Archive for November 12th, 2008

Video game ratings board adds ’summaries’

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

New program will allow parents to see more substantive explanations of the ratings the ESRB has given games.

Check out new mobile apps: Watch the Under the Radar live stream

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Live from Mountain View, Calif.: 26 new mobile apps and services.

Google tunes search for iPhone display

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The revamped results fit better on the phone’s display and make phone numbers easier to press. But it’s not integrated with the iPhone.

Amyris opens plant to make diesel from sugar cane

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Biotech start-up has genetically optimized microbes to produce diesel fuel from sugar cane. Its first plant, in California, will be followed by a commercial plant in Brazil.

Open source: The new patent regime

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Open source has a way of making the intellectual property regime much more efficient, and much less complacent.

Microsoft waits 7 years before fixing security exploit

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Featured links from the CNET Blog Network

Microsoft takes 7 years before fixing security exploit — A patch addressing an NTLM reflection vulnerability in the SMB protocol seems to have skipped Patch Tuesday for the last seven years.

Report confirms AMD gains on Nvidia — The competitiveness of AMD’s new graphics chips is confirmed by a report.

Sick? Google shares health searches with govt. — Google is launching an initiative called Flu Trends to help the U.S. government “track sickness.” Could such initiatives one day lead to an invasion of privacy?

Best Buy gift cards with built-in speakers — So you got a new iPod for Christmas and want to rock some tunes around the tree? Just plug it into your Best Buy gift card.

IBM bringing broadband over power line to rural America

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Company signs $9.6 million contract with International Broadband Electric Communications in aim to bring high-speed Internet access to rural communities.

Get a refurb Magellan GPS for $69.99 shipped

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

This is the cheapest deal yet on a GPS, and you don’t even have to wait on a rebate.

Microsoft fueling Intellectual Ventures, OpenOffice, and other conspiracy theories

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Microsoft is at the center of two new conspiracy theories.

Best Buy lowers earnings forecast

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Electronics retailer fears major pullback in consumer spending during the holiday-shopping season and thus lowers earnings forecast.