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Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.
Google opens Web store for business applications (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more companies to rely on applications piped over the Internet.
MySpace outlines makeover after exec shake up (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - Long-ago lapped by Facebook in popularity and with fast-growing Twitter on its tail, social networking site MySpace is planning a series of updates over the next months that will link its users' posts to those sites more easily and carve out its niche as an entertainment hub more clearly.
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option.
On latest guitar game, players strum real strings (AP)
March 10, 2010
AP - An upcoming musical video game lets players strum a real six-string electric guitar instead of tapping buttons on a fake instrument.
`Nobel of computing' goes to early PC designer (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - A Microsoft Corp. researcher won the $250,000 Turing Award, one of technology's most coveted prizes, on Tuesday for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.
Summary Box: Google expands sales of business apps (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - NEW APPS STORE: Google is selling the online services of other business software makers.
Chinese group files complaint over "faulty" HP laptops (Reuters)
March 10, 2010
Reuters - More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.
Man stabbed with meat thermometer at movie in CA (AP)
March 10, 2010AP - Authorities say a man was stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer after asking a woman to silence her cell phone during a screening of the film "Shutter Island" at a Southern California movie theater.
Sony, Samsung Join Campaign To Push 3-D TV Sets (NewsFactor)
March 10, 2010NewsFactor - On the heels of the big 3-D television presence at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Sony and Samsung are joining Panasonic, LG Electronics, and others in promoting the new technology. On Tuesday, Sony said it is aiming for 10 percent of its TV sales within the next year to be 3-D models, and Samsung announced a range of HDTV sets and Blu-ray players will ship later this month.
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