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Huffington Site Starts Project to Investigate the EconomyThe new group would have an initial budget of $1.75 million, estimated to be enough for 10 staff journalists who would coordinate coverage with freelancers.
New York Times Monday, March 30, 2009Flaw in Conficker Worm May Aid Cleanup EffortExperts have discovered a security hole in the computer code that powers the Conficker worm , an aggressive contagion that has spread to more than 12 million Microsoft Windows systems worldwide. The security community is treading lightly with this news, because while the discovery could make it...
Washington Post Monday, March 30, 2009CNET: Skype for iPhone -- it's officialMonths after teasing us at CES with an announcement of Skype's native VoIP client for the iPhone, the free Skype for iPhone will finally be available to download from the iTunes App Store sometime on Tuesday.
CNN Monday, March 30, 2009Command Lines and the Future of FirefoxBarence
writes "Mozilla has revealed how it plans to integrate plain text commands directly into future versions of Firefox. Dubbed Taskfox, the move sees Mozilla's Ubiquity project become part of the browser itself, allowing users to type commands directly into the address bar. You can, for example, type "map cleveland
Street london" to bring up a Google Map of that location, or "amazon-search the great gatsby" to find that book on Amazon, without visiting the website directly. "The basic idea behind Taskfox is simple: take the time-saving ideas behind Ubiquity, and put them into Firefox," the Taskfox wiki
claims. "That means allowing users to quickly access information and perform tasks that would normally take several steps to complete.""Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Monday, March 30, 2009Yahoo Net service comes to Samsung TVsSamsung TVs sporting Yahoo Web-browsing
technology now are for sale. Models from Vizio, Sony, and LG Electronics are coming later.
CNET Monday, March 30, 2009Video games sharpen eyesight, study suggestsAdults who play a lot of action games may be improving their vision, U.S. researchers say
The Globe and Mail Monday, March 30, 2009MySpace, Microsoft ink two partnershipsThe News Corp.-owned
social network's developer platform will now support Silverlight, and a MySpace Mobile app will be available for Windows Mobile for the first time.
CNET Monday, March 30, 2009ATandT`s 6 New Smartphones, Cell Phones Focus on the EssentialsAT T has introduced six new phones that the carrier plans to release in the coming weeks. The devices, from Nokia, Samsung and LG, look to please everyone from serious enterprise users to texting teens. The announcement comes just days before the opening of CTIA Wireless 2009, where attendants are sure to receive a hands-on introduction. - With CTIA just days away, AT amp;T has introduced six new phones it will make available ?in the coming weeks.? This new lineup or smartphones and cell phones include the Nokia E71x, the Samsung Propel, the Samsung Impression, the Samsung Magnet, and lighter-featured LG Xenon and LG Neon.
The p...
eWEEK Monday, March 30, 2009Cyberwarfare a 'growing threat,' Van Loan saysThe Globe and Mail Monday, March 30, 2009Microsoft and TomTom settle patent disputeSEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Dutch navigation device maker TomTom NV said on Monday they had reached a settlement after more than a year of squabbling over
software patents.
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