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Last updated: Aug 20, 2008 10:35 PM PT

Yahoo makes push<br /> for Net-enabled TVs

Yahoo makes push
for Net-enabled TVs

The Internet giant hopes to spur new options for TV watching and advertising, and it's joining Intel to try to gain a foothold in the consumer electronics market.
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• Video: Intel, Yahoo team on interactive TV platform

Possible pizzazz
from Palm?

video CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Bonnie Cha talk about what consumers can expect from the Treo Pro, due this fall from the smartphone specialist.

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Intel moves to free gadgets of their recharging cords Apple sued over iPhone 3G reception issues Microsoft launches 3D wonder Photosynth for consumers Gallery: Ultramobile, Web-friendly PCs At IDF, Intel rallies its developers Photos: The ultramobiles of IDF Apple finally ready for iTunes subscriptions?

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Apple sued over iPhone 3G reception issues

Alabama woman seeks class action status in lawsuit that charges Apple's iPhone 3G network is slower than advertised.
(Posted in Apple by Steven Musil)
• Apple acknowledges iPhone 3G reception issues

Comcast to throttle some customers' Web speeds

Broadband provider plans to reduce Internet speeds to its heaviest users for up to 20 minutes during periods of congestion, according to interview with Bloomberg.
(Posted in Digital Media by Steven Musil)
• FCC finalizes Comcast's filtering penalties

Intel moves to free gadgets from recharge cords

Chipmaker makes progress in a technology that could lead to the wireless recharging of gadgets and the end of the power-cord spaghetti behind electronic devices.
(From The New York Times)

Apple finally ready for iTunes subscriptions?

Three separate reports came out this afternoon--with very similar details--that Apple is preparing to introduce a music subscription service on iTunes.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Microsoft launches 3D Photosynth for consumers

Microsoft finally takes Photosynth from being a neat-looking technology demo to a playground for amateur photographers to build incredible 3D works.
(Posted in Webware by Josh Lowensohn)

Malicious Flash ads attack, spread via clipboard

Flash ads on legitimate sites are inserting malicious links into peoples' clipboards and spreading as people unwittingly paste them into e-mails, blogs, and IMs.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

Retail moves suggest new iPods are coming

Yet another sign that new iPods are around the corner has arrived in the form of inventory moves at Apple's retail partners.
(Posted in Apple by Tom Krazit)

Talking cool: Intel doubles notebook fan speed

Chipmaker hopes the prototype being displayed at the company's developer forum ultimately will find its way into notebook PC designs.
(Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

The OpenSocial roadmap

Google's Joe Kraus provides an update on OpenSocial, the set of APIs rolled out late last year for creating applications that can access friends and feeds from social networks.
(Posted in Webware by Dan Farber)

Hacker exposes alleged Olympics age fraud

Security researcher digs into Google and Baidu to find evidence of Chinese gymnasts' ages and finds evidence disappearing as he works, like sand shifting under his feet.
(Posted in Security by Elinor Mills)

At IDF, Intel touts its mobile processors

roundup At its developer confab, the chipmaker reveals that it has 'first silicon' for Moorestown, its next mobile chip. Also: New Atom chip is due next month.
• Intel lists new processors for ultra-portables

FTC would have OK'd EA-Take Two merger

Merger gets federal nod of approval, but Electronic Arts let its bid for Take Two expire earlier this week.
(Posted in Business Tech by Erica Ogg)

Nintendo sued over Wii controller patents

Hillcrest Labs, a Maryland-based maker of interactive media systems, claims that the console's Wiimote violates four of its patents.
(Posted in Crave by Erica Ogg)

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