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MGM first to post full-length features to YouTube
CNET - Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, better known as MGM, will be the first major movie studio to post full-length feature films on YouTube, the company announced Sunday.
Dell not to launch music player before holidays: report
Reuters - Dell Inc has decided not to launch its ambitious digital music player tied to online entertainment software before the holidays, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
MP3 player headphones may hinder pacemakers
Reuters - Headphones used with MP3 digital music players like the iPod may interfere with heart pacemakers and implantable defibrillators, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
Microsoft eyes Visual Studio advancements
InfoWorld - Microsoft's Visual Studio software development system is getting a makeover.
Nortel Networks posts 3Q loss, plans job cuts
AP - Canadian telecommunications equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp. posted a third-quarter loss Monday, reversing a year-ago profit as the economic turmoil and a large goodwill impairment charge weighed on results.
Microsoft strikes Web search deal with Sun
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it reached a Web search deal with Sun Microsystems Inc, the latest partnership struck by Microsoft aimed at chipping away at the dominance of Google Inc.
Seagate and Dell Offer Self-Encrypting Hard Drives
NewsFactor - Seagate on Monday announced what it called 'sweeping advances' in its efforts to secure laptop information. Its solution is self-encrypting laptop hard drives with up to 320GB of capacity. The company said 500GB models are coming soon.
iPhones rule in US smart phone market: study
AFP - Technology tracking firm NPD on Monday said Apple's iPhones are the mobile handset of choice for US consumers.
Yahoo's mobile voice search good, not great
CNET - Search is inextricably woven into the use of computers, but it's still a relative rarity when it comes to the mobile phone market.
Britney Spears son hospitalized for food reaction
Reuters - Pop star Britney Spears' 2-year-old son was taken to the hospital over the weekend after he had a reaction to something he ate, a statement on the singer's Web site said on Monday.
Texting while driving is bad, doctors agree
Reuters - Tapping out text messages on a cell phone while driving is dangerous, the American Medical Association agreed on Monday, and supported state legislation to ban it.
VMware buys Trango mobile virtualization company
Reuters - U.S. business software maker VMware Inc has bought a small French company that specializes in virtualization software for mobile phones, which allows a single phone to run multiple operating systems.
Telenav Enters GPS Market With Connected Device
PC Magazine - Telenav, known for the mapping software it sells to cell-phone companies, has entered the standalone GPS market Monday with the Shotgun, a $299 GPS with real-time traffic detection and a connected search feature for places of interest.
Virgin Mobile beats Street with 3Q earnings
AP - Wireless service provider Virgin Mobile USA Inc. posted higher-than-expected third-quarter earnings Monday despite adding fewer customers to its rolls than in the same period last year.
Cell Phones Linked to Track Real-Time Traffic
PC Magazine - First there was Dash Navigation, then Telenav's Shotgun GPS. Now, a 'Mobile Millennium' trial kicking off today in the Bay Area will use cell phones as the latest devices to form a real-time traffic network.
Virgin Mobile swings to profit, helped by Helio
Reuters - Virgin Mobile USA Inc swung to a profit in the third quarter, despite a tough economy, helped by its acquisition of SK Telecom Co Ltd's struggling U.S. mobile unit, Helio.
Ubisoft buys Massive Entertainment videogame studio
AFP - Hot French videogame maker Ubisoft announced Monday that it has bought Massive Entertainment, the Sweden-based studio behind popular strategy title 'World In Conflict.'
Oak Ridge boasts fastest computer at open research
AP - How fast is the new supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory? If everyone in the world performed one mathematical calculation per second, it would take 650 years to do what this machine can do in one day.
Cell phone shopping makes wallets redundant in Japan
Reuters - Japanese office worker Satoshi Tada pays for shopping, wins free food and gets store discounts all by waving his cell phone.
Apple rejects update to CastCatcher iPhone app
CNET - Updated 5:15pm with comment from Return7.
Apple removes Papermaster bio from Web site
CNET - Apple has removed the biography of its future iPhone leader from the company Web site.
Report: Man who shared 'Chinese Democracy' to plead guilty
CNET - The man accused of copyright violations after posting tracks from Guns N' Roses upcoming album--Chinese Democracy--has agreed to plead guilty, according to a published report.
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