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Our Amazing Planet
NASA Flies First Drone Over Hurricane
Reuters
Hurricane Earl is waning as it moves northward up the east coast of the United States. Some of the first researchers to notice the weakening had front row seats, watching the eye of the hurricane via drone flights. ...
Drone Buzzes Hurricane EarlLiveScience.com
News Hub: NASA Hunts a Hurricane's OriginsWall Street Journal
Hurricane Earl Photos: 3 Not-to-Be Missed NASA ImagesAOL News
FOXNews -WHNT -USA Today
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TopNews United Kingdom (blog)
GM hatches Chevrolet Cruze hatchback for Europe
USA Today
General Motors is already getting some favorable press with the new Chevrolet Cruze, the automakers' attempt to go toe-to-toe against Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla. Now Europeans will get an extra that Americans won't: a Cruze hatchback. ...
'Toy Story' star Tim Allen becomes Chevy pitchmanThe Associated Press
News Tool Man Tim Allen Is The Voice Of Chevrolet 2011 CruzeThe Car Connection (blog)
2011 Chevrolet Cruze VideoCars.com (blog)
Detroit Free Press -The Detroit News -eGMCarTech (blog)
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Gamasutra
'Borderlands' studio Gearbox resurrecting Duke Nukem
USA Today
No, hell hasn't frozen over and pigs aren't flying ... at least not yet. Publisher 2K Games plans on finally releasing the shooter Duke Nukem Forever, which now falls under the development hands of Borderlands studio Gearbox Software, the Wall Street ...
Duke Nukem Forever development 'complete'Computerandvideogames.com
Gearbox Software Unveils Duke Nukem ForeverGamespy.com
Duke Nukem Forever shipping in 2011 on 360, PS3, PCGameSpot
Exophase -Digital Spy -Co-Optimus.com
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New Zealand Herald
NASA Wants to Plunge a Probe Into the Sun
FOXNews
The Solar Probe Plus spacecraft, with solar panels folded into the shadows of its protective shield, gathers data on its approach to the Sun. Some like it hot, but do deep-space solar probes? We'll know soon enough. NASA is developing an ambitious new ...
Plans for solar 'close encounter'BBC News
Space Tether Maneuvers Spacecraft Without FuelDiscovery News
NASA Solar Probe Sets Controls for the Heart of the Sun, LiterallyPopular Science
Digital Silence -TIME -Fast Company
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CNET
News: Facebook May Be Blocking Ping
The Mac Observer
Apple showed off basic Facebook integration in its new music-focused Ping social networking service, but that feature went missing shortly after users got ahold of iTunes 10. The reason Ping users lost the ability to search for friends on Facebook may ...
Ping.fm Gets Boost Thanks to Apple's Ping, Company ClaimsPC World
Apple's Ping dinged by spamCNET
Apple's Ping is a spam magnetFortune
DVICE -DailyFinance -Register
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The Hindu
Apple Ping unfriends meanie Facebook
Register
Ping, Apple's latest foray into social networking, won't play nice with Facebook - despite the connection appearing in Steve Jobs's on-stage demonstration and in the documentation. ...
Apple to offer 99-cent TV show rentals on revamped boxLos Angeles Times
Apple's Ping succumbs to the spammersThe Guardian
Why Ping Is the Future of Social CommerceBusinessWeek
PC Magazine -PC World -CNET
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CBC.ca
Toshiba warns of fiery laptops
Register
Toshiba and US and Canadian consumer watchdogs are recalling three laptop models after receiving reports that people have been burned by the AC adapters. Tosh said about 41000 machines had the fault, ...
Toshiba recalls 41000 laptops for overheatingCNET
Toshiba Recalling 41000 T130 Series NotebooksMaximum PC
Toshiba recalls burn-hazard Satellitesbit-tech.net
Wall Street Journal -TG Daily -WPTV
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VentureBeat
NVIDIA Announces Entire Line of DX11 Fermi-Based Mobile GPUs
Hot Hardware
NVIDIA has just taken the wraps off an entire line-up of Fermi-based GeForce GT and GTX 400M mobile GPUs—seven in total---and revealed a number of notebook design wins from major OEMs using the GPUs. Like their desktop-targeted counterparts, ...
Nvidia's new graphics chips will give you laptops with long battery life and 3DVentureBeat
Nvidia unleashes 400M series laptop GPUsCNET (blog)
NVIDIA Optimus and 3D Vision Notebooks Featuring New GeForce 400M Series GPUs ...MarketWatch (press release)
UberGizmo (blog) -Softpedia -Fudzilla
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The Guardian
Why Ping Is the Future of Social Commerce
BusinessWeek
No, I'm not blown away by the 160 million number. What I'm impressed by is the thinking behind Ping. Ping may function like a cross between Facebook and Twitter for iTunes by allowing you to follow celebrities, create social cliques, ...
Apple iTunes Ping: Hands OnPC Magazine
Privacy in iTunes PingPC World
The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integrationCNET
eWeek -Ars Technica -BallerStatus.com
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The Guardian
Why Ping Is the Future of Social Commerce
BusinessWeek
No, I'm not blown away by the 160 million number. What I'm impressed by is the thinking behind Ping. Ping may function like a cross between Facebook and Twitter for iTunes by allowing you to follow celebrities, create social cliques, ...
Apple iTunes Ping: Hands OnPC Magazine
Privacy in iTunes PingPC World
The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integrationCNET
eWeek -Ars Technica -USA Today
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Livemint (blog)
Why Ping Is the Future of Social Commerce
BusinessWeek
No, I'm not blown away by the 160 million number. What I'm impressed by is the thinking behind Ping. Ping may function like a cross between Facebook and Twitter for iTunes by allowing you to follow celebrities, create social cliques, ...
Privacy in iTunes PingPC World
Apple iTunes Ping: Hands OnPC Magazine
Apple-Facebook Friction Erupts Over PingNew York Times (blog)
CNET -TechCrunch -Ars Technica
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Business Daily Africa
Google's Schmidt mocked in Times Square ads
CNET
Consumer Watchdog took its crusade against Google to new heights Thursday, running ads in New York's Times Square blasting CEO Eric Schmidt on privacy issues. The group's Inside Google site produced two videos (hosted on YouTube, ...
Anti-Google video ad on privacy running in Times SquareSeattle Times
Another Video on Google's Evils: Creepy Ice Cream Man EditionWall Street Journal (blog)
'Evil' Eric Schmidt Debuts in Video Targeting Google PrivacyWired News
New York Times (blog) -Fast Company -New York Magazine
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The Age
Privacy in iTunes Ping
PC World
Ping is Apple's music-centric social network that is integrated into iTunes 10. From a privacy standpoint, it's pretty straightforward--as opposed to Facebook's multitude of privacy settings--but then again, Ping is also very limited as to what ...
Apple iTunes Ping: Hands OnPC Magazine
Mark Zuckerberg Is On iTunes Ping — But Only One Is RealTechCrunch
The mystery of the disappearing Facebook-Ping integrationCNET
Ars Technica -New York Times (blog) -MacNN
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New Zealand Herald
To Boost Security, Facebook Adds Remote Logout
PC World
Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts. The social-networking company is rolling out a new security feature that lets users see which computers and devices are logged into ...
Facebook Security Feature Adds Remote LogouteWeek
Facebook Adds Remote Log-Out Security FeaturePC Magazine
Facebook's new security feature: remote logoutsThe Associated Press
CNET -Mashable (blog)
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Livemint (blog)
Jobs moves to the heavens with Apple TV
Register
Analysis With its Apple TV revamp announced Wednesday, Apple dipped its toes into the entertainment cloud — if you'll forgive a muddled metaphor. It's a tentative baby step, but expect more cloudy offerings from Cupertino if the experiment is a success ...
Apple TV could help Netflix growthReuters
TV Networks Not Keen on Apple's $0.99 RentalsTom's Guide
Apple iPod Event: Rumor vs. RealityPC Magazine
Mediapost.com -Bloomberg -Los Angeles Times
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MobileCrunch (blog)
Verizon Adds New Prepaid Data Plans for Select 3G Phones
PC Magazine
Verizon Wireless on Thursday introduced two new monthly pre-paid data packages for users with 3G smartphones and multi-media phones. The first option, which will cost $30 per month, provides unlimited data for users with certain 3G smartphones and ...
Verizon to sell smart phones for prepaid serviceThe Associated Press
Verizon Wireless Offers Very First Prepaid Smartphone Data PlansMocoNews
Verizon Announces New Prepay Data PlansEverything Android
TMC Net -FierceWireless -Erictric
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SAMAA TV
Google toots browser birthday horn, ships Chrome 6
Computerworld
Computerworld - Google today celebrated Chrome's second birthday by launching the sixth version of its browser for Windows, Mac and Linux. Chrome 6, which Google released into its "stable" channel -- the upgrade mechanism for the ...
Happy 2nd Birthday, Google ChromePC World
Chrome update marks Web browser's second birthdayAFP
Chrome 6 Arrives, Just in Time for CakeWired News
Wall Street Journal (blog) -CNET -eWeek
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New York Times
Chinese Company Aims Big With Android Smartphone
New York Times
SHANGHAI — Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications equipment giant, made its first big move into the global smartphone market on Thursday by announcing the release of Ideos, which the company calls an affordably priced device ...
Huawei Debuts Android 2.2 IDEOS SmartphonePC World
Huawei Debuts New Android Phones Including Entry-Level Android 2.2 IdeosPhandroid.com
Huawei and Google launch Android 2.2 smartphoneNetworkWorld.com
Unwired View -Inquirer -Mobile Burn
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IntoMobile (blog)
Use A BlackBerry To Order A Starbucks Latte
InformationWeek
Starbucks and Research In Motion on Thursday announced a new Starbucks application for BlackBerries. The app lets BlackBerry users manage their Starbucks account and make purchases at select stores. By Eric Zeman Smartphone apps can do that darndest ...
At last! Starbucks mobile app for BlackBerrymsnbc.com
BlackBerry Phones Order a Grande Starbucks AppPhone Scoop
Apples big launches, Starbucks for Blackberry and Facebook credits at TargetVatorNews
IntoMobile (blog) -San Jose Business Journal -Seattle Times
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TechRadar UK
Toshiba Targets European Tablet Market Share of As Much As 20%
Bloomberg
Toshiba Corp., the world's second- biggest maker of flash memory, said its tablet computer Folio 100 will be on sale in European stores from the end of October and could reach a regional market share ...
Toshiba introduces Android-powered Folio 100 tabletMobile Burn
Toshiba Folio 100 Android tablet introduced at IFA 2010ZDNet (blog)
Toshiba Folio 100 official, touts Tegra 2 processorPocket-lint.com
TechRadar UK -Electronista (blog) -UberGizmo (blog)
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