BBC
Technique links words to signing
A group of students working for IBM develops technology that automatically converts the spoken word to British Sign Language.[see more details in BBC]
New York Times
$25 Million in Prizes Is Offered for Trip to Moon
The contest calls for entrants to land a rover on the moon that will be able to travel at least 550 yards and send high-resolution video, still images and other data back home.[see more details in New York Times]
Digital Domain: A Window of Opportunity for Macs, Soon to Close
The Mac?s presence in the retail world remains limited, a shame given the rare opportunity for Apple to gain market share that opened up when Vista arrived.[see more details in New York Times]
Novelties: While in the Kitchen, Stir the Stew and Surf the Web
Dream kitchens may soon include a computer along with the latest refrigerator or oven, so people can satisfy their digital needs along with nutritional ones.[see more details in New York Times]
Rental Building?s Good Karma Nurtures Success
Over the years, one building in Palo Alto, Calif., has been home to some of Silicon Valley?s most successful start-ups.[see more details in New York Times]
Saturday Interview: The Future for XM, With or Without a Sirius Merger
Nate Davis, president and interim chief executive of XM Satellite Radio, and Gary Parsons, the company?s chairman, recently discussed the merger and the future of the company if the merger petition is not successful.[see more details in New York Times]
What?s Online: Broke but Still Borrowing
Last year?s bankruptcy reforms could make the current credit squeeze even worse; the varieties of money laundering; and a warning to customer service managers.[see more details in New York Times]
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Holocaust song has cellular firm squirming (Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's biggest phone company has apologized after a punk-rock reference to the Holocaust appeared on billboard advertisements for its cell phones.
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Icahn calls for sale of BEA Systems (AP)
AP - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn on Friday called for the sale of BEA Systems Inc., a business software maker whose stock price has sagged with the growth in open-source software and under pressure from larger competitors such as IBM Corp. and Oracle Corp.[see more details in yahoo]
Intel Buys Havok, Maker of Game Development Tools (PC World)
PC World - Intel Corp. will buy Havok Inc., a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday.[see more details in yahoo]
Intel to buy digital-media software maker Havok (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Intel will buy Havok, a provider of software and services used by videogame creators and movie special-effects teams, the company said Friday.[see more details in yahoo]
Intel to buy Irish game software tools firm (Reuters)
Reuters - Intel Corp said on Friday it would buy Havok Inc, a provider of software and services to the games and movie industries, as the world's top chipmaker seeks to beef up its visual computing and graphics efforts.[see more details in yahoo]
Marley estate disputes ringtone deal (AP)
AP - Verizon Wireless resumed selling mobile phone ringtones Friday based on Bob Marley songs, despite objections from the estate of the late reggae music star to a licensing deal struck between the wireless carrier and recording company Universal Music Group.
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Messenger Hole Forces Update (PC World)
PC World - Microsoft Corp. is forcing Windows Live and MSN Messenger users to upgrade to the newest version due to a security update included in that release, according to a posting on a Microsoft blog.[see more details in yahoo]
SCO Declares Bankruptcy (PC World)
PC World - With its cash reserves running out, the SCO Group Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection.[see more details in yahoo]
SCO Group files for bankruptcy (AP)
AP - The SCO Group Inc., licenser of the Unix operating system, filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, drained by unsuccessfully filing lawsuits claiming its software code was misappropriated by developers of the open-source Linux operating system.[see more details in yahoo]
Silicon Valley wireless nears crunch time (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Backers of a massive wireless network for California's Silicon Valley have yet to build promised test networks or complete a model agreement for local governments, but at least one executive expects those to be finished by year's end.[see more details in yahoo]
Sony may sell game chip facility to Toshiba: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Japan's Sony Corp (6758.T) is in talks to sell its production facilities for advanced microchips used in its PlayStation 3 game console to Toshiba Corp (6502.T), sources close to the matter said.[see more details in yahoo]
TD Ameritrade says contact info stolen (AP)
AP - Online brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said Friday one of its databases was hacked and contact information for its more than 6.3 million customers was stolen. A spokeswoman for the Omaha-based company said more sensitive information in the same database, including Social Security numbers and account numbers, does not appear to have been taken.[see more details in yahoo]
Teen rapper Soulja Boy ready for duty (Reuters)
Reuters - The out-of-nowhere success of Soulja Boy's debut single, "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)," has become the latest Internet phenomenon to catch radio and record labels off guard.[see more details in yahoo]
Three Minutes with Richard Stallman (PC World)
PC World - The founder of the Free Software Foundation comments on free software, Torvalds, Microsoft, and lazy users.[see more details in yahoo]
Update: SCO seeks bankruptcy protection (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - With its cash reserves running out, the SCO Group Inc. has filed for bankruptcy protection.[see more details in yahoo]
Verizon Sues FCC Over Open-Access Auction (PC World)
PC World - Verizon Wireless Inc. has encountered strong opposition for its request that an appeals court overturn U.S. Federal Communications Commission auction rules on a portion of wireless spectrum.[see more details in yahoo]
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