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China plans online gambling crackdown (Reuters)

Yahoo Technology News - 2 hours 20 min ago
Reuters - China plans to crack down on the online gambling industry, including the banks and websites that support it, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website.
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EA in the red for 12th quarter in a row (AFP)

Yahoo Technology News - 2 hours 21 min ago

A fair-goer plays a computer game at an Electronic Arts-developed game at a computer convention. US videogame giant Electronic Arts was unable to fight its way out of the red over the Christmas holidays, and has posted a net loss for the 12th consecutive quarter.(AFP/File/Barbara Sax)AFP - US videogame giant Electronic Arts was unable to fight its way out of the red over the Christmas holidays, and has posted a net loss for the 12th consecutive quarter.


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Intel, IBM roll out new computer network chips (AFP)

Yahoo Technology News - 2 hours 27 min ago

US technology titans IBM and Intel have rolled out powerful new computer chips designed for businesses continually demanding more from networks and data centers.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)AFP - US technology titans IBM and Intel have rolled out powerful new computer chips designed for businesses continually demanding more from networks and data centers.


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Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract (AP)

Yahoo Technology News - 2 hours 32 min ago
AP - Google Inc. has lowered by $200 the fee it charges customers who break a standard two-year contract for its new Nexus One phone on the T-Mobile USA Inc. network.
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Inbrics to unveil Android MID next week

Electronista - 2 hours 40 min ago
The Korean company Inbrics is set to launch its Android-based M1 MID next week at Mobile World Congress. Despite its MID designation, the device also works as a standard 3G phone. The form-factor is also close to many smartphones, with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen. Standard specs include an 800MHz ARM Cortex A8 CPU, 3 megapixel camera, front-facing VGA camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, and 3G or WiMAX components....
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Nuance Communications narrows 1Q loss (AP)

Yahoo Technology News - 2 hours 44 min ago
AP - Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday it narrowed its loss in the fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company's two largest divisions, health care and dictation, and mobile and enterprise, increased.
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Google to hold special event Tuesday

Electronista - 3 hours 15 min ago
Google tonight confirmed talk of a significant product update by sending an invitation to a special event on Tuesday at the company's Mountain View, California campus. The company is short on details but promises "some new product innovations" at the gathering....
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Electronic Arts outlook disappoints, shares decline (Reuters)

Yahoo Technology News - 3 hours 48 min ago
Reuters - Electronic Arts Inc warned that fiscal 2011 earnings would miss Wall Street expectations as it grapples with a lack of blockbuster new games after a succession of missed targets and restructurings.
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Rumor: Core i7 Coming Soon to MacBook Pro? (PC World)

Yahoo Technology News - 4 hours 1 min ago
PC World - Rumors are hinting that an upgrade to Apple's MacBook Pro notebook line could be coming in the near future. The rumor comes courtesy of French site Nowhere Else, which claims that Apple will reveal updated Macbook Pro's featuring Intel's newest Core i7 chips. '
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Microsoft says Windows 7 battery flaw is false

Electronista - 4 hours 5 min ago
Microsoft has denied suggestions that Windows 7 has been causing various battery issues with notebooks, according to a Microsoft Developer Network blog post. The company allegedly worked through a series of tests to determine if the operating system was mistakenly presenting the "consider replacing your batteries" warning. The engineers claim that, in each of the testing scenarios, the notification was only presented if the battery was actually performing below certain standards....
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Apple iPad Price Cut: Blunder or Brilliance? (PC World)

Yahoo Technology News - 4 hours 18 min ago
PC World - If Apple is really considering price cuts on its just-introduced iPad, the best advice is to make them before launch, not after.
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Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse web game (Reuters)

Yahoo Technology News - 4 hours 47 min ago
Reuters - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails.
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Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook (AP)

Yahoo Technology News - 4 hours 49 min ago

Wii and PlayStation 3 versions of Madden NFL 10, an Electronic Arts game, are shown at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif., Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Electronic Arts Inc. is showing a smaller net loss in its last quarter even though its video game sales declined. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)AP - A disappointing outlook from Electronic Arts Inc. sent shares of the video game publisher sharply lower Monday, a sign that significant cost-cuts and layoffs have not ended the company's slump.


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ComScore: Apple gains US smart phone share (AP)

Yahoo Technology News - 5 hours 3 min ago
AP - Apple Inc.'s iPhone gained a percentage point of U.S. smart phone market share while BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Inc. lost a point in the last three months of 2009, according to research group comScore Inc.
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MySpace Music experiments with audio ads (AP)

Yahoo Technology News - 5 hours 8 min ago
AP - Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear if they want to listen to music for free online.
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Twiztid release new tour dates

Dphoto.us Forum - 5 hours 11 min ago
Psychopathic records' own TWIZTID have just released their tour schedule for Spring 2010. The infamous duo of Jamie Madrox and Monoxide released their 7th studio album W.I.C.K.E.D. last year, and it was the groups highest charting album to date, peaking at #11 on the Billboard 200. The album is also the third-highest charting album in Psychopathic Records history, beaten only by label mates ICP's The Amazing Jeckel Brothers and the recently released Bang! Pow! Boom!










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Dave Mustaine Announces Return of Founding Bassist David Ellefson to Megadeth Line-Up

Dphoto.us Forum - 5 hours 11 min ago
Megadeth founder and frontman Dave Mustaine has announced the return of original bassist David Ellefson (1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group. This reunion is appropriately timed to Megadeth’s upcoming historic month-long Rust In Peace 20th anniversary tour which launches March 1 in Spokane, WA. At these incredibly special shows, Megadeth will play their landmark, genre-defining 1990 album Rust In Peace in its entirety, in addition to other Megadeth favorites.










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Dream Theater Tour Schedule and Q & A

Dphoto.us Forum - 5 hours 11 min ago
Progressive rock titans DREAM THEATER--James LaBrie (vocals), John Myung (bass), John Petrucci (guitar, vocals), Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion, vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards, Continuum)--continue their global assault with a March 5-24 tour of South America and Mexico. The trek will encompass 11 shows in six countries, with first-time visits to Lima, Peru and Porto Alegre, Brazil.

In an interview below with Mike Portnoy, the drummer discusses the band’s deep admiration for their fans in Mexico and South America. In Santiago, Chile in 2006, DREAM THEATER played to their largest audience ever (20,000) as a headlining act, a show that was released as a DVD on Portnoy’s YtseJam Records (www.ytsejamrecords.com).










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Dream Theater Tour Schedule and Q & A

Musicpix News - 5 hours 15 min ago

Progressive rock titans DREAM THEATER--James LaBrie (vocals), John Myung (bass), John Petrucci (guitar, vocals), Mike Portnoy (drums, percussion, vocals) and Jordan Rudess (keyboards, Continuum)--continue their global assault with a March 5-24 tour of South America and Mexico. The trek will encompass 11 shows in six countries, with first-time visits to Lima, Peru and Porto Alegre, Brazil.  

In an interview below with Mike Portnoy, the drummer discusses the band’s deep admiration for their fans in Mexico and South America.  In Santiago, Chile in 2006, DREAM THEATER played to their largest audience ever (20,000) as a headlining act, a show that was released as a DVD on Portnoy’s YtseJam Records (www.ytsejamrecords.com).



Nuance Communications narrows 1Q loss (AP)

Yahoo Technology News - 5 hours 16 min ago
AP - Speech-recognition software maker Nuance Communications Inc. said Monday it narrowed its loss in the fiscal first quarter as revenue in the company's two largest divisions, health care and dictation, and mobile and enterprise, increased.
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