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New tech products this week
Be one of the first to look at Panasonic's new ultra-slim Viera Series Z plasma TV, HTC's latest HD2 smartphone, Casio's rugged digital camera and more! -AsiaOne
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US election, iPhone among decade's top 10 Internet moments
This is according to the annual Webby awards. -Reuters
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Google PC will start in seven seconds or less
Chrome OS will initially be available by the holiday season of 2010 on low-cost netbooks. -Reuters
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PS3 video service launches in Europe
Sony rolls out its PlayStation Video Delivery Service in Europe as competition intensifies. -Reuters
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EBay completes sale of Skype
A settlement was reached earlier this month over pending litigation involving Skype.
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'Ransomware' a growing threat
It masquerades as an anti-virus software and claims to have found viruses on a computer.
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Google adds automatic captions to YouTube
Machine-generated captions would initially be available only in English. -AFP
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Google-powered netbooks to debut next year
It will be tailored exclusively for applications hosted as services in the Internet 'cloud'. -AFP
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Sony aims to turn games, TVs profitable next year
It aims to gain profits by cutting costs and expanding both hardware and software sales. -Reuters
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China military says website had 230 million attacks
Cyber attacks are a growing concern for the world's militaries. -Reuters
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China wants content, values censored in online games
Game operators to enhance socialist values in their games. -Reuters
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Skype in talks to install service in mobile phones
Skype seeking growth drivers before eBay sells it to investor. -Reuters
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Video: Shuttle arrives at space station
Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday. -Reuters
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Hyundai joins rush for Indian small cars
Hyundai aims to invest around $240 million into developing a new small car in India.
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New centre can train more media professionals
It will ramp up the number of courses to 80 and will be able to train 2,400 people a year.
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Pick up PC skills from home
The Singapore Computing Society (SCS) will offer two courses under the National PC Proficiency Programme.
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At least one cell phone for every Malaysian
Malaysia had become among the first Asian countries to achieve 100 per cent cell phone penetration.
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Salesforce offers Chatter to companies
This lets companies build internal social networks. -Reuters
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It's 'no' again to StarHub offer to carry mio TV content
Singtel's rejection based on the fact that they have already invested in their own pay-TV system.
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Webby Awards name top 10 Internet moments of the decade
The 14th annual Webby Awards are to be announced in April 2010. -AFP
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Seen a car with exploding doors yet?
Mercedes-Benz's supercar will get them, according to this crash test video.
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Lucky Plaza tech store overcharges, then hurls expletives
French tourist was charged $120 more for phone. When the customer questioned the price, the shop staff hurled expletives at her instead. -AsiaOne
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GM to showcase US production version of Cruze in LA
The Chevy Cruze small car will achieve highway fuel economy ratings of up to 40 miles per gallon.
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India to have 'billion plus' mobile users by 2015
The largest growth will happen in the rural market. -AFP
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NASA, Microsoft take Web surfers to Mars
The website invites the public to help scientists perform research tasks. -AFP
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Virtual pioneers Macedonia schools to get wired
New "Virtual desktops" promise access for many students. -Reuters
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Web security company warns of 'cyber arms race'
China, France, Israel, Russia and US were among countries that have developed "cyber weapons". -AFP
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Technician is made to pay $10,700 for nude photo extortion
The Taiwanese computer engineer stole racy photos from female student's laptop when it was sent in for repair. He then expressed a romantic interest for her online. -The China Post/ANN
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Ford Fusion named Motor Trend 2010 car of year
The Fusion was chosen best of 23 new or significantly upgraded vehicles.
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Intel electric cars in the future?
Intel already sells microprocessors to wind turbine manufacturers.
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