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• Comcast Wins Regulatory Approval for NBC Deal - Wall Street Journal
• Facebook Amends Rules For Access To Phone, Address - InformationWeek
• Only 0.4 Percent of Android Users Have Gingerbread - PC Magazine
• Two charged in AT&T-iPad data breach - CNET
• Uncovered Images Fuel Rumors of iPad 2 Retina Display - PC Magazine
• Analysis: Google Dropping H.264 Support In Chrome Is Shortsighted - InformationWeek
• IDC: iPad, Kindle Still Rule Tablets, E-Readers - Mediapost.com
• Local Police: mug shots on Facebook not much of a deterrent - WNYT
• Microsoft Introduces OneNote IPhone App - PC World

Comcast Wins Regulatory Approval for NBC Deal - Wall Street Journal Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:24 PM PST CBC.ca Comcast Wins Regulatory Approval for NBC Deal Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department approved Comcast Corp.'s deal to acquire control of NBC Universal from General Electric Co. on Tuesday, setting the stage for the cable giant to ... Regulators approve Comcast-NBC Universal dealCNET Comcast wins approval for NBC Universal combinationReuters Comcast will retain NBC's stake in Hulu, but is stripped of controlLos Angeles Times CNBC -Telegraph.co.uk -TheStreet.com all 1,193 news articles »

Facebook Amends Rules For Access To Phone, Address - InformationWeek Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:01 PM PST Fox News Facebook Amends Rules For Access To Phone, Address InformationWeek Privacy concerns voiced by users prompt the company to revise its plan to let Facebook apps access users' home addresses and mobile phone numbers. By Thomas Claburn , InformationWeek Demonstrating yet again that it doesn't really understand privacy ... (UPDATED) Facebook Gives Apps Your Phone Number And Address, No Opt OutZDNet (blog) Facebook halts phone and address sharing (for now)USA Today Facebook won't share phone numbers & addressesmsnbc.com TechNewsWorld -CNET -PC Magazine all 399 news articles »

Only 0.4 Percent of Android Users Have Gingerbread - PC Magazine Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:36 PM PST Telegraph.co.uk (blog) Only 0.4 Percent of Android Users Have Gingerbread PC Magazine According to the Google-run Android Developer's blog, only 0.4 percent of all Android users run the newest version of Android, Gingerbread, or Android 2.3. Another 51.8 percent of Android users run Froyo, Android 2.2, while 35.2 percent run Éclair, ... Groups' alarm at Apple and GoogleFinancial Times Bump: iOS 4 Has 90% Adoption Rate, Android 2.3 Only .4%PC World iPhone User? 90% Chance You're On The Latest OS. Android User? 0.4% ChanceTechCrunch Electronista -Online Social Media -ReadWriteWeb all 30 news articles »

Two charged in AT&T-iPad data breach - CNET Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:13 PM PST Reuters Two charged in AT&T-iPad data breach CNET The criminal complaint includes Internet Relay Chat logs purportedly between Auernheimer and Spitler. Click to enlarge. Two men were charged with computer crimes today for allegedly hacking into AT&T servers and stealing e-mail ... Two Arrested in Massive iPad HackABC News Two charged over AT&T iPad hackTG Daily US Announces Charges for Alleged Hack Into AT&T Servers Via iPad UsersBloomberg eWeek -Patch -Wired News (blog) all 735 news articles »

Uncovered Images Fuel Rumors of iPad 2 Retina Display - PC Magazine Posted: 16 Jan 2011 02:37 PM PST DailyTech Uncovered Images Fuel Rumors of iPad 2 Retina Display PC Magazine New images have surfaced indicating that Apple's follow-up to the iPad—the iPad 2, or whatever its name might happen to be—could indeed sport a resolution double that of the original iPad. Although it wouldn't quite hit the 300 DPI level that Apple's ... Reports: iPad 2 Doubles Resolution, Adds Dual Core CPU/GraphicsDailyTech IPad 2 to have double resolution - ReportComputerandvideogames.com Pushing Pixels: Will The iPad 2's Screen Be Insanely High-Res?TIME ZDNet (blog) -PC World -The Atlantic (blog) all 154 news articles »

Analysis: Google Dropping H.264 Support In Chrome Is Shortsighted - InformationWeek Posted: 18 Jan 2011 07:09 AM PST Tech Reviews Analysis: Google Dropping H.264 Support In Chrome Is Shortsighted InformationWeek Google's singular focus on WebM misses the big picture, and is a real misstep for a company that aims for universally accessible information. By Phil Hippensteel , InformationWeek For Google to eliminate support for H.264 in Chrome in favor of the WebM ... Google explains reason for abandoning H.264 in ChromeFierceCIO Google Drops H.264 in Chrome; What Does it Mean?Techtree.com Google Bans H.264 from Chrome Browser, OS: Who Cares?X-bit Labs Inquirer -Afterdawn.com -Generation NT (US) all 38 news articles »

IDC: iPad, Kindle Still Rule Tablets, E-Readers - Mediapost.com Posted: 18 Jan 2011 02:33 PM PST TechShout! IDC: iPad, Kindle Still Rule Tablets, E-Readers Mediapost.com In a new quarterly report tracking the burgeoning tablet and e-reader markets, technology research firm IDC said tablet shipments grew 45% in the third quarter to 4.8 million worldwide. The iPad continues to own the segment, ... Apple COO Tim Cook Dismisses Android Tablets As "Bizarre"TechCrunch Motorola, RIM, Samsung Driving Tablet 'Tipping Point' in 2011eWeek IDC: Apple iPad owns 87.4% of Q3 2010 "media tablets," excluding eReaders ...Apple Insider PC World -PadGadget -CNET (blog) all 219 news articles »

Local Police: mug shots on Facebook not much of a deterrent - WNYT Posted: 18 Jan 2011 03:09 PM PST Washington Post Local Police: mug shots on Facebook not much of a deterrent WNYT SARATOGA SPRINGS - Would the chance of having your mug shot posted on Facebook discourage you from drinking and driving? The City Council in Huntington Beach, California, was expected to vote Tuesday night on whether to post the faces of repeat drunken ... Calif. town considers shaming DUI offenders on FacebookBetaNews Town Considers Facebook to Combat Drunk DrivingPC World Calif. city considers DUI mug shots on FacebookThe Associated Press TMC Net -CBS News -Digitaltrends.com all 406 news articles »

Microsoft Introduces OneNote IPhone App - PC World Posted: 18 Jan 2011 12:15 PM PST Macgasm Microsoft Introduces OneNote IPhone App PC World OneNote is similar to apps like Evernote: It allows you to create different kinds of notes and then save them to the cloud. From there, you can access them from any Mac or iOS device. OneNote has been available as part of the ... Microsoft Adds iPhone Version of OneNotePC Magazine A 'Noteworthy' Move: Microsoft's OneNote Comes to iPhoneTMCnet Microsoft OneNote Mobile launches for Apple iPhoneMobile Burn San Francisco Chronicle -ZDNet -BusinessWeek all 50 news articles »

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