BBC
Gamers gear up for Halo 3 launch
Halo 3, one of the most heavily marketed games in history, goes on sale at midnight in the US.[see more details in BBC]
businessweek
How Palm Became an Also-Ran
The maker of the Treo smartphone has been hurt by outdated software and strong rivalsLost? Just Ask Your Cell Phone
Here are some high-end mobile phones that are equipped and ready to provide GPS services right out of the boxNetflix: Flex to the Max
Surrounded by fierce rivals, founder Reed Hastings keeps the troops motivated with hefty compensation and luxe perks, including lots of time offScaling the Social Web
Move over, MySpace. Online players from media giant Viacom to auctioneer eBay are adding networking features for their usersSirius-XM Merger: Costly Static
Satellite radio chiefs Mel Karmazin and Gary Parsons, dealing with loud opposition from the NAB, talk about their expensive proposed hookupCNN
Blogs flourishing in Cambodia
Read full story for latest details.Scientists: Rising seas will flood historic sites
Read full story for latest details.fox news
Ad Company Snoops on Internet Phone Calls
The software will display ads on your computer screen based on what you are talking about[see more details in fox news]
MySpace to Launch Cell-Phone Version
Social-networking site plans free, ad-supported cell-phone version as part of wider bid by News Corp. to attract ads for mobile Web sites.[see more details in fox news]
New Xerox Printers Cost More, but Inks Much Less
To compete better with Hewlett-Packard, Xerox introduced five printers, which cut the cost of printing of a color page to around 5 cents a page.[see more details in fox news]
Software Design May Close Programmer Gender Gap
Researchers say solution to computer-science gender gap may be in software design.[see more details in fox news]
Starbucks to Give Away Free Song Downloads
From October 2 to November 7 Starbucks plans on giving away more than 50 million free songs to customers.[see more details in fox news]
The Online Journalism Free-for-All
Tech Tuesday: The rise of bloggers and vloggers has created information anarchy -- which may not be such a bad thing.[see more details in fox news]
Turkish Court Orders YouTube Blocked Again
Provincial court orders ban due to allegations posted videos insulted various political figures.[see more details in fox news]
New York Times
Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free
One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing world?s children, is reaching out to the public through an interesting marketing campaign.[see more details in New York Times]
Dell to Sell PCs Through Retail Chain in China
Sales will start in China?s biggest chain of electronics stores next month and expand to more stores early next year, a Dell executive said.[see more details in New York Times]
E-Commerce Report: Retailer?s Shortcut From Desktop to Store
Retailers are increasingly offering ways for consumers to shop online but pick up their goods in stores, letting customers avoid shipping costs.[see more details in New York Times]
Gamers, on Your Marks: Halo 3 Arrives
Hoping to make entertainment history, Microsoft plans to release the latest video game in its hit Halo franchise on Tuesday.[see more details in New York Times]
Getting Free Cellphone Calls for Ads
A new British mobile service called Blyk will offer subscribers some free calls and text messages in return for their agreeing to accept advertising on their phones.[see more details in New York Times]
Retailer?s Shortcut From Desktop to Store
Retailers are increasingly offering ways for consumers to shop online but pick up their goods in stores, letting customers avoid shipping costs.[see more details in New York Times]
Starbucks to Give Away 50 Million Songs
Starbucks plans to give away digital songs to customers in all of its domestic coffee houses to promote a new wireless iTunes music service that?s about to debut in select markets.[see more details in New York Times]
yahoo
AJAXWorld: Nexaweb hails mashups (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With an upgrade to its Nexaweb Enterprise Web 2.0 Suite being released Monday, Nexaweb will focus on visual capabilities for building mashups.[see more details in yahoo]
Apple says unlocking software can damage iPhone (Reuters)
Reuters - Apple Inc said on Monday that programs available on the Internet that allow the iPhone to be used with other service providers besides AT&T's Cingular network can irreparably damage the device.
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Bhutan Deploys Linux (PC World)
PC World - The Bhutan government liked its first taste of Linux so much that it has come back for seconds, releasing an updated version of its Debian-based operating system that it launched last year.[see more details in yahoo]
Blu-ray/HD DVD war to run another 18 months: report (Reuters)
Reuters - Sales of next-generation DVD players are not seen as likely to take off for another 18 months as consumers are still waiting for prices to fall and for the battle over two competing technologies to be resolved.[see more details in yahoo]
Creators Describe Xbox 360's Infinite Undiscovery (PC World)
PC World - Infinite Undiscovery, a new role playing game for the Xbox 360, was announced by Microsoft Corp. just before the Tokyo Game Show. Beyond some screenshots and a brief trailer, not much has been disclosed about the action role-playing game. We sat down off the Game Show floor with Square Enix Producer Hajime Kojima and TriAce Director Hiroshi Ogawa, who was also the main planner for Star Ocean 3, to find out more.[see more details in yahoo]
DoubleClick launches mobile ad platform (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - DoubleClick is expanding its advertising services for mobile phones, it announced Monday, as it continues waiting to find out if Google's attempt to buy it will pass muster with regulators.[see more details in yahoo]
First GPL Lawsuit Settling out of Court (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - In what must be one of the speediest copyright-infringement cases on record, Monsoon Multimedia has admitted to violating the GNU General Public License (GPL) and is entering settlement negotiations.[see more details in yahoo]
From big iron to white boxes, Nationwide goes virtual (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - While many IT shops see virtualization as a question of adopting EMC's VMware on servers running Windows or Linux, Nationwide Insurance has adopted the technology for both x86-based and mainframe-hosted servers. After all, notes Buzz Woeckener, the company's zLinux/Unix server manager, virtualization was invented for mainframes.[see more details in yahoo]
Gaming world braces for industry 'killer' Halo 3 (AFP)
AFP - The gaming world braced Monday for the launch of "Halo 3," expected to help Microsoft and its XBox 360 console in its battle against Nintendo's Wii and Sony's Playstation 3.
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Homeland security cyber attacks probed (AP)
AP - A top homeland security lawmaker has called for an investigation into possible cyber attacks on computer systems at the Homeland Security Department.[see more details in yahoo]
Internet Criminals Get Down to Business (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - When it comes to planning and implementing malicious online attacks, Symantec says, Internet criminals are increasingly adopting a professional, business-like attitude. In particular, the software company noted that an underground economy is developing around the latest sophisticated tools, strategies, and methods for launching an ever-widening array of online scams.[see more details in yahoo]
Laptop project set for 2 weeks in Nov. (AP)
AP - The project that hopes to supply developing-world schoolchildren with $188 laptops will sell the rugged little computers to U.S. residents and Canadians for $400 each, with the profit going toward a machine for a poor country.[see more details in yahoo]
Microsoft adds 20 advertising clients (AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. said Sunday it has added 20 new advertising clients since the acquisition of online ad company aQuantive closed six weeks ago.[see more details in yahoo]
New Xerox products promise deep cuts (AP)
AP - Xerox Corp. introduced color printers and ink products Monday that it said will cut the price of color copying by two-thirds, sweeping away a major hurdle for customers seeking to enter the profitable and growing color market.[see more details in yahoo]
NY attorney general subpoenas Facebook (AP)
AP - The New York Attorney General has subpoenaed Facebook after the company did not respond to "many" complaints by investigators who were solicited for sex while posing as teenagers on the social-networking site.[see more details in yahoo]
Report: Microsoft seeks Facebook stake (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft has approached Facebook in recent weeks proposing an investment that would give Microsoft a stake of up to 5 percent in the popular social-networking company, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.[see more details in yahoo]
Starbucks to give away music as new service starts (Reuters)
Reuters - Starbucks Corp said on Monday it will give away millions of songs via downloads starting next month as it launches a wireless music service with Apple Inc .
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Stop Preloading Windows, Business Think Tank Says (PC World)
PC World - A pro-business think tank in Europe has recommended unbundling Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system from sales of new PCs in order to give customers more choice when buying a new computer.[see more details in yahoo]
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