Netflix nixes DVD choice from streaming gear, vexes users

From CNET News.com: Netflix has triggered a slew of customer complaints after revealing that it's taking away the ability to add titles to the DVD queue from streaming devices.

Announced in a blog post yesterday by Jamie Odell, director of product management, the move would mean...

W3C's new logo promotes HTML5--and more

From CNET News.com: Underscoring the confluence of technology, politics, and marketing, the World Wide Web Consortium today unveiled a new logo for HTML5.

With the logo, the W3C wants to promote the new Web technology--and itself. The Web is growing far beyond its roots of housing...

Sprint Tacks on $10 to Everything Data Smartphone Plan

From DailyTech: It looks like there is more bad news coming in for smartphone customers this morning. We first reported that Verizon is ending its customer-friendly "New Every Two" and Early Upgrade programs. The new policy will be in effect for new customers and will expire for...

Samsung's TV App Store Picks Up Steam, Downloads Top 2 Million

From DailyTech: Public reception to Sony's internet TV efforts, which put a beefy smartphone operating system (Android) in a TV, was decidedly mixed. Some customers loved the concept, despite rough edges such as interface bugs and the fact that TV networks blocked access to online...

AMD Intros New Version of Radeon HD 6970 with $279 Price-Point

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices late on Monday announced the incoming of premium-class Radeon HD 6970 graphics board with reduced amount of onboard memory at $279 price-point as well as the massively factory-overclocked versions of its Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards.

Various...

AMD Plans to Enable Sales of GPGPU Applications Using Its Drivers

From X-bit Labs: Initially believed to be an installation of a central processing unit and a graphics processing unit onto the same piece of silicon, the Fusion project of Advanced Micro Devices has grown into something bigger. The new chips that combine x86 cores as well as highly...

Microsoft offers Web server for developers

From InfoWorld: Microsoft began shipping this week IIS (Internet Information Services) Express 7.5, a free version of its IIS Web server optimized for developers. The company also unveiled an embedded database upgrade and an open source content management tool.

IIS Express 7.5...

Nokia Phones Will No Longer 'come With Music'

From PC World: Nokia has decided to stop offering its Ovi Music Unlimited service in 27 of the 33 countries where it was offered, the Finnish phone maker said on Monday.

Ovi Music Unlimited, previously known as Comes with Music, is a music subscription that has been included on some...

Apple CEO Steve Jobs to take medical leave

From CNET News.com: Apple's Steve Jobs will be taking a medical leave of absence but will remain CEO of the company, involved in strategic decision-making.

Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook will assume responsibility for the company's day-to-day operations.

This would be Jobs'...

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