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UK university holds artificial intelligence test (AP)
AP - Computers argued, cracked jokes and parried trick questions, all part of an annual test of artificial intelligence carried out at the University of Reading.
MySpace taps small businesses in ad money quest (AP)
AP - Just because your band doesn't have the bucks for a six-figure advertising campaign doesn't mean you wouldn't be interested in promoting it on MySpace.
Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)

Kimani, a huge bull elephant, can be seen with his collar containing a sim card, Friday, Sept. 26, 2008 in the Ol Pejeta conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Save the Elephants has set up a project where they placed a mobile phone SIM card in an elephants collar, then set up a virtual 'geofence' using a global positioning system that mirrored the conservatory's boundaries. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.


Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting's future (AP)

Anil Duggal poses with an organic light emitting device at a General Electric Global Research laboratory in Niskayuna, N.Y., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.  (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.


So much for that idea: Tech stocks have fallen from 1999 to 2008 (CNET)
CNET - It's true that stocks generally ascend in the long run. But last week's stock market crash is a potent reminder of the corollary to that rule: the long run can be a long way off.
AT&T to sell U-verse at Wal-Mart, Circuit City (Reuters)

The AT and T logo is seen in a corporate office in a handout photo. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - AT&T Inc plans to sell its U-verse high-speed Internet and video service at Wal-Mart and Circuit City stores starting this month, stepping up competition against cable service providers.


EU warns youth: turn your MP3 players down! (Reuters)

A model rests on the floor backstage before the Autumn/Winter 2007-2008 Portugal Fashion week in Porto March 4, 2007. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)Reuters - Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.


Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty Nvidia Chips (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Apple released its MacBook Pro laptop, reviewers called it an evolutionary improvement and touted its new GeForce 8600 GT mobile graphics processor, made by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia. Now some models may have faulty chips.
Firefox Plug-In Updated To Fight Clickjacking Attacks (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla is doing its part in the battle against clickjacking. The open-source company is offering an updated plug-in for the Firefox browser that blocks what security researchers call one of the most dangerous problems on the Web.
Microsoft elaborates on Oslo (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Shedding more light on its Oslo vision for model-based software development, Microsoft this week elaborated on plans to preview Oslo technologies, offering code names and citing the company's DSL (Domain Specific Languages) concept as a lynchpin of the platform.
MySpace gives little guys online ad muscle (AFP)

File photo shows the homepage of the MySpace social networking website in Washington. MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)AFP - MySpace on Monday unleashed a tool to let small operators with tight budgets easily target online advertising to preferred demographics on the world's leading social networking website.


New 'Xbox Experience' Too Much For Some 360s (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - There's a lot to look forward to in the upcoming New Xbox Experience -- set to launch on November 19 -- but for those who own Xbox 360s without a hard drive or a 256MB memory card, you may have to go through a few headaches before you can download it.

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EU warns youth: turn your MP3 players down! (Reuters)

A model rests on the floor backstage before the Autumn/Winter 2007-2008 Portugal Fashion week in Porto March 4, 2007. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters)Reuters - Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.


NComputing gets large low-cost PC deal in India (AP)
AP - A Silicon Valley company is claiming a major victory in its efforts to sell computers to schools that might otherwise be enticed by low-cost laptops such as the green-and-white XO from One Laptop Per Child or Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC.
Solar-Powered MP3 Player Expected in Singapore (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - While the possibility of the iPod having an integrated solar cell remains a patent application on paper for now, a company from Singapore, Shiro, offers an alternative for those who can't wait.
Get ready for next-gen mobile (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Apple iPhone, move over. At least, that's the hope of Google and Research in Motion as they ready the first serious competitors to the iPhone, in the "mobile 2.0" market that Apple invented.
DLO offers TransDock Direct for iPods (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) on Friday announced it's shipping the TransDock Direct, a new dock and charging system for the iPod. It costs $59.99.
Report: MP3 players threaten users' hearing (CNET)
CNET - People who listen to personal music players for only five hours a week at a high volume may be doing permanent damage to their hearing.
New 'Xbox Experience' Too Much For Some 360s (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - There's a lot to look forward to in the upcoming New Xbox Experience -- set to launch on November 19 -- but for those who own Xbox 360s without a hard drive or a 256MB memory card, you may have to go through a few headaches before you can download it.
Apple shares surge, investors like valuation (Reuters)

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs displays a redesigned iPod Nano at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California in this file photo from September 9, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Shares of Apple Inc. rallied more than 9 percent Friday, as investors saw a newly attractive valuation in the battered stock and anticipated new laptop computers.


Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics (AP)

In this Sept. 28, 2008 file photo, Chris Martin of the British band Coldplay performs on stage at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. (AP Photo/KEYSTONE, Alessandro Della Bella, file)AP - Now that Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have broken off their troubled relationship, known as Sony BMG, the Japanese company hopes to harmonize its consumer electronics and its music, a duo that was badly out of sync.


Apple Will Fix MacBook Pros with Faulty Nvidia Chips (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When Apple released its MacBook Pro laptop, reviewers called it an evolutionary improvement and touted its new GeForce 8600 GT mobile graphics processor, made by Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia. Now some models may have faulty chips.
RIM, AT&T Want Bold 9000 To Avoid iPhone Woes (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Research In Motion and its U.S. carrier, AT&T, are being careful to avoid the problems Apple had with its launch of the iPhone 3G.
Senuti Recovers Music from Your iPod (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - If you've ever been stuck with a non-functioning computer and a functioning Apple iPod that has all your music on it, you are not alone. Now Senuti ("iTunes" reversed) offers a solution.
ezView Leather Case for iPhone 3G released (Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - ezGear has released its ezView Leather Case for the iPhone 3G. The new case costs $34.99.
Mobile gaming firms eye Nokia, Apple boost in 2009 (Reuters)
Reuters - Mobile gaming companies say they will book few new sales from Nokia's N-Gage phones or Apple's iPhone, but are betting on a market boost next year as more phones of these kinds are taken up by consumers.
Orange Pulls BlackBerry Bold Over Software Issues (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Earlier this week, U.K. telecom Orange decided to hold off on the Blackberry Bold for two to three weeks, due to quality concerns. Why? Software problems, apparently. It's one possible reason why AT&T has taken so long to release the Bold here in the United States.
Hands On with the New Xbox Live Experience (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - We recently got a chance to grab a controller and play around with the latest in-development version of the Microsoft Xbox Live Experience at a demo here in San Francisco. The highlights? Revamped avatars and a "party system".
Apple iPod Touch named T3's gadget of the year (Reuters)

Apple's iPod Touch is seen in an undated handout photo. (Courtesy of Apple/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Apple has swept the board at Britain's T3 technology magazine's annual awards, winning four top prizes, including gadget of the year for its iPod Touch.


Microsoft, Sony will Launch Competing Virtual Worlds (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is raising Xbox 360 forecasts in Japan amid rumors Sony might drop the price of its PlayStation 3 even more. Meanwhile, Microsoft is planning to release an Xbox 360 with a Blu-ray drive, putting it on more equal digital-media footing with its main rival.
Rumors Have Apple Offering an $800 MacBook (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - The Web is percolating rumors that a new Apple laptop is in the works with an $800 price tag. Currently, Apple lists its lowest-priced MacBook at $1,099.
Apple to unveil new laptop computers (AFP)

Customers at the midtown fifth avenue Apple Store in February 2008 in New York City. Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets, at a AFP - Apple is expected to unveil new notebook computers, perhaps even one priced for those with tight budgets, at a "town hall" gathering at its northern California headquarters next week.



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