Friday, October 8, 2010

Tech News Today

Verizon iPhone rumor rekindled
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Verizon will get the iPhone. It claims that a Verizon iPhone will ship in January. The details are similar to another rumor from August. Both Apple and Verizon deny that they are making any plans.

Google plays coy on Google TV ads, data
During an event for Logitech's new Revue Google TV box, Google has little to share regarding its plans for ads in Google TV or data-sharing policies

Yahoo beefs up its core search engine
Updates to its basic search features are designed to help people find news, photos, videos, events, tweets, and other relevant results all in one spot

An inside look at a bullying suicide
Hope Witsell killed herself a year ago after extensive bullying. The bullying started after she sent her boyfriend a nude photo. It was passed on to other students. The students tormented her at school and online. Her parents didn't realize the extent until it was too late.

Facebook adds new features
Facebook rolled out new features this week. They are designed to make it easier to control information. The group creation function has been changed to be more user-friendly. Facebook also added an option for downloading your entire profile

A computer that learns like a human
Several organizations have joined forces to develop a learning computer. The computer acquires knowledge by scanning the Internet and categorizing information. It can use the information to understand human conversations

WiMax is now likely to die -- thank goodness!
Now that Sprint is pulling out of its Clearwire partnership over WiMax, there's a chance for a unified 4G technology rollout in the U.S.

MS planning Patch Tuesday whopper: 16 bulletins, 49 vulnerabilities
The 49 vulnerabilities will mark the largest ever batch of patches issued by Microsoft. The previous record was 34 vulnerabilities patched in August this year

Note: Cross posted from nutzworld.com.

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