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Is Your Business 'Permanently Closed' on Google Places? PC Magazine By Chloe Albanesius Google on Tuesday said it will change the labeling options on its Places pages so that users cannot incorrectly label a store or restaurant as permanently closed when they are in fact open. "About two weeks ago, ...

Apple Closer to Offering 3G iPad 2 in China Wall Street Journal By LORETTA CHAO And YUN-HEE KIM BEIJING—Apple Inc. is one step closer to beginning sales of iPad 2 tablet computers with cellular network compatibility for the first time in China, where the consumer-electronics giant is in the midst of an aggressive ...

Laptop Makers Taking a Timid Approach with Ultrabooks PCWorld By Ian Paul, PCWorld Sep 6, 2011 6:45 AM Fearing slow sales and a market dominated by Apple's MacBook Air, major notebook makers plan to release a limited number of ultrabook laptops in 2011, according to an online report. ...

Recommended: New Apollo moon views unveiled msnbc.com Quantum fluctuations in science, space and society, from quarks to Hubble and Mars. Served up by Alan Boyle, msnbc.com science editor. E-mail Alan, or connect via Facebook or Twitter. By Alan Boyle NASA has released new high-resolution views of the ...

Sony hires first information-security czar CNET Sony has hired a former Department of Homeland Security official to head up its cybersecurity efforts, the company announced today. Philip Reitinger has been named a senior vice president and chief information security officer at Sony. ...

Report: GameStop To Sell iOS Devices Soon PC Magazine By Leslie Horn GameStop will soon stock its shelves with Apple's full line of iOS devices. According to 9to5Mac, the company announced at a trade show in Las Vegas over the weekend that it will start carrying products like iPhones, iPods, and iPads. ...

Dell and Baidu team on smartphones, tablets in China Los Angeles Times US computer maker Dell and China's leading search engine Baidu are reportedly teaming up to create a line of smartphones and tablet computers to challenge China's current market leaders such as Lenovo and Apple. The collaboration will result in Dell ...

Moves by HP, Google further marginalize the traditional PC USA Today By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO – Steve Jobs' bombshell resignation as CEO. Hewlett-Packard's abdication of its multibillion-dollar PC group. Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility. Dell's wobbly sales forecast. ...

World's most powerful handheld laser can mess with satellites DVICE Regular laser pointers can be a hazard to aircraft, but a new handheld laser claims to be so powerful, that it comes with a warning you against pointing it towards orbiting satellites. The S3 Krypton from Wicked Lasers delivers enough punch to send a ...

Atari may be planning its own iPad game controller called Atari Arcade SlashGear The iPad is certainly a cool gaming device with all sorts of games that are available to suit any gamer need. One of the apps that old school gamers that like retro gaming with games from the 80′s would like the cool Atari Classics app that puts a ...

Apple to ship over 86 million iPhones this year CNET Apple will lead all smartphone vendors in total shipments this year, DigiTimes Research reported today. According to the research arm of the news site, 462 million smartphones will ship worldwide this year, up 60 percent compared to the 288 smartphones ...

Images Cloud Star Birth Theory Laboratory Equipment Movies made using images collected by Hubble Space Telescope over 14 years are forcing astronomers to rethink the late stages of star birth. Rice Univ. astronomer Patrick Hartigan created the time-lapse movies that offer astronomers their first glimpse ...

Modern Humans Likely Interbred With Extinct Relatives International Business Times By IBTimes Staff Reporter | September 6, 2011 10:44 AM EDT Our ancient human ancestors may have bred with a now extinct species of humanity before leaving Africa, new research indicates. While modern humans, known as Home sapiens, ...

Report: HP to produce up to 200000 more TouchPads Digitaltrends.com Get your credit card ready: A new reports says that HP is planning to produce between 100000 and 200000 more TouchPad units. If you missed out on the last round of super-cheap HP TouchPad tablets, you may be in luck. According to DigiTimes (via ...

Bill Kunkel Passes Away Game Revolution I hate writing things like this, especially about someone that I not only looked up to but had the opportunity to meet, shake the hand of and learn from. I came home the other night to the knowledge that Bill Kunkel passed away. ...

Huge blue whales put on show off Calif. coast CBS News Dozens of blue whales have been surfacing recently off the coast of Southern California, treating both tourists and locals to quite a show. The blue whale is Earth's largest creature, stretching the length of a basketball court and weighing as much as ...

14 Minutes of BORDERLANDS 2 Gameplay Leaks Onto the Web The Daily BLAM By Joey Cole A 'shaky cam' video of Borderlands 2 being demoed at a recent event has made its way to the Web. The fourteen-minute video shows some of the new changes made to enemies and weapons in the game. Taking the gaming world by storm, ...

Minecraft Adventure Update Gets Official Trailer GamePro.com Mojang has released an official trailer for the upcoming 1.8 update to Minecraft -- the biggest enhancement to the game yet. by Pete Davison The so-called "Adventure Update" for Minecraft -- also known simply as "version 1.8" -- has been shrouded in ...

Textbook purchasing made easy through iPad apps The Dixie Sun Full-time students can almost always count on two constants: a weighted backpack full of textbooks and a very light wallet full of nothing. Thanks to the rise in tablet computers, that once heavy backpack can be alleviated, and perhaps a few dollars ...

Now Serving Warhammer 40000: Space Marine Ve3d.com Warhammer 40000: Space Marine is now available on Steam in North America and in parts of Europe and Asia. It will become available in other countries soon. Storm Into Battle – Step fearlessly into the heart of combat as an unstoppable Space Marine. ...

Fisker Joining Hands with BMW for “Project Nina” USA Market News Fisker Automotive, a US-located electric car maker, has entered in an agreement with BMW for the supply of engines and other parts for future Fisker models. As per the deal, the electric car manufacturer will get a four-cylinder turbocharged engine, ...

EuroBasket 2011 Live for iPhone Appolicious Alfred_Smith says: I am a passion blogger and wish to review iPhone and iPad apps. And here I like to share my favorite iPhone and iPad apps to you all. EuroBasket 2011 Live - Scores, Statistics and Leaders As the EuroBasket 2011 begins this autumn, ...

Report: Dead Island Buggy, Wrong Build Being Sold Gamespy.com By Mike Sharkey | Sep 6, 2011 Gamers have been waiting to get their hands on Dead Island since Deep Silver and Techland launched the haunting debut CGI trailer for the game way back in February. But with the game finally shipping today with various ...

Insurance Technology Company Guidewire Software Files For $100 ... By Leena Rao Founded in 2001, Guidewire Software provides technology software to the property, casualty, and workers compensation insurance industry. The company offers a web-based claims system that supports various lines of personal, commercial, ... TechCrunch

Technology Does Not Equal 21st Century Learning | Connected ... By Akevy Greenblatt Share Picture: leftyparent.com As our school embarks on a mission to become more of a 21st Century school combined with the fact that we are now a Google Apps school I have gotten a number of questions about technology and our ... Connected Principals

London 18th October: Oracle Technology Network MySQL ... By admin London 18th October: Oracle Technology Network MySQL Developer Day. Posted on September 6th, 2011 admin No comments. I will be presenting on MySQL Cluster and MySQL Replication at the Oracle Technical Network MySQL ... Andrew Morgan's MySQL Cluster...

Death of anonymity online has net users fuming One such user is Australian technology commentator for ZDNet, Crikey and the ABC, Stilgherrian, who had his name legally changed to a mononym about 30 ... www.smh.com.au/.../death-of-anonymity-online-has-net-users...

BAE technology 'can turn tanks into cows' - Yahoo! UK & Ireland ... However, producing the technology for infrared viewing is important because it can shield vehicles from night-vision goggles and infrared technology used by ... uk.finance.yahoo.com/.../BAE-technology-turn-tanks-tele-363...