20110817

Y! Alert: twitter

Yahoo! Alerts
My Alerts

The latest from twitter

This Day in Tech: Data leaked from BART police union Web site; Turning toys into medical devices Top
Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Wednesday, August 17.
 
Google launches music discovery site Top
Magnifier is designed to help Music Beta users grow their online music libraries while discovering new artists and genres.
 
Software can tell if you're mean and ugly Top
Researchers create a tool that they say can predict character traits such as dominance and meanness with an accuracy above 90 percent. It can also tell you where you land on the scale of perceived attractiveness.
 
Boeing completes flight certification testing for 787 Top
After 20 months of tests, Boeing has completed flight certification for some of its 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The airplane is now set for its September delivery.
 
British consortium building Morgan electric sports car Top
Morgan, Zytek, and other British companies are combining forces to electrify a Morgan Aero. The consortium will build two Morgan EV concepts in 2012.
 
Apple gains as PC shipments tumble in Europe Top
Apple made modest gains in the Western Europe PC market in the second quarter of 2011, while the other vendors in the top five saw declines.
 
SurfEasy: Browsing privacy for Grandma Top
Clever private browsing utility bundles portable browser, proxy server connection on a USB key.
 
Restaurant kicks out customer for 'twerp' tweet Top
A Houston restaurant decides that tweeting something negative about its barman warrants the removal of the tweeter from its premises. It seems that real-time criticism isn't welcome.
 
Netflix vs. Blockbuster: What's the best service for streaming and DVDs? Top
Netflix and Blockbuster are still the only major services that offer discs by mail and online streaming. How do they compare? And what about competitors like Vudu, iTunes, and Hulu Plus?
 
Cities and states consider cell phone radiation laws Top
Following the lead of Maine and San Francisco, a handful of states and local governments across the U.S. are considering laws that address cell phone radiation concerns.
 
Tomatoes, melons, cucumbers grown on thin films Top
Japanese hydrogel R&D firm is growing a cornucopia of plants on film instead of soil. The film prevents bacteria and viruses from harming the plants, so chemicals aren't needed, which could be useful when soil gets contaminated.
 
iPhone 5 rumor roundup Top
CNET tracks all the iPhone 5 rumors--from the likely to the crazy--that we've heard so far in 2011.
 
LED maker Cree buys Ruud Lighting Top
Cree buys Ruud Lighting to expand the use of efficient LEDs into more markets, including street lights and commercial indoor lighting.
 
AT&T sues law firms trying to block T-Mobile deal Top
AT&T reportedly files eight lawsuits in federal courts around the country against two law firms that are signing up AT&T customers to enter arbitration in an attempt to block the $39 billion merger with T-Mobile.
 
Hackers break into BART police union Web site Top
Database of San Francisco-area transit police accounts, with e-mail addresses and passwords, appears online as a protest to cell phone service disruptions.
 
NFL Sunday Ticket comes to the PlayStation 3 Top
NFL nuts, take note: DirecTV's Sunday Ticket streaming package is set to join MLB and NHL on the PS3.
 
Game consoles and the death of backward-compatibility: Why we don't care Top
The Nintendo Wii's dropping support for the GameCube in a recent redesign. Here's why it really doesn't matter.
 
Google's $12.5B hookup with Motorola Mobility (roundup) Top
Android's parent comes a-calling for the handset maker as the stakes heat up for dominance in the smartphone sector. CNET and its sister sites bring you in-depth coverage.
 
Skype Wi-Fi comes to iOS devices Top
Skype subscribers with an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad will soon be able to connect and pay for access to over 1 million Wi-Fi hotspots around the world using their Skype accounts.
 
PS Vita has 512MB of RAM, Sony confirms Top
We take a quick look at some of the final specifications of Sony's next-generation gaming handheld.
 

CREATE MORE ALERTS:

Auctions - Find out when new auctions are posted

Horoscopes - Receive your daily horoscope

Music - Get the newest Album Releases, Playlists and more

News - Only the news you want, delivered!

Stocks - Stay connected to the market with price quotes and more

Weather - Get today's weather conditions




You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)