Tech News Flash: Tuesday -- December 2, 2008
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Today's Headlines
Expanding Social Horizons, Part 1
Installing Linux on the PlayStation 3
Hands-Free or Hands-On, Cell Talk More Distracting Than Passengers
Criminalizing Web Use
Devs Teach iPhone Some Linuxy Tricks
VMware Spruces Up Virtual Desktop Product
YouTube Orchestra Holds Auditions for Online Virtuosos
Facebook Aims to be Web's Universal ID
Black Friday Rosier Than Expected
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Today's Story Highlights
Expanding Social Horizons, Part 1
There's been a growing concern among companies operating social networks
such as Facebook, MySpace and LinkedIn -- as well as the hundreds of
niche sites that have sprung up -- that too many of these online hubs
could lead to paralysis among users. Inevitably, a user with too many
sites to visit and update will abandon some, if not most.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65334.html
Installing Linux on the PlayStation 3
One of the most exciting aspects of the PlayStation 3 is that it allows
users to install an alternative operating system. You can't overwrite
Sony's GameOS or access privileged resources, but you can run your own
applications on the new Cell Broadband Engine processor -- called the
"CBE processor" or the "Cell" for short.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65329.html
Hands-Free or Hands-On, Cell Talk More Distracting Than Passengers
If you're conversing behind the wheel, you'll drive more safely if your
partner is sitting next to you rather than speaking from the other end
of a cell phone. That's because passengers will adjust a conversation in
response to traffic conditions and will even break to remind the driver
of hazards, according to new research by University of Utah
psychologists.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65337.html
Criminalizing Web Use
Surfing the Internet carries all sorts of minor hazards, including pop-
up ads, vitriolic bloggers and time-wasting videos. As of last week, it
also carries one that is anything but minor: the threat of criminal
prosecution. That's the implication of the jury verdict in the case of
Lori Drew in the infamous MySpace case.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65341.html
Devs Teach iPhone Some Linuxy Tricks
A group of amateur developers has ported the Linux operating system to
Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices. Members of the "iPhone Linux"
development team revealed in a blog posting that they had installed a
working version of the Linux kernel on the handsets. The software must
be installed by the user, and exists largely as proof that Linux can be
ported to the handset.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65340.html
VMware Spruces Up Virtual Desktop Product
VMware has updated its virtual desktop product with enhancements that
make it easier to provision and manage virtual clients, and new
capabilities that support mobile workers on laptops. Released Tuesday,
VMware View 3 is a rebranding of the firm's Virtual Desktop
Infrastructure but with several new features.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65339.html
YouTube Orchestra Holds Auditions for Online Virtuosos
There's a new way to get to Carnegie Hall -- YouTube, YouTube, YouTube.
Borrowing from "American Idol," the online video site announced plans
Monday for a YouTube Symphony Orchestra, featuring a collaboration of
wannabe musicians with Carnegie Hall, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas,
composer Tan Dun and others.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65335.html
Facebook Aims to be Web's Universal ID
Facebook said it will expand Facebook Connect, its universal log-in
service, to integrate functionalities with more third-party Web sites.
Originally announced at the social network's f8 conference in July,
Facebook Connect is part of the next iteration of Facebook Platform and
allows users to bring their Facebook account information, friends and
privacy to other third-party sites.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65328.html
Black Friday Rosier Than Expected
A variety of retail-watching experts are churning out Black Friday sales
facts, figures and customer inclinations, and while it wasn't a rip-
roaring Black Friday compared to previous years, it wasn't all that bad
-- particularly for the hot-selling consumer electronics sector.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65326.html
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