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Quick Hit football video game gets NFL makeover
(AP)
September 8th, 2010 11:16 PM
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 | AP - Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2010 NFL season, and along with it, a renewed interest in fantasy leagues and video games that let Monday-morning quarterbacks feel as if they're part of the action.
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Google search accelerates with 'instant' results
(AP)
September 9th, 2010 12:27 AM
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 | AP - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests.
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Microsoft's Xbox ready for bigger battle in Japan
(AP)
September 8th, 2010 10:38 PM
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 | AP - Battling its Japanese gaming rivals on their home turf hasn't been easy for Microsoft Corp. Its Xbox 360 game console runs a distant third in sales here behind Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console and Nintendo Co.'s Wii.
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Able to unplug from work while you’re on vacation?
(Ben Patterson)
August 30th, 2010 02:19 PM
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 | Ben Patterson - Fighting the urge to check your work e-mail while you’re on holiday doesn’t exactly qualify as the worst problem in the world; after all, it’s pretty nice to have a job at all in this tough economy, right? Then again, the pressure to hang onto a job seems to be driving more and more connected workers to stay plugged in even while they’re trying to tune out. |
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Mobile users still wary of being found, survey says
(Ben Patterson)
August 30th, 2010 10:58 AM
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| Ben Patterson - Feel the need to"check in"on Foursquare or Facebook every time you saunter into a restaurant, browse the goods at your neighborhood grocery store, or cram into a rock concert? Well, if you, you’re still in the minority— and you’re also probably a guy below 40— according to the latest research. |
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AT&T Led More to Avoid iPhone 4 Than 'Antennagate', Poll Says
(PC World)
September 8th, 2010 06:11 PM
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| PC World - About 20 percent of mobile phone users said the antenna problem on the iPhone 4 caused them not to buy one. But more than 60 percent said it was because of Apple's exclusive carrier contract with AT&T--and that they couldn't use carrier Verizon Wireless--that they didn't want the handset. |
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Review: Ping a handy iTunes add-on with promise
(AP)
September 8th, 2010 02:23 PM
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 | AP - Apple Inc.'s new music-discovery feature, Ping, is a potentially useful addition to iTunes. With it, you can see what songs your friends are buying and recommend some of your favorites to them.
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