12, 3:29 am ET  
    FILE - In this undated video game file image released by Sony... AP

    SAN FRANCISCO - "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" stole the show at the Game Developers Choice Awards. Full Story »

  • Report finds online censorship more sophisticated

    AP – Thu Mar 11, 4:21 pm ET  
    A woman works online in her cubicle at an office in Beijing on... AFP

    NEW YORK - Repressive regimes have stepped up efforts to censor the Internet and jail dissidents, Reporters Without Borders said in a study out Thursday. Full Story »

  • China warns Google as Internet row deal seen soon

    Reuters – Fri Mar 12, 7:34 am ET  

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China warned Google, the world's largest search engine, against flouting the country's laws on Friday, as expectations grow for a resolution to a public battle over censorship and cyber-security. Full Story »

  • BioShock 2 Cleans Up, Xbox 360 Overtakes Wii in February Game Sales

    PC World – Fri Mar 12, 7:00 am ET  

    Down again overall, with upticks in Xbox 360 and PS3 sales and BioShock 2 ruling the software roost, that's February's US video game narrative in a nutshell courtesy NPD Group's retail industry figures. Overall video game industry sales slumped 15 percent, falling from $1.48 billion to $1.26 billion, raising year-to-date sales to just $2.42 billion, a 14 percent deficit against last year's $2.82 billion for the same period. Full Story »

  • Nokia revises 2009 market share down to 34 pct

    AP – 49 mins ago  

    HELSINKI - Nokia Corp. on Friday revised its global market share estimate for mobile phones in 2009 to 34 percent, from an earlier 38 percent, and said it expected no growth this year. Full Story »

  • February video game sales drop 15 percent

    AP – Fri Mar 12, 6:56 am ET  

    SEATTLE - U.S. retail sales of video games declined 15 percent in February, hurt in part by an ongoing decline in sales of music games and lower sales of the Wii system. Full Story »

  • Apple dishes new iPad details on 3G, iBooks, more

    Macworld.com – 1 hr 8 mins ago  

    The availability of pre-orders isn’t the only new development in iPad-land. Apple also updated its site with a plethora of new details about its latest and greatest device, from information on the 3G networking capabilities to a more in-depth description of the iBooks application. Let’s take a look at what caught our attention. Full Story »

  • Opera Mini 5 Beta Released for Android Phones

    PC World – Thu Mar 11, 11:36 pm ET  

    Do you want to try a different browser on your Android phone? The folks at Opera Software announced a beta version of the Opera Mini 5 browser that provides a PC-like browsing experience on smartphones and other handheld devices that run on the Android platform. Full Story »

  • RadiSys acquires Pactolus; terms not disclosed

    AP – Thu Mar 11, 4:47 pm ET  

    HILLSBORO, Ore. - RadiSys Corp., a maker of servers that support wireless phone networks, said Thursday it acquired privately held Pactolus Communications Software Co. Terms were not disclosed. Full Story »

  • China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches

    AFP – Fri Mar 12, 3:55 am ET  
    China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences"... AFP/File

    BEIJING (AFP) - China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship. Full Story »

  • Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux

    PC World – Wed Mar 10, 10:16 pm ET  

    $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t 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. Full Story »

  • An iPhoneographer's six favorite apps

    Macworld.com – 1 hr 35 mins ago  

    There are 2,920 photography apps available in the App Store, and more are being added every day. Sorting through and testing each new release—every faux film filter, cropping, and tilt-shift tool—could amount to a full time job. Thankfully, Glyn Evans narrows it down for you on his site iPhoneography.com. Full Story »

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Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated. Full Story »

Meeting on deforestation boosts morale, budget

AP – Thu Mar 11, 3:14 pm ET

A conference bringing together more than 60 nations Thursday added $1 billion to the fight against deforestation and boosted the morale of those hoping to save the world's forests — a key defense against global warming. Full Story »

The British government says it's giving a 270 million pound ($410 million) loan guarantee to General Motors Co. to help keep its Vauxhall operations going in Britain. Full Story »