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03/10/2010 04:16 PM
Palm Inc. teeters in crowded smart phone market (AP)

In This March 8, 2010 photo, a customer uses a Palm Pre Plus at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. Last year, Palm Inc. thought it had all the right pieces for a rebirth in the market it helped create. Palm had a new CEO who helped rival Apple make the iPod a household name, a well-regarded new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software. Now Palm might be the latest company to learn that great technology and an accomplished leader don't guarantee success. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - Last year, Palm thought it had all the pieces for a turnaround in the market it pioneered: A new CEO known for making the iPod a household name, a sleek new smart phone called the Pre and fresh, intuitive operating software.


03/10/2010 02:43 PM
Global agency reconsiders `.xxx' for porn sites (AP)

FILE - In this March 22, 2007 file photo, Stuart Lawley, chief executive of ICM Registry Inc., poses for a photo in his Jupiter, Fla home, Thursday, March 22, 2007 by one of his computers. A key global Internet oversight body is reopening discussions about whether to create a '.xxx' address for pornographic Web sites after an outside panel questioned the grounds for earlier rejecting such an online red-light district.(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter, file)AP - A global Internet oversight agency is reopening discussions about whether to create a ".xxx" domain name as an online red-light district where porn sites can set up shop away from the wandering eyes of children and teenagers.


03/10/2010 03:19 PM
OnLive game streaming service to start in June (AP)
AP - In an industry first, a new gaming service will start allowing people to "stream" popular high-end games such as "Assassin's Creed II" over the Internet in June, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
03/10/2010 01:12 PM
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP)

In this photo released Tuesday March 9,2010 by MySpace showing Jason Hirschhorn,38, left, and Mike Jones,34 right at the MySpace headquarters in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Monday March 8, 2010. The two new co-presidents of MySpace were announced this week following the abrupt departure of CEO Owen Van Natta in February after just 10 months on the job. (AP Photo/MySpace) NO SALESAP - Long ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to the other social networking sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.


03/10/2010 05:19 PM
Stop TV networks' blackouts, providers beg the FCC (AP)

A television screen in Brooklyn, N.Y., carries a message from Cablevision to millions of customers in New York area households who were facing the prospect of Oscar night without the Academy Awards, Sunday, March 7, 2010. The message was broadcast after ABC's parent company, Disney, switched off its signal to Cablevision customers because the two companies failed to reach a deal in a dispute over fees. Disney and Cablevision have been airing dueling advertisements about the ongoing dispute for the past week. (AP Photo/James McNamara)AP - The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards.


03/10/2010 12:01 PM
Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence (AP)
AP - Google said Wednesday it will scan up to 1 million old books in national libraries in Rome and Florence, including works by astronomer Galileo Galilei, in what's being described as the first deal of its kind.
03/10/2010 06:52 PM
MySpace upping ante in online social games (AFP)

MySpace on Wednesday began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - MySpace on Wednesday began courting videogame developers as it moved to capitalize on the booming popularity of playing games online at social networks.


03/10/2010 05:22 PM
TextExpander 3 saves you from more tedious typing (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - TextExpander from SmileOnMyMac is the ultimate macro tool. It lets you create snippets of frequently used text or images, then instantly paste said snippets into any app simply by typing an abbreviation. It’s like a rubber stamp for working on your Mac, and it just got a lot more...stampier—but in a good way.
03/10/2010 03:20 PM
Rob Glaser Thinks Mobile Is the Next Big Thing (PC World)
PC World - In his first speech since stepping down in January as CEO of the company he founded, RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser on Wednesday encouraged startups to look for business opportunities in wireless.
03/10/2010 05:28 PM
Summary Box: OnLive game streaming to come in June (AP)
AP - THE SERVICE: OnLive will let you "stream" popular high-end games over the Internet, using a mechanism similar to watching TV shows or listening to music online.
03/10/2010 04:01 PM
First lady launches contest for healthy kids games (AP)

First lady Michelle Obama speaks about her 'Let's Move' campaign at a meeting of the National PTA in Arlington, Va., Wednesday, March 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - First lady Michelle Obama challenged software and video game designers Wednesday to develop games and tools that get kids, especially 9- to 12-year-olds, excited about eating better and exercising more.


03/10/2010 04:32 PM
Apple holds second place U.S. smartphone share (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Market research firm ComScore is back with the latest numbers on the battle for consumers’ hearts and minds in the U.S. smartphone arena. On the positive side, Apple's share continued to grow, holding steady in second place after BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM).

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