PC World's Daily Technology News [10/04/2008]

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Congress Extends R&D Tax Credit as Part of Bailout Congress passes an R&D tax credit extension as part of the financial services bailout bill. Read the story Investing to Grow Railroads Move Forward With IT. Read the story U.S. Mobile Users Unplugging Landlines More than one-quarter of mobile-phone users in the U.S. have stopped using their fixed-line phones for voice calls, J.D. Power... Read the story SOA Implementation Pays off for Synovus Financial The winning solution in the case study contest sponsored by the SOA Consortium and CIO magazine provided integrated business solutions using existing applications and legacy systems. Learn how they did it. Read the story Microsoft Denies Hiring Freeze Microsoft denies that it has instituted a hiring freeze, despite aninternal memo described by an employee indicating the move. Read the story Laptop Stolen From McCain Campaign in Missouri A laptop has been stolen from a Missouri Republican party office used by the McCain presidential campaign. Read the story Symantec Tests a 'Net Watchdog for Kids Symantec is developing a new parental control system called Norton Family Safety. Read the story Post-Olympics, the Sky's the Limit for China When the Olympic flame extinguished on Aug. 24, it ended a phase of modern Chinese history that began more than 15 years... Read the story Bogus Jobs' Heart Attack Report Rattles Citizen Journalism CNN's iReport website hosted a user-submitted story that claimed falsely that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack. The prank puts citizen journalism in the line of fire. Read the story Money Meltdown, Ozzie's Cloud, Security Worries At least those of us who are fans of professional baseball have the playoffs to take our minds off the grim news this week (at... Read the story False Jobs Post Highlights Citizen Journalism Perils Report on CNN-sponsored site taken seriously because of CNN's reputation, some say. Read the story CERN Grid May Boost Drug and Climate Research The computing grid used by the Large Hadron Collider is also being used to speed the development of life-saving drugs and... Read the story Microsoft Discontinues Mobile Browser Project Microsoft has discontinued its mobile browser project, Deepfish. Read the story Western Digital's Home NAS Array If it were a lot faster it would be great. As is, it's just pretty good. Read the story Researcher Tells How to Hack Image Backups Encrypted image backups are vulnerable to a new type of attack, a security researcher reports. Read the story WiMax's Woes Are a Boon to MobileAccess Companies find more uses for WiMax, but indoor transmissions may be trouble spots. Read the story Microsoft Grants Windows XP Yet Another Reprieve Microsoft confirms that it has extended the availability of Windows XP on new PCs by six months. Read the story Volvo Ocean Race Tracked Online Viewers can follow action recorded by on-boat Webcams via mobile phone, PC, on terminals at each port stop. Read the story Microsoft Gives OEMs XP Downgrade Disks for 6 More Months Microsoft will provide hardware partners with media to let their customers downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP for an... Read the story E for All Opens in Los Angeles Several key publishers are absent this year, but the budding consumer video game conference features some interesting unreleased games. Read the story Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Comes to Consoles LucasArts says its newest Star Wars game will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall. Read the story Google, Yahoo Delay Ad Deal Over DOJ Investigation Google said that it will delay its search advertising deal with Yahoo while the DOJ continues its antitrust investigation into... Read the story Vista's a Hit in India More than two million licenses for Windows Vista have been sold in India, the company reports. Read the story Mozilla Keeps Thunderbird in Alpha Mozilla Messaging is rolling back the development clock on Thunderbird 3, stalling a beta release. Read the story The IT Worker's Wall Street Meltdown Worry List 5 questions about your job and your future. Read the story Seagate Drive Taps ESATA for 'XTreme' Speed If you want extreme speed, eSATA is the way. Read the story Check out PC World's blogs: Today @ PCWorld--for the latest in news and trends from PC World's editors and staff Game On--The hottest info on PC gaming, hardware, and news from Matt Peckham

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